Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

[AudioWonderland]

What do you use for packing a guitar for shipment that does not have a case? I snagged a couple of nice sized boxes from GC but I am still not sure if I am comfortable with that

 

[pandroid]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

I wrap a layer of newspaper on my guitars (nitro finishes react to bubble wrap, but I still wrap poly finishes with newspaper), then a whole lot of the big bubble bubble wrap.

 

[AniML]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

double box. Don't pad too tightly otherwise any impact could be transmitted to the guitar

 

[blueman335]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

double box. Don't pad too tightly otherwise any impact could be transmitted to the guitar

+1. I've shipped a bunch of guitars without cases, double box (small triangle box inside a retangle box). That's how manufacturers ship them.

 

[Shadow1psc]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

What do you use for packing a guitar for shipment that does not have a case? I snagged a couple of nice sized boxes from GC but I am still not sure if I am comfortable with that

I shipped my last two sales with no case. Wrapped in bubble wrap, then padded in about a million pages of excess newspaper. as long as the guitar can't move in the box, it's mostly fine.

 

[guitarrob]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

I would just just grab a inexpensive guitar case for shipping.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

pack it like the guitar in this thread and you´re golden

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=73646

 

[TheLivingDead]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

If it's not a set-neck or neck-thru I always take the neck off and ship it in a well-packed box.

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

+1. I've shipped a bunch of guitars without cases, double box (small triangle box inside a retangle box). That's how manufacturers ship them.

+ another.
A cheezy gig-bag wouldn't hurt,either.

 

[FuseG4]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

I go pretty nuts with the bubble wrap to form a protective "case" of my own. Then I'll use packing peanuts or an ass-load of newspaper (can take 6 or 7 wall street journals).

It's cheap and I've shipped at least 6 or 7 guitars this way. No one's ever complained.

 

[The Dali]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

Does nitro really react with bubble-wrap? First I'vbe heard of this...

 

[AudioWonderland]

Re: Packing and Shipping Guitars with no case

I would just just grab a inexpensive guitar case for shipping.

Cheapest hard shell I have found is $90. Not going to happen unfortunately. Gig bag type maybe, just not sure how useful that would be in UPS' world