Gruhn's guide to packing and shipping guitars

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

For thems what ain't seen this here yet. (I'd like to here Coastie's impression of a redneck.)

http://gruhn.com/features/packing/

 

[Punkybub]

Thanks for this Darryl - the heel support makes a lot of sense, along with the endpin support. Had some bad experience with these areas that this link will help avoid in the future...!

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Pun,

The guitar you save may be mine.

For me, the headstock packing was counter-intuitive at first, but not when I remembered that a skyscraper is built to control sway, not eliminate it.

hf

 

[GardMan]

Here's another example, from Frank Ford (note that this article is pre-9/11, and some of his suggestions regarding boxing the case and/or taping the latches closed may not pass the TSA).