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Old 09-02-2013, 11:44 AM
jseth jseth is offline
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I have to echo the sentiment of the reply that spoke of going the BEST way to ship a guitar that expensive... I don't know why you'd want to risk ANYTHING by going the cheap route...?

I had to ship my Mark Angus #35 (1979) back to Mark to have some extensive work done. I planned on using Fed-Ex... UNTIL I found out that a) they will NOT insure any instrument for over $1500, and b) won't ship "vintage" stringed instruments at all!!!

I ended up using UPS; I let THEM pack it, because that act insures there will be NO DISPUTE if a problem arises... I insured the guitar for $6k, and I shipped it on a Monday so it would not spend a weekend in some warehouse or a truck somewhere...

Arrived with no problems. The cost, as I recall, was around $125; a bit of a "lump" to swallow but the guitar was totally covered, and was not damaged...
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