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Old 12-12-2010, 03:26 PM
taylorcc taylorcc is offline
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Originally Posted by bozz_2006 View Post
Is there a temp that is just too cold to ship a guitar in? It's been -15 to -20 here for a low the past few nights.
There's no problem shipping guitars in cold temps down to minus 60 F or lower. The problem occurs if the guitar has a nitrocellulose finish and it is very cold and you warm it up quickly say by opening a cold case in a warm room. If you do this, the nitro finish will show cracks. It's cosmetic AFAIK but looks are important to a lot of people, including me.
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