How to send a bass by mail. Tips requested!

[Nojja]

Hey.

Im gonna sell my Fender Jazz. I am not gonna send it in a flightcase. What should i do? Its just 30 km but still. Can i take the neck off? Gif me tips.


I have a gigbag to send it in.

[Marcury]

Get a shipping box and put the gig bag and bass in it with plenty of bubble-wrap or foam peanuts.

[Gubna]

get a box. There are boxes available at ULINE.com , but depending on where you live...you should be able to get one locally


If you are just sending in a gigbag, you can put as much filler in, use enough to support the corners, make sure that it's solid.

or you can take it to UPS or another place, like mailboxes etc and pay them to do it, but it will run ya $$

Don't forget to INSURE it for the value of the bass.

[coolrunner989]

would you suggest sending it in a semi-hard roadrunner case rather than a plain gigbag? Then putting the semi-hard case in a box with padding.

[locolobo85]

Go to your local Fender dealer and see if they have any factory boxes. The factory box does a good job of suspending the bass in the middle. Put that box in another box with some additional protection and let it ride.

[bongomania]

#1 Make sure the box is at least a few cm bigger on all sides and both ends than the gigbag with the bass in it.

#2 Make sure the box is sturdy and not flexible, baggy, or made up of smaller boxes poorly taped together.

#3 Wrap the entire gigbag (with the bass in it) in about three or four layers of bubble wrap. Make sure that includes over the bottom and top. If you don't have bubble wrap, you can use foam "peanuts" or other foam products. Make sure that the bottom of the bass and the headstock are securely held away from the ends of the box, and cannot shift to the end through the foam peanuts if the box is shaken.

#4 Make sure that whatever packing method you used, the bass cannot shift around in the box. Pick the box up and shake it. If you hear anything thumping around in there, open it back up and put some more packing materials in.

I've shipped about 20 basses this way, and they all made it safely wherever they were going.

You do not need to loosen the strings unless you are shipping from one extreme climate to another extreme climate.

[Quadzilla]

I wouldn't know, as I've never shipped a bass before !

[MichaelScott]

Go to a UPS store
Hand the bass to the friendly lady behind the counter
Give friendly lady address.
Pay for it.
Go home and ROCK OUT

[Pilgrim]

That's a lot of work to ship 30 KM. I have driven 60 miles (96 KM) each way to pick up a bass more than once. It would be safer and cheaper for the buyer to come get it, and much faster!

Your profile doesn't say where you live, but it seems like a lot of work for a very short trip. Heck, the buyer could get a taxi and come get it!

factory boxes - use bubble wrap on everything - add extra non-bubble at top and bottom so the bubbles won't pop - and ship. Not rocket science.

[fenderhutz]

Why ship 30km?

It's a waste of money really.

If you do, pack it well and insure it.

[Stuggi]

I'd say let the buyer pick it up for you, or deliver it to him personally for the standard insured shipping-charge.

[Thunder Pulse]

Originally Posted by Nojja

What should i do? Its just 30 km but still.

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

Why ship 30km? It's a waste of money really.

Agreed. Neither of you are old enough to drive? Even with the worst gas guzzler out there it'll cost more to ship than to just drive to deliver it or pick it up.

[Kuchar]

Heck I could probably pay one of my friends 15 dollars to WALK it 30 km T_T

[robert43]

Why dont you both drive 15 kms each & meet 1/2 way

[Zooberwerx]

I dismantled a Warwick Dolphin Pro II and mailed it to Iceland. Cost something like $36. Took a month to get there and then it was seized by the Icelandic postal authority. A couple of nasty e-mails got things straightened out.

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