Posting a Les Paul Junior...

Chuffola

I'm thinking about putting my Burny LP Junior (Japan) up for sale.  Only thinking, mind, but once these seeds are sown... and the lure of something else, something different, something with a neck pickup is strong.I like neck pickups. 

In terms of marketplace, clearly this place would be best but I'm in Belfast and most of you lot aren't.

I don't even have a hard case for it.

Is there anyway to do it without it arriving in pieces. Dependent on the price agreed, I could always pick up a hard case but has anyone done this successfully?

If not, then I'm restricted to the turgid, dead, soulless, "I'll trade you a couple of Joyo pedals and a tuner + £50" Northern Ireland market. And I'd rather not bother!

usedtobe

Someone (probably @icbm) once posted a Dan erlewine link showing the correct way to pack a g style guitar, if memory serves..

Chuffola

Good shout!

Here's the link (google is my friend and clearly I could have used it before posting this thread - which is now probably redundant!)

http://www.lespaulforum.com/dano/packing.html

Thanks for the head's up @usedtobe ;

prudd

You could get the prospective buyer to send over a (quality) case, it worked for me once when selling a Tokai that only had a gig bag, didnt cost too much either.

I might even be that prospective buyer

Chuffola

Interesting... 

Keep an eye on the classifieds over the next few days...

I'll update here if I decide to sell / post rather than sell / put-up-with-gumtree!

usedtobe

You're welcome!

Limehouse_Blues

You can get a reasonable LP hard case from thomann for about 50 quid I think

streethawk

Thick cardboard shroud around the neck and headstock is a must - that's how Gibson send their gig bagged guitars.

Get yourself a roll of large bubblewrap of Ebay (don't let it contact the finish directly). Newspaper. Proper shipping carton. I've sent Gibsons from N Ireland like that and had no issues.
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Or here's a good idea, if you need anything guitar related: buy a load of stuff from Thomann to qualify for free shipping, including a cheap case, and make the order big enough so they'll send the (boxed) case inside a proper shipping carton! If you get some of their B Stock stuff you'll do alright resale wise.

Now you've got a double boxed solution to send off the LPJ.

Chuffola

Cheers for the tips chaps, but I think I might test the water locally first. Posting scares me!

@streethawk Didn't realise you were another local fretboarder. Soon we'll have enough for our own gearfest.

monoamine

go to local guitar shop
ask for the packing boxes and packaging from recent deliveries
leave shop and take home, should be free of charge if they are nice
pack guitar as found online
send guitar off
potentially profit