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Thread #158838   Message #3759793
Posted By: Backwoodsman
19-Dec-15 - 11:28 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Brand new guitar cracked neck in transit
Subject: RE: Tech: Brand new guitar cracked neck in transit
Yep, it's shock damage, common in circumstances where the package has been dropped. The correct way to pack a guitar for shipment is with the strings slackened off at least a couple of turns, and with the headstock immobilised by packing under, above and around it using something like bubble-wrap or scrunched-up newspaper.

Talk to the sender. It's gut-wrenching to receive a guitar in such circumstances but, if they are an honest and reputable company, they will almost certainly make it right.