Question Detune for shipping within a country, yay or nay?

[firks]

so as the title says, what do you guys think is best for a guitar when couried within a country?
a jp-7 to be exact

ive never thought about it until now

 

[beej]

Leave the guitar strung to pitch. There's no need to loosen the strings.

 

[jzeijen]

Got all my guitars shipped tuned, had no problems.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Wherever you ship it, inside or outside the country, why would you want to do that?
The answer is no.

 

[firks]

yeah tbh i would have agreed. its only because the guy said he would do that, that it got me thinking...

 

[dibart77]

Agree with everyone above! NEVER EVER leave the strings slack for more than a few minutes during a string change (and I usually change them one at a time or maybe a couple at a time). If EBMM ships them from the factory in tune and perfectly setup, then that's good enough for me! I have received a few used guitars over the years where the seller inexplicably slackened all the strings and the guitar is always wacky from that and needs a setup and time to re-settle itself.

Tell the guy NOT to do that. Ship it fully in pitch. If he argues with him, tell him EBMM ships from the factory to the whole globe tuned up and he should too or you ain't buying!

Good luck with it!

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[firks]

Yeah I always change strings one at a time. Ive always left my guitars in tune to, as thought that would be best for the guitar. When he said that it got me thinking, hence the thread.

Yeah I asked him to leave it as it is.

Cheers guys for all your replies! Good to be back on here after my "holiday"

Can't wait to get the jp7 now!!

 

[DrKev]

If he argues with him, tell him EBMM ships from the factory to the whole globe tuned up and he should too or you ain't buying!

And so does Taylor when shipping acoustics, BTW.

 

[rutgart]

ship tuned, it's all good