brentrocks Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 I was very excited to rock this beautiful 2003 H150 tonight...but at the the hands of UPS, it now has an UGLY headstock break!!!! I have been in contact with the seller. He is a great guy and are going to work together to get through this tragity. The break is pretty gnarly....it will tough to make it look good again.
golferwave Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Hard to imagine a break like that inside of a hardshell case. Must've been handled by the Samsonite luggage gorilla. Sorry to see that happen Brent.
TalismanRich Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 MAJOR bummer. You get a really nice flamed body 150, and then it gets trashed. It should be standard practice to put foam packing around the headstock to keep it from snapping like that. The headstock needs to be immobilized to prevent that from happening. That said, UPS obviously crushed the box at some point, and probably let it drop face first. That's one reason I drove up to your place to pick up LK's 525. Between the cold weather and the shipping abuse, I figured there would be too good of a chance it would get damaged! That wouldn't happen in the back seat of my car. I hope things work out.
JeffB Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Man that sucks! thats a weird break. Such a nice looking guitar! I cant understand how that happens. I shipped 1000s of guitars and never had an issue or break of any kind. You would have to be really rough to create a break like that. I never did much more than put the guitar in its case and then put the case in a box with a bit of packing. The only guitars Ive seen come in with headstock damage were ones that had too much packing around the head stock which created uneven pressure between the headstock and neck. I basically pack a guitar the same way as manufacturers and they pack lightly by comparison to private sellers . I figure they can get here from the US, Japan, China and Europe and then travel another 2000-2500 miles on a truck with very few casualties then its a good method to adopt.
RhoadsScholar Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 What a beautiful top Brent. Hoping UPS takes care of you and the seller. I would wonder if Heritage might re-neck it for you. That top is pretty killer
Steiner Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 There's some guy on the for sale forum who's looking for a guitar with a broken head stock... they have a good fixture at AA Guitars. I'd check the factory first and them second. That's a tragedy. Sorry.
brentrocks Posted June 18, 2016 Author Posted June 18, 2016 Whats the guitar case look like? it has a couple scrapes on it
Polo Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Sorry about your recent luck with 150 purchases Brent! I can't help but wonder if this could be the other wordly work of "Zenobia"? Fwiw- Bringing that guitar along with you on a random Wed or Fri factory tour would probably be the smartest move here. 225 will fix that if you really wanted them too.
DetroitBlues Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 What a monster top too..... Time to take it to Pete or the factory. Get a bound and crowned '58 thickness neck on it!
FredZepp Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 There's just no getting used to seeing photos like that, it must be a shock to open a case and see it. I'm lucky in that I know my UPS guy and stuff always arrives smoothly. The most harrowing experience was waiting for the Centurion to arrive and opening that case... oh my, glad that one was ok . Good luck , Brent .. I know you'll get it fixed right .
ElNumero Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 An unconscionable act and the driver must have been a real piece of shit to even leave that at your door with the box tore up like that. That said, if it had sufficient packing materials and of course it was in the OHSC, you would think it would have survived! Unless, as others have said, it took a very very hard drop (like from 10+ feet). Sorry for your disappointment but knowing you, there will be lemonade made from this lemon.
SemiHalo Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 that requires a sincere commitment to destruction to bust it like that.
brentrocks Posted June 18, 2016 Author Posted June 18, 2016 What a monster top too..... Time to take it to Pete or the factory. Get a bound and crowned '58 thickness neck on it! A new neck from Heritage would be at least $500, no?
tulk1 Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Every new guitar or warranty guitar I've gotten from Heritage was guitar in case, case in box, shipped. And from what I understand their damage rate is near nil. That box had to be dropped from distance to make that head flex enough to break like that. That beat up shipping box doesn't tell the real story. How friggin' sad!!
tbonesullivan Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 This would be why I nearly pee myself every time I ship a guitar anywhere, inbound or outbound. It looks like maybe the guitar shifted inside the case and the headstock hit the end of the case? Or it was exposed to some serious G forces. Grover tuners are pretty heavy.
DetroitBlues Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 A new neck from Heritage would be at least $500, no? to get it fixed where as you won't see it may cost the same, right? Get it bound, crowned, and inlayed with a fat neck .9" at the 1st and 1.0" at the 12th. Might be a 2016 Gibson Traditional in your future if you did.
shook494 Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 That's a bad day right there..... Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
DetroitBlues Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 On a serious note, resale value on a repaired headstock is a fraction of what a replaced neck would be in my opinion. If I wasn't so dumb, I would of kept my original '85 140 Custom and had a new neck installed....
SemiHalo Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 I wish there was a specialized shipping service ONLY for breakable, high-end goods like guitars. Kinda like Reverb.com did the Ebay thing but only for musical instruments and without a lot of the b.s.
ElNumero Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 I wish there was a specialized shipping service ONLY for breakable, high-end goods like guitars. Kinda like Reverb.com did the Ebay thing but only for musical instruments and without a lot of the b.s. There is the niche! Start your own company! I'll invest...
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