Packing/Shipping tips for a Standard? Options

[silverfacechamp]

I am getting ready to ship out the 4 digit standard to BCR that dgstandard bought from me, and I've called Greg BCR and emailed but haven't heard anything back yet.

The case is a standard Hamer case that form-fits around the body, but the neck just rests on the storage compartment and the headstock is in the open at the end of the case.

How should I pack this thing to make sure that the guitar and especially the headstock are safe? I plan on shipping it back out in the box the case came in, which was one large box, some padding, a slightly smaller one inside that, and then the bubble wrapped case inside the smaller box. So, the case is protected by two layers of cardboard and two layers of approx. 1" thick bubble wrap.

Some say to pack paper around the headstock, others say to leave it open. Some say to detune the strings, others say to not.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This post has been edited by silverfacechamp: Jul 28 2010, 10:13 AM