How best to ship an amp

Alan Pagliere · Post by **Alan Pagliere** » 30 Jan 2004 1:56 pm

I, in Michigan, would like to send my old Nashville 400 to Peavey (in Missouri, right?) to have them give it an overhaul. Does anyone know the best way to ship something like that? How best to pack the thing? Best carrier? What to expect in cost?

Thanks

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Alan Pagliere
MSA Millennium S12 Universal

John Lazarus · Post by **John Lazarus** » 30 Jan 2004 2:51 pm

Alan, Don't send the whole amp! If only the head needs the service, disconnect it and remove it from the amp case and speaker and just slide it out.
Makes the carton a whole lot smaller and the shipping a whole lot cheaper(both ways).

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 30 Jan 2004 2:56 pm

A) Mississippi

B) John has it right. Remove chassis, bubble wrap it to death, box it, put box in another box w/ crumpled newspaper between (or packing popcorn if you want PV to hate you---it's good stuff though....with melted butter......Mmmmmmmmm)

Ive heard so much bad stuff about UPS & Fedex that I don't know what to recommend. Myself, I've been lucky with both.

Ken Fox · Post by **Ken Fox** » 30 Jan 2004 7:35 pm

I use all of the shippers. I find the Post Office most careful with packages and also the rates are very competitive. I however am a UPS shipper and use them most all the time (convenience only!). For very fragile items I use the USPS.

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 31 Jan 2004 5:01 am

I just went thru this situation in the last month.

I pulled the chassis out and packed it the way the gentleman said with the bubble pack and all, and sent it UPS.

They fixed the amp, installed the MOD and sent it back with an amazing packaging job.
That sucker couldn't have possibly been damaged in shipping the way they packed it...took me 15 minutes to get it unpacked...everything that they did including shipping came to just over $80.

DON'T let some local guy fix your amp, (I tried that with awful results) send it to these guys, you won't be sorry.

Jack
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Alan Pagliere · Post by **Alan Pagliere** » 31 Jan 2004 8:10 am

Thanks for all the input. I will most likely just ship the chassis. However, the reason I asked about shipping an amp whole was because of one thing that Mike Brown mentioned in an email replay to my description of some of the "symptoms" my amp has. I mentioned a "harshness" in the sound and he said it might be (though by no means was he saying for sure that it was) in the speaker itself (this being a 20-ish-year old Nashville 400.

I guess the right thing to do would be to send just the chassis, get it looked at. If it doesn't fix all, then go from there. Sound right?

Thanks again for all your input!

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Alan Pagliere
MSA Millennium S12 Universal

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 31 Jan 2004 9:20 am

The problem that I had with mine was, a loss of power and a distorted sound that would come and go...

If that helps.

Mike Spaeth · Post by **Mike Spaeth** » 1 Feb 2004 6:26 pm

Good info, In fact I just e-mailed Mike Brown earlier with the same problem Jack was having.I had never thought about sending only the chassis.That will be alot easier!

Harold Parris · Post by **Harold Parris** » 5 Feb 2004 11:09 pm

Cut you a piece of heavy cardboard or a piece of 1/4 inch paneling, plywood or anything rigid about 2 inches wider and 2 inches longer than the chassis box. Place the chassis on the board and allow 1 inch overhang of the board on each side. Mark you standard chassis holes on the board and drill hole at these marks. Put your chasis screws through the chassis and through the board. Run the nuts up snug. Place this board in a box that fits the dimensions of the board. Pack a layer of cushion material in the bottom of the box. Set the board on the cushion.Pack around the remainder of the chassis until all void space is filled. The rigid board will keep the chassis away from the sides of the carton and prevent damage during shipping. Mr Jim Evans taught me this method.

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