Saddest day

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:10

Hi, just want to share with all of you. This morning, i received my guitar from the DPD courier. im so excited about it as i waited for too long for this guitar. It the Jackson DXMG with Floyd Rose Trem System and EMG pick up. as i open the package. i was so shock found that the guitar headstock broken. arghhhhh!!!!!

i phone the seller, and tell him about it, as refund is issued. Plus i skipped my morning class just to wait the courier to come as no one at home. i was thinking if anyone experiencing this before and manage to repair it.

Here are the photo I include for your view and please suggest anything to get the guitar good as new.. any guitar repair shop that you guys think can repair it? or its better DIY?

http://img708.imageshack.us/i/img9098y.jpg/

http://img824.imageshack.us/i/img9095w.jpg/

thanks for viewing this thread

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:37

cm1179 said:
wow someones given that a good wallop at the depot!

did you sign before you opened it then? you should not have accepted that

or repair it for character

i signed it. sign or not sign, i still need to unless the packaging is transparent so could see it though. the seller did insured it with the the courier company. any money still holding at the Paypal. so i think it wont be a problem. it just, well, you know, when something that you didn't expect to happen, happened.

i couldn't even look the guitar, i put it under the bed..

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:48

G-MAN2004 said:
Ouch. How much was it?

won the auction for £236

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:50

jimbob27 said:
The damage is pretty minor tbh. I was expecting it to be the whole headstock that snapped off. With some decent epoxy you can just glue it straight back on. Go to a guitar shop and have their luthier do it for you if you're not confident to do it yourself.

The headstock will have to be sanded and refinished if you don't want a visable line across it.

This is probably the fault of the guy that sold it to you. You should always release string tension before transporting. If you don't, stuff like this happens. It's no surprise it's happened to the two thickest strings (which have the most tension).

this would a very hard work if i planned to repair it by myself as this is floyd tremolo system. not a normal bridge.

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:51

cm1179 said:
my brother worked at kays between summer at uni and he told me that some of the depot workers would literally boot packages about the place. cringeworthy some of the stuff (other peoples stuff being that point) that is mindlessly and disrespectfully treated.

i agree.

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:53

Mason- said:
I'm not a guitarist but that looks like a lovely guitar.

Sorry to see that.

it is. ive been saving to get this. EMG pick up, Floyd Rose tremolo. a must have guitar for any metal head.

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 20:55

wait up! i snap a photo of how the guitar being packed.

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 21:10

http://img576.imageshack.us/i/img9100r.jpg/

only cover the front and back of the guitar. didn't cover top and bottom. which allow the guitar to sliding if the were placed in standing position in the lorry. plus, didnt write 'THIS SIDE UP' on the box. so i guess the guitar is placed in upside down position causing the headstock to broke..

arghhh!! suddenly my heart become mad and on fire while typing this. How long you been selling???? my 10years old brother can wrap a thing better than that!!!

nymphetamine666 · 1 Mar 2011 at 21:15

rypt said:
Would standing upside really cause it to break though?

I doubt it.

Surely it would take some sort of impact force for it to break

easy to say. imagine if its yours then