when shipping my electric should i leave the strings tuned up or should i loosen them? give me all the specifications for a good shipment please.

thanks

dan

Larrivee recommends leaving the strings strung to normal pitch. their reasoning is that there is a balance between the tension in the trus rod, and the strings. loosen the strings, and now the truss rod is too tight... and so on.

I googled the phrase 'shipping a guitar' and came up with many more suggestions than can be listed here.  Try it.

And here

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Musician/GenMaint/Packing/packing1.html

is Frets.com description of shipping an acoustic guitar