My Epi LP ZW came in, lightly damaged. WWYD?

[zeegler]

Are 357 Customs finally shipping them? :ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

[MountainDog]

I would try to send back like others said.

You mentioned it had a case, I'm curious as to how both sides of the nut have brown mudges/damage on them, I can't see that happening during shipment if the guitar was in a case. How was it packed? Could the guitar slide back and forth?, and if so, could the headstock hit the end of the case if the box was tossed by UPS headstock down?

The said thing about the shipping industry is that they usually fall back on the 'insufficient packaging' excuse to deny any claim.

Did you buy from a store? If so, see if they will replace. If you bought from ebay, the shipper might have to initiate the claim process.

[toejam]

Are 357 Customs finally shipping them? :ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

Yeah, that's my Buzzsaw! :ROTF:

[JZ06]

I remember seeing a $5000+ custom guitar arrive at One Flight Up. Man, it was a sad sight. A guitar that took MONTHS and MONTHS to build arrived with the headstock snapped clean off.

The guy only insured it for $100 LOL. Ohhh Kay then! Well, I'm not going to fret about this and am going to have it glued and plug it in then shred the heck out of it. It's somewhat of a beater.

Trust me, a few other guitars that I had some we're shipped through UPS right at a time when I had seen a LOT of threads here with broken guitars.

My old Jackson soloist made it to Finland ok. Trust me though, I was SH))in kittens until I received word it arrived un-scathed.

Thanks for the advice/warm words.

[DonP]

If it was mine it would go back...

+1

As soon as you decide to dump it and no one wants to buy it, you'll be sorry if you don't.

[JZ06]

Was just chatting with my tech, he said "you like maple boards, let's pull it and put maple board on there LOL" he was serious. if it we're cheap enough, i'd do it!

as for selling it? nahh, i can feel some bonding already. i took off the tree trunk strings and put some regular .009's on it and did a quick intonation(wayy off) and lowered the pick-up(was hitting the high e under bends)

it really plays well and is quite resonant acoustically! not sure if these pups will stay in, or if i'll go to a jb(my usual) or Zakk "TRUE" EMG's.

[Gartron]

I would be nervous having any sort of damage at that particular point on a les paul , I believe that point is under quite a bit of stress due to the neck being a one piece.

[rocksoldier]

Well, if it's just insured for a 100 bucks, then i suppose its not worth bothering with any claim?
As long as it's easy (cheap) enough to fix just keep it.

And a maple fretboard would be amazing on that guitar!

[yard dawg]

File a claim to cover the cost of it being fixed professionally.

[sully]

I would be nervous having any sort of damage at that particular point on a les paul , I believe that point is under quite a bit of stress due to the neck being a one piece.

i'm pretty sure that they have scarf joints in those necks.

sully

[ezbprimerib]

file a claim if its not too late

[Gartron]

i'm pretty sure that they have scarf joints in those necks.

sully

Really??, I was sure that the reason the les paul neck break was so common was because they didn't have scarfs....

....all this time I've been living a lie....NOOOOOOO!!

[sully]

sorry, i believe that the epiphone zw models (which this guitar is) have scarf joints. i don't think that gibson les pauls do.

[toejam]

sorry, i believe that the epiphone zw models (which this guitar is) have scarf joints. i don't think that gibson les pauls do.

Correct. Here's an Epi ZW off ebay with a scarf joint.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Gibson-Les-Paul-Custom-Zakk-Wylde_W0QQitemZ290197074044QQihZ019QQcategoryZ33034QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Gartron]

everyday's a school day!