Best Courier for a high value instrument

[steviedee]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

£2000 insurance ? I would have thought any WAL would be worth more than that.

Are you that far from Wal to drive there yourself ? That way you get to see the service being done hopefully and then try it out before you leave to make sure its all perfect.

Make it a few days holiday or something like that if its too far to drive in a day.

Dave

£2000 is as high as they insure.

[JohnR]

If it is just an electrics service then you should remove them for all the reasons you give. It is a really simple task as pickups and preamp interconnects use snap on connectors. 

 

[JohnR]

It has been a while since I removed the preamp myself. I think you might have to desolder the connections to the DI out. If you aren't confident you are welcome to bring it to me and I will help.

[steviedee]

41 minutes ago, JohnR said:

It has been a while since I removed the preamp myself. I think you might have to desolder the connections to the DI out. If you aren't confident you are welcome to bring it to me and I will help.

Very kind John, I'm just a bit reticent to mess about with it. Where are you mate?

here is a pic of the bass.

[Rumple]

I used to use UPS for anything of value but they totally trashed an amp I sent to France recently, I can't even work out how they managed to destroy it! now I don't trust any off them.

[JohnR]

I will PM you.

[steantval]

5 hours ago, The59Sound said:

Yourself!

Exactly +1

[Grangur]

In May I'll be meeting in Leeds, with a colleague from Scotland. After the meeting I'll be driving home and on to see my customers in the south counties. So, I could drop it into Wal.

So as you may not be a tearing hurry, maybe my colleague and I can help?

[steviedee]

Thanks, very kind. I’ll get back to you as soon as possible know what’s what!

3 hours ago, Grangur said:

In May I'll be meeting in Leeds, with a colleague from Scotland. After the meeting I'll be driving home and on to see my customers in the south counties. So, I could drop it into Wal.

So as you may not be a tearing hurry, maybe my colleague and I can help?

 

[steviedee]

Hi. Folks just an update on this, I used UPS and had the bass insured for £5500 by a 3rd party,. Thanks for all the advice and  special thanks to Grangur for the kind offer!