Best packing material for shipping a heavy tube amp

DamienC · Post by **DamienC** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:50 pm

I've been trying to sell my Vox AC15CC1 for months now, and desperately trying to avoid having to list it on eBay. Nobody's biting locally through CL, so I think I'm going to cave and list it on eBay this week.

Can anyone recommend packing material/methods for a 50lb. tube combo amp? I'm a bit nervous about just buying a huge box and filling it with packing peanuts, there has to be a better method.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:03 pm

Inner box and out outer box, each packed with foam peanuts, so effectively the amp is packed inside with two layers of barrier? Wouldn't be cheap to post though.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:08 pm

Yep, this ^. Not much heavier, either.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:14 pm

I did this with a marshall combo amp once. I made the box fit the amp with a snug 1 - 2 inch layer of packing peanuts all around it. it worked well; the guy was happy with the amp.

most amplifiers are designed to take a limited amount of knocking about so it doesn't really take a whole lot of extra protection. mostly you just want it to be snug in the box.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:17 pm

Take the tubes out and either wrap them in paper or fit them in a smaller box tucked inside the amp.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:53 pm

it's a bitch, but when i shipped a cambridge twin i had years ago (not as heavy as chubes, but still a beast), i built a frame inside a cardboard box out of an old pallet (corners, and bracing pieces on the sides and bottom/top). i also made a box and jammed the amp into it snug like, then i packed peanuts between those two boxes.

the guy who got it said he kept it all in tact in case he needed to ship it again.