Removing guitar necks (bolt on) for a period of time?

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Hi peeps,

Due to all this CITES BS with rosewood I've been trying to work out how to potentially ship cross country a few guitars in the future.
One possible solution I've came up with is any bolt on's removing the necks and just shipping back the guitar bodies with my personal belongings and taking the necks with me on a flight to the destination.

Only thing is the necks would be without a body for 3 or so months.....would this have any negative effect on the truss rod etc??
 
animal":389zlnqn said:
Hi peeps,

Due to all this CITES BS with rosewood I've been trying to work out how to potentially ship cross country a few guitars in the future.
One possible solution I've came up with is any bolt on's removing the necks and just shipping back the guitar bodies with my personal belongings and taking the necks with me on a flight to the destination.

Only thing is the necks would be without a body for 3 or so months.....would this have any negative effect on the truss rod etc??
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You could loosen rod a half turn. It wont need to be as tight because it will not have the strings pulling on it.
 
I may be misunderstanding you here, but if you're just shipping within the country, CITES doesn't apply.
 
neilli777":1mq8shmh said:
I may be misunderstanding you here, but if you're just shipping within the country, CITES doesn't apply.
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Canada/Australia ;)
 
Ah, well yeah, in that case CITES might well apply. Doesn't it only apply to items made after the start of 2017 though (for generic rosewood and whatever else got included at the start of the year)?
 
neilli777":l43an9g1 said:
Ah, well yeah, in that case CITES might well apply. Doesn't it only apply to items made after the start of 2017 though (for generic rosewood and whatever else got included at the start of the year)?
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Yes but they still require a pre convention certificate....its an absolute nightmare that wasn't thought out at all with regards to musical instruments.
 
Look at the material site on the list. Mostly only applies to madagascar rosewood and ebony. In any case id say those necks shpuld be fine even with no body.
 
animal":3v25rg77 said:
Yes but they still require a pre convention certificate....its an absolute nightmare that wasn't thought out at all with regards to musical instruments.
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I read recently that it's being reviewed, but not exactly sure to what end..
 
thanks for the replies, sent you an email too neili!

Main concern was taking off the necks and leaving off for 3mths or so.
I'm at the point where the info is so scarce it makes it less risky sending them unaccompanied...as long as the necks off won't screw with the truss rod etc
 
animal":7wjrgk0v said:
...the necks would be without a body for 3 or so months.....would this have any negative effect on the truss rod etc??
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Nope, if you loosen the trussrod enough to be slack.

I have two old Warmoths with rosewood necks, one is all Indian rw and the other is all Braz (Ken won't build these anymore). There were a few times that I had to put my guitars into 5-6 months storage. I removed the strings, popped the necks off, and relieved the back pressure of the trussrods. I did 3 full revolutions counterclockwise with the wrench/screwdriver. When the time came to get them out of storage and re-string them, I just tightened the trussrods 3 full rotations clockwise and strung them up. And I actually did this routine with all my guitars (maple necks & mahogany set-necks). Good to go.
 
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