Hi all, I have a Jackson Dinky that has a bolt on neck, and im going to be on a long distance flight.

Now i could check the guitar in, but given its value im not prepared to do that incase it "dissapears" somewhere along the line.

The other option is of course taking it on as hand luggage, i have looked into this and the airline im flying with allow the guitar on within a certain size, and mine is going to be too big.

One other option i have is taking the neck off (something ive never done) and put both in a suitcase (securly passed of course), but when i get to my destination then i can put it into a shop and get it put back on proffesionaly as i wouldnt take any chances doing it myself and dont want to screw it up.

Is this a good idea at all or can this damage the guitar in anyway?

Davie

If you have just a little mechanical ability you should have no problem doing this yourself. If it's a floyd equipped dinky, detune the strings so they're loose, unclamp them from the floyd and put some twist or zip ties on the strings to hold them together being sure not to put a krink in the strings anywhere. you just wanna be sure all of the tension is off of the strings before unbolting the neck. If it makes you feel more comfortable, draw a pencil line on the back of the neck where it meets the body. Loosen the philips screws on the neck little by little, one by one, take the neck off and voila! It's not a job for a pro in my honest opinion. Pack it up nicely in whatever you're storing it in using foam, towels, etc...Once you get to your destination place the neck back on, get the pencil line lined up to the body, get your screws started and put them in a little each at a time. Make sure it's all lined up and tighten the screws little by little, staggering from one screw to the next. Take the ties off of the strings and put them back in the clamps and you should be set. If it is a floyd it'll be easier to take the back plate off and block the tremelo so it doesn't collapse and stays in place before you do the above. Then take it out when you're done later and before you put all of the tension back on the strings. Hope this helps. This is a very simple way to do it. This is all off the top of my head so I may have missed a little something, but you should be ok. Good luck bro. everything should be set to how it was before hand with no problem providing you're not going through a big temperature change. Good luck bro. Hope this helps! DC

Thanks a lot for this bro it really helped me

Im going to be putting the guitar into a shop to get it all set up again because i want to make changes anyway, and ive been advised that i shouldjust take of the Floyd Rose incase any damage is done in transit.

Do i just unscrew the springs in the inside and the 2 bolts that llok like the string hight studs (going of a diagram)?

Find a small piece of wood to fit between the inside of the cavity and where the block on the floyd is that the springs attack to. You can take a couple of springs off if you want to make it easier to put the block in. Put them back in or lay em in the cavity and put the cover back on the back for safe storage. You shouldn't have to worry about anything else after that. "Remember", just a small piece of wood. Just thick enough to keep the floyd level still like it's suppose to be. This will make it much easier. Also as a precaution double check all of your saddle nuts, etc and make sure everything with stay in place. Do not adjust the posts if you can keep from it. It also may me a good Idea to keep a piece of masking tape over the top parts, bolts, etc, of the floyd that float around just to keep them in place. Hope this helps my friend.