PaulWarning

yep, I'm a P man (and play in a Punk band) as well, put off getting one for a few years because being a lefty I had to splash out on a USA one, no second hand ones seem to crop up when I was was looking , tried Stingray's and Jazz's first but the P just sits in the mix so much better. I have to slightly different point but, this is why trying out equipment in shops is a waste of time, until you've lived with it and played it in a band (assuming that's what you do) you'll never know whether a piece of equipment is right for your needs.

going wireless, finally got a line 6 G10, after our guitarist bought one, a really well thought out piece of kit

I suppose if there's a crossover it could stop the higher frequencies going to the other speakers, just disconnect it before the crossover if there is one, doubt you could tell either way though, personally unless you're slapping I've never seen the point of a tweeter in a bass cab, I have mine switched off, not that I can tell if they're on or off

depends on the rateable value apparently You will not pay business rates on a property with a rateable value of £12,000 or less. For properties with a rateable value of £12,001 to £15,000, the rate of relief will go down gradually from 100% to 0%. If your rateable value is £13,500, you'll get50% off your bill.

depending on the size a lot of small shops have zero business rates to pay (don't know how much location has to do with it), I know my old newsagents shop falls into that category

Cheers, we've decided on something similar, the Shure WH20 XLR so we don't have to mess about using a different plug and phantom power, there doesn't seem many about that are not designed for use with some sort of power pack

anybody any experience of this one https://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_pga31.htm#bewertung

Our drummer does backing vocals, trouble is he keeps moving his head while playing so a headset mic would seem to be the answer, don't want to pay a lot and doesn't have to be wireless, any suggestions anybody?

if it was released today it would probably be banned, I'm always surprised that it's still played on the radio,

ah yes, I remember that description of a certain brown colour, there was an Agatha Christie book called "10 little n*****s" later retitled "and then there were none", and the less said about Guy Gibson's dog the better, although the last time I saw the Dambusters it hadn't been edited out as it had been previousley. Funny old world

perhaps I ought clarify, we, quite rightly, don't use the N word because it upsets a lot of people and has racist connections , but to the older generation the C word is just as upsetting (my 92 year old mum for a start) yet it's regularly used in public and social media, personally I'm not bothered by it unless I'm in company who are upset by it. Yet in the 70's there were comedy shows that used the N word

the story goes, which you've probably heard, when JJ broke the the green one thumping it to get feedback he had it repaired but it was never the same, he tried hundreds of P's and never found one that sounded like the one one he broke, don't know if it's true, good story though. I do know the last time I saw them live, Peaches just didn't sound right at all. Wait a minute, you said had, you mean you let it go?

not heard J J Burnel's green Precision then?

well they have too, they make a product that doesn't wear out, so the only way they can keep selling it is to try and convince bass players to buy another one by tweaking it

sounds about right

that would explain it I suppose,

you mean like a Jazz? you'd have to have a Hi Pass filter set at about 300 Hz to make it sound anything like that (if you've not guessed not impressed) perhaps something was lost in the recording

thinking about it it could be MIM, initially I thought the Standards were only made in the USA, bit of research and apparently not. I was looking for a lefty and I know they're not MIM, I think I got confused, Andertons do MIM for £500 so not such a bargain, unless it is a USA and they've cocked up

https://www.rattleanddrum.com/fender-standard-precision-bass-in-lake-placid-blue.html unfortunately I'm a lefty

It's a long way from Nottingham, I suppose Rattle and Drum at Derby might get them in, no lefty's at the moment but they do have this https://www.rattleanddrum.com/fender-standard-precision-bass-in-lake-placid-blue.html looks a bargain to me if you play the right way on

We do Jilted John and without fail everyone smiles at, she a slag, and he's a creep, she's a tart, he's very cheap, she's a slut, he thinks he's tough, she's b1tch and he's a poof, sometimes political incorrectness is amusing. I may be old fashioned but when did it become ok to say the C word and not the N word oh yeah the profanity filter is really pi*sing me off

thanks for that, I'm doing my best to resist, after all what's the point when you've already got a USA P? apart from all black with a maple finger board 😣

Can't argue with that, which is why the high street is dying, it's progress, the world moves on, I don't want to go back to having to take whatever strings they choose to stock at a higher price, and as for left handed basses, forget it

yes I was, didn't know he was closing, but like you, not surprised. Bit of a character is Jimmy, at a recent open mic he had a bandanna on his head, I said didn't know it was it was fancy dress you coming as a pirate, to which he replied "Better than coming as a c*nt" perhaps not the best at retail diplomacy though

He doesn't make much from his shop, tops it up by giving guitar lessons, I suspect that's where most of his business comes from. Having been in retail myself (newsagents) I really don't know how music shops make money, I suspect most of them are labours of love