Lozz196

My last show of the year was meant to be at The Water Rats as well, but due to health issues of one of the band it sadly wasn’t able to go ahead.

I sense it becoming a weekly thing, Karl…..

After many years of buying & selling second hand I now know my preferred basses - 2013-16 Fender US Standard Precisions. As these aren’t in production anymore I can only buy used now. But up until that point it was trial & error til I hit the jackpot. Rather ironically my fave one - and the first of this series I bought - I bought new, at an incredibly good price.

Yes, could well have just been a local practice and one which any higher-ups, if they found out about it would have been hopping mad. Thing is that having been employed by Post Office Ltd since 1987, when it was part of RMG it wouldn`t surprise me if that were the norm back then - wouldn`t think it was now though, or even in early 2000s even before RM were sold. Whilst I`m completely in agreement that RM with its 500 year history shouldn`t be stripped back, sadly the competition is largely doing that to them already, under-cutting pretty much everything with their (shall we say somewhat dubious) working practices as mentioned. Customers (mainly business ones) largely making choices by price rather than levels of service.

Watched some of that, Horace playing a very nice worn looking sunburst/rosewood Precision

I`m pretty much the same with Guns N Roses, all my mates liked them but being a punk they were too bluesy for me. Fast forward 15 or so years and got into them and kick myself for missing out.

Not sure about all working practices that are being looked at but I can understand why RM want to change some - maybe this has already been changed, maybe it was a practice that only happened in the depot he worked at but it`s what used to happen, my mate who was a postman told me about it: 2 postmen, Paul & Pete. Paul is running a bit short on funds so gets Pete to pull a days sickie. Pete gets paid for this day whilst at home and not sick at all. Pauls duty is 8am - 5pm. Always finishes his round by 11.30 so always home by midday. As Pete is off Paul covers Petes duty after doing his own, is back at the depot by 3pm, is home by 3.30pm. Paul is still at home an hour and a half earlier than his scheduled duty time. Paul receives a full days overtime (at overtime rates) for covering Petes duty. Now I can understand unions looking after their members and T&Cs, fair play, no-one wants to be run over rough-shod by their employer and rightly so unions look after their members, but the above, well I can see why any company would want such T&Cs changed.

Yep, what the salary could afford in 2012 it would no way meet now, even without the situation of this year with heightened inflation & fuel.

I still like all the music I liked from when I was younger, but like much more now including a lot of stuff I didn’t like back when I was younger.

Yep, and then 6 months on they state they’re losing 700 million a year. As Andy Furey of the CWU said, that shows incredibly poor management to go from so good to so poor so quickly. Now some of that 700M will be attributable to the strike action no doubt, but nowhere near that sum.

The postman who delivers to our workplace says that a good few contracts have been lost due to the strikes, with one specifically stating unreliability as the reason.

Excellent, sadly I won’t get the chance to listen but this is great, you must be really chuffed Paul

Let’s all remember that the strikes affecting the transmission of mail are due to Royal Mail employees striking, and nothing to do with any employee of Post Office Ltd. Although there is currently a dispute with Post Office Ltd with some members also striking this dispute is nothing to do with the transmission of mail as they don’t deal with this.

Agree, the selling of the main post offices to my recall started in the late 80s/early 90s (my first experience of this was ‘91) and has continued since then at a steady flow even after Royal Mail - who until 2012 owned The Post Office - were sold. The Post Office since 2012 owned wholly by government and no longer any part of Royal Mail.

I think around the £1500 mark is the most, however in the main as I like Precisions and they’re not exactly rare in general I prefer to buy used.

I had a Hartke HA4000, with XL 210 & 115 cabs, was an excellent but heavy rig. I used an HA3500 with a Transporter 410 cab. Was a dreadful but heavy rig.

Yep I’ve made no serious money from music but the experiences I’ve had through learning how to play a musical instrument are invaluable, wouldn’t trade them at all.

The most comfortable steel rounds I’ve played were D’Addario Pro Steels, that may have been due to the tension. I chose 45-100s so would think that a lighter gauge would be even more comfy. Most comfortable nickels have been Ernie Ball Super Slinky, again 45-100.

Agree, I love checking out a bands guitars/basses/pedals/amps, preferably before the performance but if not possible then afterwards.

Yep, many years ago I sold a Marshall 1936 2x12 cab on the bay and two bidders went up against each other to my benefit as it bizarrely went for more than what they were sold for new.

If it went to the Deep South it would now be hay-eft.

Looks like you’re going for a refin instead then @Stub Mandrel 🤣 But seriously as per @Reggaebass as the mojo is mostly/all yours I’d keep it as it is.

Yep, get out the Flapometer

I`m sure we can manage a 2023 relay - I`m J8 on M1 (20 miles north of London) I could get it up to the start of the M6 as part of it.

Definitely. I`m quite willing to drive for a meet up am not posting items like basses or guitars. If it takes me longer to sell as a result, well as the French say, c`est la vie!