Summer’s over, unbelievably there’s already talk of snow, and there’s a sneaking suspicion your store may have had the heating off for just a bit too long…
10: You’re having to jump start the guitar amps
9: Customers have started crowding round the sunburst guitars for warmth
8: You’re having to burn even more Vintage guitar stock
7: Have found new use for nipples as a method of displaying packs of strings
6: Laugh a minute customers are saying “I may be some time” before entering shop
5: Sales of sheet music have doubled, but only for inuit throat singing songs
4: You finally caught the Saturday boy with his fingers in the till. Just his fingers.
3: Even old Eric Morecambe classic – “It’s cold out. Well, put it away then.” – has become irksome
2: Your guitar tech stopped sweating. For a full ten seconds.
1: Now everyone who comes in with a part-ex deal is shaking, not just the addicts.
