rmorris

Yes. But it's not always so straightforward. Where stock has been obtained on credit terms (usual practice) then ownership may contractually remain with the supplier until payment is made. I know there may be examples of stock being shifted out of the jurisdiction to avoid seizure of goods. But this may well put officers of a company in legal peril. The store looks to be full of stock atm - I walked past about an hour ago - so to move that stuff now would be blatant. Of course there is also "warehouse stock" where the situation is less clear. Apart from that it would be usual for suppliers to arrange Credit Insurance before supplying goods. The inability to do so was a major factor in the downfall of eg Woolworths (UK) and IIRC Debenhams. At the end you would go to the store and there would be sparse non-franchise stock.

He owns the (remaining) pier in Brighton as well as some other bits (including some now failed businesses) and was complaining around people not visiting due to industrial action by ASLEF on Thameslink trains from London.

To round this out in context - I do, of course, have much sympathy with staff who may lose their jobs. Been there. Done that. Particularly for those who qualify for only the legally minimum compensation.

Indeed - and IIRC he was the guy calling for the sacking of train drivers during a Thameslink dispute. Also investor in the failed "Dirty Blonde" bar in East Street ? How he ever headed up C4 is a disgrace tbh.

fwiw wrt Brighton music shops - I'd recommend giving Badlands Guitars in Preston Road (and Online) a look. Nice stock and Graham and Suzy are very god at looking after their customers. (No personal involvement - just bought the odd small item there but mainly used for guitar fret levels / setups)

For clarity on what I mean by looking to the current ownership / investors: not my words but... "There may be other investors, but one appears to be Risk capital partners , aka Luke Johnson. He owns the Pier, invests in Gails and Revolution bars, and previously Laine Pub Co, Small batch coffee, and various others. Bit of a weird guy, extremely right wing and lost a lot of credibility while chair of Patisserie Valerie when it collapsed with a £100m black hole, and a fraud investigation"

seems to be the case. Notice on door simply states "Closed for maintenance" or similar and website / online is unavailable. Now if you know the buildings this seems implausible. Large two floor store. Seems unlikely you would need to completely close the premises for maintenace unless it were about to fall down or explode ! The adjacent buildings and businesses seem fine. And the website down so ... Suggest look to the ownership since changing hands a few years back.

Indeed. The figures in grams can seem very small. But you have to take into account the actual effect of the distance from the fulcrum point ie "Moment of Force". As you say lever action as applies to levers (and pulleys for that matter).

Anyone like to comment on fanned frets 🤔

Yes. The psychoacoustic aspect of hearing is fascinating especially wrt ability to "fill in" missing harmonic information.

A couple of points here: A. Many audio setups (including your typical bass rig) have difficulties reproducing the lowest frequencies involved, in terms of both: A. efficiency (Level) B. Distortion (THD + IMD)

Well a 4 avoids having to deal with damping the B and concerns about how it stands up to the other strings. In some circumstances I'd suggest a 3 string bass. But I think Tony Levin beat me to it a few years ago 🤔

Safer in room than an unattended vehicle. Car big enough to keep them out of sight ? Take photograph of them in the room. If practicable lock them to something large eg desk / table.

No

The anti-static ground connection as used in electronic production environments usually has a high impedance resistor in line (eg 1 Meg Ohm) to avoid high currents but still negate charge build up.