To add to my post above, what really pisses me off about British stores is that they think it some really big deal for them to have, for example, a Taylor costing maybe £1200 hanging on their wall, and that you need to be carefully supervised while trying it out.

I still recall the exhilarating experience of walking into Eddie's Music in San Raphael, seeing a vintage Martin D42 with a $30,000 price tag on it, and tentatively asking the salesman if I could try it. He just looked up at me and said "Sure, take it on down" and carried on doing whatever he was doing. No hassle, no attitude. Do you see that happening in Britain?

Murray