by gum, this vinyl business is a lark...

I've never had much time for carbon brushes - the sort one holds on the disc while it spins before a play etc, always finding they add static rather than otherwise...., as well as doing a poor job of actually getting the dust they collect actually 'off' the disc surface...

I recently came across the advice of grounding the brush to the spindle as you take it off and I must admit that does seem to work better ... but having been testing such techniques with a new disc (fairly dodgy pressing of Minstrel in the Gallery, but that's another story), I'm appalled by the 'micro-abrasions' (to be honest, they don't look that 'micro!) left in the two areas I'd used the brush (right across one radius of the grooves of course).
The brush I have is a no-name one, and the bristles do seem stiffer than some (deram?) that I've had in the past ... but even so, I won't be doing that again.

found a (bad-tempered and inconclusive, as per...) thread on it here:

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/thread....281574/page-6


what particularly irks me is that I've just bought (delivered) one of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/css/orde...ya_st_oh_crumb

I've had these on the past, and they do at least work in the terms of collecting dust ahead of the stylus, and the idea of a grounding cable always appeals (can't remember if it seemed to work in the past or not!) ... but now I don't know whether to use it or not. On the face of it, it would be daft after what I've seen using a brush.
I will try and get a pic or two of the 'scratches' when I can.

Any comments / advice much appreciated as ever.

Marc

(btw, should this really be a new thread? if a passing mod thinks so, and is able to oblige, that would be great)