If I had $7,000 to spend on luxuries, I'd have no problem spending all of it on a Wyn or a Prat or a Mayones or a Rick Toone. I'm happy to pay the price that the builder sets, as long as I see myself loving the bass. Having said that, as much as I admire some of the Ritter basses, I don't have...
'AND I SAY, JACO ONLY NEEDED FOUR!'
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Late-night news: 'Shocking news coming from a bass convention today, as a man was whipped to death with a .254 gauge bass string'
It's not logarithmic. Anyhow, that's not my Alembic. And the price of new Alembics are laughed at by anyone who isn't a lawyer or a doctor who happens to be a die-hard Grateful Dead fan.
'Standard Series' Foderas will still have great specs, but no, it's not relative, 10k for a bass guitar is an insane amount of money, even if you're a multi-millionaire.