Well, I am happy with what I have and I don't need another bass…so I'll probably only buy two or three more.
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EBMM price - ouch!
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I couldn't slappy-tap if I wanted to so, P-Bass for me!
I love my P basses.
With the economy picking up in the US (on some fronts), it provides instrument manufacturers a decent opportunity to hike prices while some people have extra money to treat themselves with. This is a bit of an absurd jump of you ask me, but it is what it is. I won’t be investing in a new EBMM bass anytime soon either way.
They’re awesome basses, though.
Also, to those outside of the US: it’s really hard to say, “you’re lucky in the US! They cost $x here!”: salaries and cost of living have such a huge variance when you compare globally that it’s not fair to say, really. Or the other way around.
They’re awesome basses, though.
Also, to those outside of the US: it’s really hard to say, “you’re lucky in the US! They cost $x here!”: salaries and cost of living have such a huge variance when you compare globally that it’s not fair to say, really. Or the other way around.
More than the $500 price hike be a deterrent to buying a MusicMan, it puts it into a different bracket. If I have $2200 to spend on a bass, I probably have $2700 to spend on a bass and I can get a lot more for just another notch up in price.
The price hike didn’t deter me from finding a brand new EBMM at the pre-March 2018 price last week. I wonder what is deterring others from doing the same if they had any real intent to buy.
Perhaps for you, but probably not for everyone. Partucularly those who simply refuse to spend over an arbitrary dollar amount (like $2000), or those who had $1700 to spend and already squeezed out that extra $500 already that they should have spent on food. Everyone taps out somewhere.
I think possibly, Ernie Ball wanted to have his basses equal to, if not more than Rickenbackers in price to let everyone know his products are just as worthy of demanding 2 grand as the Rics.
Two Questions:
1.) How old is Ernie Ball, and might he be retiring soon? Could some one else at EB be responsible for these price increases behind the scenes?
2.) Didn't Fender have similar outrageous price increases about 10 years ago?
I remember being interested in buying a Fender Mark Hoppus bass, and I remember them being about $650.
Then, suddenly, they were about $900, and I remember saying to myself, "I'm not paying $900 for a simple, passive one pickup bass," and never bought one.
Mike
Two Questions:
1.) How old is Ernie Ball, and might he be retiring soon? Could some one else at EB be responsible for these price increases behind the scenes?
2.) Didn't Fender have similar outrageous price increases about 10 years ago?
I remember being interested in buying a Fender Mark Hoppus bass, and I remember them being about $650.
Then, suddenly, they were about $900, and I remember saying to myself, "I'm not paying $900 for a simple, passive one pickup bass," and never bought one.
Mike
Ernie Ball died a long time ago.
His son, Sterling, has been running the company for many years.
Sterling's son is a prominent figure at the company.
It's a family run business.
If you really really want one, you can always order one through a dealer with options and all. I believe Sterling Ball has mentioned that the sterling bass doesnt sell all that well so I guess thats why you dont see them hanging in stores or webshops.
I know you can. There is one on the Musicians Friend website, but I’m not thrilled with the overnight $500 price increase for the exact same instrument. If they do a close out or something I’ll pick it up. I was talking about used Sterling 4HH.
DiabolusInMusic
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It is probably the same camp who would have bought a 5-string right now if they only made one with 19mm string spacing...
Are you talking about me? The money is in the slush fund and I could pull the trigger now. But, paying $500 more for the same, exact instrument that was $1749, not happening. If it went up $100, sure.
