mynan
Well-known member
I was going to reply to a comment in the Retro 70's thread, but didn't want to hijack it.
As someone who has been a fan and following EBMM for a while, comparing model/option availability to the 10+ years prior to 2020, it seems like EBMM are in "survival mode", but that may not be the case. It may be that all of those models, as much as we loved seeing them, were spreading manufacturing time/resources too thin and hurting the company.
As someone who has been a fan and following EBMM for a while I miss those days as well, but without looking at sales statistics it's impossible to say what is/was a good business decision. Of course I want to see new models/innovations, but I'm a fan. And I would bet that the annual purchasing power of all the fans like me combined probably couldn't keep the lights on at EBMM for more than a month or two. In fact, catering to fans like me would probably increase costs exponentially. And as much as I loved seeing the Big Al, Sabre Classic, Cutlass, and Caprice basses I never bought one. And yes, in hindsight I'm an idiot for not getting a Cutlass.
Hopefully this isn't a taboo subject. Definitely not trying to stir up controversy, but after having been fairly active on the forum then recently coming back after a few years away, it's something that I've thought about more than once. And my point is that as much as I would like to look at the past and call it "the good old days", it may not be correct to assume that the company is in survival mode based on that perspective. My hope is that decisions being made at EBMM are more about positioning the company to be around for a long time.
As someone who has been a fan and following EBMM for a while, comparing model/option availability to the 10+ years prior to 2020, it seems like EBMM are in "survival mode", but that may not be the case. It may be that all of those models, as much as we loved seeing them, were spreading manufacturing time/resources too thin and hurting the company.
As someone who has been a fan and following EBMM for a while I miss those days as well, but without looking at sales statistics it's impossible to say what is/was a good business decision. Of course I want to see new models/innovations, but I'm a fan. And I would bet that the annual purchasing power of all the fans like me combined probably couldn't keep the lights on at EBMM for more than a month or two. In fact, catering to fans like me would probably increase costs exponentially. And as much as I loved seeing the Big Al, Sabre Classic, Cutlass, and Caprice basses I never bought one. And yes, in hindsight I'm an idiot for not getting a Cutlass.
Hopefully this isn't a taboo subject. Definitely not trying to stir up controversy, but after having been fairly active on the forum then recently coming back after a few years away, it's something that I've thought about more than once. And my point is that as much as I would like to look at the past and call it "the good old days", it may not be correct to assume that the company is in survival mode based on that perspective. My hope is that decisions being made at EBMM are more about positioning the company to be around for a long time.