[quote name='EBS_freak' post='977500' date='Oct 4 2010, 07:09 PM']Maybe it could be a good time to see if there is any clearance stock at a considerable discount? I know when I last saw Bernie, he had a warehouse full of the stuff... all new, all with warranty...
I guess there is always speculation when a change of distribution happens but I understand the whole thing was very amicable and Bernie is still going to be endorsing EBS. Having so many builds on, I think he is secretly relieved to have his time freed up for building his basses and his workload meant that he couldn't promote the brand as much as he would have liked.
It'll be interesting to see how the new distributors get on, personally speaking I'll be suprised if they can pitch the current line against all these microheads... I think that is where Bernie was losing all the business, even though EBS does sound superb. When the competiton is 1/3 of the weight, 1/3 of the price, 1/3 of the size It's an uphill battle for anybody!
I still love my EBS stuff anyway, no matter who or where it comes from and I've never had any issues with the backup support! It works for me![/quote]
Great post mate.
I agree with you on the uphill battle. When i found out about a month back, i told the rep form sound tech i thought the brand was great and the gear sounded great, when he asked which models we would want i had to laugh a little bit. In a town where 99 is considered too much, and we struggle to sell a Markbass every other month, there really is no room for the EBS stuff. Which is a shame, because endorsing such nice gear really would make my life as a bass salesman more enjoyable