Chowny/Retrovibe to become fully UK brands
Just saw a post on Facebook that Chowny/Retrovibe are moving to being a fully UK based brand and builder.
So these are very well respected basses from all accounts, but prices will go up (10-15%). Will that change your opinion?
Ok. It's time to talk about what things cost.
We've put our prices up to reflect the new UK manufacturing and have already had several angry emails from potential customers. So I want to address a few things.
The cost of manufacturing in the East
Even if we'd kept our manufacturing in India, our prices would probably have gone up 30%. This is due to the cost of wood going up. Shipping prices skyrocketing. Import Duties (we used to get our instruments tariff free on an E
