ZB prices from 1973

[FRANK BLOOMFIELD]

Looking for some ZB bits for Johnathon I thought you might like to see the prices for ZB guitars and accessories from 1973, compare these with the current Emmons , see what you think !!

[Ken Byng]

I haven't seen that price list before Frankie. Interesting to see Eric's mark up. The list price was £832 for my first ZB D10 in 1972. That is ingrained in my memory. I p/x'd my Ormston D8 which was a heap of rubbish, and I was delighted to offload it. After 6 months of owning the ZB - which only had 2 levers - I had Eric put 2 more levers on it. He had fashioned some levers in his workshop out of aluminium bar. They looked a bit Heath Robinson, and it's interesting that a standard ZB came with just 2 levers. How times have changed with 5 levers becoming de rigeur on a D10.

[jonshack]

I know inflation is a tricky thing (house prices, food and wages don't necessarily track together over time) but just for fun I put the price of a ZB in 1973 into the Bank of England inflation calculator (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator) and it came out at £8875! Suddenly those new Emmons guitars don't look too bad . No idea how much it would be to ship one to the UK these days .

Jonathan