[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1417542737' post='2621547']
Bwahahahahaha!!!
Well try one then!
They're just beautifully-made basses. The best designs made using the best components by the best craftsmen.
In no way are they "better" than any other top-end boutique manufacturer ... whether or not you happen to prefer Fodera or Sadowsky or whatever doesn't mean that one is better than another, it just means that you like it more.
The two Allevas that I've owned are two of the nicest basses I've ever had. The one I still have (a KBP5) would still be my go-to bass were it not for Mike Lull coming up with a bass that actually ticked two boxes for me with an even bigger tick.
I like them a lot. Not everybody does of course.
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but lets say i understand some of the big costs of the more expensive companies (like fodera,MTD,ritter, etc), as they are using really expensive woods in their basses and it takes a very long time to build one, but what can be so expensive in a jazz bass?
and i put sadowsky aside, because alleva costs more than twice than a sadowsky (if I'm not mistaken)