Loewenherz Bass?

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Author Message tmoney61092 Intermediate Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 186 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 8:36 pm:    has anyone ever played/bought one of these basses? they look...interesting http://www.loewenherzbass.com/english/manual.html ~Taylor Watterson darkstar01 Intermediate Member Username: darkstar01 Post Number: 167 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 8:59 pm:    i know stanley clarke endorsed them at some point. i've never played one, though. (Message edited by darkstar01 on August 19, 2009) tmoney61092 Intermediate Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 187 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 9:11 pm:    yea, i noticed that also, i listened to the sound clips and for me, they don't sound as good as one would have to spill out to buy one ~Taylor Watterson ajdover Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 737 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 9:41 pm:    To me, that tailpiece makes it look like someone took a golden crap on the bass. Just sayin' .... Alan tmoney61092 Intermediate Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 188 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 10:39 pm:    i'm going to agree with that, i guess it looked alot better on paper... ~Taylor Watterson terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 998 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 3:54 am:    well I agree on the tail piece, looks like something from Hellboy II. And another point...to much going on with the tonal options for me personally. That would be a sound engineers nighmare to get a decent sound out front if the player kept switching all the time. Nice woods and construction but just over the top for me. senmen Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 903 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 12:38 pm:    Guys, I played two of them but they are not my thing. You have 6 or more pickups and all tonal possibilities. As I played the first one the only position I liked was the Alembic setting... :-) And as for the tailpiece.... He tried to sell me a bass for a longer time but I said to him that I could think about it if he would change his trademark lion tailpiece to a spider tailpiece... :-) Oliver (Spyderman) tmoney61092 Intermediate Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 195 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 12:43 pm:    hahaha, good try Oliver. if i may ask(i've never seen a price on one of these), how much was he trying to sell it to you for? ~Taylor Watterson P.S.- what was his response to the spider tailpiece idea? senmen Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 904 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 12:48 pm:    Taylor, the german retail two years ago was around 8500 Euros means around 12000 USD. As for the tailpiece, no, as he insists that this is his trademark. Oliver (Spyderman) lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4056 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 3:34 pm:    The tailpiece looks like someone super-glued a brass door knocker on the bass. Downright fugly IMHO. Bill, tgo elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 810 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 3:54 pm:    Maybe I could get a job there, toma_hawk01 Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 100 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 5:32 pm:    About as much as I want to play a loewenherz bass, is about as much as I want to someday eat at the Heart Attack Grill for a triple by-pass burger and a side order of flat-line fries, (fried in lard). Go figure... (Meaning, I have absolutely no curiosity of experiencing or purchasing the burger, the bass, or the flat-line fries.) But, I am not knocking others who wish to have at it... For now, my Alembic; a cup of coffee; and toast will do the trick for me. (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 20, 2009) terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1007 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 2:14 am:    Err what is that in the picture?? Maybe I should replace my beautiful engineered Alembic bridge and tail piece with a brass door handle taken from one of my interior doors. I know innovation can be a great idea but that just doesn't do it for me. elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 811 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 9:53 am:    Terry, That's a Frankensitar I put together one day, I should add a doorbell button for a coil tap switch : ) The 'bridge' sounds alot better than those Gotoh buzz bridges. I'd stick with the Alembic brass. terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1011 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 10:38 am:    elwoodblue..takes experimentation to a new level!!! So where did you get the idea?? elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 813 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 10:58 am:    I think the idea was spurred by another experiment where I replaced the skin on a $10 dollar yard sale banjo with a large convex plastic lens. I'll have to take a picture of that one (and make sure it stays out of the sun). As I was piecing together an old harmony neck on that hacked up kramer body I saw the door knocker sitting in a box and things progressed from there. I need to add a tone control because all the zingy sitar sounds coupled with an amp can really aggravate the tinnitus. terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1014 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 6:44 am:    that really brings a smile to my face!!! elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 815 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 9:52 am:    Cool! Has anyone noticed the name of the bass manufacturer sounds like "Low in Hertz" ? Have a good weekend Terry sonicus Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 266 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 10:50 am:    German being my first language I can tell you that the German to English translation of Loewenherz is Lion heart! But you probably already knew that______ LOL ! elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 816 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 11:32 am:    I didn't know that,thanks terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1017 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 4:54 pm:    elwoodblue..thanks and I have had a good weekend. Been out drinking with a load of bass playing mates..the conversation through out the night was interesting..anyone in the vicinity of us would be wondering what the hell we were talking about. I have mentioned in another thread tonight about jimmyj, John a bass player friend of mine who is great James Taylor fan could not beleive that I was on internet talking terms with Jimmy Johnson. I am going to have to get him to my house to see the Alembic club to prove my claim! bass4worship Junior Username: bass4worship Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 5:36 pm:    I don't think so. Sure not my Alembic. To much crap on the bass.