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pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 205
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 5:58 pm:   Edit Post

Hello all,
you can see on these pictures find on Google (Berkeley 2006), that Stanley change of power amp (not SWR 750 but QSC...) and he use loewenherz bass.
Anybody know the sound of this bass ?





dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 653
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 4:59 am:   Edit Post

Also looks like a Crest CA9 in there as well.
pierreyves
Advanced Member
Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 208
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 5:24 am:   Edit Post

the upper is a QSC, no doubt.
senmen
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Username: senmen

Post Number: 693
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 6:08 am:   Edit Post

Dear All,
yes I know Loewenherz very well. I had one here for testing for about a week. The owner of Loewenherz is a friend of mine and lives very close to me. The basses are designed by the owner and are buildt by a german bass luthier. The electronics are also german made by a small company. The craftmanship is really very good and the electronics are superb. It is active but my personal taste was, it sounds better ran passive. There are 6 pickups on the bass and you can switch on/off each seperately. This is a very versatile bass as with the different pickup combinations your are able to reproduce every desired sound including a real great Alembic sound, my favorite. Wonder why?
Optically I like more the 12 pickup model you can see on their website, but what kept me away from the basses until now is the versatility (too much for me) and the look of the lions head...

Oliver (Spyderman)
pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 209
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 6:26 am:   Edit Post

It's a bass or a computer ???
It's completely crazy, even the head of lion ...
for my taste it's "TOO" much...



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(Message edited by pierreyves on October 21, 2007)
senmen
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Username: senmen

Post Number: 694
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 7:21 am:   Edit Post

Yep,
for me it is also too much.
I like it rather simple.....

Oliver (Spyderman)
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 878
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 8:09 am:   Edit Post

When I last saw Stanley he had the Loewenherz on stage did not play it. All he played was the Alembic. I have also seen numerous concert photos with the bass sitting in the stand but none of Stanley actually paying it.

Keith
byoung
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Username: byoung

Post Number: 795
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 9:14 am:   Edit Post

Last time I went to see him (Clarke/Duke project), he played the Lowenbrau for one song, IIRC.

Bradley
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 558
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 9:23 am:   Edit Post

Bradley-

Lowenbrau huh? That would explain the lion.....

IMO it's way too much. Looks like an Alembic/Jaydee hybrid that grew up in a Tijuana pawn shop.

(Message edited by tbrannon on October 21, 2007)
eligilam
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Username: eligilam

Post Number: 70
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 3:59 pm:   Edit Post

I think it's kind of cool...at the very least a conversation peice. Looks better than a Ritter or an Ernie Ball Bongo, for sure. How much would one of these cost in the US?
basstard
Intermediate Member
Username: basstard

Post Number: 150
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 7:28 am:   Edit Post

Will - EVERYTHING looks better than a MM Bongo. A high-tech toilet seat, may I say. I don't agree with you about Ritter though.

As for the Loewenherz - yes, it's a bit too much. I don't like the discrepancy between the upper and the lower horn (their look just don't compliment each other, they simply don't match), and that lion head... Just ugh.

Still, I'd love to lay my hands on it (and have a spare week or two to explore all the possibilities).
mdrdvp
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Username: mdrdvp

Post Number: 219
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 7:34 am:   Edit Post

There's one at the bass exchange. Price included. I agree with Toby and Jarek. It's too much but it still looks better than a Bongo. But everything looks better than a MM Bongo.

Bass Exchange

Manfred
palembic
Senior Member
Username: palembic

Post Number: 2605
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:59 am:   Edit Post

IN this interview posted by Brother Keavin he talks in the end about his new gear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrfLvMk_CwE&feature=related

Oh and this is the "story" about the 3 bassplayers and 1 drummer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrav_MSMjNs&feature=related

Talking about getting spoiled!

Paul TBO
byoung
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Username: byoung

Post Number: 931
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 5:29 pm:   Edit Post

He was using QSC amps (to full effect!) when I went to see him on the 19th.
ajdover
Senior Member
Username: ajdover

Post Number: 604
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 9:59 pm:   Edit Post

The tailpiece on the Lowenherz looks like someone took a golden dump on the back end of the bass if you ask me. I'm sure they're nice basses, but I wouldn't buy one based on that tailpiece .... yecchhh ...

Alan

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