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Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: tmoney61092 on August 19, 2009, 08:36:09 PM

has anyone ever played/bought one of these basses? they look...interesting
 
http://www.loewenherzbass.com/english/manual.html (http://www.loewenherzbass.com/english/manual.html)
 
~Taylor Watterson

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: darkstar01 on August 19, 2009, 08:59:28 PM

i know stanley clarke endorsed them at some point. i've never played one, though.
 
(Message edited by darkstar01 on August 19, 2009)

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: tmoney61092 on August 19, 2009, 09:11:08 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

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: ajdover on August 19, 2009, 09:41:34 PM

To me, that tailpiece makes it look like someone took a golden crap on the bass.  Just sayin' ....
 
Alan

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: tmoney61092 on August 19, 2009, 10:39:17 PM

i'm going to agree with that, i guess it looked alot better on paper...
 
~Taylor Watterson

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: terryc on August 20, 2009, 03:54:52 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.

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: senmen on August 20, 2009, 12:38:37 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)

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: tmoney61092 on August 20, 2009, 12:43:16 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?

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: senmen on August 20, 2009, 12:48:01 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)

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: lbpesq on August 20, 2009, 03:34:03 PM

The tailpiece looks like someone super-glued a brass door knocker on the bass.  Downright fugly IMHO.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: elwoodblue on August 20, 2009, 03:54:06 PM

Maybe I could get a job there,
 (http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/68987.jpg)

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: toma_hawk01 on August 20, 2009, 05:32:36 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)

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: terryc on August 21, 2009, 02:14:35 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.

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: elwoodblue on August 21, 2009, 09:53:22 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.

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: terryc on August 21, 2009, 10:38:32 AM

elwoodblue..takes experimentation to a new level!!!
So where did you get the idea??

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: elwoodblue on August 21, 2009, 10:58:27 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.

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: terryc on August 22, 2009, 06:44:47 AM

that really brings a smile to my face!!!

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: elwoodblue on August 22, 2009, 09:52:53 AM

Cool!
Has anyone noticed the name of the bass manufacturer sounds like Low in Hertz ?
 
Have a good weekend Terry

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: sonicus on August 22, 2009, 10:50:38 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 !

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: elwoodblue on August 22, 2009, 11:32:54 AM

I didn't know that,thanks

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: terryc on August 22, 2009, 04:54:27 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!

Title: Loewenherz Bass?
Post by: bass4worship on August 22, 2009, 05:36:03 PM

I don't think so. Sure not my Alembic. To much crap on the bass.