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Loewenherz basses
- Thread starter JMX
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C'mon, "stupid", "fugly" and "sucks" - that's a little harsh (and in a world that lets Wishnevsky make a living making basses!). I am going to go against the flow and say that I rather like them, but then again I like JayDees's (and their striped wooden pick-up covers), as well as Alembics. Like Danshee said, they do have an ornate, antique quality to them, almost Victorian in character. Not sold on the headstock shape, and while there are a lot of controls, they might make more sense once I know what they all do, but overall ... not too bad. Yes, I can see the Burns Bison bass in there as well - good catch Whafrodamus.
JDGA fan said:
Yeah, we're being a little harsh. But remember, Wish basses are really cheap. These will cost you a little more than $300.
Playing one would make me look like a christmas tree.
Which isn't bad.
(MTV should make this tv show: Pimp my Bass)
Which isn't bad.
(MTV should make this tv show: Pimp my Bass)
Well, the web translator says that "Loewenherz" in German means lionheart in English, which would explain a bit. Is that right JMX?
...Ehm, ehm... may I be "flat out honest"? "Ugly" is the word, here, to me! And with excessively redundant options, too. Let Alembic or Jaydee do their own thing for their customers and "aficionados". Once you decide to come out with your product, a labor of love assumably aimed at the high segment of the market, judging from the elaborate look and options, the minimum you can do is to have an original style, your own shape and possibly leave in the past (where it belongs) the seventies' "airplane cockpit" concept for the tone controls!
Look at most hi-end builders: simple volume/tone options, maximum of 2 pickups, hi quality components and ergonomic shapes is what catches the eye and gets the sales!
Elaborate furnitures. It may be sad to hear this, after you spend so much effort and money on a product line, but it can put you on the right track.
My two euro cents, anyway!
(G.B. Shaw: "Damn, I do not make eggs but nevertheless I am able to tell if one is fresh...!)
Look at most hi-end builders: simple volume/tone options, maximum of 2 pickups, hi quality components and ergonomic shapes is what catches the eye and gets the sales!
Elaborate furnitures. It may be sad to hear this, after you spend so much effort and money on a product line, but it can put you on the right track.
My two euro cents, anyway!
(G.B. Shaw: "Damn, I do not make eggs but nevertheless I am able to tell if one is fresh...!)
Outside of professional musicians, I think "elaborate furniture" as a term applies quite well to the basses most of us high-end boutique bass owners have, whether it's my JayDee or whatever the "bass-de-jour" is that the TB community is currently drooling over. My experience has been that we are invariably professionals in fields other than music and just enjoying playing music as a hobby. We have boutique basses because we can afford them - simple as that - and that is probably the customer he is going for. For most of us, our bass playing duties could be handled quite capably with a run of the mill, brand-new Guitar Center bought Fender Precision. The audience I play to probably could not care less whether I used that or my Jaydee, assuming they could even tell the difference. That said, I agree with the comments about "airplane cockpit" controls to a point, and this is why I personally have no interest in owning a Series I or II Alembic (though I like them appearance wise). The JayDee is just a P/U selector, volume, passive tone and 3-band EQ, pretty much what most high-end basses have now, only John was doing it 25 years ago. That said, 7,500 Euros converts to about $9,000 right, and I could get a lot of bass(es) (including two or three top of the line JayDees) for that kind of money.
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JDGA fan said:
One man's "harsh" could be another's honest opinion*.The Heavyweight Championship of the World bridge aside, that bass would be right at home in a historical setting, say if Louis XIV had a Fusion band.
Complete with powdered wigs.
Wish's look ridiculous but at least they're cheap. I could imagine Richie Rich playing this one with Cadbury on mink drums.
"Check it out, even my laminations have laminations. Sweet!"
Sorry... this bass really inspires me.
*I have no idea what it sounds like, just going by appearances.
I kind of like how totally tacky they are. They are probably a fortune, but if by some miracle they aren't, I'd be the kind of shmuck who might buy one ;-) They look like they may be sporting a smaller scale length, too.
JMX said:
Alembic basses ARE my cup o' tea, but I'd swear off tea if Alembic migrated to something like this.
These appear to be what a cartoonist's rendition of an Alembic might look like. The headstocks look like they can severely injure something. Or maybe they're useful for opening beer kegs?
The body style (minus pinscers) and woods are nice, but the JayDee style pickup covers on top of the Alembic style multi-lam thru-neck is overkill.
Enough has been said about the lion / belt buckle. It may have looked nice with more of a crown type headstock with a lion head logo emblem.
Peace,
James
