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Old 11-21-2009, 02:35 PM
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Lightbulb Herman?

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Originally Posted by Eric Hochberg View Post
I considered buying a Herman Lowendahl bass a few years ago. I think it was dated 193?. It needed work, neck brought out, fingerboard, etc. but had a really nice sound as it was. The bass was a bit too big shouldered for me so I passed on that alone. I never got it evaluated. Sometime later I saw it restored at a Chicago luthier's shop and for sale by him at $25k. I'm not sure if he found a buyer at that price.
This is NO Hermann. That was a tradename bass using the old Lowendall name.
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