| Author | Message | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3397 Registered: 6-2002 |
Some great band playing on this video and Kazumi is playing a series I guitar. Marcus Miller on bass, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wXx7W0Hxh1U#t=332s jazzyvee | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11038 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nice video! And great tone (and playing) on the guitar throughout! | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1236 Registered: 1-2005 |
Wow - that was awesome! I've been a long-time fan of Kazumi Watanabe - even saw him live at the Pit Inn in Tokyo when I was in high school (though unfortunately it was packed and I never got a clear view of the stage). | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1237 Registered: 1-2005 |
Found another one from many years previous - looks like the same guitar too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2kfKLFH1fI | ||
| tncaveman
Intermediate Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 172 Registered: 2-2011 |
WOW - this is why I love the Alembic forum. Now if we can only get Markus an Alembic!! Thanks Stephen | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1975 Registered: 9-2002 |
So I always heard the rub on Series guitars was that they were too clean / hard to get distortion with, these KW videos not withstanding. So I wondered, why not put an output gain boost on the power supply box for the S-electronics? Dial up or down whatever you want, or was the idea you'd go right into and f2b ? J o e y | ||
| pace
Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 930 Registered: 4-2004 |
I don't know what to think about that myth, Joey. I know that the low impedance does not react well with certain stomp boxes, especially germanium fuzz circuits. That said, my S1 has no problem driving a pair of small combos and they'll break up much the same as they do w/ a passive guitar (the closest parallel for me would be a P-90 SG). The high frequency content in a series guitar isn't as shrill as say the "ice-pickiness" that can plague strats and teles, but if you don't know how to dial it out, i guess that can be a turn-off too. | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1268 Registered: 1-2005 |
Interesting article that focuses on Jeff Berlin but gives some background info on Kazumi Watanabe: http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1229210/blue-notes-jeff-berlin-and-kazumi-watanabe | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 958 Registered: 9-2008 |
"Berlin is a bassist of extraordinary virtuosity who moves comfortably between the worlds of jazz and rock: he was once offered - and declined - the bass guitarist's slot in the heavy metal band Van Halen. He was an early exponent of the percussive slap bass style for which Miller - who once said he wanted to be "the black Jeff Berlin" - is known" Really? Never heard him slapping... | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1271 Registered: 1-2005 |
I think I remember him slapping on one of the Bill Bruford solo albums but can't say that for sure. The Marcus Miller quote though is pretty suspicious... | ||
| room037
Senior Member Username: room037 Post Number: 480 Registered: 9-2003 |
The song is "Five G" in the album "One of a kind" by Bruford. This album is not solo album. "Bruford" is the band name. Now Jeff Berlin is touring with Kazumi in Japan. Eiji | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1272 Registered: 1-2005 |
Thanks for the info Eiji - I knew I wasn't imagining it! When I was in high school a couple of my friends saw Spice of Life live in Tokyo - I can't remember if I was invited or just didn't go - we loved that first album with Kazumi Watanabe, Jeff Berlin and Bill Bruford! I think I was actually somewhat influenced by Jeff Berlin - and when I listen to my own Kazumi Watanabe albums like Tochika and MOBO II I am even more amazed! |
