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jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 3397
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 5:11 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11038
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 4:28 pm:   Edit Post

Nice video! And great tone (and playing) on the guitar throughout!
hieronymous
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1236
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 2:15 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1237
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 3:42 pm:   Edit Post

Found another one from many years previous - looks like the same guitar too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2kfKLFH1fI
tncaveman
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Username: tncaveman

Post Number: 172
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 7:50 pm:   Edit Post

WOW - this is why I love the Alembic forum. Now if we can only get Markus an Alembic!!

Thanks

Stephen
bigredbass
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Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 1975
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 11:28 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: pace

Post Number: 930
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 6:53 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1268
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 11:46 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: mario_farufyno

Post Number: 958
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:18 pm:   Edit Post

"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
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1271
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 5:49 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: room037

Post Number: 480
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 10:04 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1272
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 10:20 pm:   Edit Post

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!
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4171
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 8:24 am:   Edit Post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6kmctA26U

Lovely tone.
hieronymous
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1401
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 7:25 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for that jazzy! If you ever find the album Tochika, GRAB IT! Marcus Miller is awesome on it! The bass line on the tune he was playing in that clip (Liquid Fingers) is killer!

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