| 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! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4171 Registered: 6-2002 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6kmctA26U Lovely tone. | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1401 Registered: 1-2005 |
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! |
