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I've loved Joshua Breakstone ever since I heard his song above 20 years ago. He's based in Tokyo for the last few years. I never see him discussed around here but he's one of my top two or three favorite guitarists. His style to me is very theatrical. And kind of old time somehow. Anyway I really like him and just thought I'd bring him to others attention.
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06-05-2024 12:30 AM
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I’ve seen a few sets when he tours Japan. I like his playing, too. In fact, I’ve used his arrangement of Autumn Leaves when I call it at jam sessions!
His records with a cellist are nice. He also did a series of shows a while back based on “Music of….” one or another founding figure of jazz, e.g. Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, maybe others. He has a knack for adopting their tunes to guitar, often in a duo or trio setting.
His gigs are accompanied by some of the top Japanese regional players. He also plays with the Osaka based pianist Philip Strange, and a great Japanese organist from Kansai.
BTW, I thought he was based in Kyoto? He seems to play at clubs there regularly and did a guitar camp there, though he also seems to tour elsewhere, e.g. USA (did some gigs in NYC last year, IIRC), and Australia recently. I believe he’s active on FB.
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I have been a huge fan of Joshua Breakstone for many years. He is also a very nice guy. He's on Facebook and if you message him he'll reply and chat with you a bit. I love the tone he gets from that 70's L5ces and Yamaha amp. He's a very fluent player, lots of bop ideas but also other stuff. I think he's one of the best out there these days.
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Oh, you could be right. Maybe it is Kyoto.
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Thanks lawson-stone. Do you happen to know what kind of Yamaha he plays? I have a G-50. Pretty heavy amp but really powerful.
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On his website he says it's a Norlin Era L5ces and a Yamaha G100-112. He likes the EQ on the G100.
Originally Posted by voyage
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Mike Stern played the old Yamaha G100 amps a ton as well.
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I have a Yamaha G100 III 2x12, too big for my needs but otherwise a great amp (excellent EQ as stated). I bought it on eBay over 20 years ago for a very low price, its size scared off most buyers. Of course that was back when Fed-Ex had reasonable shipping rates, can't even imagine what they'd charge to ship this behemoth now, probably nearly as much as I paid for the amp.
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I have the G100-210 (I'd thought mistakenly it was a 212) and it is a super sounding amp. But it is HEAVY. So heavy that it's almost not worth using. It also once fell over forward and one of the knobs on the parametric EQ side got messed up and is useless. But the other channel is excellent. I ought to haul that sucker out and play through it some just to enjoy it again. Originally Posted by Mick-7
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"It also once fell over forward"
It would take a bear or similarly large mammal to knock mine over and I do my best to keep them out of my practice room.
To clarify, this Yamaha GS Series of amps had at least three versions I, II, & III. I think III, the one I have, is the last in the series, no idea how they may differ.
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I'm pretty sure mine is a series I. It has no series number on the front plate. It really sounds delicious. I might record a few tracks with it and post. Originally Posted by Mick-7
"It also once fell over forward"
It would take a bear or similarly large mammal to knock mine over and I do my best to keep them out of my practice room.
To clarify, this Yamaha GS Series of amps had at least three versions I, II, & III. I think III, the one I have, is the last in the series, no idea how they may differ.
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