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Equipments: Naoki Gear

Last Updated: Oct.15,08

Naoki Watanabe, the composer of "Deja Vu", is one of the greatest bass players, composers, arrangers and singers in Japan.
I will translate detail information soon!

Basses: YAMAHA BB-NE 2 BL，YAMAHA-BB Limited 5, YAMAHA TRB 6PII，Atelier Z M#265

YAMAHA BB Ltd.5

The pictures below are the ones of Bose's Yamaha BB Ltd.5:

Amplifiers:
SWR, AMP Head：TRACE ELLIOT AH400SMX; AMP cabinet: TRACE ELLIOT 104B


Effectors:
TC Electronic (Only Chorus and Franger)

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Music Cafe Special: Naoki Watanabe B.C.Rich

Naoki Watanabe left it in 2006, though, I guess many bass players started playing the bass to see Naoki's performances in Spectrum days.

Mura, a Naoki fan and bass player, sent me 4 photographs of B.C.Rich Eagle with core body. Thank you, Mura!

b.c.rich
(Almost) Cover Shot

b.c.rich mark
You can see the "R" Mark at the head

b.c.rich pickup
Pickups
The positions of them are opposite, though.

b.c.rich controller
Closed shot of Control Knobs (Wow!)
Naoki's B.C.Rich had only two control knobs; the top one and the bottom one

B.C.Rich is a name of a guitar manufacturer. Eagle shows the shape of the body. Vintage B.C.Rich guitars seem still very popular among players.

Specification

In Naoki's profile page of AB'S Official Website, The B.C.Rich bass was treated special, showing rather detail information:

  • Years Naoki Got：around 1977
  • Body：Core
  • Neck：Maple (Through Neck)
  • Fingerboards: Ebony
  • The number of Fret：24 frets
  • Control：Volume, Tone, Pickup Selector
  • Pickups：DiMagio P Type
  • Bridge：Badass
  • Peg：Grover

(quoted from AB'S Official Site (Nov.10,07))

Opition：The Gear in Spectrum
  • B.C.RICO Eagle (Finish: white)
  • B.C.Rich Eagle
  • GRECO Original GOB II-750
  • Roland SB-200 (amplifier)

I will add the detail information soon!

References

Information Sources

  • kimo
  • Hishii Richi
  • Peter
  • Bose (with pictures)
  • Mura (with pictures)
  • Momoshin
  • Momomon (I lent the tour pamphlets of Spectrum from Momomon)
  • Naoki Watanabe

I appreciate you: Thank you very much!

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