Kine Naoto has been famous in the 80’s with the band TM Network, which he also founded together with Komuro Tetsuya and Utsunomiya Takashi in 1983. Tak Matsumoto also used to support TM Network with his guitar skills by producing some songs that involved an electric guitar.
To no surprise it seems that Kine Naoto has been keeping in touch with Tak ever since. So now Tak has collaborated with an old friend from the pre-B’z days, and it’s going to be track number #6 on the new album “Chuo-Line”(that’s a train line in Tokyo) by Kine Naoto. According to his official site, it’s going to be a folk-style album.
The title of the song Tak is collaborating on is “Mitaka Blues”. One can imagine that it’s no surprise that Tak is called in for a blues session on the spot.
The album will be out April 7th, 2010 and will be priced at 3060 Yen.
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Japan’s most famous guitarist, and beloved guitarist of B’z, Tak Matsumoto, has finished creating just another new guitar(after introducing the new Gibson Tak Matsumoto DC Custom models), but this time it’s for Epiphone, which is part of Gibson, just that Epiphone’s guitars aim for customers with lower budgets.
The “Epiphone Tak Matsumoto DC Custom” will go on sale exclusively in Japan on December 25th, 2009 and will be priced at 122,850 Yen (about $1100).
Taken from Epiphone’s Website:
Epiphone Announces the Release of the New Epiphone “Tak Matsumoto Signature DC Custom”Coming Out On Christmas Day Exclusively in Japan
Tokyo, Japan-December 18, 2009. Leading guitar maker Epiphone announces the release of the new “Epiphone Tak Matsumoto Signature DC Custom” available exclusively in Japan on December 25th 2009. Tak Matsumoto is one of the Japan’s leading guitarists and a member of the popular rock band B’z.
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According to a news update on Stevie Salas’ Official Website, Tak Matsumoto(among others) is participating in Stevie Salas’ new album “Set it on blast”.
I was recording my brand new cd called ’set it on blast’ right up to 1 hour before I got on the plane to europe to start this tour… Talk about tight!!! This cd is well funky with brian tichy, matt sorum, tm stevens, steve faronne, joey heredia, dorian heartsong, jara slapbak, bernard fowler, dan rothchild, gandhi, tak matsamoto from the bz japan and a few other cool friends.
This is not unusual as Koshi Inaba has been recording some songs with Stevie Salas in the past, too. For example the English version of “Shoumen Shototsu” called “Head on Collision” which is featured on Stevie Salas’ album “Be What It Is”(Amazon.com). Furthermore, Koshi Inaba is featured in Stevie Salas’ essential collection called “the sun and the earth”(Amazon.com). There, he plays the harp on the song “Pumpin’ It Up”.
There has been no word on an overseas release date, but the album will be released in Japan on July 15th, 2009.
If you wanna grab a copy, you can pre-order it here:
CDJapan.co.jp
YesAsia.com(Global)
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Gibson has long been the mainstay guitar manufacturer, and its Les Paul design has become an icon that represents guitarists in all arenas of music. Naturally, when an innovation as foreboding as the “Robot Guitar” was introduced last fall, Gibson was once again heralded as the leader in the field.
A guitar capable of tuning itself and maintaining a full set of customizable tones had already shaken the industry one year ago. With the capabilities of some studios coming standard in a guitar alone, it’s no wonder that Gibson has decided to rise to the occasion once again.
And they have, with the introduction of the second version of the Robot Guitar: Dark Fire. Of course, given that this is a worldwide launch, Gibson Japan had to bring out their biggest star to introduce their newest product.
Naturally, it wouldn’t be much of an event without Gibson Japan’s sponsored and famed virtuoso. Appearing on stage alongside Gibson Guitar CEO and Chairman Henry Juszkiewicz was legendary guitarist and songwriter Tak Matsumoto. Read more…
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Apparently, new Tak Matsumoto Signature Models are going to be available over at Gibson’s Custom division in autumn this year.
I’ve already taken a look around, and those new models seem to cost around 500,000 Yen(~$4545/~€3333). If anybody can afford one, don’t hesitate to take live pictures of it, or even send a sample of playing the guitar!
The product site is located here: http://www.gibson.com/jp-jp/Gibson%20USA/Tak%20Matsumoto%20Signature/TOP/
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