Reita (れいた) from the GazettE

[Marcus]

Anyone a fan of this guy's stuff? I got into this band a while back but only started really heavily listening recently.

I'm a big fan of his tone, especially in this clip from their live performance of the song Baretta -

Solo section

[Ganja]

Oh, I dig the tone.

[Marcus]

Another great video

[ramy]

He rocks, really hard!
Played some of his stuff. He normally has pretty nice basslines.
Toshiya of Dir en Grey is awesome aswell, dunno who i like more.
I like Toshiya's bass more for sure

[Marcus]

I'm a Dir en grey fanatic. I've seen them 3 times live. I am still kicking myself over not seeing GazettE last year in Tokyo >_<

That said though, I don't compare the two bands. They're both awesome.

[HappyCakeOven]

Originally Posted by ramy

He rocks, really hard!
I like Toshiya's bass more for sure

Speak of the devil!

D: Dutch J-Rock fans on my TalkBass? xD

On the topic of basslines, Toshiya's old basslines are pretty cool, although I think I like Reita's better.
Though, IMHO, YUKKE from MUCC has some pretty cool basslines and I think Kazu from Kagerou has some of the best I've heard in J-rock.

[Marcus]

if you refer to other bands, please post youtube links to your favorite songs, I'm always interested in hearing new stuff

[HappyCakeOven]

Sure, lemme see now...

Merry - Dekiai no suisou/メリー　溺愛の水槽, very jazz/bluesy
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=BfcZ64eSOqA

MUCC - Bouzenjishitsu/ムック　茫然自失, rawr?
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=0_yErHrKQtA
Daikirai/大嫌い, intro should tell you more than enough xD
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=caA5jRi_0kE


Kagerou - Wrist-cutter/蜉蝣　リスとカッター, awesome bassline.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=tLc-EfISCCU
Shibire kokoro/痺れ心, awesome solo
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=s0h-QosQoRE

[afinalfantasy]

I personally think he's just your average pick player that backs up the guitarists by playing roots. That's just my opinion.

[Marcus]

I give him more credit than that because you can tell on the songs that give him more room that the guy can definitely kill on bass.

[ramy]

Originally Posted by HappyCakeOven

Speak of the devil!

D: Dutch J-Rock fans on my TalkBass? xD

On the topic of basslines, Toshiya's old basslines are pretty cool, although I think I like Reita's better.
Though, IMHO, YUKKE from MUCC has some pretty cool basslines and I think Kazu from Kagerou has some of the best I've heard in J-rock.

And exactly the same city thats cool.

Do you have that bass?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF2kROOfSrk this is the live version from Garden from Dir en grey. Pretty cool song.

Did you ever notice that neatly all of the J-rock bass players play with a pick? Ofcourse there are a few exceptions.

[HappyCakeOven]

Originally Posted by ramy

And exactly the same city thats cool.

Just curious, did you ever go to a j-rock concert, maybe I've seen you D:

Originally Posted by ramy

Do you have that bass?

Yeah, but it's the Edwards version, I'm not spending 2000 euros no the ESP, which doesn't even seem that impressive.

Originally Posted by ramy

Did you ever notice that neatly all of the J-rock bass players play with a pick? Ofcourse there are a few exceptions.

Haha, yeah I noticed this too, I've only seen some use their fingers, but whatever sounds good, right?

I was also pretty amazed when Heath from X Japan played Scars alternating between fingers and pick, and that's one crazy song.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=DxTmxOROrog

[cideto]

Reita's style is very entertaining to hear. especially the older songs though the bands new direction does allow for more Bass.

[Mikio]

I love his bass and his tone, he's very stylish and all... and I like a few the GazettE songs, but it's nothing too remarkable for me xB