1976 George Duke Kustom XII Mixer Frank Zappa Billy Cobham Montreux - Vintage Ad for Sale

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1976 George Duke Kustom XII Mixer Frank Zappa Billy Cobham Montreux - Vintage Ad
Original, Vintage Magazine AdvertisementPage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm)Condition: Good
All of a sudden, when Istarted using Kustom,couldhear.\"Rapping with George Duke.We hear you’re working on a newalbum to be released around the firstof the year. How’s it going, and doyou have a title yet?“No, no title yet, but it’s going verysmoothly. It’s the first time I’ve attemptedto do an album where I play all theinstruments. About half of it is acousticpiano, and the rest is layered synthesizerstuff’.’You use such a wide variety ofkeyboards — how many in all?“So far, only six: a Fender-Rhodes 88, aWurlitzer electric piano, a HohnerClavinet, an ARP String Ensemble, an ARPOdyssey synthesizer, and a Mini-Moog.And there’s a variety of pedals and effectsdevices that I use as well’’needs to change, something has to bedifferent. I try to coordinate acousticsounds and electronic sounds, make themwork together’.’Six keyboards could give you a heckof a mixing problem. How do youhandle it?systems for everybody from the Stones towhomever — he said he was amazed athow sturdy the Kustom cabinets were.We’ve had no problems, no breakage’.’Getting back to music, tell me aboutyour long association with FrankZappa and the Mothers of Invention.With six electronic keyboards, howdo you decide which to use when?“Well, I basically use them fororchestration —if I want a timbre change, Ichange instruments. Those texturalchanges are really important, becausethere are so many groups around with justbass, guitar, piano and drums. SomethingPictured above are George Duke and BillyCobham on-stage at the 1976 MontreuxInternational Festival. \'George uses 2 FLH-15SRO\'s, 2 MT-15 horn cabinets and mixes withthe Kustom XII SRM“I’m using the Kustom XII mixer. It\'s clean,it’s quiet and it allows me the flexibility ofequalizing each instrument individually.It really cleans up your sound incredibly.I’m also using Kustom speakers, the next-to-largest model. *They work great’.’How does your Kustom equipmenthold up to the road?“That’s kind of aninteresting story.I had my Kustomspeakers carpetedfor road use,rather thanbuying cases foreach one. Theguy who did thework makes PAWhen sound is everything ..“I learned a lot about how to record, aboutrunning a band. And how to control anaudience. Frank’s a master at controllingan audience, taking them on his trip, youknow. I think I contributed a lot too —itwas a good give-and-take situation. Heknew that I understood what he wanted’.’One last question about equipment.Has the Kustom stuff helped the bandin any way?“Well, on-stage it cleared up a lot ofproblems. Clarity, to me, is the ultimate. Iuse two Kustom units behind me, and oneon each side of the stage for monitoring,for the other musicians. They love it.For some reason, all of a sudden when Istarted using Kustom, they could hear.Much better than with the other system Iwas using’.’Chanute. Kansas 66720
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