Seen him in Alcatrazz in 1984 in Riverside California. Grahm Bonnet...Best singer I have ever seen in my life live. Met Malmsteen at a NAMM show about 1998 and he is great for what he does and a class of his own and is one of my favorites but as I am sure many will agree many other great players of that time as well guitar player wise. I would list but what is the point. You get the idea...
both are two of my fave players ever, imo uli at his best was just awesome, "catch your train" from virgin killer is one of the best guitar songs ever from opening feedback to last note, if you haven't heard it you have to, it has perfect tone, phrasing,melody,vibrato and just flat out rips................
When I listened for the first time to Bonnet instead of DIO, I thought that only he was an imitator, but with the time I me have realized that it possesses the only powerful style and with personality.
Malmsteen and Bonnet....fucking awesome, even back then. Yngwie was still in his Blackmore mannersims stage, but those runs at the end are worth waiting for. Superb.
No, he worked as a Luthier for a while in Sweden, and he found a Lute that was scalloped instead of having frets, so he tried it on one of his 'Bad' guitar necks and it became a 'Good' one. He didn't find out about Ritchie till a while later.
I saw Alcatraz once in a little bar downtown Huntington beach California. I'm having flashbacks. I rember getting Yngwie's first solo record. I carried that album with everywhere I went no joke. I Don't feel like researching so if I'm wrong I'm a dumb ass. Somehow years ago maybe 24 years I learned that the Gibson flying V guitar was a Randy Rhoads Gibson collaboration design. Search RU-vid for Quiet Riot. There is some cool vids with Randy Rhoads before Ozzy snatched him up.
actually, if you listen to some of uli's older recordings, you'll hear some runs that later became yngwie's and vai's runs some fifteen years later. some were sped up, some weren't..
that's an aria pro2 V. and yes blackmore's neck is scalloped. there is a vid here somewhere where richie tells a story about a luthier refretting his black and white strat. it seems the guy didn't understand scalloping and he filed the neck down flat! you can imagine how thin the neck was at this point. needless to say richie was pissed!
Everybody and his dog (minus schenker4) know that Yngwie's god is Blackmore. He said a zillion times that he grew up to the music of DP/Rainbow, while he only found out about Uli Jon Roth some time before he recorded his 1996 'Inspiration' cover album ( half of which being Blackmore stuff, btw )...
well like i said.. i havent seen any videos so it might not be. but if it is.. the gk synth isnt used for amp sounds in general. more synth sounds.. so for key type sounds etc. its possible that he has it attached to his guitar but isnt using it all the time... his amp sound still comes from his engl (which is actually german unlike the marshalls he used to use, so technically not british sound!!) and if he has a roland.. he probably just uses it occasionally.
Yndwie uses Gibson Flying V to sound like Michael Schenker during this tour Alcatraz was playing alot of MSG songs just right after Graham Bonnet got fired...lol
I think he scalloped all his necks after he discovered it. Its gotten deeper over the years though, on the early videos its quite shallow, while on the later ones its much deeper.
Interesting guitar. I think it is a V body with a Stratocaster neck. Why would you bother? The whole point of the V is to give access to the upper frets, but the Stratocaster neck is shorter than the V neck so there is nothing to have access to. Other than perhaps wanting double coil pick-ups, I am at a loss on this one.
hmm, i didnt know yngwie played anything other than a fender? thats awesome, and when the camera hits him sometimes, he looks like the lead singer of wasp, blackie lawless, haha, actin all crazy with his mouth open and stuff haha
I'm pretty sure that gitfiddle Yngwie is playing is an Aria Pro. They were released in the early 80s at the same time as the Ibanez rocket rolls. Both guitars blew the Gibson v's out of the water so Gibson launched a lawsuit, and now both are history. Don't quote me on this, it's just what I was told. I do know this however. I own an original Ibanez rocket roll and it is far and away better than my Gibson v.
I havent heard it. I know he is bad ass and certainly overshadowed Michael Schenker. Yngwie said that Uli is the reason he started using phrygian modes. Sometimes I get defensive, because people claim Yngwie ripped him off. I just don't believe it.
I always had a love-hate feeling for Graham Bonnet. I love most everything he's sung on, but his voice sometimes grates on me. Blackmore, Malmsteen, Vai...he's played with some great rock guitarist, but he's added something to those albums. I don't like those albums just for the guitar. He is talented, but that voice is rough at times.
Did you stick out your tongue at your screen after you wrote your baby comment icyfire ? not just in rainbow but he was with out question in the top of all Frontmen, he just wasn't a record label darling,thank god. the funny thing is he has the power and range that MOST Frontmen lack.
I agree,everyone knows Blackmoore is His Hero,That uli jon Roth story,Is Out Of Leftfield,but ALOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS SITE DON'T KNOW SHIT,They just think they do,
Hate to tell you this, but if you look up ebay item #150278006957 you will see an ad with Yngwie pushing Aria Pro guitars. To be honest I don't have much experience with Aria Pro, but I can tell you, many people who come into my studio and see the Ibanez and the Gibson hanging side by side on the wall naturally have to try them out and they all prefer the Ibanez over the Gibson. To be fair though, I think the Gibson has better tuners and slightly better intonation. (but it's a new guitar)
What were Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai thinking? Graham Bonnet has to be the biggest dork who ever walked a stage with a mike in his doofus hands.
uli plays circles around schenker, michael was never one of my faves but i do respect him, uli was and is incredible, yngwie was probably my biggest early influence for years, as i get older i appreciate uli more and more, check out "catch your train", maybe best all around rippin guitar song ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is a great song,but bonnet is no Dio,Or Even A joe lynn turner,Cool To See Yngwie Play Something Besides Those Boring Strats,He Should of Played V More Often
Nice, don't play like that anymore. What's up with music these days. Live & sounds great, these days pop stars don't even sing they mine. Nice vocals, where is Graham these days, hopefully belting away some voclas.
Uli use to have great tone until he started using the sky guitar. The first 2 electric sun albums are neoclassical at it's best. And I too favor Michael with Uli as a close 2nd.
Yngwie was perfect Live back in the 80s. Nowadays he is sloppy and unoriginal. But hey, he was the best guitarist in the world from 1978 to about 1990. I´m not saying he is bad now, but he is NOWHERE near his prime in the 80s.
That's what he told to keep some originality, do you know the story of his band's name Rising Force? I guess you don't... run back to college my friend...
