Guitar virtuoso, Yngwie Malmsteen discussed his guitar pickup preference with Amit Sharma, saying:
"Single-coils have this magnetic window that's more direct and precise.
"It reminds me of a Paganini/Vivaldi violin sort of sound - it starts pure and ends pure.
"It gives your hands much more of a factor in the sound - how you pitch the notes, bend them and so on.
"If you suck, you're gonna suck real bad and if you play well, it's going to sound really good.
"Using double-coil pickups kills a lot of the guitar tone - you lose the acoustic mechanics. With my single-coils driven through the Marshalls and overdrive, it sounds massive."
Focusing on gear in general, Yngwie noted:
"I've used Fender Strats with Marshalls since forever. [Laughs] Though since I last played London, I've switched to my YJM Seymour Duncan pickups and I also have a Fender YJM overdrive pedal, which is fairly new.
"It's all based on what I’ve loved before, nothing is new new. When it comes to guitar gear, I'm pretty set in my ways...
"I've been playing for eons now, but way, way back I remember Eddie Van Halen came out and I loved his playing, he was amazing. But then everyone started copying his guitars with Floyds, and I didn't."
12 сен 2024
