Ive always loved Yngwie's sound and approach to keeping neoclassical guitar alive. Yngwie doesn't just play fast he plays intelligent melodic phrases in his compositions. Yngwie never tried to copy anyone. He set out to find his own style of playing and thats exactly what he did!
I would have to say this is false. Uli Jon Roth: Still So Many Lives Away: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i37qbfwM15Q.html Sails of Charon: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zs5NOrYYV2s.html Look, he's got a cream strat plugged into a wall of Marshalls and is shredding on a Phrygian dominant. Sound familiar?
NOT slagging on the guy, I appreciate his awesome technique. Incredible, no question. I just never cared much for his tone? His songs? I love Crystal Ball and Black Star and thats about it. Again, just talking guitar, I would never talk smack about such an incredible player
Back in the 80’s everyone had those high output Super Strats (Jackson, Charvel, Kramer, BC Rich, Hamer, etc.). Everyone thought a regular Strat was old fashioned and you couldn’t shred on it. Then Yngwie came out. I was so surprised he never even considered using any of those other guitars. I’ve seen him use the odd Gibson Flying V, never a Super Strat. Apparently every guitar maker was offering him sponsorship deals but he turned them down. Eventually Fender made his own signature guitar but he originally bought his own guitars. Usually vintage ones from the 60’s and 70’s. He preferred the “Big Head” ones from the late 60’s to early 70’s.
I would say ... yes and no. In the 1980's, even kids in high school knew about Hendrix and Deep Purple and whatnot. Iron Maiden used stratocasters. Say ... is that Stratocasters I see in the Another Thing Coming video by Judas Priest? Bryan Adams used Stratocasters, blowing away most hair metal with the raw sound of "Kids wanna Rock". The 80s did bring us the immense popularity of Floyd Roses and locking nuts, and dual coil humbuckers in strat-like guitars, no question.
They are definitely heavy. I have one. From 1985. Yngwie gave it to me after a gig, just a tortoise shell pick. No names, nothing. It is like a piece of a 78 record. I have often wondered if he had these made then. It is heavier than anything that was made then or available to the general public.
i covered far beyond the sun in high school with an improvised solo because the power of yngwie was too great back then, it's still on my old channel with my freshman youth taunting me so. I also use 2 and 3mm dunlop big stubbies, best pick ever made next to the 1.5mm Jazz III
For a great plectrum that won’t let you down, I’ve always used the purple stubbies or the mandolin tear drop and I love them. It feels weird going back to conventional shapes now.
Big stubby for me and you got enough material on them for repairs. Once they're nicked I put them in a pile and once I'm out of picks I grab a sanding block and do a similar pattern as you would sharpening a blade. Start out with some 100 grit, and polish with sone 600 or so for a smooth feel and voila brand new picks. I've had some of mine for 15 years.
I use an xacto blade to carve picks to a beveled point. the good news is that many new boutique pick makers are creating thick picks that come with sharp beveled points! @mathas guitar picks for example.
everyone focuses on the string, guitar , and pick... ....the true power zone os is the action of the stings (height above the neck and frets) ...that is the true nature of shredding....💯 especially when you're hitting them pitch harmonics....mixed the palm mutes....🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸💥💥💥💥💯💯🤘🤘 Yngwie for life...
You need high action with thin strings, they oscillate much more so you get buzz if you go down in gauge. Though Yngwie uses a hybrid set 8-52 if I remember so he probably has the low strings pretty close and the high one far off.
@@techniqueswithtodd i enjoy nanoweb elixirs (the polywebs just turn to shredded plastic after very little play.) the nanowebs have a most beautiful crisp sound when brand new...they last much longer than the polys... but other than that...i perfer ernie ball or d'adarios...which to me, i can't tell the difference at all..sound, feel, or longevity... but yeah i agree... strings are always a factor...but depending on the style of music i play at the time.
@@techniqueswithtodd Me too! Been playing 08-46 since 2001. First EB strings, then his Dean Markley set when they came out and now his Fender signature set. I use them on my two Yngwie strats and on my scalloped partcaster.
The last one is the "Duck" or "Play Loud" guitar. It's a 71 strat that he bought in Sweden and it was the only guitar that he brought with him to USA in the early 80s. It's basically the guitar he wrote all the early material on.
Yngwie has incredible technical talent but reminds me of Salieri in Amadeus ... he hasn't created one single memorable or whistle-able melody ever. I actually like Yngwie in his later years and he still has amazing potential ... he just needs to walk, whistle some tunes in his head and then and only then pick up a guitar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QCnOx4lmnbg.html
I was never really a fan of Lars Lannerback but there's no denying he has chops for days. He actually looks quite healthy here too and still has a full head of hair.
