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Post by yngwie308 » Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:36 pm

Welcome dmcguitar, well I had quite a long thread of over a year here on Yngwie's everything, but that's gone and this will be the last time I mention that,ok guys :lol: .
Good question and one that is in my head in a daily basis.. :shock:
Start with either a stock (unmodded if you can find one) 1971 Marshall MK II 50 watt big box head, the big box is very important :lol: , seriously, for cooling, looks cool too, my hopefully future Metro 1971 MK II clone will have the big box.
My choice would be George's MK II '71 spec clone, which he has already made a few, this is the BEST choice!! Send your YJM308 pedal to AnalogMan Mike, have him do the Mojo 741 op amp mod, which returns it to grey DOD250 spec, then get a Boss NS-2 Noise suppressor, very important and not tone sucking as some will say, then as far as speakers, Yngwie always says he uses the G12-75 watt speakers as he wants power tube breakup, but not speaker breakup, with his front end boosted signal.
I believe as far as recording, in his home 308 studio, I have seen pictures of basketweave cabs and there is no reason to not assume they are original 30H's, this is a grey area, a lot of Yngwie's mystique is based around,"what exactly is he using??" There are some great guys on yngwie.org/forum, especially Deuterium who has recently 'crossed over' to here, but there is as much misinformation around Yngwie's equipment as good information.
I have been meticulously been studying everything Malmsteen for the last 4 years and have heard or read it all, I am somehat of a scholarly type when it comes to equipment details, but learn new things everyday!
As far as live when I saw him Nov 2005 in Tucson, he was using two stacks, one 'wet' or carrying the effected signal and the other dry, closer to him, as far as all the other gazillion amps and cabs, I know they turn on and off certain 4X12"s to give him a guitar monitor signal wherever he may be on stage. Even on stage right where the bassist and keyboards always are, he has his guitar stacks as well, a lot for effect, but the two or three live stacks, miked up seem to be his main rig. He uses 100 watt heads live as well as the 50 watters.
He is using a grey 250, here is a shot of the front of the stage showing the old Roland DC 10 echo that he uses at the end to speed up the repeats as he either throws the guitar in the air or smashes it, either one :lol: .
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g219/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 0e40ea.jpg
Here is oder link, he dosent use the same bass pedal setup as this now, but as all my shit has been deleted, I can't find anything to give you the definitive answers that i once had :evil:
http://www.guitarraonline.com.ar/set%20yngwie.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://guitargeek.com/rigview/259/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.bossus.com/bugonline/feature" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... =malmsteen
http://www.bossus.com/bugonline/feature" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... msteen_rig
Notice it says his amp EQ is bass=2, middle=5, treble=6. In the floor pedal board he has the old grey DOD250 overdrive. This must have been before the YJM308 came out.

I just used Google to translate the page into English for you. The wording is a little screwy but you can make sense of it:

Picture 1: This pedalera has two rows more than the one than the guitarist used in previous years. These two rows control the effects of delays Korg and the TC Electronics. Malmsteen has in addition wah here wah CryBaby chromed Multi-Wah CB-525 and a pedalera to low that shoots to cords low Mellotron type or type Moog Taurus of the Vintage Keys of his rack. With respect to delay analogical that is on the pedalera, one is a Korg of the '78

Picture 2: Rack of 1998 includes a wireless system Samson and DL-3000 of Korg. In addition a Furman Power Conditioner contains, the module Vintage Keys, delay DL-3000 of Korg (x2), rack TC Electronics and the control of control Audio Custom Electronics of the pedalera. The effect pedals are: DOD 250 (preamp-overdrive), Boss OC-2 (octavador), two Boss NS-2 (sound suppressors), Boss BF-2 (to flanger) and a Tube Screamer de Ibanez (overdrive).

Picture 3: Live, for more than twenty years that the guitarist uses the Marshall. 50 mall pillows of watts MkII without masters with speakers JCM 900 of 4 12 xs
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Post by Tone Slinger » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:11 am

Great info on the DOD Overdrive/Preamp 250 there !

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Post by dmcguitar » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:56 pm

Thanks for the info.

Other than the 50 watts, what is the difference between the SLP and MK II,... say from the 68 slp to the 72/73 mk II ?
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Post by fillmore nyc » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:01 pm

C'mon, Yng!!! Dont be so painfully spartan with your gathered knowledge!! I mean, these one and two word answers are getting old, man!! (seriously, great info packed post, and thanks for sharing it!!) 8) 8) 8)

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Post by yngwie308 » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:57 pm

This kills me, this guy from Malaysia who plays a left handed guitar, strung upside down a la Albert King, unbelievable, but no real Rolex :lol:
good Yngwie impression though, only on the internet can one find this stuff!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buTzLyKas4g" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Not a bad Adagio cover, I'd be happy playing this one, unfortunately I am covering the fat Yngwie period at the moment, gotta lose the 30 lbs I lost and then gained back in 3 weeks :cry: .
I am trying this from transcription and it is harder than it looks.
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Post by Tone Slinger » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:08 pm

I just got the recent issue of Guitar World. "Evil Eye" is transcribed in it. MAN, I had almost forgotten how great that song is. I mean it has nice 'classical' type parts with an acoustic, but just RIPS with a solo with as much power, force and aggression as possible. Yngwie just completly annihlated the phrygian and Harmonic minor scales in that solo. I tell ya, all these 'Newbie Shredder' types who cant bend strings, needs to get up on this. NOBODY can shred like Yngwie !

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Post by yngwie308 » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:47 am

Great stuff Billy, yes I have purposely stayed out of the GL arguement, as I can say I never liked him at all, yet I like DeMartini.
Yngwie is his own institution and since he created his own style and genre, and he took things much further than Blackmore did, he is timeless.
I can't wait to see him tour again :D
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Post by Tone Slinger » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:11 am

I cant wait either. I would love to see Yngwie with Jeff Scot Soto. Those first two albums were very special to me.

Dave, back in the day, I alway's used to wonder why Malmsteen, would alway's sound so much more 'musical' and toneful than his Shrapnel based 'copier's'. I finally realized it was alot to do with his guitar. A origional style strat (well, his has stacked hum cancelling pick ups, which sound very genuine, as you know) sounds, as Robin Trower put it, "Much more musical" than any other guitar, especially all the locking trem, tone sucking guitars of the 80's. I mean, I have a 'super' strat (bridge humbucker, neck single coil, Floyd Rose, etc) and although it sounds good, nowhere compares to a good, origional spec, Stratocaster.

Also, all us forum guy's here know his great pre pcb mk2's dont hurt anything either 8) .

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Post by mightymike » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:07 pm

The first time I heard him was "Now Your ships are burned" with Alcatrazz before he went solo. They actually played it on the Radio on KLOS or KMET in Southern California a couple times.

Here's a guy that plays part of it pretty damn convincingly.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QhmaqJYJ2ng

I din't like his blues on his 1st Guitar VHS tape, because it was too much shred, sweeps and such, but I have to say his blues on Red House is much better.

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Post by yngwie308 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:32 pm

Cool MM, wow that seems a wide board on that Washburn ! Maybe it's the camera angle. Great take on that solo.
I like Red House over the REM video "blues" as well :)
The Live at the Country Club boot by Alcatrazz, is absolutely killer...
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Post by yngwie308 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:51 pm

Great version too :D liking this interest in the Malm.. :D

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Post by Tone Slinger » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:21 am

Interest for sure ! Yngwie is and has alway's been a very huge figure in guitar, as long as he's been on the scene. He is 'undeniable'.

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Post by chad » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:25 pm

Tone Slinger wrote:Interest for sure ! Yngwie is and has alway's been a very huge figure in guitar, as long as he's been on the scene. He is 'undeniable'.
Man, I hate to not like Yngwie (And maybe I'm the only one?)but I don't think he is anywhere close too Jimi in his Red house cover. Believe me since about 95" I really tried to get into his music but I could never connect with him. Please if anyone could direct me to something more than shred style stuff that he plays I ask you too help me.All though I think he can play allright I can never feel anything he plays. I mean no disrespect at all to anyone who thinks he's great, but I have seen many,many vid's on you tube,and I have tried to get into his style but have yet to see anything that turns me on like Jimi,SRV,Beck or Clapton.Again maybe I have missed something but if I seen something more inspiring I can (And would) change my thoughts.Again I know he can play at lightning speed but I don't get nothing from his playing and believe I have tried.Thanks for any insight, Chad

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Post by Tone Slinger » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:32 am

Oh, Chad, you probably just 'prefer' and like guy's who play a certain way (Clapton,SRV,etc) Yngwie IS NOT, the greatest blues player around. He can certainly hold his own, but does not use alot of the old 'cliches' that make the blues greats 'GREAT'.

Yngwie is an ORIGIONAL. What he does is HIS, not someone elses, like many blues based guitarists. Fast, melodic solo's tempered with varying shades of feel and aggression. Yngwie isnt perfect, and I would actually like to hear him mix it up a little more, like he seemed to do more of a long time ago.He is full of feel. Get the "Marching Out" album, and listen to the title track. On there,imo, he goes well beyond just about all the 'blues/feel' players I've ever heard.

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