Yngwie Malmsteen

A DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 is part of Yngwie Malmsteen's tour guitar rig. According to the diagram in a March 2001 issue of Guitar One magazine, his pedal drawer includes the DOD Overdrive Preamp 250.

"My sound is the overdrive...and the gate," Malmsteen says in this Premier Guitar interview at (5:40) as he shows us his Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor pedal.

You can see which effect pedals the Maestro use, on live stage.

Malmsteen's onstage setup also includes a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face, seen in this Premier Guitar video at (6:10), but he doesn't use it. "I just like the way it looks," he said. "It looks like a landmine."

Malmsteen uses a Boss CE-5 chorus pedal, as seen in this Premier Guitar interview at (5:40). "If I play clean, I usually have [the chorus] on," he said.

In this diagram made by Boss, the Boss CS-3 compression pedal is visible.

Malmsteen plays with a Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Pedal, as seen in this Premier Guitar interview at (5:50).

You can see the Aria FL-10 at 1:49 inbetween the MXR Phase 100 and the Boss OC-2

In this video, Yngwie Malmsteen says, "One of the most important things... they're all important but this is super important... something I developed with Fender... very particular one it's called an Overdrive Pedal thats what gives that... (plays) big sustain you know and everything... it's very liquid sounding, very powerful sounding, and it's not fuzzy, it's just perfect you need to try it out, the Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive Pedal by Fender."

In this video, Yngwie Malmsteen showcases his rig consisting of an ES-8, Digitech Whammy V, MXR Dyna Comp and other Boss pedals.

"What happened was, for 12 years I always used a keyboard player and a drum programmer for my Roland R-8 MKII, which is a bitchin’ drum machine! The keyboard player and I had a falling out and I wound up sitting in my studio all alone. I was writing songs like “Stronghold” and “Attack” — good riffs if I may say so. But I felt there was something missing, so I went to the store and what did I do? I bought a guitar synth because I just wanted to hear what it would sound like if a keyboard player like Derek Sherinian or someone who could play some interesting stuff on there. Reason being, I didn’t have somebody with me. I just wanted to add something that would help me come up with vocals and lyrics. I write all that stuff. I write every thing, you know? So that is how I use the GR-33."

At 1:49, you can see the Boss CE-1 on the top of his pedal board

According to Boss' diagram, Malmsteen uses the Boss OC-2 octave pedal.

"The last time we visited you, we brought the new Roland GR-20 synthesizer.

I’ll tell you the thing I was really keen on: the solo violin. I can’t wait to get one for myself."

In this video, Yngwie Malmsteen showcases his rig consisting of an ES-8, Digitech Whammy V and other Boss pedals.

Yngwie Malmsteen uses the DOD YJM308 Yngwie J Malmsteen Preamp Overdrive, a pedal specifically designed to capture his signature sound.

3:08 He said use Space Echo.

In this video, Yngwie Malmsteen showcases his rig consisting of an ES-8, Digitech Whammy V and other Boss pedals.

At 1:49 you can see it between the DOD 250 Overdrive and the Aria FL-10 Flanger

In this image of teenage Malmsteen, on the floor we can see a Wah pedal and if you look close you can vaugly make out that it says "Jimi Hendrix" on the front.

In a YouTube video by the Official Yngwie Malmsteen channel, Yngwie Malmsteen demonstrates the MXR Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive Pedal, which is named after him.

In the "Pedalboard Tour" video on the Official Yngwie Malmsteen YouTube channel, Yngwie Malmsteen uses the Boss CE-2W Chorus Waza Craft pedal.

Yngwie Malmsteen is holding a Johnson J-Station in an image from the former Johnson Amplification website (captured 3 June 2002 into the Web Archive).

"When I can't plug into my vintage Marshall stacks, I use the J-Station backstage, on the bus, at home in front of the TV, in hotel rooms, everywhere... It rocks!!!!"

(https://web.archive.org/web/20020603035805/http://www.johnson-amp.com/malmsteen.htm)

Additionally, a webpage archived on February 6, 2004, indicates that Malmsteen used the Johnson J-Station as a practice box (https://web.archive.org/web/20040206105705/http://www.yngwiemalmsteen.net/).