Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen shows us his signature Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster. According to Malmsteen, the guitar sports "YJM Fury Pickups by Seymour Duncan, and they're just amazing," he said at (0:55). "These really scream." The guitar has a "scalloped neck, of course, with the Dunlop frets, brass nut, standard tremelo" Malmsteen said.

In this photo of Malmsteen's collection we can see what appears to be a Gibson SG in a White finish in the upper-right corner.

Malmsteen breifly stated in an interview that this is a "'66 dot-neck SG" that he bought in his home country of Sweden.

In this video at 5:45 Malmsteen states "I got some V's, I got a V that years ago I had its scalloped and put Strat pickups in it... Yeah and uh, put a Tremolo on it too... Yeah that was years ago they did that..."

According to Vintage Guitar, Malmsteen used a Flying V between 1986 and 1990.

In this video at 4:43 Malmsteen states "...I got a guitar that Steve Vai gave me, here an old Steve... [indiscernible] very good friend of mine... And I gave him one of my guitars, we're all good friends and stuff..."

The message on the back of the guitar reads:

"To Yngwie J. you are greatness But more than that, a [indiscernible]! we had [indiscernible], ay mate? Steve G3-03"

In this video at 4:42 malmsteen states "I got a guitar Brian May gave me..."

In this photo of his guitar collection, you can see left handed Fender Stratocaster.

Malmsteen's famous '72 Fender Stratocaster dubbed by fans as "Play Loud" due to a sticker the guitar once wore or "The Duck" due to its yellow finish and Donald Duck sticker on the Headstock, has come to be associated with Malmsteen as his go-to guitar rig. Malmsteen has used this guitar throughout his musical career and has had fender make several copies of it.

Malmsteen prefered the 70's headstocks because he claims they have more sustain. He also modified his Stratocaster by converting the neck from a 3-Bolt to a 4-Bolt (if needed) refretting the neck with Dunlop 6000 fretwire, installing Wilkinson Tremolo Springs adding a brass nut, removing the middle String Tree, installing DiMarzio HS3 Single Coil guitar pickups and most famously Scalloping the fretboard.

Fender honered Malmsteen by making a signature model based on this guitar.

In this image Yngwie Malmsteen can be seen holding this guitar.

In this image, Yngwie can be seen holding a ESP Random Star.

The photo was taken in 1983, person standing next to him was his then-girfriend Tallee Savage.

Yngwe got a Fender Telecaster Jimmy Page edition as a gift from Fender.

In this article, Malmsteen states:

Looking fit, thinking clearly and seeming happier than ever, Yngwie appears to have greater control of the alcohol indulgences that sometimes got the best of him in the past. "I've realized that too much of anything is no good" he says. "Except too much guitars. I've got 30 in this house, and I have at least another 30 in storage. Since I'm always surrounded by them, it's hard to look at a guitar and not pick it up. "I seem to find good guitars in Sweden," he adds. "I have a lot of contacts with guitar dealers. The one I get are so expensive, most people wouldn't even consider buying them. If I see something I like, I'll say, 'Okay, I'll take that '61 Strat, please.' I still get 'em cheaper than most people would. "The last time I went to Sweden I bought an early-Sixties Gibson Les Paul Junior. I also bought a mid-Sixties Gibson Les Paul sunburst and a '66 dot-neck SG. Although Strats are always going to be my favorites, I like to noodle on different things."

In the YouTube video "In the Studio with... Yngwie Malmsteen" by Guitar World, at the 4:58 mark, Yngwie Malmsteen mentions his Dean Sky Electric Guitar, noting, "...I actually have an Uli guitar as well..."

Yngwie Malmsteen Playing on a Gibson ES-335

In this photo we can see Malmsteen holding his 1969 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop which was later set to be sold for $25K. This was said to be the only Les Paul that he would ever actually owned or played.

This photo shows Yngwie Malmsteen with a Fender Stratocaster, highlighting its presence in his extensive guitar collection.

Throughout this video, Yngwie Malmsteen is using an Ovation Acoustic/Electric guitar for a classical piece. He plays Tocata with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. The only thing I could not figure out is the Ovation has a classical acoustic headstock, as opposed to the sharp, circular headstocks most ovation currently have. This may be due to the earlier model Yngwie uses

Oh, I did get two new guitars during the tour. Steve gave me one of his signature models and I gave him one of mine. It’s great. Neal Schon gave us guitars, too. He gave me a beautiful white 67 Reissue Flying V and and it’s beautiful! He gave each of the other two guys a Les Paul. So go, Neal, go!

In this photo we can see Malmsteen with a Sunburst Gibson Les Paul strapped over his shoulder, as well as a Fender Stratocaster in his hand in what appears to be a Fiesta Red Finish. This guiatar can be seen once again here in the background of this photo.

In the YouTube video titled "Rig Rundown - Yngwie Malmsteen," Yngwie Malmsteen discusses his long-time use of the Ovation Yngwie Malmsteen YM63 Viper Acoustic-Electric guitar, describing it as "just amazing."

In this video we can see Yngwie holding his red fender stratocaster signature. He says it's the same guitar but in red, because he's a ferrari freak.

Gibson 1969 Deluxe Gold Top conversion. Knobs modified https://www.tuneyoursound.com/collection/gibson-les-paul-deluxe-1969-yngwie-malmsteen

In this video, you can see Yngwie Malmsteen playing his Fender Doubleneck Stratocaster.

In this photo, Malmsteen can be seen with a Black Fender Strat with an H-S-S pickup configuration. No stranger to Stratocasters, it is odd to see the guitar equipped with a bridge Humbucker, knowing Malmsteen's preference to DiMarzio/Seymour Duncan Single-coils.

As well it should be noted that there are two small screw-holes in the pickguard next to the bridge pickup, this indicates that this guitar used to have a standard slanted Single-coil in the bridge, this suggests that Malmsteen or one of is guitar-techs installed the pickup rather than coming Humbucker equipped from the factory. This photo appears to be from the '80s so Malmsteen most likely would have been using DiMarzios at the time, however this is just speculation.

Images on The Gear Page forum show Yngwie Malmsteen appearing in advertisements for the Aria Pro II XX Deluxe, and he is pictured using it live, confirming his use of this specific guitar model.

According to Guitar World, Yngwie Malmsteen has been observed playing the Fender Jimmy Page Dragon Telecaster, as reported by Richard Bienstock in the article titled "Yngwie Malmsteen plays Jimmy Page Telecaster, still sounds exactly like Yngwie Malmsteen."

In this Youtube video, Yngwie Malmsteen can be seen at 4:28 buying a 1963 Fender Stratocaster Fiesta Red for £3500 ($6000) from a London guitar store. The guitar has all of the features of the original 1963 issue. Its been used for recording his single Making Love and for shooting the music video for the same song in 1990.

Yngwie Malmsteen showcases his collection of Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitars, as evidenced by the provided proof.

In an Aria advertisement, Yngwie Malmsteen is depicted during his Alcatrazz days posing with a white Aria Pro II RS Esprit guitar.