Yngwie Malmsteen
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In the YouTube video titled "Yngwie Malmsteen Explains His Guitars. The Ultimate Shredding Fury," Yngwie Malmsteen mentions using Wilkinson Tremolo Springs, noting they help his guitar stay in tune better.
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i got the brass nut on all my guitars
Yngwie goes into detail about why he uses scalloped frets. There are also many other interviews he does explaining the same thing.
At 0:58 , Yngwie says he uses the YJM Fury Duncan pickups in his white Strats.
At 2:00, Yngwie talks about his YJM pots.
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In this November 29, 2013 Facebook post, Malmsteen can be seen in an article for Bass Player Magazine, this article reads:
"Swede'N Low As a bassist, Yngwie Malmsteen likes to take it up a notch"
"There may never be a six-string shredder to rival Eighties guitar icon Yngwie Malmsteen. It may not be a surprise to learn, therefore that Malmsteen has also played bass guitar-thank you very much-on most of the albums he's made over the past two decades, including his latest, Unleash the Fury (Universal)."
"I've yet to hear a bassist approach the instrument the way I hear it in my head, so it's easier for me to play the parts on my albums," says Malmsteen. "In classical music the contrabasses and cello parts are integral within the structures of the melodies and counterpoint, and that's how I like to approach my bass parts."
"Malmsteen generally deplores the current state of rock bass, "It's fallen by the wayside," he complains, "It has such a secondary role in rock music, whereas in the Seventies there was a lot more bass playing going on."
"Much as Malmsteen and his neoclassical chops changed people's notions of what is possible on the electric guitar in the Eighties, the Swedish virtuoso has raised the bar on playing bass with his blindingly fast runs and cello-like vibrato. But Yngwie Malmsteen maintains that he never resorts to flash for it's own sake."
"I play very fast on the bass only when a song calls for it," he says. "I don't always play a million notes a bar. I let the guitar do that." --Joe Lalaina
"BOOMBOX:"
"Basses:" "Early-Fifties Fender Precision with a maple neck and early-Sixties Fender Jazz bass with a rosewood neck, both equipped with DiMarzio pickups and Hipshot detuners
"Strings: " "Dean Markley Blue Steel, .40, .60, .80, and .100"
"Head:" "Ampeg SVT Classic"
"Cabinet:" "Ampeg SVT 8x10"
"Picks:" "Dunlop [Delrin 500] 1.5mm"
"Effects:" "MXR Dyna-comp Compresser and a SansAmp direct box and EQ"
According to this Dimarzio ad from 1986 : "You can hear Yngwe play the Dimarzio HS-3 on his ne LP Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force " . The album is famous for hit songs such as "Black Star" or "Evil Eye" .
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Discography
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
1984
Marching Out
1985
Trilogy
1986
Odyssey
1988
Yngwie Malmsteen - Live In Leningrad
1989
Eclipse
1990
Fire & Ice
1992
The Seventh Sign
1994
Magnum Opus
1995
Inspiration
1996
Facing The Animal
1997
Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor, Opus 1
1998