Yngwie Malmsteen

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

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"

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

According to Boss' diagram, Malmsteen uses (or at least used) the Roland JV-1080 synth.

At 5:55 , while he is talking about his crybaby pedal, the camera pans over his pedalboard where you see a MasterMind controller.

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

In a YouTube video titled "Yngwie Malmsteen on his New Line of Fender Accessories," Yngwie Malmsteen introduces his signature Yngwie Malmsteen Fender Instrument Cable, highlighting its role in his new line of Fender accessories.

Featured in this June 14, 2006 article from the official Electro-Voice website.

Preset two splits the two stacks in stereo. One side is totally dry and the other side has all the delay, so they won’t interfere with each other. I really love that effect its very cool. You can do little improvised fugues and stuff. The delay is a Korg DL-8000R. The third preset is very bizarre, with a dry signal on one side and a delayed signal thats an octave lower on the other side. So the octave divider comes only on the echo feed and when I play with the volume knob for swells, it sounds like a violin and a cello together.

The fourth preset is an octave higher up, using a TC Electronic G-Force. I only do that to annoy people.

At 2:06 we can see on the left of Malmsteen, the TSL60 is in the 5 stack of amps and it is the 2nd from the top. This concert was played in Monterrey, Mexico and was filmed in February 2020.

Featured in this April 3, 2008 Electro-Harmonix Blog post.

An anonymous tipster sends this pic of Yngwie Malmsteen busking in London (that's an Electro-Harmonix Freedom Amp in the lower right-hand corner).

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 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"

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"

Yngwie goes into detail about why he uses scalloped frets. There are also many other interviews he does explaining the same thing.

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

you can see yngwie wearing the white version of the cliplock strap in this picture

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.

Featured in this June 14, 2006 article from the official Electro-Voice website.

according to the lewitt website, Yngwie uses a lct 840 in the studio

according to the lewitt website, Yngwie uses a lct 940 mic in the studio

According to the Lewitt website, Yngwie uses a Lct 540 in the studio

In this video, Malmsteen demos his signature Dunlop Delrin series guitar picks (Based on Delrin 500 series) in 1.14, 1.5, and 2.0.

"Dunlop picks, I've used them for at least 30 years, maybe more. And finally, now you can buy them to, in white, in yellow, and this beautiful red. Check it out, Jim Dunlop picks, the only one I use."

In this video, Malmsteen demos his signature Dunlop Delrin series guitar picks (Based on Delrin 500 series) in 1.14, 1.5, and 2.0.

"Dunlop picks, I've used them for at least 30 years, maybe more. And finally, now you can buy them to, in white, in yellow, and this beautiful red. Check it out, Jim Dunlop picks, the only one I use."

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"

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"

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.

In this image Malmsteen appears on the cover of Metal Shock magazine holding strangely enough, what appears to be a traditional Indian Sitar. It is possible this odd instrument was used for certain intro/outros and other specialty studio tracks.

In this two-minute video, from an Yngwie Malmsteen documentery that was never made, Malmsteen can be seen sitting at home playing what looks like a different Indian Sitar.