glpg80
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This has to be my absolute favourite from him. Killer 
yngzaklynch
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The tone and phrasing... Forget it. Doesn't get any better
squank
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Always liked that one a lot.yngzaklynch":3hqpwva6 said:
Kapo_Polenton
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Yeah those early albums were out of this world... debut album, Marching Out, Trilogy... forget about it!! Insane phrasing and vibrato. Truly inspiring and a thing of beauty. Hell Odyssey had some huge solos and I always loved Eclipse. I think he peaked there and then it started to decline in terms of composition.
yngzaklynch
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I agree. Anyway you slice it Yngwie is one of the best players in the history of rock guitarKapo_Polenton":xhbo02mr said:
Badronald
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yngzaklynch":uwr4fk99 said:
Absolutely stunning.
Legend.
kasperjensen
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I just finished his autobiography, which was really quite good.
I more impressed with his slower playing... I mean, he is one of the best speed players out there, but his slow playing... Phrasing.. And that VIBRATO!!!!!
I more impressed with his slower playing... I mean, he is one of the best speed players out there, but his slow playing... Phrasing.. And that VIBRATO!!!!!
Badronald
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kasperjensen":30bhgjsv said:
Read his book as well. Really enjoyed it.
AndyK
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I think he is easily one of the best guitar players, EVER! But, he can be taken for granted when you hear enough of him - too much of a good thing?
rupe
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Did he decline, or just get stagnant? I tend to lean toward the latter...once you've heard it all before, it fails to excite like it used to.yngzaklynch":3h3d5kee said:
That said, he's inarguably one of the most influential players to arise in the 80's...not since Hendrix and EVH has a player influenced style and technique to the extent of Yngwie. Granted, not on the level of the other two, but hugely significant nonetheless.
War Admiral
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Oh hell ya...off Marching out I do believe...wore that cassette out in my car! imo his best tone ever....ever!!yngzaklynch":1uers0c0 said:
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Racerxrated
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Marching out has to be my favorite. Jeff Scott Soto is the PERFECT vocalist for Yngwie..too bad it was just one album. Loved that album. Joe Lynn Turner has a great voice as well, and Odyssey was great but the anger of "On the run again" gave me chills when I heard it...He's just a one of a kind player.
ibenhad
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Indeed he is one of the greatest. Strat - Marshall = tone. All in the fingers. I could never get the tone he or Hendrix got out of a strat into a Marshall but these guys bring it in spades. Robin Trower too. Sure there are more but YM just slays for what he does.
squank
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It's funny - I like Yngwie a lot. I'm not his hugest fan, but I do really like his style, his writing, and of course, his execution. He's got a great vibrato, too.
But his tone has always been terrible, imo. I know some people like it, so no offense intended. But I just can't stand any tone I've ever heard him play.
But his tone has always been terrible, imo. I know some people like it, so no offense intended. But I just can't stand any tone I've ever heard him play.
War Admiral
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come on...that lead break at the end doesn't give you shivers???
squank
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I'll agree it's probably his best tone... but for me, it's not great.War Admiral":8vymf89q said:come on...that lead break at the end doesn't give you shivers???
However, I do realize really fast players have to have a certain kind of tone that will allow you to hear all those notes picked in such rapid succession. So I do understand why he'd gravitate toward a tone that would work for shred.
Jofipe
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Yngwie is just the best! Read his book, it's great.
kasperjensen
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AndyK":3t13vfmz said:
I think I have a ten minute threshold for diddly diddly diddly diddly. Even the absolute best.
Shawn Lutz
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rupe":3127dnnq said:
So are abilities as a player diminished now if you play in an old guy blues/country category or just stagnant?
Seriously....Yngwie has his own neo-classical identity or niche that everyone copied. Does it get old? Sure it does but so does Hendrix, Clapton (who hasn't changed much), Page, Buddy Guy and so on. Jef Beck is one of the older cats that advanced and learned new techniques. Most artists improve songwriting over time and Yngwie hasn't shined in that regard in my opinion. Yngwie has done quite well for himself so perhaps he doesn't feel the need to change up what pays the bills. It could be a rut as I ask myself that all of the time...am I stuck? Neo-classical is just in my wheelhouse and quite challenging and it doesn't get old for me. I love classical music and if I play a piece with an electric and some gain, even if note for note Bach or Mozart piece you'll be pegged neo-classical when there is no neo to it really 
I put Yngwie right up there along with Hendrix, EVH and Randy Rhoads as the most influential guitarists that ever walked on this planet
