I've got mad respect for the early Yngwie, but to me Uli Roth was the first to lay down the law for metal Strat playing and tone. It's the pinnacle no one has come close to IMO.
Here's the complete playlist of the 50th Anniversary edition of the Scorpions "Tokyo Tapes". Uli just FUCKS. If you listen to this record with good speakers or headphones, his playing and the sounds he conjures are jaw dropping. Speedy's Coming and Polar Nights are the first two songs I heard from this record several decades ago... those tunes fry my brain every time I listen. Hell, the whole album is fucking insane...every single track.
I just wish Uli had done one tour in the States with the Scorpions because he would have been up there with EVH in popularity.
Click here and the link will take you to the complete playlist: