"YNGWIE MALMSTEEN" (1984) VS "FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDERS"
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- YNGWIE MALMSTEEN (1984) VS "FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDERS"
Check out Yngwie Malmsteen's amazing guitar abilities compared to other guitar players from the same era. Do you think he was technically the best? Even musically the greatest? He certainly changed the game as far as technical guitar ability goes...
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Malmsteen around 1984 had the best skills and tone of his career. Also, he had a lot of finesse and musical charisma back then that sadly, diminished slightly as he aged.
I agree.
Yes in 1984 or during his prime hes untouchable in terms of shredding touch and flawless speed smoothness and when jason becker come out i prefer jason becker phrasing and melody choices of notes and sweep picking.... but live playing? Yjm rules
Agree
Yngwie rimane nella storia una leggenda da cui moltissimi hanno preso ispirazione tra cui Jason Becker Paul Gilbert Michael Romeo Michael angelo batio.....personaggio e musicista irraggiungibile
Yngwie crashed his Ferrari in 1986 and was in a coma for a week. He suffered nerve damage and had to relearn the guitar again.
In those days Yngwie was a purist. Far cleaner and concise. His approach with tone , arpeggios, and clean sound was like that of the violin. Which he stated was a major influence.
Yngwie sounds the cleanest to me and the last dude
Ritchie and Uli was playing those neoclassical stuffs already in 70's..
And Yngwie said he was heavily influenced by Uli in his books.
Isn't that he is the first, it's that he kicked the door down and made it popular.
@@nicholasthill7151 Lol🤣🤣🤣😂 Yngwie copied Ritchie's hairsyle, stage clothes and movement, stratocaster with scalloped fretboard, playing Bach songs, playing with orchestra
If he is the first, why he made an album called "Inspiration" that contain songs made by Ritchie and Uli(5 Blackmore songs 1 Uli song)
@@nicholasthill7151 Yngwie's "inspiration" album has 11 songs made by other great bands. and 5 songs are written by Blackmore
@@엽기토끼래비즈 I agree, he copied a lot from Blackmore but he did take it further with the neoclassical style and also in speed. That saod, i am a huge Blackmore fan, much more than Yngwie although i am a Swede an still like Yngwies earlier work from when i was young.
Just basing on the video, Malmsteen wins hands down.🤘(I will immediately eliminate Jake E.Lee, EVH, Uli Roth and Blackmore - although fantastic guitar players, their technique are 2 notches below Yngwie's level.) The others are like "forcing" the speed...their playing sounds "wanting" to be fast for the sake of playing fast. (except Allan who is more of a Legato/fusion player.)
YJM on the other hand simply FLOWS with natural speed. Just flawless organic speed, Truly one of a kind, special generational player, proof that his technique is above the task, you won't sound that if your technique is not on par with the sound you have in your head. As Guthrie Govan said in an interview, he admired Yngwie's technique more than his peers because his "speed has intention". He is right, It's not fast for the sake of being fast. He wanted to sound like the violin, like Bach and Paganini pieces. ❤🔥
Apart from the great speed, he has this "Godlike Vibrato" like no other. So clearly, Malmsteen rules and dominates.🎸
Well said
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why never add early richie kotzen video ?
Agreed with you but Holdsworth and Gary Moore were in a league of their own, next level again.
I agree the speed is natural as if he is more concerned with the phrasing like on I am a viking the feel is amazing .
That is something he got from Holdsworth IMO the lightness and natural legato
I dont know about speed but YJM sounds much more pleasing
Like a smoother attack
@@MetalMan2525 feels fair to say "thats what he does", what do you expect, like a seasoned dentist or something😂. Its just what he does
exactly, all the other guitarists sound the same
Yngwie was the speedking at that age, but most of all an inspirator for the rest of the club of guitarslingers! 🎯
Who really cares who was the fastest? Isn't it about who plays the most musically? :) I am a big fan of all the guitarists in the video and they have all inspired me a lot, but I have never thought, who is the fastest? It's not a competition even though many guitarists today seem to think it is a competition :)
This. And that is why David Gilmore is usually high on most top 10 guitarist lists.
@@ronaldkoch2766 I am with you on that. Awhile back, I got into the whole shred thing and l listened to alot of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Malmsteen in particular. Don't get me wrong, these guitarists are highly skilled and brilliant players and are the best at what they do. I tend to get a little bored after awhile with the playing extremely fast makes you the king of rock guitar. I tend to really enjoy and appreciate players like David Gilmour, Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower etc. My favorite 3 on this list are Van Halen, Michael Schenker and Gary Moore. The best guitarist is what makes your ears the happiest.
1984 Malmsteen was a freaking monster …. But Holdsworth is from another planet altogether
You’re only saying this because some big RUclips channel glazed Holdsworth within the past year or two. Probably Boomer Beato. Go get a real opinion.
Stop Holdsworth is fucking boring!
@@sigiligus Holdsworth and Blackmore were 2 of YJM biggest influences (according to him in multiple interviews). Every neo classical shredder after 84 was likely influenced by malmsteen
Back then they all were awesome players. We are so very fortunate that all these players and their incredible performances were recorded and are available now.
Thank you for taking your time to put this video together.
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I was never a big YM fan as it seemed to feel like his music always sounds the same to itself. The other guitar players provided here have more cemented history with my musical prowess BUT out of all the performances, YM was the cleanest and smoothest approach towards the scales in their respective presentations. They are all great guitar players but Malmsteen truly shines in this video with his notes all clearly defined, perfectly articulated and overall showmanship fit for a hall of fame. Its all about perspective and personal opinions may vary, but this is a good stepping stone to a worthy debate for either side of the table.
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Holdsworth is on a whole different level. Yngwie is a Rock God.
No
you can´t compare malmsteen with anyone, he is second to none ;-)
Man, I'm gonna have to second that YJM is my guy on my RUclips. You'll see. I gotta shout out from him. He's freaking incredible. He has a lot of philosophy and wisdom in this stuff.
La plettrata di yngwie è da mettere al conservatorio
Reb beach better
Jake e lee better
Van Helen god
And Steve Vai demi god
All vastly superior than malmsteen
@@sw1000xg ma che dici non stai bene...il maestro yngwie è una leggenda
Big agree, Reb Beach is awesome@@sw1000xg
Rising Force changed my guitar playing forever. Thanks Yngwie.
AMEN
When Yngwei was in his prime before the accident he shock the guitar world with hes way to play. Extreamly fast, clean, and exeptional vibrato. He was the first to really bring neo classic metal. He still is a fantastic guitarplayer. One thing is for sure. He will have his place in the history books. As a Swede my self I am proud this icon is from my country.
Does anyone know what is the track in the intro ?
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Not the first, but One of them. Uli Jon Roth…
Yngwei has said his picking improved after the accident. I still think Guthrie is #1 all time and Yngwei #2.
@@KimOlof
No, No, No
==>> BLACKMORE !!!
Yngwie unbelievable player but his songs were just okay. That’s why it’s hard to compare him to the great EVH and some of the other great players on this list. Speed solo’s doesn’t always translate to complementing the song. A lot of Yngwie’s songs are wildly overplayed.
Ironically the best songwriting involved Joe Lynn Turner but those 2 egos couldn't coexist for long.
@@ardradiva I agree. Those were my favorite from Yngwie. I also liked Mark Boals song off Trilogy album.
Just think man..we were the luckiest bastards to have all those guys. I love them all.
Holdsworth was from another planet.
Always.
who?
@@zanthony1286 The guy at the end who was cut off. Alan Holdsworth. Also wondering where was Shawn Lane?
Road games with Chad wackerman and Jeff Berlin
I studied this deeply still do amazing. Executive producer Eddie Van Halen
UK sessions. Time to kill. Killing time
Malmsteen vs R Blackmore is just like Father with his Grand Father... Both were so classical
my favorit guitarist is one and only gary moore~
He’s one of mine too! Could do it all with MELODIES! Not just flying around the fretboard!
@@popjax2465 I agree. Gary Moore can play so many styles.
Gary Moore is best guitarist of all time closely followed by Michael Schenker.
I like the original Malmsteen better; Ritchie Blackmore!
I saw Yngwie that tour in 84 at the Crest Theater in Sacramento. Me and my friends went to Warehouse records and got our Albums signed by him. Just seen him again on his recent tour. One of the great guitarist of our time.
Yngwie in his prime is unmatched for neo classical shred.
Yngwie is what you dream you could sound like. Holdsworth is what you couldn't even imagine sounding like.
Can't even compare No one played like A.H
Allan is like AI guitar..
I see exactly what you mean, here.
Shawn Lane
Holdsworth is (I guess was since he is no longer alive) is the electric guitarists ever.
So I would put him in the #1 spot
For the 2-4 spot I would put in no particular order (since It's to hard to put them in order) John Mclaughlin, Shawn Lane and Frank Gamable
#5 spot I think I would put Scott Henderson, but I could also put Gunthrie Govan there. Henderson didn't have the chops of Holdsworth, Lane, Gamable, Govan or even Mclaughlin but ever note from Henderson's guitar playing seemed to be so perfectly placed.
Love Malmsteen but in all fairness some of the clips from the other guitar players could have been better. Lynch certainly has clips where's he's killing it during the Wicked sensation album in the studio(retakes) but you play a piece of 'Alone again ' to compare??? Try remaking the Video & compare again but this time we see everyone playing at their Peak. Paul Gilbert can stand on the same stage as Yngwie
It’s about 1984 man, not 1990. Even by 1987 a lot of players had caught up with Yngwie for speed and some even surpassed him technically but this video is specifically about 1984. No footage of Lynch that early that I could find…
I think the video from Into the Fire was released in '84 which would have provided a little more pace. Any live footage of the song Tooth and Nail, if available, would have likely been the best representation of Lynch's speed at the time.
And not only can Paul mix it up with Yngwie, he is probably the nicest guy on the whole list.
There are really great players in that video.
Uli Jon Roth
George Lynch
EvH
MacAlpine
Jake E Lee
John Sykes
Steve Vai
Holdsworth
Shawn Lane
Jason Becker
Al DiMeola
AND SOME MORE
are on this level
THERE IS NO GOAT!
Yngwie, Holdsworth and a gentleman named Shawn Lane. Trifecta of legendary greatness.
Not lane, computer music
I took lessons from Shawn for years. He could definitely " outshred" anyone. Only person i have seen that comes close is Mateo Mancuso
@@shredboy5000 I guess you moved to Atlanta or something and are teaching there part-time? Memphis was a decent place to live before the 2000's. I used to have a blast hanging out at Strings when you worked there. What's up man?? Still here and chasing that tone! David Wasson
@@RockNRoller66 i remember you. Moved to birmingham. Working at a store a lot like the old SnT. Teaching 50+ students a week for last 18 years. Still playing. And riding motorcycles. Thats about it .
I would put Holdsworth and Lane over Yngwie. I also would put the great Frank Gamable over Yngwie too.
Malmsteen is number 1
Yngwie Malmsteen and Michael Schenker...Giants.
SCHENKER melodies were so tasteful
@@BradEnquistBest melodies ever and Malmsteem is just a boring shredder who won't leave any memorable licks in rock history.
That was a great (and bad) time to be a guitarist. You had to be really on top of your game. Mike Varney had a lot of new killer guitarists coming out too. Yngwie sent a lot of guys to the woodshed.
Gary Moore could play notes that mattered and were harmonic...faster.
He was on top of this list, he was the faster note for note flat picking.
I prefer Allan Holdsworth, is not the fastest guitar player who lived, but i love his playing over YJM or EVH
Jack E Lee......a monster
yngwie can juggling around the fretboard, while the others are very systematic and like a robot sound style. i like yngwie
Yngwie was the best in that year. No doubt about it. That's not to say there weren't other great players but let's get real here.
I'm just pleased I got to see most of those guys live during their peak. It's mainly the Americans I missed out on (Batio, Lynch, EVH, Jake, Gilbert) plus Sykes. For pure 'shred', Yngwie was the best, but T Mac's 'Maximum Security' is my all time favourite instrumental guitar album. I was knocked out at how good Uli JR was on that Electric Sun tour (Beyond the Astral Skies).
agree with you. "Tears of Sahara", "Hundreds of Thousands" and "Autumn Lords" still wailing and weeping in my head since I first listened to them. Such tremendous chordal delivery and fine soloing. Luv his tone and melodic phrasing, the momentum and the way it traverses the song's emotional discharge. Just amazing. Gilbert also displays that. Yngwie is more classical toned. Other giants from that era are Tamas Seekers (most underrated) and Henk van der Laars of Elegy fame. Wonderful players.
Vinnie Moore is a great player as well 👏 👌 no love?
@dwightburns6699 no question VM is up there as well. Loved Mind's Eye and still have the LP. Was disappointed with Time Odyssey, which I thought was a bit bland/sterile in comparison. I do have a couple of other VM albums. Never saw him live. Ironically my son saw him with UFO a few years back when he was at Uni.
1984? It's Yngwie for sure. I was there, I know.
Speed and shredding is nice , but garbage if without heart, put together beautiful harmony, and notes structured to convey emotion .
No point in comparing everyone of them.
They've all contributed in some ways to the evolution of rock.
Each of them have unique qualities in playing their own style.
I think they're all great players; and i'm a fan in each and everyone of them.
Cheers!
Jake e Lee ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yngwie and Eddie by far
What about Holdsworth?
Holdsworth Nah!
@@GuitarGodzUnleashed what about Randy Rhodes
What about *Lita Ford?*
Technically, she doesn't belong in the discussion but I watched a lot of her videos in my teens...
@@adamkane7513 Because she was hot back in the days 😉
Fun video 🤘 FWIW Edward is my personal North Star as a musician and guitarist -- YJM was great back then -- no question, saw him live MANY times -- but his style is not that difficult to emulate (if you practice enough) and it's a dead end road musically IMHO -- Uli Jon Roth is phenomenal -- anybody into that needs to hear Tokyo Tapes
Are you're comparing 1984 Yngwie with a lot of post 1984 footage from other players? I'd say the 70s era guys--Uli Jon Roth, Ritchie Blackmore, were just hopelessly outmatched And you'll find no bigger fan of the 80s than me. I'm a huge Jake E Lee and George Lynch fan and while they undoubtedly were great players ,Yngwie was just from another planet. It was like he was at least a generation ahead of them.
This is all footage as close to 1984 as possible. I think the Vai footage might be from 1985.
What are you smoking? Uli Jon was smoking it and Richie Blackmore in early mid 70’s was insane your just a rookie check out Blackmore in 1969 shredding a hollow body
Uli Jon Roth takes a backseat to nobody
@@billb372 "Doctor J takes a backseat nobody!"
Y'all are so funny, I swear.
All these other players are trying to sound like YJM . You can hear it without YJM they would be doing their pentatonic blues box . So YJM is still the best
I have a Yngwie Malmsteen's Fender, he's one of my favorite guitar players, but I do not see music as a competition between Yngwie and the others mentioned...we can learn with everyone of them and that's it. People have some attraction to things like 'the best of ever', 'the greatest', etc. That makes no sense to me in art. All of us have our favorite and that's all...our subjective lists. Days ago I saw something like "Shawn Lane X Yngwie'...well, Shawn was so brilliant (like the old Yngwie), but fans were fighting in the comments like soccer fans...I see no point about it, Shawn is not so famous outside the guitarrists and would not be in those Mojo lists, but he was outstanding like many others: Greg Howe, Jason Becker, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdswort, etc...all of these ones would not be mentioned in popular lists, like the one that put Brian May as the best of ever...Brian is a genius, I love him, but he put it rightly in an interview about the list...you can find it easily. He said he's not the best and you can't rank people...the meaning of lists: to sell a product.
PS - George Harrison and Brian May are guitar players I love, they created beautiful guitar solos, few notes, a lot of passion and emotion. I love Gary Moore a lot too, great rock blues player, beautiful voice.
One last note: M. A. Batio is the only guitar player in your video I do not like...he sounds like a metronome checker. To listen to him is like to appreciate a metronome...boring, no melody.
Brilliantly said
Check Vinnie Vincent out, especially from the Vinnie Vincent Invasion album (1986). Very underrated. He could play very fast in a different style to Yngwie.
I wouldn't even go as far as comparing his technique with other shredders, a lot of guys are more technical than him, more versatile and even faster. Yngwie himself said he slowed down his picking technique to emphasize the articulation, leaving space between notes. That's why guys like Impeliteri suck, the notes are just too blurry to make any harmonic or melodic sense, compared to Yngwie. That's another secret. Yngwie has superior melody compared to most players. And he uses pull offs unique only to his own style, he doesn't alternate pick all his lines. That's why he sounds more fluid than any shredder who alternate picks everything and sound robotic. He has the Best Rock Vibrato in the world, has the best tone in the world. For stylistic reasons he still leaves most good and great guitar players in the dust, or simply outshines them. You guys have seen it on G3, G7 or whatever. Everone steps back for Yngwie, one is even a fan boy, another played rhythm, others just stood and watched. There is just no one as dominant as him on any live stage jam setting. It will never happen in this lifetime or ever. He will always be the show stopper. I think that more than answers your question. His music has iconicly stood the test of time atleast in the world of guitar shred. On a live stage everyone is a puppy compared to the Wolf that is Yngwie
yEAH!!!
Yngwie was never better than King Edward!!
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Yes he was and even more so now. 😂😂😂
@@bobproctor-ne9tgStupid comment. Ed could play anything he wanted to
Ed played Beethoven in his guitar solo dummy
most of those "other" guys would still be doing dive bombs and squeals if Yngwie hadn't have come along and sent everyone back to the woodshed to improve their technique.
Speed, its gonna be hard to beat yngwie, maybe gilbert could. As for playing music i want to hear they are all better with jake e. Lee coming in first followed by Vai, paul or gary more bepending on the day.
I like almost all theses guys, but Yngwie is a great composer, so musical, Power riffs. Yngwie is like Hendrix + Blackmore + Uli Jon Roth, but more more powerfull. He's My principal influence.
Ps: Allan Holdsworth are incredible, but diferent style. And Tony Macalpine so it's a Monster player on guitar and piano too, This vídeo dont show the total macalpine player skills. Search for vídeo of him playing piano.
Ps2: yngwie like al dimeola too, another amazing guitar player
Tony MacAlpine would get a lot better and cleaner in years to come. He was way, way more melodic and could also pick fast runs and do wider arpeggios than Malmsteen. I think Tony was more musical and really just as fast but really depends on the song. Sometimes you just don't shred. Shawn Lane would win this hands down but he wasn't included. He was playing in a band in Memphis doing lots of cover tunes but his first album was done in 1992. He could still win this in 1984 I think. 21 years old. He'd live another 19 years then croak. People have copied Yngwie's style/sound to a T and most other players especially EVH. But no one has matched Lane's ability on a fretboard for speed and interesting patterns. Holdsworth could make amazing stuff but never at the speeds of Lane. Gambale.... whew. At times he's as fast as Shawn. You also didn't include Holdsworth or Gambale. They were both prime in 1984 and shredding. Gambale can sweep Malmsteen off the map (get it? sweep?). So, I think you left out some serious contenders such as Gambale and Holdsworth and Lane. Also, are ALL of the clips you posted from 1984? I think not. Prime Gambale vs prime Malmsteen? I give it to Gambale. Prime Lane vs prime Malmsteen? Lane. 1984? needs to be a BIT more accurate and scientific to make any real case. The clips you quickly snagged here are not really the best but you clearly put this together quickly.
Shawn Lane's speed was way complex in 1979.
Yngwie is playing very sloppy nowadays.
And…Eddie VH was class and had a unique style and sound
YNGWIE 👑 is the best of all time🤘⚡
He might have been the best guitar player in 1984!!!! But he didn't influence me in playing guitar!!!! 😕 I did, however, got entranced and moved by Blackstar and Far Beyond The Sun!!!! 😊😊😊😂❤ Bottom line!!!! 80s guitar players blew me away!!!! Malmsteen was like in another planet!!!! 😮😊😊😊
yngwie's SHREDDERS is spiritual, （It means fast enough to have a soul） different from theirs, personal opinion.
All these were cherry picked to the advantage of Malmsteem. You cut the Gary Moore part before he really got shreading, you picked the Uli Roth parts where he wasnt shredding at all ( Yeah, Uli is truky one of the fastest !), you might as well used a Jake E. Lee tuning video, he wasnt doing ANYTHING !, you completely cut Georgwe Lynch out altogether, Paul Gilbert and Michael Angelo Batio would have eaten Malimute for breakfast, Adrian Vandenburg whipped was fastest in Whitesnake, way faster than yingwee when Adrian still had his "Vandenburg" band, Eddie was never all that fast, not in comparison to others of the day (like Holdsworth), Blackmore had quit speed shredding by '84, he got into playing melodic, Richie Sambora doesn't even belong on the list ! Might as well have John Denver and Jim Croce in this, Michael Schenker DELIBERATELY does NOT play fast !
Funny how you didn't put Alex Skulnick, Vinnie Moore, or Gary Hoey in this ! Where was Nuno again ?
no one can beat nygwie on 1980-1990
Yngwie is obviously one of the greats he is fast, clean, and good tone...BUT he a niche style that he rarely deviates from, he stays in the neo classical style of scales, arpeggios, etc...for me Steve Vai is best because if the diversity of guitar stunts, scales, weird bends and ,making guitars talk etc..
Eddie Van Halen is the best and MAB with his left and right speed guitar shreds up and down anyway he can play it
MAB is a 🤡
You can talk speed, but his live tone was better than everyone as well except for EVH.
Malmsteen is crazy good, man. However, I do feel it's true when they say you can't listen to more than a coule of his songs and not get tired. Because his songs are so very intense, you know? And because all his compositions are based on the same scale it starts to blend and sound the same. But if you take any random song from him and you try to learn that song that will be so good for you because it will force you to improve your technique. You just can't play his songs without a good technique.
@15:50 that Holdsworth line is pure genius.
In 84, probably only the Jazz guys (Benson, Holdsworth, Joe Pass), Uli, Steve Morse, Marty Friedman was as good as Yngwie
Yngwie Malmsteen may be fast but his music is lousy. I have read that he is egotistical and believes he is the best guitarist the world over. I am a fan of Jake E Lee but EVH is the best guitarist that has ever been.
And Ed was a phenomenal song writer. But he said he's not talking about song writing
That 80's shredding shit just never really appealed to me. Musical masturbation. Not enjoyable to listen to.
You’re not even using Yngwie’s best examples but you are with everyone else’s. I guess you had to use Yngwie’s slowest song so all his competitors could even come close. You did this because you’re awfully keen to make the others sound better than him when they simply don’t even come close!
🤔The issue I have with YJM is that he's boring🤷♂️ no doubt he was amazing but playing fast doesn't equal playing good. EVH, STEVE VAI, SATRANI, AND MANY OTHERS HAD SOUL AND GREAT SONGS 🎵. YJM never tried anything new🤷♂️same stuff over and over. He's brilliant but boring. EVH is the G.O.A.T
Yngwie definitely owned 1984! And Gary Moore was a true master.... Vai, Gilbert, Etc... So much great and innovative playing!
Yngwie is my heroe my god since 1983
But there is one guitarist that did get to his level and more
" Vinnie moore"
But still yngwie is the boss and the master of all the shreders of the 80s and even today.
Two words. Ritchie Blackmore 🔥
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Blackmore possède ce que beaucoup n'ont pas : le génie !
Et tout comme moi, la guitare mitraillette il s'en fout...
Where is John McLaughlin????
Miles below metheny
Yjm-gilbert
Yjm-tony
Yjm-uli
Yjm-blackmore
Yjm-Batio
Yjm-vai
Yjm-evh
Yjm-adrian
They'll the best
Im sorry but everything ive seen, Eddie Van Halen did it first and did it better. The first time hearing running with the devil blew my mind.
Batio is so overrated, he is not even on the same planet as Malsteen. All Batio does is gimmicky rubbish with no feel whatsoever.
Who cares about pure shredding? If you can't write a decent song, you're nothing. I'll take Eddie, Page, DiMartini, Lee & Sykes over Malmstien evert day of the week.
i think the big diference was that ingwye start using diferent stuff whit the armonic minor mode and devolope new sounds,diminiture arpegios etc.and the rest of the players was only pentatonic or eolian,natural modes.
That’s right…Zakk wylde said Yngiwe was a game changer, like EVH a few years earlier.
@@GuitarGodzUnleashed and also he started playing whit the neck pick up,when all the players was playing whit the bridge pick up,diferent mode and diferent sound a new fresh style.
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Haha, exactly. ALL are focused on playing the Pentatonic box. While Yng is blazing with Harmonic Minor, Phyrigian and Diminished weird but unique sounding scales.
@@LeBozoBlamesyou see the guitar god scale was the Dorian mode as its rock n roll. From
Chuck berry to jimi Hendrix to evh. That was the scale of choice. I think maybe it started changing with the advent of the jcm 800 to more heavy metal and that introduced more scales to have a darker sound. But I’d still rather listen to evh and Hendrix .
EDDIE VAN HALEN IS GOD❤!!!!!
Considering Yngwie is playing a Japanese Squier here in evil eye that he is about to smash and still sounds better just wins it for me. YJM for the win
Eddie Van Halen #1
yngwie made everyone elevate their game. varney was handing yngwies demos tapes to several young shredders including vai…. yngwie was god in 84’ and until his accident hard to match in tone, skill and stage presence
ashame he stopped improving his game - and stuck with a singer like joe lynn turner
could have been bigger commercially
maybe not eddie but much higher than he did … but yngwie will always be the king of shred
I'm not sure what you mean by "stuck with Joe Lynn Turner" Joe was only on 1 studio album Odyssey and that album was Yngwies most successful album, and highest charting album of his career. Heaven Tonight was getting radio airplay. Back then it was well known Yngwie had issues with singers and had an ever changing lineup of band members..he was fired from Alcatrazz for a fight with Graham Bonnet over who was the frontman..
meaning he should have stuck with joe lynn turner ( as a singer ) instead replace jlt with goran and the johannson bros, for that matter. odyssey was an awesome album / great tour and i think they could have made many more albums together - would have been more successful today but he chose to replace his singer and band mates every couple of albums
a shame
would be great if he could reconnect with someone in his past for the rising force 40th anniversary tour i’m sure he’ll take advantage of
Yngwie is like Mike Tyson in they prime time no one can beat them!
"Who cares?" some will say....but it's fun to look back and compare the greats! Thanks for watching @guitargodzunleashed
Man, this is unjust to most of the 84's shredders (with Holdsworth exception of course), many of them were still engaging Van Halen's style or trying desperately to keep it up with what came from the Steeler's or Alcatrazz's albums. George Lynch once said it all, back in the day during the Hear n' Aid sessions they all were scared of Yngwie, and those very same sessions would become the reality version of what you tried to make with this video, which by the way was excellent, thanks for doing it.
Cheers man thanks for your comment 🤘🎸
You used the worst recordings of the other guitarists and the best sound quality for yngwie. You're not even trying to be fare, total bias. Even though he does kick their asses, you could have used better sound quality clips of the others.
Different styles! And Jake is one of my top 5!!
"I don't fuckin sweep pick" YJM
Al Di Meola was a huge influence on Yngwie in His formative years & now they're practically neighbors.
Others in the race may have been
Chris Impelliteri,Buckethead,Jeff Watson, Vinnie Moore,Mitch Perry ,Rob Marcello,John McLaughlin;Akira Takasaki..& soon to be famous guys like Jason Becker, Greg Howe & Warren Di Martini & Ron Thal.. etc.
Shawn Lane was the fastest I ever witnessed back then.
Holdsworth is incredibile 😮
It always shock me but honestly some great guitarists are crap comparing to YJM. Especially not the speed but the tone.
YJM vs Jake Lee, Malmsteen was way more complex and technical with better tone overall. This is my opinion after playing guitar and shredding for soon 30 years. ( Ps. I wrote this before wtaching anymore of the video ) After watching more I am pretty convinced this will hold true vs. anyone else in the video maybe except Steve Vai, They are both totally amazing. However, Uli roth.. Without him there would most likely be no YJM to talk about at all. Gotta say in the end just love them all. They are all amazing. Evil Eye is still one of the most raw guitar shredding solo songs of all time though😁🔥💯💯💯
Jake E Lee is so underrated and but for getting stuffed by Sharon should have had a bigger career
There were plenty of great shredders back in the day, and Yngwie was certainly in the conversation about top honours. Holdsworth wasn't a shredder really, I'm gonna leave him out. But for outright jaw-dropping speed and articulation, even in 1984, I have Shawn Lane at the top. He didn't really come to prominence until the 90s, but he was cooking in the 80s and at his peak, he was untouchable.
I took lessons from Shawn in the late 80s and early 90s and can attest to your comment
Yngwie malsyeen is very good but I think Gary Moore would be able to play with him note for note
Other than Yngwie, Uli and Ritchie are class. The others are just same old same old
Possibly the shittest comparison around.
malmsteen, young had what others didn't have!!! he was easy in everything he played!
Did you hear about the 80s era Namm show where Gambale was on the same stage as Yngwie? First, they had a jam in E minor and YJM ruled. Gambale “hey let’s play some bop” Yngwie had to leave the stage. Hmmmm?
YJM was 1000x past ANYONE at that time, and to this day, no one has equaled his skill.
Malmsteen was not the fastest, but he had the best balance and tone.
I saw his concert in 85 I was fifteen he was the best then