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Post by stephan on Jan 21, 2021 9:39:34 GMT -5
Remember when Yngwie was giving all the speed metal guitarists inferiority complexes by basically playing classical music? Damn, he shredded until he gave himself tendinitis. Yngwie was a trained classical musician from childhood. He took up the guitar in his teens, influenced by Ritchie Blackmore, played Fender Strat fathead guitars mod'd with DiMarzio and Seymor Duncan high gain pick-ups......loved his vintage Marshall stack amps. Once he discovered with gain cranked up and adding overdrive pedals, slide and shredding could be seamlessly transitioned, his classical boundaries had few limits......and of course the God given ability he sustained for many years, led to his rise (in some circles) one of ten top "metal" rock guitarists of all time.........age slows all of us down, but he can and still does shred with the best of them in the studio.....! Much of what I discuss can probably be found on Wiki, I remember most of it from a friend I had (now passed), who had Yngwie type skills, that tried for quite sometime to emulate Yngwie's tone (there's always something....Secret Sauce) that we never get quite right. So he gave up on the Strat's and continued with Les Pauls.....got really close, but I think he left us still feeling a little disappointed about that...... Part of that “secret sauce” was a scalloped fretboard, but I’m sure there was also something he didn’t disclose in interviews. First time I saw him was at a “Day on the Green” at the Oakland coliseum with Metallica, Ratt (the only poseurs on the bill), Y&T, and Scorpions. There was one more. Wiki says it’s “Victory,” but I can’t remember them at all. Must have missed them filing in. |
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Post by MsAli on Jan 21, 2021 10:57:07 GMT -5
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Post by MsAli on Jan 21, 2021 11:03:20 GMT -5
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Post by pizzano on Jan 21, 2021 11:51:36 GMT -5
Yngwie was a trained classical musician from childhood. He took up the guitar in his teens, influenced by Ritchie Blackmore, played Fender Strat fathead guitars mod'd with DiMarzio and Seymor Duncan high gain pick-ups......loved his vintage Marshall stack amps. Once he discovered with gain cranked up and adding overdrive pedals, slide and shredding could be seamlessly transitioned, his classical boundaries had few limits......and of course the God given ability he sustained for many years, led to his rise (in some circles) one of ten top "metal" rock guitarists of all time.........age slows all of us down, but he can and still does shred with the best of them in the studio.....! Much of what I discuss can probably be found on Wiki, I remember most of it from a friend I had (now passed), who had Yngwie type skills, that tried for quite sometime to emulate Yngwie's tone (there's always something....Secret Sauce) that we never get quite right. So he gave up on the Strat's and continued with Les Pauls.....got really close, but I think he left us still feeling a little disappointed about that...... Part of that “secret sauce” was a scalloped fretboard, but I’m sure there was also something he didn’t disclose in interviews. First time I saw him was at a “Day on the Green” at the Oakland coliseum with Metallica, Ratt (the only poseurs on the bill), Y&T, and Scorpions. There was one more. Wiki says it’s “Victory,” but I can’t remember them at all. Must have missed them filing in. Actually, the scallops were more for feel and cosmetics, doesn't change tone much.........my buddy had corresponded with one of his old band mates for awhile. Learned that he changed the stock fret wire to heavier or lighter gauge, depending on what he felt like playing that day and mod'd the head tuners. There was a new generation of amp vacuum tubes out at that time, that he experimented with. We never found out what he was using though. He evidently had been talking with Brian May quite a bit too in his early days........lol |
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Post by rickb on Jan 21, 2021 14:35:48 GMT -5
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Live from Woodstock
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Post by miket on Jan 21, 2021 14:59:43 GMT -5
If this doesn't cheer a person up, nothing will.
Another example of a band giving back...
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Post by rickb on Jan 21, 2021 15:31:33 GMT -5
And my favorite...
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Post by miket on Jan 22, 2021 10:42:08 GMT -5
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Post by miket on Jan 22, 2021 10:45:19 GMT -5
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Post by rickb on Jan 22, 2021 12:56:04 GMT -5
Live - Lightning Crashes
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Post by stephan on Jan 23, 2021 1:12:45 GMT -5
Heard on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me: Apple is releasing the Fleetwood MacBook. It’s like other MacBooks, but it sleeps with all your other electronics.  |
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Post by stephan on Jan 23, 2021 1:19:32 GMT -5
Happy 59th, Jimmy Herring (22 January):
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Post by stephan on Jan 23, 2021 1:46:38 GMT -5
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Post by rickb on Jan 23, 2021 14:21:14 GMT -5
Yes - Starship Trooper
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Post by amygdule on Jan 23, 2021 23:29:35 GMT -5
Sanitarium Aquarium
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Post by amygdule on Jan 24, 2021 0:01:17 GMT -5
Water of Love to wash my Hands
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Post by miket on Jan 24, 2021 5:53:23 GMT -5
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Post by MsAli on Jan 25, 2021 7:34:59 GMT -5
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Post by miket on Jan 25, 2021 10:33:47 GMT -5
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Post by miket on Jan 25, 2021 14:58:48 GMT -5
An estimated 1.6 million people (including Soviet soldiers) rocking out...
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