The best guitarist to grace this planet EVER? Yngwie Malmsteen, of course...

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Posted by Jocker on Jul-29-2005 04:58:

The best guitarist to grace this planet EVER? Yngwie Malmsteen, of course...

In terms of technique, I don't think anyone will ever top him EVAR!!!

He is the Paganini of nowadays! And I really think he showed us EVERYTHING you can do with an electric guitar. Anyone at least giving a shit, care to disagree?

Here's a really quick and fast skit from him, from a recent live performance. Even if you don't listen to anything but trance, you should still check it out to give the fastest guitarist on this planet the props.

Yngwie Malmsteen - Blitzkrieg
http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...7218CSZ4I1X74LB

Posted by Lepanto on Jul-29-2005 05:00:

Him and Jimi Hendrix' wierd timings and playing it upside down just about covers everything u could do with a guitar. I concur.

Posted by washout on Jul-29-2005 05:03:

yea i was gonna say.
hendrix.
im american.
lepanto++.

Posted by UWM on Jul-29-2005 05:06:

Well since the two previous posters already mentioned Jimi, I have nothing to add. I must concur, though, that Malmsteen is in a league of his own.

Posted by Boomer187 on Jul-29-2005 05:09:

yea he is a great guitarist, I would never call him the greatest. I am more impressed by what some blues guitarists do likek stevie ray vaughn and what a bunch o death metal guitarists do. I never realised exactly how intricate a death metal riff can be til I caught up with my bro and his band last christmas. I should find some video of them and upload it. insane fingerwork on every riff.

Posted by Lepanto on Jul-29-2005 05:10:

Problem with death metal and that fast nonsense (no offense to the music) is that it's very often not dynamicly correct but just fast.

Posted by |cEbLu3 on Jul-29-2005 05:10:

Yngwie is definately in a league of his own, but def not the best guitarist ever. Myabe fastest, with all those crazy classical riffs, heh

Posted by Boomer187 on Jul-29-2005 05:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Lepanto
Problem with death metal and that fast nonsense (no offense to the music) is that it's very often not dynamicly correct but just fast.

I only have my brother's band to go off of since I've seen the sheet music for it and it is most certainly dynamically correct (what does dynamically correct mean anyways? lol ). You'd be surprised how much music theory some of them konw and use.

Posted by UWM on Jul-29-2005 05:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
insane fingerwork on every riff.

That's what she said.

Posted by tylerc on Jul-29-2005 05:19:

I'm honestly not all that impressed by Yngwie. Yea, he can blow through arpeggios like no one's business, but when that's all he does it gets old....quick.

I'm a sucker for guys like Steve Vai or John Petrucci. They can play a lot of the things that Yngwie plays but they are infinitely more diverse.

Posted by Lepanto on Jul-29-2005 05:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
I only have my brother's band to go off of since I've seen the sheet music for it and it is most certainly dynamically correct (what does dynamically correct mean anyways? lol ). You'd be surprised how much music theory some of them konw and use.

i will explain it to you in a PM if you really wanna know a bit later since im really high right now, yes sue me im high lol

yeah they got some talent but same thing as playing bass, it's not how fast it's how melodic and complex, not just technical your riffs and notes are.

Posted by UWM on Jul-29-2005 05:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Lepanto
i will explain it to you in a PM if you really wanna know a bit later since im really high right now, yes sue me im high lol

Yeah s0n that's it you're sued for being high.

I remember once when I was chillin on TA after taking a bunch of 2c-i. Now that was interesting.

Posted by apostrophe on Jul-29-2005 05:29:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Yeah s0n that's it you're sued for being high.

I remember once when I was chillin on TA after taking a bunch of 2c-i. Now that was interesting.

2C-i is funnn..

Shit just ISN'T normal.

Posted by Jocker on Jul-29-2005 05:34:

quote:
Originally posted by tylerc
I'm honestly not all that impressed by Yngwie. Yea, he can blow through arpeggios like no one's business, but when that's all he does it gets old....quick.

I'm a sucker for guys like Steve Vai or John Petrucci. They can play a lot of the things that Yngwie plays but they are infinitely more diverse.

yeah, his arpeggios are the same as back in 84, when he started this whole thing. but his recent (well, like starting back from 99/2000) trciks with delay, volume knobs and tone shifting effects, where his play seems like two violins playing, that's totally unbelievable. have to agree tho, Steve Vai is probably the most experimental on his sound. And Joe Satriani plays most "cleanly", never producing any unnecessary sounds.

but the most influence on me was probably Richie Blackmore... To bad he has his musical development arrested backin 70ies, and now is totally unnoticable. but back in Deep Purple days, he was the shit.

Posted by UWM on Jul-29-2005 05:36:

quote:
Originally posted by apostrophe
2C-i is funnn..

Shit just ISN'T normal.

It used to be fun .. then I had the world's worst panic attack and I'll never touch the shit again.

It's definitely crazy though 20 mg for like $5 ... surely can fuck you up!

Posted by apostrophe on Jul-29-2005 05:41:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
It used to be fun .. then I had the world's worst panic attack and I'll never touch the shit again.

It's definitely crazy though 20 mg for like $5 ... surely can fuck you up!

haha yeah thread hijack really quick..

my friend and i dropped together, around the dorms late at night, we were jus chillin walking around waiting for it to kick. we both turned the corner to a long hallway, and we had the whole matrix wave thing going on all of a sudden. we looked at each other.. ""

"that's not normal." and that was all we said and we kept walking.

heh. only got my hands on it once.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Jul-29-2005 05:52:

how do you pronounce it again? ING-WEE? or something?

i nominate eddie van halen... i don't like van halen personally but EVH is da bomb shit beotch

Posted by Jocker on Jul-29-2005 05:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
ING-WEE?

yep... that's how he pronounces it himself

Posted by Boomer187 on Jul-29-2005 05:53:

ing-vay

Posted by Jocker on Jul-29-2005 05:55:

why-ngwie

Posted by guster on Jul-29-2005 06:02:

Hendrix was badass as shit, but I wouldn't call him the best.

Clapton is technically amazing.. along with Stevie Ray Vaughn. However, I agree.. nobody beats Hendrix' soul in his playing. Malmstein is great technically, but I really can't stand to listen to any of his music.

Posted by tylerc on Jul-29-2005 06:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Jocker
yeah, his arpeggios are the same as back in 84, when he started this whole thing. but his recent (well, like starting back from 99/2000) trciks with delay, volume knobs and tone shifting effects, where his play seems like two violins playing, that's totally unbelievable. have to agree tho, Steve Vai is probably the most experimental on his sound. And Joe Satriani plays most "cleanly", never producing any unnecessary sounds.

Satriani is one I meant to mention but just forgot. I have a dvd of the G3 tour (which was Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen) and its freaking ridiculous. I'm gonna watch it again tomorrow.

Listening to some Dream Theater (John Petrucci) now. These guys are amazing musicians!!!!

Posted by l�cid on Jul-29-2005 20:37:

quote:
Originally posted by tylerc
Listening to some Dream Theater (John Petrucci) now. These guys are amazing musicians!!!!

+1!

you ever see them live? freakin' amazing. i love watching Jordan Rudess going wild on the keyboard.

Posted by Fundamental on Jul-29-2005 20:49:

quote:
Originally posted by tylerc
Satriani is one I meant to mention but just forgot. I have a dvd of the G3 tour (which was Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen) and its freaking ridiculous. I'm gonna watch it again tomorrow.

Jealousy! I still haven't seen that DVD, and I really enjoy music by all three as they all have their individual styles. Satch is the winner for me though!

Posted by jonSun on Jul-29-2005 20:54:

Neal Schoen
Eddie
Kerry King
Jeff Hanneman
Malmsteen
Randy Rhodes
George Lynch
Steve Vai

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