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Posted by: Bondy Oct 10 2008, 02:33 PM

Just been watching this vid made cringe the way he just clatters them about, I was ohh no be careful please your gonna break that, nice gear though

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rEvRDC-mGmg&feature=related

Posted by: skennington Oct 10 2008, 02:43 PM

....Guess when your Yngwie, it dosn't matter much.. Is it just me, or does the frets on his models look HUGE! What are they, like some extra, extra jumbo's or something?

Posted by: Emir Hot Oct 10 2008, 02:43 PM

Yngwie likes to talk about his collection Very cool guitars.

Posted by: Bondy Oct 10 2008, 03:10 PM

Not to sure think there 6100? size frets

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Oct 10 2008, 03:13 PM

What a great collection he has Funny how he keeps them stacked one on the other without special stands or something Those with "huge" frets have scalloped neck so they seem that way.

Posted by: berko Oct 10 2008, 03:18 PM

Yngwie Malmsteen says: "And these are Malmsteen cables, I like them very much..."

Now he is a real strat addict...

And yep, those are scalloped necks, though the frets do seem a bit thick

Posted by: ZakkWylde Oct 10 2008, 03:22 PM

He has one of the first stratocasters EVER made and he keeps it on the floor stacked behind others?!?!

Posted by: fatb0t Oct 10 2008, 03:27 PM

Whyyyyyyy are they stored like that? A 1958 hand built 60k$ Stratocaster ON THE GROUND?! YOU INSANE YJM?!!?!?!

Posted by: Praetorian Oct 10 2008, 03:34 PM

Man...he refuses to let the 80's go! Unreal collection though!!!

Posted by: Bondy Oct 10 2008, 03:34 PM

Exactly one of the first strats ever made and he throws it around like a cheap squire LOL

Posted by: Jose Mena Oct 10 2008, 07:19 PM

According to a friend that once jammed with Yngwie, he threw a strat at another guitar player for him to jam, and they were like, "Are you insane, it could break", the guy said "don't worry about it, I have another 100 at home".

This is what my friend (drummer) told me, don't know if it is true

Posted by: FrankW Oct 10 2008, 08:24 PM

Yngwie is Yngwie. The guy is a superb player, and the father of neo-classical shred, but there are times when I'd like to wring his neck.
I saw a video of him purchasing a '60s era Strat at a store in the UK for 3500. He took the guitar to his limo, then he threw it onto the floor in the back.
It must be nice to have that kind of money, though I wouldn't treat a guitar that way, especially a nice vintage one. Oh well...

Posted by: sigma7 Oct 10 2008, 08:31 PM

yo, YM can wipe himself with his strats when hes done in the bathroom man thats insane

Posted by: ins187 Oct 10 2008, 09:37 PM

He's a great player but i just hate him and his ego..

Posted by: fkalich Oct 10 2008, 10:34 PM

I would assume that Yngwie treats other people about the same way he treats those guitars. I could be wrong, he could be a person who just places no value in material objects, and be great to people. But I doubt it.

Imagine you had a rich 6 year old kid who behaved like that? What would you think of a kid who threw around objects you dream of owning like that, right in front of you? Which is what he is doing there.

Disappointing when a person you wanted to respect, gives you a strong indicator that to know him, is to hold him in contempt.

Posted by: Guitarman700 Oct 10 2008, 10:56 PM

Youd be about right. i read in an interview with his former manager that he constantly talked about killing anyone who made him angry; his friends, his wife, his fans, the man is a complete maniac. he threatened his wife with a loaded shotgun when she asked him not to go on tour again for a few months. crazy.

Posted by: Bondy Oct 10 2008, 11:00 PM

I agree he's of his head LOL amazing guitarist though, I try to concentrate on his playing and ignore the fact he's probably a pratt

Posted by: fkalich Oct 10 2008, 11:04 PM

I don't. I concentrate on Marcus L, Gabriel, Lian, and others who have picked up what he has to offer, and who probably are pretty nice guys if you got to know them I suspect.

Posted by: Fullmetal_Tmd Oct 10 2008, 11:16 PM

he's got so many vintage and expensive guitars, they should be locked up in a vault or something, not in a tiny room stacked against one another. Every time one of those guitars clank together, i wince like i'm the one in pain....
He should totally give out those guitars... to us

Posted by: VinceG Oct 11 2008, 12:02 AM

I think this proves that not every guitar player care about his gear as much as you guys do. Its a wood with strings that make sounds, nothing more nothing less.

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Jan 26 2012, 11:14 PM

Really, this man is unique ...

Posted by: Todd Simpson Jan 27 2012, 01:24 AM

He has really mellowed a bit from his early days which is good. He's always been an amazing player but used to be just so full of himself it was hard to listen to him talk. He's a lot cooler these days.

Anybody ever play one of his line of custom strats they made for a while that were scallopped? (sp)

Todd

Posted by: Mudbone Jan 27 2012, 06:10 AM

They're his guitars, he can do whatever he wants with them. I actually kinda respect the fact that he just throws his valuables around. To me, this means that he utilizes his wealth to live his life as he pleases, and not be concerned about what so called vintage guitar aficionados think about him and his handling of his own instruments. Guitars come and go, but the players that make them sing remain forever in our collective conscious.

I played the latest incarnation of his signature Strat, with the new Seymour Duncan YJM Fury's, and it is a fantastic guitar. Even unplugged it sounds stellar.