Yngwie Malmsteen - Interview #1 (1995 video)

[fracturedskater]

7:01 with my name on it :D

[OoDidyoO]

what's this song playing during the questions?? could someone tell me?

[sgainar1]

@OoDidyoO I believe it's called or similar to "Echo Etude". He does this baroque improve thing with the delay acting as counterpoint. I think I've seen it here before on you tube if you want to search.

[lyrasimo]

Yngwie and Ferrari...very fast

[seth3556r]

I don't think his arrogance is because of his playing. I think it's his personality and satisfaction for where he gotten himself to, before he was a suburban white male in europe, now he has success and a lot of people don't have success.

[screenpuller]

@MrNebelful... I agree. Why is it that speed & complexity in classical music is a valid means of expression, yet on an electric guitar it's dismissed so readily? Well, you've probably heard the saying, much as it pains me to repeat it, but haters are gonna hate. :(

[MrRazorblade999]

Does he pay for his guitars?

[BOnEhEAdD]

@MrRazorblade999 Thats a big negative i guess ;)

[Brentypooz]

What does scalloped fretboard mean?

[fafaffu2]

the background melody is fantastic... Bach?

[csplendrig]

his first few were the best, however Eclipse is solid from start to finish

[CSCip1978]

The action is not high the guitar has a scalloped fret board

[MeetyHam]

Can I ask? What does taking away the string tree actually do to the sound? Does it tune easier or something? :)

[bigrigJim]

@MeetyHam It stays in tune better without the string tree if your using the tremelo alot cause the string tree tends to "drag" and keep the string from going back to its original tension (tune)

[rev666nclmbrd]

"thats a question i dont think i can answer"......yeah cuz its in FUCKING CHINESE!!!!

[mokonadu94]

I listen to neo-classical thanks to Yngwie !

it's a god

[yoohootube]

It's hard to be humble when you're this good.

[MrYngwie88]

he is not a ego you muther fucker he is a god

[muzzster1970]

You gotta have a Ferrari sticker.....HAHAHA!

[MrJeppelin]

Far beyond the sun is THE guitarsong.

[cjetelomar2010]

well, today he isn't using DiMarzio pickups anymore...



[SanctuaryShred]

@cjetelomar2010 He uses Duncans if I'm not mistaken.

[cjetelomar2010]

@SanctuaryShred exactly there my friend... but the question is: what prompted Malmsteen to go to Seymour Duncan? was it because DiMarzio did not pay him for his endorsement of the pickups or Malmsteen got FED UP of the sound of his former DiMarzio pickups? that's what i wanna know...

[SanctuaryShred]

@cjetelomar2010 I'm not quite sure man... But i'm sure there will be a story behind the story... They weren't paying, he wasn't getting the kind of sound, whatever it is.....

[cjetelomar2010]

@SanctuaryShred hmm... you know, if i didnt get the tone i want, then i would go to another brand or have the company make me a remodeled and rewired pickups... or even if im getting any good pay for endorsement for the pickups, then why should i further endorse the product? things i say here is all about "what ifs" if i put myself into yngwie's position...

[SanctuaryShred]

@cjetelomar2010 Amen brother.... Couldn't have said t better myself....

[cjetelomar2010]

@SanctuaryShred i mean, if im NOT getting a good pay out of my endorsement for DiMarzio... im glad we're in the same page brother... cheers to yngwie!! 

[cjetelomar2010]

@SanctuaryShred we shall soon find out... i think those are two possibilities if you try to put yourself in yngwie's shoes...

[RtasVadumeeKostas]

you cant do the rising force album better

[dmohr7]

at 1:01 he thinks of donuts

[TSS1994]

His Pick is Dunlop Delrin 500 1.5mm isnt it?

[TSS1994]

Yngwie is so cute

[Ctanktv]

haha pause and look at his face at 7:02

[cjetelomar2010]

well, on HIS guitars, he doesn't use DiMarzio anymore... its Seymour Duncan pickups he's currently using now...

[MrYngwie88]

the only problem with fender is that it doshent have 30 frets

[C4B5A6]

2.59 I do! :)

[MrNebelful]

FUCK!!!

I hate when people bitch about his ego... I believe it's necesarry.. Malmsteen is one of the most critized musicians of today.. he has taken more tough shit than what I bet most of you could handle before giving up... Despite his persona (I SAID PERSONA NOT PERSON) let me tell you something.. I hated metal and I hated classical music... Found Yngwie , guess what.. now I love them both.. so FUCK YOU!!! GO MALMSTEEN!!!!!!!!

[krisitantobias]

@MrNebelful

love the energy man! tnx for the comment..

[fujosej]

@MrNebelful Maybe he has a small penis...

[Born2Rock1987]

I love the way he puts the cigarette on the guitar!

[ceyhanb]

at 2:48 check the action! soooo high!

[dmohr7]

@ceyhanb um if you wait untill 4:15 ull see how low the action is

[randommoosebrains]

lmao. yngwie used ernie ball? lol

[aivh1395]

ive never in my life heard of yngwie malmsteen but now that i saw some rockband video i finally heard of him...NOT FAMOUS...but kool at guitar

[bosnaisgreat]

@aivh1395 He is famous as fuck.

[aivh1395]

@bosnaisgreat not really...

[bosnaisgreat]

@aivh1395 Believe me he is, he is rated in the top 10 best guitarists in the world by guitar magazine ;)

[StanleyKu]

@bosnaisgreat and TIME magazine!

[ariadarabi]

@aivh1395 he actually is..perhaps you listen to a different genre or you didnt get a chance to hear him, but trust me, he is :P

[NisseEricsson]

Can someone translate the japanese, I want to know what the questions are. Specifically the question at 3:25.

[leoseanster]

@NisseEricsson got a friend to help with the translation, she said it means something along the lines of "do/will you ever sell your main guitar" or somethin like that.

[NisseEricsson]

My fav Yngwie album is Marching Out, but Rising Force is as good. I can´t decide which is best.

[5kokoko]

Ferrari sticker, nice...

[JoshRosenblumMusic]

Why does his english sound better then than it does now?

[MarilynMansonsVagina]

who cares if slash isn't good in your opinion? appetite for destruction made him more money than you'll in your life.

[cjetelomar2010]

Yngwie Malmsteen has switched pickups from DiMarzio to Seymour Duncan... i guess his endorsement with DiMarzio didn't go too well... looking forward to a new sound on Yngwie's new set of pickups for his Fender signature Stratocaster and his quest for perfect tone in Seymour Duncan pickups...

[ffguru15]

having his frets scalloped makes the action look super high. Or is his action pretty high to begin with?

[taztherocker]

@ffguru15  In other interviews, he says he likes the action high. The notes ring more clearly when the strings are higher.....

[cjetelomar2010]

if i were to choose guitars between malmsteen signature and michael angelo signature, i would go for malmsteen signature. strats are always the best in my humble opinion...

[24caratJosh]

Haha nice place to keep a fag (ciggie) while playing guitar xD. Kind of arrogant to be smoking during an interview but malmsteen is allowed to xD

[perpetual61]

I would like to know what the Interviewer asks him. First it was Jimmy Hendrix who got him started on his playing then Richie Blackmore and later. The Classical Composers Like, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and Bach, Paganini. Yngwie no longer smokes or drinks.

[Dimitri759]

3:20 what did they asked him

[TheMegadeth502]

slash fuckin sucks

[69zachdelarosa69]

slash fuckin rules

[ernielight]

@69zachdelarosa69 Even Slash admitted he was a terrible guitarist. nothin but pentatonic runs...you only need 2 fingers to play like Slash. lol...his playing sux.

[XionComrade]

@ernielight His playing sucks but his writing and Showmanship is great, he should never be on a top 50 best guitarists list, if he is credibility is instantly shot to hell...

[StanleyKu]

@XionComrade His playing isnt that good anymore but he used to be the bomb! His improvising was totally awesome for the first ten years of his career, especially in Alcatrazz.

[shredmaster100]

slash kicks this guys ass the only reason yngwie is one of the top 10 guitarists is because of guys like ritchie blackmore and jimi hendrix without them he is nothing yngwie want a donut ha ha youve unleashed the focking fury brilliant

[NisseEricsson]

@shredmaster100 Slash is NOTHING compared to Malmsteen, get it?

[SamFisher117]

yngwie is my favorite guitarist. only becomes most of his songs i actually like listening too. IMO, he plays insanely good, and his stuff sounds somewhat musical. not like most other really good guitarist, whos music just sounds like random noise, lol. anyhow, thats just my two cents.

[Mediacentro]

thegoddescomposer:

Keep talking and show eveyone on you tube how stupid you are - This guy is in ten best electric guitarists in music history and you are fuckin nothing so keep taking - no one listen to you - only sound of Yngwie guitar - the same over and over - buhahahaha!!!

[thegoddescomposer]

stfu man cry noobs haha look everybody has thumb down XD hahahaha yngwie sucks hard and thats facts same shit same arpeggios same solos same shit same toneladders its always the same shit , first i like his song untill i realise its all the same for fuck sake , listening good its all same fucking shit he does its boring

[LateMetaL93]

@thegoddescomposer

well im pretty sure everyone on youtube is sick of you saying the same shit over and over. so "stfu noob" and go play cod4 or something

[thegoddescomposer]

SAME SHIT SAME SOUND SAME SOLO SAME ARPEGGIOS SAME TONELADDERS SAME SHIT K ? THATS ARE FACTS K ? understand ?

[Fluffypopcicle]

@thegoddescomposer

okay then lets see you make better music on guitar with the same amount of speed as yngwie. you must not have a trained ear because i see quite a few variations in yngwie's music. your "facts" are not facts, they are 100% opinions.

[SailsOfLiberty]

@thegoddescomposer

At least Yngwie can actually speak english properly...

[thegoddescomposer]

hahah yeah cry nooob cry yngwho is noob same shit same arpeggios he cant play ffs he is retarded like u guys stfu noobs

[LateMetaL93]

@thegoddescomposer

what are you? 12? grow up and stop calling people noobs you faggot

[pimpDADD1]

go and learn all hes stuff and then come back and tell him that hes an noob ^^.

[thegoddescomposer]

dude i played beyond the sun. black star, but i like to analyse music , and it seems to be all his work looks and sounds the same k thats i only want to say !

[killingismybusniess]

YOu don't have to be a pretty person to be amazing at guitar player.

[codyahernek]

@killingismybusniess no, you dont have to be pretty to be an amazing guitarist. but i must say, yngwie is both amazing and pretty ;) hahaha.

[YellowDiDi95]

@codyahernek but you gotta be pretty and amazing to be famous ; D

[codyahernek]

@YellowDiDi95 soooooooooo true.

[ProphetIsaiah420]

Shut the fuck up dick sucker.

[painkiller724]

thegoddescomposer realy shut the fuck up you cock sucking fag go listen to Eminem or hip hop or some shit and get the fuck of this video you pussy!

[thegoddescomposer]

@painkiller724 HE SUCK SO HARD OMFG GO FUCK U SILLY UGLY SLUT MOTHER NOOOB FUCKING RETARD SHIT ALL OF U YNGWIE SUCKS SO HARD !@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG HE IS ON DRUGS SO HARD LOOK HIS FAT ASS FACE HE SUCK SO HARD EACH TIME THE SAME SOLOING OMFG HE SUCK HARD BIG TIME U ALL ARE FUCKING RETARDED FUCKING NOOB

[ProphetIsaiah420]

Shut the fuck up, like id listen to someone who actually calls people noobs, waht a retarted fucking insult, grow up you greasy nerd, dont watch his fucking videos if you have a problem with them, faggot.

[SuperElectricPower]

that was kinda uncalled for

[fallenmonkeytieryu]

to be honest i dont even know what the argument is, but i swear it looks like someone found a pissed off japanese guy and and translated him for shits and giggles. not to insult you but that rant was hilarious

[cowyman]

what strings did he say he used?

[Megatrane]

i don't hear it, but are 0.08mm - 0.48mm

[epiphonejamfreak]

very thin on the higher strings, and very thick on the lower strings.

[lleheaven]

Dean Markley .08 - 48

[andr3co4]

Light top heavy bottom is a config of strings

[solohim55]

How do you expect anyone to agree with anything your saying when you talk like that? No one is going to listen because all your doing is insulting people. No one cares how much money he makes, and I don't envy a guy who abuses women. Yngwie Malmsteen is not a very moral person. Thats why alot of people dont like him. Not because he plays better then them. Calm down dude.

[gtarjason69]

actually after steve vai bought the pizza we went back to his place to go jam out and it was pretty awsome.... then satch walked in and was like hey guitaros and jammed with us and we were all like hell yeah! your just jealous cuz your going nowhere in music and you try to make yourself not feel like a total looser by bashing people on youtube dont worry its ok its just like your prolly 20 years old and your bashing a 15 year old so you look like a total dooshbag haha immature fuck!

[gtarjason69]

you need to fucking calm down and steve vai did buy me a fucking pizza so shut the fuck up its obvious your a flamer d bag with no friends so you try to make yourself feel better by freakin out on people on youtube so seriously just fuckin leave i just had a simple question jeeze your a dum fuck

[ItroIl]

yingie is a fucking idiot

[Kangsryche]

Odyssey was the fucking best!!

[gtarjason69]

so just wondering has any1 met malmsteen or know about his personality is he arrogant or nice or relaxed or just a total prick arrogant jack ass? cuz satch and vai are really laid back and nice in person

[simariato]

It s part of the legend.

[yngwiefangirl08]

He is so amazing! He likes tenis, he have a ferrari, his wife April.

He's really nice i love him so much that's because im "yngwiefangirl"

Ok?

PEACE

MRS

[thebrutalpostman]

afraid to say it...but he was a prick when i met him at a meet and greet a night before a show in 2005. i had been looking forward in meeting him for 20 years, but left disappointed! sometimes, it's never good to meet your heros.....BUT, Joe Stump and Michael Angeloo Batio are awesome in person!!!!

[benjgrimm63]

probably just for the look it isnt needed jumbo frets do the same thing scalloped frets do.....just to a lesser degree

[ravenrage07]

What about Marching out or Fire and Ice?

[FallenPrey]

F*cking Awesome!

[TriggerManSniper]

What? Not too happy with Odyssey? lol Man that's a kick ass CD Riots in the Dungeons is the shit!! All those songs are the shit..

[aoplaysguitar]

im pretty sure he doesnt smoke

[locoprmagodeoz]

look at his face in 7:04 when he shows his pick hahahaha

[luigiperso]

he was great in the early days,but now he's fucking. Boring sound,boring music,boring everything. He just keeps talking about Vivaldi and Bach,but he has nothing to share with them. His are dreams.

[malawigw]

no you are boring :)

[AustinFenderStrat]

LOL Yeah I dont find Malmsteen boring

[sucramnormark]

I bet the only reason he smokes is so that he can put the cigarette on the guitar like that........

[BenWGray]

He doesn't smoke anymore I don't think lol.

[kcajk]

maybe now he uses those fags that people use to stop smoking to stick behind the strings, or the ones from the joke shop filled with powder that comes out the end when you blow on them.

[twessels]

@sucramnormark it was actually a thing eddie van halen did on many of his concerts

[perpetual61]

@sucramnormark He no longer Smokes or Drinks.

[esraretin]

@sucramnormark lol no i put so too because usually i cant find a place i just dont think when i begin playing the guitar where i put my cigarette

[dimebagdarrellftw]

@sucramnormark i would

[shredftw]

Paul Gilbert doesn't smoke!

[speedjunkie66]

Yeah, all the great ones smoke including my fav, george lynch

[gnahueldiaz]

has he got a cigarrette?

[mitchskater]

anyone lse notice he said 8-48 but the thing said 46

[RobertoArceCorretjer]

those were the strings he used...and yes, he said it wrong lol it's 46

[page7978]

i FUCKING LOVE yNGWIE. pEOPLE CALL THE GUY ARROGANT BUT FROM EVERY INTERVIEW I'VE SEEN HES ENGAGING AND HONEST. I LOVE HOW HES NEVER WAVERED FROM HIS COURSE. LOVE U YNG

[yngwiefangirl08]

I love him too

WELCOME TO DA CLUB!!

=D

[8oOch9]

he has a cigarette on his guitar haha! smoker!

[ubershredder1989]

yngwies english is fucking good

[busternsady]

he has his niche ..whatever you might say ;so more power to sucess..he started classical metal...but hes not as broad on music as Jimmy Page .

[iownallnoobs]

he didnt start classical metal

[whynottalklikeapirat]

that yngwie ... he never sounded terribly bright

[SeanGE]

@SRodgers145

I think he is answering the question, "have you ever played a different guitar live other than a strat or in the studio."

[SRodgers145]

what wa sthe qeustion when he said no never

[snowgoose92]

haha, wtf, you need to have a ferrari sticker at the back? poor effort to be funny!

[surfco]

because he likes ferraries, you dumb fuck.

[fenderpwnage]

Yngwie Malmsteen is probably the reason why we can't find vintage early 70's fender stratocasters anymore.

[LatinoLiam]

7:00 onwards - this guy is soo funny he's 2nd in my top 2 guitarists (H), Slash being the other guy haha (H) ... anywayz this guy owns speeed :| - and plectrum with his own name on haha...

[McApear]

how can slash ( a not very skilled and pretty talentless poser who makes his living copying others) be on second place?

[jokkearnt]

'cus he's got some awesome melodies going on in his solos. besides, it's all taste

[ryallen32]

being a faggot doesnt make people agree with you, so maybe it would benefit you if you stopped saying things like that, trust me, if you go to the right places with a mouth like that, youll be dead in the blink of an eye. sleep with one eye open if you let that one slip out in public.

[gamergeek3000]

Yngwie does alot of copying too, but from classical composers, it is atrociously blatant sometimes. I also don't think Slash is talentless.

[Jordy1707]

he is taleneted hes a good rock guitarist i mean he cant play like yngwie but hes a good player.

[StanleyKu]

I don't really care for Slash, but I'll admit that he has style.

[rama6maiden]

i think that the new malmsteen strats are the best ones!!

[rama6maiden]

LUCKY BASTARD!!!!

[Roboctopus]

Man, he got fat. :P

[MasqueradingTeabag]

7:03 , his face. Lol Yngwie is a cocky bastard but he really does grow on you after a while. It's a childishly simple ego he entertains. I wish he could explain his own playing a bit more precisely. I don't think he has the vocabulary to actually describe it though. A downside to being completely self taught.

[StanleyKu]

Masquerading......good point. He doesn't articulate his ideas well at all. He expresses himself best just through playing.

[7blak7panther7]

lol love the fucking cigarette

[EAICA]

what was the question when Yngwie said "no, never" ?

[guitarfreak714]

i dont know what it said but probably on the lines of "would u ever use another guitar other than fender"

[DaOriginalKazakame]

God his hair is so awesome. I WANT IT O.O lol

[blsnewreligion]

at 3:00 xD

[NigMeLicious]

no one else rate this its perfect

[ComfortablyNumbed]

It would be nice to know what questions he's getting asked? Lame.

[songwriter92]

hehe ^^ sweden rules !

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

no way, denmark rules, best contry in scandinavia.. whole world i mean, norway though, just sucks =)

[bjarteab]

Hey! :)

[flundyin]

oh yea

i know what your talking about...

AMERICA

[davoplace]

he talks so funny, i love it

[ShaunNelson1]

He such a cool guy i met him after a show in glasgow recently and he's really genuine. I dont why folk think he is an ego maniac.

[m3rcuryd3ath]

well he thinks extremely highly of himself, and a lot of people interpret it as if he considers himself better than almost anyone.

Which in a sense, I think is true. Yngwie considers himself of a different breed than most guitarists, but in a sense he is within a realm few reach.

He is a very nice guy in real life, but you can always see that little bit of cockyness in his voice.

[zbarneyz]

i dont agree..cockyness in his voice? he's from sweden!?