I think as king of shadows said these people are in a different league, they cannot be compared, its just preference or choices. Only an Eastern Classical musician would come up with higher levels of musicianship than they do.
Am I the only person who knows that yngwie draws all of his influence from johan Sebastian Bach? Yngwie made it clear that he has never played anyother guitarists riffs
ive listened to Steve and Yngwie, for a very long time now, they're both great and awesome and all that kind of stuff, but i think Yngwie wins, not only for beeing Swedish.
Malmsteen is incredibly boring. All he does is go up and down the same scale insanely quickly. Vai's music is more complex, more difficult, and utilizes varied techniques like sweeping, incredible tapping, and great use of the trem.
Yngwei wins. In his up there with Les Paul, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page. Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, etc, are second tier. Put Mark Knopfler in the upper tier, as well.
They both are beyond amazing. But I would have to go with Steve. He plays with such emotion, and nothing else can match that as a guitar player. Not even speed.
I've been around players that would melt your mind. SOOO many GREAT players and I NEVER compare them. I have seen UNKNOWN players just as masterful as any known player. It doesn't make sense to pit them against each other. You would miss out on just the enjoyment of listening with an open ear. Everyone has a bad day once in a while too. JUst love the music and appreciate the talents of those before you.
i personally prefer steve vai, mainly because it seems like malmsteen is mainly a shreeder guitarplayer utilizing all of the scales. although its quite impressive, it gets old pretty quick....now in my personal opinion, i think chris broderick is up there too. not only can he play right with steve vai, he can play virtually any style flawlessly...this is only my opinion though, comment with your thoughts!
This makes me want to hear more of both artists. I have been playing guitar for over 40 years. At least SV sounds close to rock. Yngwie is so operatic, they are both too operatic to me. To my ears both guitarists emulate a harpsichord kind of effect. A battle of fast scales and blistering arpeggios only goes so far if the solos sound like chamber music. Vai wins but they both sound too clinical ... ----just my opinions
For God's sake people. Yngwie is a tremendous technician. But the music he chooses to play & write is not deserving of his technical skills. I don't like his music at all, but he is a virtuoso for sure. Steve Vai is both technically and creatively talented. Yngwie maybe also, but his music only proves his technical prowess. Both of these gents,Yngwie in particular, could learn from Slash. That guy can create something beautiful, moving, and emotional with the simplest of technique.
Neither of them know any chords. Wankvay cannot play with a band. i saw him once and all he did was play a 45 minute boring ass solo and ran around sliding on his knee pads. Vai just has sex with David Lee roth.
why so many haters about shredding... There's not just blues and hardrock with all the same progression over and over, u can call shredder also a jazz player i mean it's ridiculous..
@34methylenedioxy but actually emphasis it's in blues, it's in jazz, it's in neoclassic metal. If there wasn't shredding we would miss a lot of genres atleast about metal, i mean it's just development of music. Let's take for example screamo and deathcore they have surely death and melodic death influences and who isn't into metal a lot say that groups like BMTH or avenged sevenfold are death metal, it's new wave from something already discovered and known. Dislike shredding u dislike also jazz
@Zenhjin I see what you're saying. Although I completely disagree about the jazz and shredding because some of my favorite Jazz artists are from the 30's and 40's and shredding isn't an aspect of their music (i.e. Billie Holiday). Guitarists like Yngwie and Via to me are just boring. They are amazing instrumentalists, but not that great at writing music. It seems like they always use stereotypical 80's power metal riffs, then shred over whatever key the riff is in. Although Via makes funny faces
@34methylenedioxy ye ok, but it's ur own taste, i mean if we take a look also on modern jazz i bet u can't find anyone who doesn't shred, and if they don't, it's on purpose. All the great name of jazz/fusion are masters of technique and shredding, example frank gambale or greg howe or pat metheny, i mean all big names, then it's a personal choice to play as shredder or not.
@cssNuramoN And you're just a retarded kid who, apparently, does not seem to understand the fact that they both have reached a level where it's extremely difficult to tell which one's the best because they both have flawless technique but each one of them has his own style, so theoretically, they're equally good, considering they both can play each other's pieces with no mistake. At this point, it's just a matter of preference. It not like we were comparing Yngwie and Slash... lol.
I agree, shredding shows nothing except how well you can play scales. Melody and musicallity is everything. how you work with the rest of the band is, pardon the pun, instrumental, neither stand up to Eddie Van Halen!
@IronMaidensVideos I don't know if you play guitar, but I've played for 30 years. The clips this person put together are crap. Both guitarist are better than these clips show. Yngwie has a great medieval sound to his songs and Vai brings so much emotion through his playing. Hendrix built a platform that Van Halen stood on. Eddie built a platform that both Vai and Malmsteen stood upon and more guitarist to come
well i'm not as experienced as you are, but look at the stuff malmsteen ist playing. 90% are licks which are actually pretty... easy. only 3 notes forward and backwards. that's all. maybe a bit of tapping between the runs.
steve vai playes much more difficult stuff, playes the licks/riffs he playes much cleaner. he's a wizard. and he uses far more articulation as yngwie malmsteen. it's just like a mystery effect. you listen to a song and finally a lick appears where you think:
@themiamatrix You're so full of shit. Vai and Malmsteen have taken nothing from Van Halen. Neither of them have listed Van Halen as an influence. If you knew anything about guitar you'd know this. Yet, ignorant fools thumbs your comment up because they wish what you say to be true. It's quite sad really. 30 years my ass.
@themiamatrix Been playing for 30 years now, as well I.M.V. To compare any player to another is ridiculous. There's no continuity in categories. What would you judge them for, when they are both so well practiced and unique to themselves. I've seen YJM tear it up and Steve just blazing with the fire. Who's better? They're EQUALLY masterful.
@themiamatrix Been playing for 30 years now, as well. To compare any player to another is ridiculous. There's no continuity in categories. What would you judge them for, when they are both so well practiced and unique to themselves. I've seen YJM tear it up and Steve just blazing with the fire. Who's better? They're EQUALLY masterful.
@themiamatrix You are absolutely wrong about either of these guys being where they are because of Eddie Van Halen. Steve Via played with Frank Zappa, and Yngwie was influenced by Richie Blackmore the original Bach rocker. I suggest you listen to early than Machine Head Deep Purple stuff like Deep Purple in Rock or Fireball.
@egcroan You missed my point. Each guitar god has created platforms for others to build. Malmsteen and Vai are where they are because of a string of event. It may have been Chuck Berry creating a new sound and making it mainstream which eventually led to Hendrix and other 60's rockers which led to Van Halen or Rainbow or other 70's rockers which led to....get it. Vai is not "better" than Malmsteen. They both are different but equally good and built a platform for the next generation to build
@IronMaidensVideos Your statement is contradictory. I like Eddie much more than Vai, but Eddie's lead playing is nowhere near as melodic as Vai's. Vai can be too flashy at times, yes. But listen to "For the Love of God" and "Blue Powder". EVH has never played that melodic. And there are handfuls of shredders who have taste..Marty Friedman, Dimebag Darrell,Nuno Bettencourt, Chris Poland, Rob Caggiano, Joe Satriani, Kirk Hammet, Glent Tipton, etc There are plenty.
In my opinion, Steve Vai is the world's best guitar player, if we look at the whole performance as a musician. If we only focus on the technical part, Malmsteen is the best.
@MrFrancox44 Is that the list of the top 4 less skilled guitar players ever or what? ;P petrucci and eddie VH are not bad but dude, wtf?! where is Vai, malmsteen, p. gilbert, al di meola, paco de lucia and all the others skilled guitar players?
@KingOfShadows1500 well you can see my channel there are a lot of videos of me playing the guitar see if you can play the same bitch!! stairway to heaven's solo?
i dont understand why people are still comparing..
its clear, when people think Vai, they always have this in their mind "hey, what's next, ?'(of course, bcoz vai is creative)
but when people think yngwie.the will think automatically "oh i can guess, that stuff again and again.." (of course yM is not too smart in music, he just have circus fingers..)
@steptb2 it depends on how you aproach it. There are tasteful shredders out there. However i won't say you are totally wrong because a lot of music has suffered because people care too much about speed.
@laiholapso Check this one out ( /watch?v=-GPM1cFEJ_k ) it is from the same guitarist ( Radomir Mihailovic Tocak) and if this is not harmonious I dont know what is XD.
@laiholapso That is true but it is the same with all famous musicians. For example my dad thinks Hendrix was just a psyhodelic junky - which he was, but without that junky people in my country would be listening to this /watch?v=cAZFCn3bl1E&feature=related in the period 1970-2000 instead of Tocak - cause Tocak turned to rock when he heard Hendrix. Sadly nowadays people returned to that folk nonsence. And...
@laiholapso I recomend you listen to Tocak's famous songs - Bluz u parku; Ukor; Zajdi, Zajdi; Plava pesma; Sumadijski bluz; Blues od vina; Biska 2; Juzni voz; And if you are up to harmonious things look for El Dumo; Nevidljive terazije; If you're up to hard stuff look for Ulazak u harem (album Live Without Audience); Biska 2 (1975); Perle (intro); Crna dama (Black Lady is version on english) ; I to je za ljude; If you're up to something emotional Zajdi, Zajdi; Plava pesma; listen ENTIRE songs
neeeeee, pra mi no hay comparacion malmsteen es mas riata que el vai,,, se ve a elguas que setve vai utiliza demasiada distorsion y el yngwie se la rifa en la acustica y en la metalera.... lo hacen mierda al vai, aunque no dudo que sea bueno
ygwie just have speed to compare... and abaut this only thing he has (speed), hes not the speedest i thik, hes just ALWAYS' do it.. Vai has great alternate speed picking too. but he does not make it to the most important in creating music... its not my opinion, its a fact.
Yngvie is soulless cretin with fast hands and classical music catalog in his head. Vai is an artist. Like Satch, he turned shredding into something more than mindless speed. Yngvie is dime a dozen. Ill take the Italian Virtuoso any day.
Any professional guitar player should bee able to put emotion in his playing. The extreme speed of Malmsteen puts him on top of a different category. Comparing them base on clips from different genres cannot be done
These are both amazing guitarists. Better then me. Better than all of you. Vai has more feeling in his music. Even when he shreds his runs have these accents to them that give it feeling. I'm not saying Malmsteen doesn't have feeling. He has a fuckload of it. Its too hard to compare two guitar virtuosos. Two guitar legends. It'd be easier to compare guitarists like Kirk Hammett and Dimebag Darell. (Dimebag)
yngwie seems more "note" professional, but his tone sucks. fenders are only good for blues and lame alternative rock. vai just has that God given thing and it seems like insane speed and displaying knowledge of classical music isn't as important to him. its kinda dumb to demand whose better when theyre so different
even the idea of comparing these fine guitar players is beyond duh duh........they both have a totally different background, style and playing....you must be a total moron to compare these two........like comparing a cigar from Cuba to a Lemon Juice coming from Greece......as in...you are a total, stupid Idiot.
Steve vai is the better guitarist and musician, malmsteen just shreds
96shred 3 days ago
STEVE VAI OBVIUSLY
adanhammett1 1 week ago
I think as king of shadows said these people are in a different league, they cannot be compared, its just preference or choices. Only an Eastern Classical musician would come up with higher levels of musicianship than they do.
TheXPrisoner 2 weeks ago
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18rjos 2 weeks ago
I love both so I'm going to say it's a tie.
metalfreak4677 2 weeks ago
yngwie destroyed vai vais playing had no melody, where yngwie has nothing but melody
RevGafGaf 1 month ago
vai can do anything. malsteen is too limited in his style and technique to compare to steve vai.
vgrzen34 1 month ago
@one2772 fuck you. Randy was a god.
TheMetalheadfromhell 1 month ago
once you reach this level there are no losers they are all great in there own way
bigboy1010101able 1 month ago 4
@Dyxtakias Lol maybe, but not in technical skill, not that technical skill matters anyway.
hockeyhary 1 month ago
Am I the only person who knows that yngwie draws all of his influence from johan Sebastian Bach? Yngwie made it clear that he has never played anyother guitarists riffs
halluci444 1 month ago
@halluci444 buddy bach was a composer
RevGafGaf 1 month ago
@halluci444 And why would he play any other guitarist's licks? J.S. Bach is times better than all of them put together when it comes to composition!
KingOfShadows1500 2 weeks ago
There is no fucking comparison. Malmsteen is a Chimp fetus, Vai is King Kong
7or6 1 month ago
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TheJimtube123 1 month ago
ive listened to Steve and Yngwie, for a very long time now, they're both great and awesome and all that kind of stuff, but i think Yngwie wins, not only for beeing Swedish.
TOJxKiLLSTeaLeR 1 month ago
Who cares whose better? They're both great musicians. End of story.
xxrockon83 1 month ago
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Joe has more creative ability in 1 album than either of these guys collectively
TheStanzathemanza 2 months ago
Joe has more creative ability in 1 album than either of these guys collectively
TheStanzathemanza 2 months ago
The difference is Technique, not Greatness.
ZeppelinFan70 2 months ago
@fiddygalic You are a moron
kelseysuzanneX0 2 months ago
stop with these videos,you can't compare 2 different styles,anyway i find vai more ARTISTIC in the word's true sense,he makes really guitar breath
dimetonn 2 months ago
In my opinion they are both technically brilliant but sound like shit.
TheJimtube123 2 months ago
@TheJimtube123 your fucked
ccmoyls 2 months ago
Malmsteen is incredibly boring. All he does is go up and down the same scale insanely quickly. Vai's music is more complex, more difficult, and utilizes varied techniques like sweeping, incredible tapping, and great use of the trem.
iPansophitus 2 months ago
Yngwei wins. In his up there with Les Paul, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page. Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, etc, are second tier. Put Mark Knopfler in the upper tier, as well.
fiddygalic 2 months ago
@fiddygalic no, thats fucking stupid
ccmoyls 2 months ago
@ccmoyls Please explain why that is fucking stupid, smart guy!
fiddygalic 2 months ago
@fiddygalic what am i? a professor? malmsteen is a hurting bastard
ccmoyls 2 months ago
Malmsteen all the way
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every guitarist has his style of music. Don't compare them every time.
AnarchysCellarBash 2 months ago
They both are beyond amazing. But I would have to go with Steve. He plays with such emotion, and nothing else can match that as a guitar player. Not even speed.
666saywhat666 2 months ago
i like malmsteen better but personally i really do not believe the vids chosen for vai to compare with did him any justice at all
joelakastud123 2 months ago
Malmsteen is better than Vai without doubts
ghr13kiss 2 months ago
Malmsteen is the king!
ilmacellaro 2 months ago
mamlsteen is our mozart's time
vinniemoore007 2 months ago
u can never dompare guitarist like atlits swimming or running.. :) just as simple as that,,,,,and that never gonna change until the dooms day.... lol
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Zombywoof91 2 months ago
I've been around players that would melt your mind. SOOO many GREAT players and I NEVER compare them. I have seen UNKNOWN players just as masterful as any known player. It doesn't make sense to pit them against each other. You would miss out on just the enjoyment of listening with an open ear. Everyone has a bad day once in a while too. JUst love the music and appreciate the talents of those before you.
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eminem111ism 3 months ago
i personally prefer steve vai, mainly because it seems like malmsteen is mainly a shreeder guitarplayer utilizing all of the scales. although its quite impressive, it gets old pretty quick....now in my personal opinion, i think chris broderick is up there too. not only can he play right with steve vai, he can play virtually any style flawlessly...this is only my opinion though, comment with your thoughts!
beefcakes42 3 months ago
what is the first steve vai song called? cause it's fucking AWESOME
tjompiskompis 3 months ago
Steve Vai Obviously. All Malmsteen does is shred. It's boring.
guitarmanJosh95 3 months ago
This makes me want to hear more of both artists. I have been playing guitar for over 40 years. At least SV sounds close to rock. Yngwie is so operatic, they are both too operatic to me. To my ears both guitarists emulate a harpsichord kind of effect. A battle of fast scales and blistering arpeggios only goes so far if the solos sound like chamber music. Vai wins but they both sound too clinical ... ----just my opinions
MrMicha3lk 3 months ago
For God's sake people. Yngwie is a tremendous technician. But the music he chooses to play & write is not deserving of his technical skills. I don't like his music at all, but he is a virtuoso for sure. Steve Vai is both technically and creatively talented. Yngwie maybe also, but his music only proves his technical prowess. Both of these gents,Yngwie in particular, could learn from Slash. That guy can create something beautiful, moving, and emotional with the simplest of technique.
helpforaddiction 3 months ago
Neither of them know any chords. Wankvay cannot play with a band. i saw him once and all he did was play a 45 minute boring ass solo and ran around sliding on his knee pads. Vai just has sex with David Lee roth.
69zenos1 3 months ago
Steve vai is the best
SuperMadklown 3 months ago
forget them... EVH FTW!
jeffhardyrocks456 3 months ago
Damn you classical music, look what you started!
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MeYouView 3 months ago
Like I said to they who make the rules in music especially rock WHY does everything have to be Versus? Every STAR is given its own time to SHINE !!
wizzzeeee 3 months ago
why so many haters about shredding... There's not just blues and hardrock with all the same progression over and over, u can call shredder also a jazz player i mean it's ridiculous..
Zenhjin 3 months ago
@Zenhjin Its just that the emphasis is taken away from creativity. That's my general beef with it, and I love metal.
34methylenedioxy 3 months ago
@34methylenedioxy but actually emphasis it's in blues, it's in jazz, it's in neoclassic metal. If there wasn't shredding we would miss a lot of genres atleast about metal, i mean it's just development of music. Let's take for example screamo and deathcore they have surely death and melodic death influences and who isn't into metal a lot say that groups like BMTH or avenged sevenfold are death metal, it's new wave from something already discovered and known. Dislike shredding u dislike also jazz
Zenhjin 3 months ago
@Zenhjin I see what you're saying. Although I completely disagree about the jazz and shredding because some of my favorite Jazz artists are from the 30's and 40's and shredding isn't an aspect of their music (i.e. Billie Holiday). Guitarists like Yngwie and Via to me are just boring. They are amazing instrumentalists, but not that great at writing music. It seems like they always use stereotypical 80's power metal riffs, then shred over whatever key the riff is in. Although Via makes funny faces
34methylenedioxy 3 months ago
@34methylenedioxy ye ok, but it's ur own taste, i mean if we take a look also on modern jazz i bet u can't find anyone who doesn't shred, and if they don't, it's on purpose. All the great name of jazz/fusion are masters of technique and shredding, example frank gambale or greg howe or pat metheny, i mean all big names, then it's a personal choice to play as shredder or not.
Zenhjin 3 months ago
@34methylenedioxy and maybe a lot of people will say jazz is not shredding, jsut because it's "jazz"
Zenhjin 3 months ago
steve vai can go fuckin home... compared to yngwie he just looks like an ass.
cssNuramoN 3 months ago 2
@cssNuramoN And you're just a retarded kid who, apparently, does not seem to understand the fact that they both have reached a level where it's extremely difficult to tell which one's the best because they both have flawless technique but each one of them has his own style, so theoretically, they're equally good, considering they both can play each other's pieces with no mistake. At this point, it's just a matter of preference. It not like we were comparing Yngwie and Slash... lol.
KingOfShadows1500 2 weeks ago
q buceta eh essa q esses kra arruma com a guitarra vei
fabio23gv 3 months ago
ynwgie!!! yeah
baza1294 3 months ago
where is malmusteen in 3g why is not there, what is the fuck clip this
iwantlivefree 3 months ago
Vai Vai Vai...Not even a contest.
randypcole 3 months ago
yngwie malmsteen
josecoma 3 months ago
PAUL GILBERT!!!
Tomlawson944 3 months ago
There are guitars first level, second level and third level these are beginners in the major leagues, enjoy
donfiliberto 3 months ago
i´m a big fan of shredding, i don´t think shredding is crap ;)
NNgmbh 3 months ago
I agree, shredding shows nothing except how well you can play scales. Melody and musicallity is everything. how you work with the rest of the band is, pardon the pun, instrumental, neither stand up to Eddie Van Halen!
IronMaidensVideos 3 months ago
@IronMaidensVideos I don't know if you play guitar, but I've played for 30 years. The clips this person put together are crap. Both guitarist are better than these clips show. Yngwie has a great medieval sound to his songs and Vai brings so much emotion through his playing. Hendrix built a platform that Van Halen stood on. Eddie built a platform that both Vai and Malmsteen stood upon and more guitarist to come
themiamatrix 3 months ago 14
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well i'm not as experienced as you are, but look at the stuff malmsteen ist playing. 90% are licks which are actually pretty... easy. only 3 notes forward and backwards. that's all. maybe a bit of tapping between the runs.
steve vai playes much more difficult stuff, playes the licks/riffs he playes much cleaner. he's a wizard. and he uses far more articulation as yngwie malmsteen. it's just like a mystery effect. you listen to a song and finally a lick appears where you think:
TheBastardsofBodom 3 months ago
@themiamatrix what the hell is he doing there? .. i didn't sense anything of that as i listened to malmsteen.
My choice is Vai! for being absolutely fantastic...
TheBastardsofBodom 3 months ago
@themiamatrix Buckethead then is the....... I suppose.......Steve and Yngwie'ss child?
TheStuntKids100 3 months ago
@themiamatrix You're so full of shit. Vai and Malmsteen have taken nothing from Van Halen. Neither of them have listed Van Halen as an influence. If you knew anything about guitar you'd know this. Yet, ignorant fools thumbs your comment up because they wish what you say to be true. It's quite sad really. 30 years my ass.
Blaine465 3 months ago
@themiamatrix Been playing for 30 years now, as well I.M.V. To compare any player to another is ridiculous. There's no continuity in categories. What would you judge them for, when they are both so well practiced and unique to themselves. I've seen YJM tear it up and Steve just blazing with the fire. Who's better? They're EQUALLY masterful.
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@themiamatrix Been playing for 30 years now, as well. To compare any player to another is ridiculous. There's no continuity in categories. What would you judge them for, when they are both so well practiced and unique to themselves. I've seen YJM tear it up and Steve just blazing with the fire. Who's better? They're EQUALLY masterful.
aaronbergAPB 2 months ago
@themiamatrix You are absolutely wrong about either of these guys being where they are because of Eddie Van Halen. Steve Via played with Frank Zappa, and Yngwie was influenced by Richie Blackmore the original Bach rocker. I suggest you listen to early than Machine Head Deep Purple stuff like Deep Purple in Rock or Fireball.
egcroan 1 month ago
@egcroan You missed my point. Each guitar god has created platforms for others to build. Malmsteen and Vai are where they are because of a string of event. It may have been Chuck Berry creating a new sound and making it mainstream which eventually led to Hendrix and other 60's rockers which led to Van Halen or Rainbow or other 70's rockers which led to....get it. Vai is not "better" than Malmsteen. They both are different but equally good and built a platform for the next generation to build
themiamatrix 1 month ago
@IronMaidensVideos Your statement is contradictory. I like Eddie much more than Vai, but Eddie's lead playing is nowhere near as melodic as Vai's. Vai can be too flashy at times, yes. But listen to "For the Love of God" and "Blue Powder". EVH has never played that melodic. And there are handfuls of shredders who have taste..Marty Friedman, Dimebag Darrell,Nuno Bettencourt, Chris Poland, Rob Caggiano, Joe Satriani, Kirk Hammet, Glent Tipton, etc There are plenty.
codebabe 3 months ago
the thing is... they are both freaging awsome... but i belong to malmsteens generation.... which is why i love hes solos/songs and gets my vote
PukeOfThePukes 4 months ago
In my opinion, Steve Vai is the world's best guitar player, if we look at the whole performance as a musician. If we only focus on the technical part, Malmsteen is the best.
KingOfShadows1500 4 months ago
im burning this to an mp3 :)
MoGamesHD 4 months ago
1) eric clapton 2) jimmy hendrix 3)jiimmy page 4)BB king 5)john petrucci 6)eddie VH
MrFrancox44 4 months ago
@MrFrancox44 Is that the list of the top 4 less skilled guitar players ever or what? ;P petrucci and eddie VH are not bad but dude, wtf?! where is Vai, malmsteen, p. gilbert, al di meola, paco de lucia and all the others skilled guitar players?
KingOfShadows1500 4 months ago
@KingOfShadows1500 oh i would try to ingnore your comment
MrFrancox44 4 months ago
@MrFrancox44 I would delete your if I was you, because it makes you look ridiculous ;P
KingOfShadows1500 4 months ago
@KingOfShadows1500 i would kill my self if i was you
MrFrancox44 4 months ago
@MrFrancox44 i would learn more about guitar skills if i was you
KingOfShadows1500 3 months ago
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@KingOfShadows1500 well you can see my channel there are a lot of videos of me playing the guitar see if you can play the same bitch!! stairway to heaven's solo?
MrFrancox44 3 months ago
STEVE VAI!!!!!!
VengefulAtreaos 4 months ago
Slash more awesome .
Pancake3211 4 months ago
im a die hard Iommi fan but unmistakably Ingwie rules as a purist! thank you for ur insight! +++
hevy99 4 months ago
Buckethead is CLEARLY the winner
GaFishin 4 months ago
RALPH MACHIO
KingCarrion 4 months ago
malmsteen is all passion. i just don't hear that intensity in vai's music.
frankenbat 4 months ago
I like Malmsteens tone more,yet Vai is more versatile.It just comes down to taste.They are both masters!!!
tatemalmsteen 4 months ago
3:45 onwards pretty much sums up malmsteen: prodigious talent, complete lack of sophistication
sleazychestnut 4 months ago
i dont understand why people are still comparing..
its clear, when people think Vai, they always have this in their mind "hey, what's next, ?'(of course, bcoz vai is creative)
but when people think yngwie.the will think automatically "oh i can guess, that stuff again and again.." (of course yM is not too smart in music, he just have circus fingers..)
VaiRendy 4 months ago
I favor yngwie, simply because when he shreds, it still sounds like guitar. When vai shreds, it sounds like video game noises.
theshreddingcisco20 4 months ago
Steve Vai!
666snoppy 4 months ago
my dad
westbohan 4 months ago
no one wins
fafaffu2 4 months ago
Steve Vai because of versatility. Yngwie is a one trick pony.
turb99 4 months ago 2
...Yngwie by far.
warguy58 4 months ago
pfft...this is easy to answer....Styngwie Vaisteem...
rb7magnetico 4 months ago 25
If Strats were women they would be the most used and abused hookers in the world, but loving every minute of it !
videocanone 4 months ago
None of them wins. They play completely different style.
razoraresharp 4 months ago
lol That triple guitar looks ridiculous. And not in a good way.
DamageIncM 4 months ago
2:07 Guitar-gasm
FuzorPrime 4 months ago in playlist Liked
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VARGVAI2 4 months ago
My decision was made in about 5 seconds... Yngwie.
warguy58 4 months ago
Skwigaar Skisgelf wins !
oblivionfreaksssssad 4 months ago
Steve by far.
FeldbergThePlayer 4 months ago
Randy Rhoads XD
elvisdustin 4 months ago
Did anyone else than me click this video cuz of the tripple guitar?
Joachim10 4 months ago 3
i love Steve Vai but i think Yngwie wins
4x4Rattlehead 4 months ago
shredding is crap and ruined entire generations of young guitarists
steptb2 4 months ago 18
@steptb2 why that?
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@steptb2 fuck you
KingOfShadows1500 4 months ago
@steptb2 ur a dickhead and know not what you're talking about! Shut the fuck up!
motley14u 3 months ago
@steptb2 It's not their fault todays guitar players blow cock.
nljuggalo 3 months ago
@steptb2 agree with you. although this two guitarists have made shredding to sound as an art.
olnt2005 3 months ago
@steptb2 I have to agree with you man. Shredding is not musicianship. If you can't write killer songs you are DONE.
MrArtist1971 3 months ago 4
@MrArtist1971 coz u are crap
vinniemoore007 2 months ago
@steptb2 it depends on how you aproach it. There are tasteful shredders out there. However i won't say you are totally wrong because a lot of music has suffered because people care too much about speed.
codebabe 3 months ago
@steptb2 coz u are crap
vinniemoore007 2 months ago
miracle of yvgwie fingger...
G77HORNET 4 months ago
R M Tocak is the best
RMTocakforever 4 months ago
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RMTocakforever 4 months ago
@RMTocakforever man no thanks!!
laiholapso 4 months ago
@laiholapso Man have you ever listened the entire songs? Cause It's amazing how man plays not with his head but with his heart.
RMTocakforever 4 months ago
@RMTocakforever yeah I understand what you mean but its not like its very harmonious.
laiholapso 4 months ago
@laiholapso Check this one out ( /watch?v=-GPM1cFEJ_k ) it is from the same guitarist ( Radomir Mihailovic Tocak) and if this is not harmonious I dont know what is XD.
RMTocakforever 4 months ago
@laiholapso Look at this ( /watch?v=Z6vF-5R0KNs ) Nightwish stole "Aria Diamond" (and renamed it into Crimson Tide or something)
RMTocakforever 4 months ago
@RMTocakforever better, jet it requires a peculiar taste
laiholapso 4 months ago
@laiholapso That is true but it is the same with all famous musicians. For example my dad thinks Hendrix was just a psyhodelic junky - which he was, but without that junky people in my country would be listening to this /watch?v=cAZFCn3bl1E&feature=related in the period 1970-2000 instead of Tocak - cause Tocak turned to rock when he heard Hendrix. Sadly nowadays people returned to that folk nonsence. And...
RMTocakforever 4 months ago
@laiholapso I recomend you listen to Tocak's famous songs - Bluz u parku; Ukor; Zajdi, Zajdi; Plava pesma; Sumadijski bluz; Blues od vina; Biska 2; Juzni voz; And if you are up to harmonious things look for El Dumo; Nevidljive terazije; If you're up to hard stuff look for Ulazak u harem (album Live Without Audience); Biska 2 (1975); Perle (intro); Crna dama (Black Lady is version on english) ; I to je za ljude; If you're up to something emotional Zajdi, Zajdi; Plava pesma; listen ENTIRE songs
RMTocakforever 4 months ago
Steve Vai
frankratox 4 months ago
petrucci win XD
telkomspeedycbi 5 months ago
yngwie kicks steve vai ass!!! yngwie is the best!!!
feryngwie 5 months ago
Why does it sound like they'll start playing eruption when they hit the first chord?
hydrokarbun 5 months ago
Those pants trump all.
rotvalo 5 months ago
neeeeee, pra mi no hay comparacion malmsteen es mas riata que el vai,,, se ve a elguas que setve vai utiliza demasiada distorsion y el yngwie se la rifa en la acustica y en la metalera.... lo hacen mierda al vai, aunque no dudo que sea bueno
bjva63 5 months ago
ygwie just have speed to compare... and abaut this only thing he has (speed), hes not the speedest i thik, hes just ALWAYS' do it.. Vai has great alternate speed picking too. but he does not make it to the most important in creating music... its not my opinion, its a fact.
VaiRendy 5 months ago
Yngvie is soulless cretin with fast hands and classical music catalog in his head. Vai is an artist. Like Satch, he turned shredding into something more than mindless speed. Yngvie is dime a dozen. Ill take the Italian Virtuoso any day.
IdudditzSSDD 5 months ago
Yngwie!!!!! He has a better tone and more emotion.
livinlife60secamin 5 months ago
what is the solo that steve plays in this video? and btw steve gets my vote
Baza45able 5 months ago
Yngwie's all about his speed picking while Steve is just focused on sounding amazing. They're both amazing guitarists, but Steve gets my vote
TheOrigGuitarHeroes 5 months ago
Steve for the win, but, can they play smoke on the water?!?!? Would love to see that! ;)
bullkokills 5 months ago
yngwie
Imartenal 5 months ago
0:52 Guitar Masturbation
Metin2xOx 5 months ago 2
@Metin2xOx HAHAHAHA LOL UR RIGHT
Lelouch980 5 months ago
Any professional guitar player should bee able to put emotion in his playing. The extreme speed of Malmsteen puts him on top of a different category. Comparing them base on clips from different genres cannot be done
sgtBilko75 5 months ago
INGVAI is the winner
eastwoodize 5 months ago 2
how fast you can play doesnt much for me, its how much soul you can put in to the sound that counts
Troforso 5 months ago
I agree with BoggieXIV...
You cannot compare guitar grand masters. You cannot compare perfection.
vgls1981 5 months ago
@neiltap YES!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!
TheMillironEffect 5 months ago
Jeff Beck is a better guitar player than both of them!!
neiltap 5 months ago
Vai!
MrU2Man123 5 months ago
These are both amazing guitarists. Better then me. Better than all of you. Vai has more feeling in his music. Even when he shreds his runs have these accents to them that give it feeling. I'm not saying Malmsteen doesn't have feeling. He has a fuckload of it. Its too hard to compare two guitar virtuosos. Two guitar legends. It'd be easier to compare guitarists like Kirk Hammett and Dimebag Darell. (Dimebag)
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MAGNETMETALLICA 5 months ago in playlist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN (Swedish guitarist, composer.....) 20
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penguinfortytwo 5 months ago
At least Alex Lifeson isn't anywhere near as annoying at these two!
stratovani 5 months ago
yngwie seems more "note" professional, but his tone sucks. fenders are only good for blues and lame alternative rock. vai just has that God given thing and it seems like insane speed and displaying knowledge of classical music isn't as important to him. its kinda dumb to demand whose better when theyre so different
Riversidejam 5 months ago
Yngwie sucks. He makes classical music sound so fuckin' cheesy.
PopaRocks 6 months ago
No feeling !!! Just notes!!
a64tbird 6 months ago
@a64tbird Im sure feeling it...
TokyoChopSquad 5 months ago
even the idea of comparing these fine guitar players is beyond duh duh........they both have a totally different background, style and playing....you must be a total moron to compare these two........like comparing a cigar from Cuba to a Lemon Juice coming from Greece......as in...you are a total, stupid Idiot.
vandaahl1965 6 months ago 3
its funny cause they are both horrible
rolfomatic 6 months ago