The only thing I can think is that he learned to play on that type of neck and it's what he's most comfortable with.

Also, as worried as he seems to be about his image (besides the Ferrarris, the Rolex watches and wearing the same outfit he wore thirty years ago, albeit larger), he is probably worried that people won't recognize him if he's not mastur... erm, "playing" a 21 fret Strat.

In closing, he's still a douchebag...

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its Olympic White and its faded. i went to the store and played a Malmsteen strat and it had 21 frets, plus the neck was comfortable for my hands. Thats why im buying a malmsteen neck off ebay and putting it on my Squier.

Doesn't his guitar use super high scalloped fret wire? I've never tried it, but I wonder how it plays.

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Yes finally talk about yngwie.I'm not his only fan (others please do admit it).I recently saw him and I can attest he may have an ego but he puts on a great show and throws out guitar pics and yes I have one (even though it has his bass players name on it, go figure) First off, where did you download it??I had it on dvd then lost it.Yes, he tends to be different but gdamnt to many musicians try to look the same and conservative congrats to him for being different.The reason though, he plays a 21 fret neck is this.His original guitar ive heard was a 70's model and thats what he really learned on playing and also scalloped it too.I believe on youtube he talks about this.All my life I heard comments souless about his playing.One guitarist comes to mind as souless is matt beallamy of muse.For christ sake he plays a midi guitar and programs riffs into it my moving his hand it plays talk about lazy and souless.I jsut think the haters hate becasue they never had there chance.I like other guitarists mind you.Lay off the hate seriously!!Scalloped necks rule btw!!!

I aggree with everything you said.The key is this, people that play guitar should RESPECT!!! OTHERS that do.It's only when copping out(limey matt bellamy bastard,who my wife thinks is a guitar god) that you have no shame.(I will say though he is a strong pianist at least).Malmsteen does tend to go off the deep end playing 6 scales and in the concert you heard is all in the key of em which he usually swears by.And of course he probobly will not stray from his formula unlike greats as satriani and vai.But he is mega talented and one of the reasons I play guitar today.A song you must hear is my fav from him called "blue" of his 1999 alchemy album.It encorporates blues,rock,classical and fusion.As for collecting all his albums I couldnt.I can't stand when he sings (sounds like sammy hagar lol) or when he has a singer after 1985.Again, he plays 21 frets as all the 70's fenders again have. Hisaffair with the 70's models.And when fender released the malmsteen sig they modernized all but the neck.As for fret wire it is dunlop jumbo 6000 so its thick.And scalloping allong with that would not ever touching the fretboard.I have played one.My strongest attribute isnt soloing so i wouldnt buy it but it is very nice.Hope that helps!!

(1) Many orchestral pieces have drum/percussion parts.
(2) I never said he doesn't have ability and talent. My brother-in-law has abilty and talent, too. He can burp the alphabet...that doesn't make it musical.
(3) I saw him live in the late 80s/early 90s. After that, I disliked him more than previously (I went because a friend wanted me to go with him, because he was convinced I would start loving YJM and all things shred if I "just saw it in action..."; by the end of the show both of us hated him). He has no soul. Period. He has two speeds, "On" and "Off". I gave him another shot (on record and on TV) a few years later. It still didn't move me.
(4) I like classical music, and I love classical music in a live setting. I also love blues, jazz, rock, r&b and country. But just because I like those genres (in general) doesn't mean I like every song or artist playing those genres.
(5) YJM has convinced many people that he's the reincarnation of Pagnini, but if that's the case, I don't particularly like Pagnini.
(6) back to his songwriting skills: yes, he can write very technically correct and difficult orchestral movements. What he lacks is soul. I mentioned I don't particularly like shred, but that doesn't mean there are listenable shredders (Satriani comes to mind; I actually like a good portion of his catalog, because he puts some soul into the science). Technique for the sake of technique is boring and arrogant.
(7) He's still a douchebag, no matter how much talent/skill/ability he has. He has risen to levels of douchebaggery not attained by any other douchebag, living or dead.

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Ok armadillo, thanks for further explaining yourself.You have some valid points lol.Key thing is here you find his music offputting which is ok.Just I get the impression from people he just plays fast and is flat out bad.And then they cannot defend why.And that sends me off.As for the concert, too bad it was bad cause I enjoyed it very much!!

long live the bear!!!can he play arpreggios from hell!!!

I don't begrudge anyone's admiration of the man; if you like him, that's cool. There's probably bands or players I like that you can't stand (and that's ok, too).

I rarely write a performer or band off without giving them a chance...that's goofy and it would prevent me from hearing some pretty cool stuff over the years. It's just that I have put forth a good effort to "appreciate" YJM's music, and it does nothing for me.

Be cool...

As for the Teddy Bear, my stuffed armadillos might get jealous...

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21 frets.....Past the twelfth fret is an octave so why would you need a third octave range..???
Which then complicates matters as far as intonation.
Malmsteen is technically proficient not to need a guitar with 24, 28, 32 frets.

For myself I don't see the point, Classical guitars and artist do not use a guitar with more than 18-19 frets and are quite capable of expressing themselves within that format.
having a wider tonal range is not going to improve the music, rather at around the 22 and up fret, it becomes difficult to be intonally correct ( remember that a guitar's scale is based on a tempered system ) as well as the mechanics of your fingers on the frets become more difficult the higher up the range due to a decreasing fret spacing...

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With his fingerboard diarrhea, when you're that "soulless", monotonous, outright irritating or whatever in this vein, two octaves more than suffice.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

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yngwie must love his strats