Are the strings on Yngwie Malmsteen's Strat strapped on tauter than those on the guitars of other Strat players? When I listen to Malmsteen's work, its like all the notes have clearer definition and stricter demarcation, even when he's soloing at blazing speeds. With other players, the notes kind of flow into the other tail to head, and with Malmsteen there's just more definition.

Thanks.

P.S. Will Fender ever create a digital pickup that can be fitted on a Strat?

It's all in his hands.

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I would like to say it's his playing and technique. He's a very precise player and plays each note clean even when he's blazing up and down the neck. Alot of players including myself admire him for that fact.

About the digital pickup. What do you mean by that? To make different effects sounds and such? The closest I can think of is the VG strat, which makes all different sounds when the Roland pickup is engaged.

Yeah just wanna say that Malmsteens Fretboard is deeply scalloped so he rarely touhced the face of the neck.

Is that possibly the reason? im not sure as ive not been playing long enough to judge that much and also never played a scalloped neck

Best wishes

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Well, a digital pickup captures sound at the heart of the guitar digitally rather than something that uses MIDI and such. So, you can have inputs into a PC, for example, from a guitar for each string. All Fenders currently are strictly analog instruments. Gibson has a digital pickup fitted on their new Dark Fire Les Paul, which is a digital guitar.

And Malmsteen is most likely the best practitionist of the guitar that I've ever heard. Among the newer generation, Zakk Wylde is the only one that plays with proficiency anywhere close to Malmsteen's.

While it may be true, they're both very low on the listening scale in my book. And I'm someone who grew up with metal.

Zakk Wylde is pretty popular, even when he had just started with Ozzy he had a signature sound and most people that like Metal know about Wylde.

And the fact that all these newer bands have dropped guitar solos from their music is testimony to the fact that they can't better Malmsteen.

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1994 Standard Strat, Blue
2000 Standard Strat, Black, with GFS block, and GFS Lil Killer pickup.
2004 Standard Telecaster, Black
1971 Gibson SG
1985 Kramer Baretta
1986 Kramer Vangard
Carvin X60B
Marshall 50 watt 2x12 combo

The brass nut really helps with getting more definition in your notes.

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Only on open strings surely?

Wow, Joe Satriani anyone?

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Amen to that bol brudda!

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Amps and settings You can make it clean and sharp or dirty and overdriven
And when it comes to guitars like the Dark Fire with there program loaded tunings and effects all I can say is synthetic and cold I love gadgets but to have the true sound of the guitar that we all love you have to hear it old school through valve technology not modeling be it through a combo amp, PC or on board effects in the guitar.

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If you mean by the darkfire les paul guitar, then no..Fender is currently not making a guitar of that. Again, the closest to that would be a VG, but it's not the same.

If you like the shred style guitar a la Malmsteen, you should check out some of Paul Gilbert's work as well as Chris Impertelli, Jason Becker, John Petrucci, Marty Friedman, Rusty Cooley, Nuno Bettencourt if you haven't heard these guys yet.

In terms of new generation guitar players, you should check out some of Alexi Laiho's videos on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjUndbfhsvY

You are right. Also the pups HS-3 dimarizo. They're low output but transfer the tone and clarity of each nicely to your amp. Also effects or lack thereof in yngwie's case. His sound is not over processed.

All the above hardware facts effect the sound and what your noticing. The other important piece of the puzzle is YJM himself. The guy can play. Love him or hate him there is no denying that.

I have a YJM strat and his overdrive pedal but I don't sound like YJM. first I don't have the technical skill set he does but more importantly I just don't think like him musically. I dig Yngwie and what he can and does do but it is not the stuff I play.