Neoclassical tone
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darthphineas
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Re: Neoclassical tone
consider who might have a tone that reaches your goal.
sounds like Yngwie might be one. have you also considered MacAlpine?
consider who might have a tone that reaches your goal.
sounds like Yngwie might be one. have you also considered MacAlpine?
Re: Neoclassical tone
Why not YJM in the bridge?
Anyway YJM fury (and HS-3) IMHO accounts for barock played using classic rock tone (Hendrix but mainly Blackmore), Yngwie's tone is very close to vintage stratty tone. But also Racer X played a lot of barock using super dists.
Why not YJM in the bridge?
Anyway YJM fury (and HS-3) IMHO accounts for barock played using classic rock tone (Hendrix but mainly Blackmore), Yngwie's tone is very close to vintage stratty tone. But also Racer X played a lot of barock using super dists.
JB_From_Hell
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Re: Neoclassical tone
In Racer X, Paul had his Super Ds wired in parallel. Yngwie uses low output noiseless singles. Tony Macalpine uses Tone Zones and EMGs. Not much of a common thread. A loud amp with a healthy amount of gain (the actual commonality) should get you there.
In Racer X, Paul had his Super Ds wired in parallel. Yngwie uses low output noiseless singles. Tony Macalpine uses Tone Zones and EMGs. Not much of a common thread. A loud amp with a healthy amount of gain (the actual commonality) should get you there.
Re: Neoclassical tone
The way I managed to nail (or so I think) YJM tone was :
1) single coils in the neck, with absolutely zero boominess, this has to be tight and more on the upper mids side
2) compressor acting as boost to the amp
3) vintage marshall amp
4) a certain amount of delay/reverb
The way I managed to nail (or so I think) YJM tone was :
1) single coils in the neck, with absolutely zero boominess, this has to be tight and more on the upper mids side
2) compressor acting as boost to the amp
3) vintage marshall amp
4) a certain amount of delay/reverb
Archer250
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Re: Neoclassical tone
Too nebulous. Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Michael Romeo, Early Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet and that guy in Stratovarius are all neoclassical, but they sound markedly different.
Of those I mentioned, Malmsteen is the most popular and thankfully the easiest to replicate. You'll want to use basically what Greekdude has already said: single coils (non negotiable, as you need that clarity and toppiness), a Marshall-sounding drive section (either a cranked vintage Marshall with a saturation boost or a good Marshall-sounding pedal will do), and a healthy dose of delay. Personally, I'd use a SSS guitar loaded with YJMs or SSL6s.
To be honest, I think any pickup would do "neoclassical". Just make sure your rig is midranged-heavy enough.
Too nebulous. Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Michael Romeo, Early Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet and that guy in Stratovarius are all neoclassical, but they sound markedly different.
Of those I mentioned, Malmsteen is the most popular and thankfully the easiest to replicate. You'll want to use basically what Greekdude has already said: single coils (non negotiable, as you need that clarity and toppiness), a Marshall-sounding drive section (either a cranked vintage Marshall with a saturation boost or a good Marshall-sounding pedal will do), and a healthy dose of delay. Personally, I'd use a SSS guitar loaded with YJMs or SSL6s.
To be honest, I think any pickup would do "neoclassical". Just make sure your rig is midranged-heavy enough.
Re: Neoclassical tone
Welcome to the forum.
I think your Full Shred idea is fantastic. I had the FS in the bridge of an ash strat and it Yngwied all day. That said I've never considered mixing the full shred with the fury neck and middle because the fury bridge is just too good. It's my favorite single sized humbucking strat pickup by far.
You can do YJM with standard single coils but they can sound brittle on the high end and if you're using lots of gain probably really noisy.
Welcome to the forum.
I think your Full Shred idea is fantastic. I had the FS in the bridge of an ash strat and it Yngwied all day. That said I've never considered mixing the full shred with the fury neck and middle because the fury bridge is just too good. It's my favorite single sized humbucking strat pickup by far.
You can do YJM with standard single coils but they can sound brittle on the high end and if you're using lots of gain probably really noisy.
