Re: Old rare Yngwie vid
I'd never seen this one before, so thanks for posting it.
When I was a young teen, I was amazed by Yngwie and tried my best to learn whatever I could decipher of his. He's a true master in every sense of the word, and I honestly get sick of people always adding a disclaimer before mentioning him - something like "even if you don't like him or his music".....that's F'in BS.
I was so stoked when he did his SD interview live on the forum. I finally got to ask him the question I'd always wanted to ask him, and I got a proper answer. That made my day.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=183018
Me - Good to see you here Mr. Malmsteen. One of the first concerts I went to as a young teenager was Yngwie Malmsteen, Talas, and Sound Barrier at the Hollywood Palladium in '85.
I remember thinking "this guy doesn't sound like anyone else" and figured you could probably play just about anything you set your mind to, but were trying to carve your own identity.
My question is this......if you could add another LIVING guitar player's entire musical mind and technical skill set to your own, so that you'd have everything they're capable of added to your capabilities, who would you choose?
Yngwie - I don't think like that. But I'll have to say, Allen Holdsworth. He does some stuff that's so outside the box.