marcello252
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I remember the HS2 and HS3 I had, I don't think you'll be disappointed for that particular sound with this pair
Yngwie's ORIGINAL Pickup Configs
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I remember the HS2 and HS3 I had, I don't think you'll be disappointed for that particular sound with this pair
Archer250
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Yeah honestly just use that lol. Can't go wrong anyways
Juanhanglo
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Let me screw that up even more for you.
The yjm was renamed the hs4 when Yngwie jumped ship.
So sorry.
Aceman
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I have recently figured that one out! It's an HS3 with the Vintage magnet stagger.
Aceman
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Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force from 1984. That's the album that put him on the map. Blackstar, Evil Eye, Icarus' Dream Suite, Far Beyond the Sun...This album is the birth of Neo-classical shred and Bach & Roll. Nothing before it as intensely focussed and seething in classical chops as this. First album since Van Halen 1 to really move guitar players to say WTF?!?!?!?! I'll recommend the album
After that I recommend Odyssey (88), Eclipse (90), or Fire and Ice (91) - Working with really good singers, and the song writing is strong.
And alternative option is Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad. I'll point out that the impressive part is that it is live. Incase you were wondering "Yeah, he can do that in the studio, but can he pull it off live..." It's a cool greatest hits, plus has Spanish Castle Magic.
You might actually enjoy Inspiration, which is his covers/influences album. A lot of Deep Purple, etc on that.
And, just for fun, you gotta watch Arpeggios From Hell....
RayBarbeeMusic
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You never know what you'll get with Live Yngwie, because sometimes he's really drunk and plays pretty much what he wants and ignores the band, other times he's GD brilliant and can do things no one else can. I saw him in Clearwater last month and got the latter; he was at the top of his game.
marcello252
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I'm not a fan of YM but the long interview with Rick Beato is very very interesting, worth a watch even for me
https://youtu.be/vznSu-BHyVA?si=TgY0fsypUv8J82aK
https://youtu.be/vznSu-BHyVA?si=TgY0fsypUv8J82aK
Aceman
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Small bites. It's a lot....very intense, but also very awesome. May or may not be your cup of tea, but absolutely noteworthy.
Aceman
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First of all, they are the sound of his first albums
Second, this is for a YJM guitar project
Finally, I'm old.
But let's explore.....you have some bold opinions:
1. What is a beautiful tone to you? Please suggest pickups and/or songs/artists
2. The terms "Vanilla" and "Old" are hardly well known tonal characteristics. Please describe your thoughts on what is "Rocky Road" or "New" compared to the HS3
They sound very old. Compare them to the Area 67, Area 58, Area 61. Or the Virtual Solo etc. on and on. They sound outdated because they are. Yngwie landed here in about 1982 or 1983 and that's what was available back then. That's a long time ago. They sound old. Dimarzio has since put out much better sounding pickups. And Yngwie has put out better albums since his first one.
Aceman
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OK - 58, 61, and 67, are all pickups that would, how shall I say this....sound old.
I play Duncan Distortions, 59's, JB's etc. All also from the same "era" as Yngwie and those pickups don't sound "old"
I have newer DMZ's Liquifire and Crunchlab, for example. They are not what I want for this guitar.
What do you consider a "Better" album by YJM? And why?
I play Duncan Distortions, 59's, JB's etc. All also from the same "era" as Yngwie and those pickups don't sound "old"
I have newer DMZ's Liquifire and Crunchlab, for example. They are not what I want for this guitar.
What do you consider a "Better" album by YJM? And why?
Archer250
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His second one. That's the best one! :lol:
Archer250
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But to make a serious point, I also think that anything that sounds closer to a 60s (or so) Fender single will work better for most people, the same way sth hotter like a Fender Texas Special would work better than SRV's actual A3 singles in the hands (and rigs) of most people.
Not that I think the HS sound outdated or old, but that Yngwie's tone, his sustain, comes from having a cranked 50W Marshall with a booster in front. Like, his tone has that natural loudness, bite and compression because it has that giant tyrannosaur-like amp rig powering it.
Personally I would just get pickups with that kind of punch without the need for that kind of rig. But I also play digital.
Not that I think the HS sound outdated or old, but that Yngwie's tone, his sustain, comes from having a cranked 50W Marshall with a booster in front. Like, his tone has that natural loudness, bite and compression because it has that giant tyrannosaur-like amp rig powering it.
Personally I would just get pickups with that kind of punch without the need for that kind of rig. But I also play digital.
freefrog
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Which is quite a paradox since 59 is farther in the past than 61 or 67... <:0)
More seriously, I personally love the tone on the first albums. The instrumental track at the end of Marching Out still gives me shivers.
When I'm in an Yngwie crisis, I use a regular Strat, but with a primitive dummy coil in it. It rises the inductance of B or N around 3.6H, not that far from HS-3. I don't need more because it doesn't last long generally before I find myself with ringing ears and sore fingers (0.10/46 strings being still not the easiest to play YJM, especially when youth is far in the past)... and my home made DOD250 clone (currently changed in a 308) makes all pickups sound the same through a Marshall anyway.
As an anecdotical and off topic note: it's also a paradox to see how the name of DiMarzio pickups evolved: "HS-3" sounds "advanced", like the version .3 of anything. "58", "61" and "67" seem an attempt to disguise more modern stack designs in time machines. Not logical but somehow instructive.
Sorry if I sound very old. I probably sound outdated because I am. I landed on Earth a long time ago. I sound old. ;-)
Enjoy with your "twisted leads" HS-3's, Aceman.
