Strat Sessions ft. Yngwie Malmsteen | Year Of The Strat | Fender

Buckle up! In this installment of Strat Sessions, Yngwie Malmsteen is giving us a look into his incomparable guitar collection and how the Strat has played a part in his iconic style in the installment of Strat Sessions - it's sure to be spec-tacular.
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Strat Sessions ft. Yngwie Malmsteen | Year Of The Strat | Fender
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[@giantrobot9000]

Let’s forget about Yngwie’s speed for a second, and marvel at his beautiful intonation on bends and vibrato.

[@therichbuddha3277]

Violin tone.

[@scirasco1]

I applaud u for recognizing it,most people just dont have the ear for it yngwie is a absolut master at that too

[@nickjewett]

yeah his vibrato at :30 sounds amazing, and he's not even doing it! incredible.

[@gabrieldequeiroscarlos]

EXACTLY. It the first thing that I hear when I listen his songs! Whatta a vibrato and bends...

[@heavychonkerssteviek8691]

Caught jerkin’ in the wild to Bluez

[@aaronhiggs]

The older I get, the more I get Yngwie. He’s really passionate about what he likes. Thats awesome.

[@sweengeppetto1915]

Not so passionate about donuts tho

[@colinparks619]

He don't like donuts

[@fender]

It radiates when he plays 🎸

[@DMFChavez]

He seems like he's chilled out a bit as he's aged, as well. He seems more down to earth in more recent interviews.

[@TheBadger3804]

Just don't give him a fucking donut

[@erlan10]

I still get chills every time I hear the main theme on Black Star. Yngwie is a guitar legend!

[@fender]

It's pure magic

[@MarArraes]

Com certeza um dos maiores representantes da Strato. Revolutionary

[@honigdachs.]

You can tell by the spark in his eyes when he talks about the '54, he's totally in love with this thing. That already makes him a winner. No matter what people think of him or his music or whatever - the fact that he's kept the same excitement for his Fenders and for playing the way he does just makes him a winner at life. It's so hard to stay spirited and passionate in life. Nobody can do it. Some people can.

[@AndyThomas_mrblitz]

that '54 is so beautiful... all of those hand-crafted curves... Yngwie is a guy who deserves a guitar like that...

[@eldiablo3794]

I see he was wise enough not to ruin the 54 strat by scalloping the fretboard.

[@chrisjackson7625]

fender guitars are nice though

[@HIWATTSteve]

I met and still have the guitar pick Yngwie gave me after a gig in 85. I met him and Jens that night. Both took the time to spend time with the half a dozen of us that hung around at 2 in the morning. A middle of the summer gig that the walls of the club sweated. Yngwie poured Heineken on us that were down in front. They threw a towel over Jen's head, and he played flawlessly blinded. We stood there dumbfounded by what we saw and heard. One hell of a night I will never forget. "Rising Force" is an album that shaped my own playing back then and is just as powerful today as it was then. He is my "Hendrix" of my generation.

[@user-ni3lg4zr8o]

Thank you Yngwie for sharing your passion of guitar playing.

[@fender]

Truly a gift to the world.

[@ajlsrv5490]

An absolute legend. Original. Uncompromising. Brilliant.

[@fender]

Couldn't have said it better

[@rubengalassi4023]

Bravo Yngwie !!! Bravo por tu estilo, por tus Ferraris, Por tu Rolex President, y claro; por tu EXCALLIBUR la Fender Stratocaster ...

[@officialyngwiemalmsteen622]

The BEST of The Best 🎸

[@adammassacre1981]

Yngwie is the wiki of everything Strat.

[@Renesyseanu]

Awesome video! The greatest guitarist alive.period. And one of the coolest strat ever made!

[@mojogustavo336]

The best guitar player on earth.

[@CarlitosPersefone]

Yngwie is a living legend

[@fender]

A legend indeed.

[@andrews6505]

I did not expect a strat timeline from Yngwie when I clicked this link. He continues to surprise and amaze me the same way he did when I first heard him 40yrs ago ... thanks Fender for asking Yngwie to do this documentary!

[@fender]

Always expect the unexpected 👀

[@jl5177]

Yngwie is the absolute goat

[@RootsCafeAthens]

We love you Yngwie ....Ultimate strat Hero ....up there with Jimi, Ritchie, SRV, J.Beck, Eric Johnson and Clapton!

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

This was very awesome to watch. Thanks for posting Fender!!

[@fender]

🫡🫡

[@misstress1928]

Let's not forget that Yngwie is also responsible for the vertical design of hum-canceling single coil pickups. He really is channeling amazing ideas into this world.

[@loquitogusanito]

Ive ran into this guy so many times around Miami, so cool to have a living legend hanging out around town

[@321bytor]

I hope he's OK after you've 'ran into' him

[@851852093114208513]

I guess that's the consolation prize for having to live in Florida

[@optioningthabears861]

He looks like a Florida man

[@marvelharris9540]

@@851852093114208513 I wish more people thought like you... and left! everyone moved to Florida and Texas post pandemic to flee democrat run cities, crime, and high taxes.

[@sebg2086]

why lie

[@robistocco]

Dude is so happy about guitars, it's amazing.

[@alexogston4629]

Yngwie Malmsteen - The Living Legend🤘

[@karlricardo4088]

🤘🏽

[@KaijuAlert]

I love Yngwie. He's not only a technical master, his feel is incredible. His bends, vibrato, pick attack, bends etc, they are all superb.

[@poindextertunes]

but what about his bends?

[@BlackCanvasAudio]

He looks healthier than ever! I'm so happy for him.

[@vladavasiljev]

If the plastic surgery is a synonym for health then you are right.

[@dundergod]

I have to say that I think Yngwie looks much healthier and more focused than ever before. He´s got a new sparkle in his eyes I haven´t seen in years and that´s awesome.

[@angelonoziglia5854]

now he needs to sort out his band

[@Loco90012]

Dude still looks amazing

[@beefcake0354]

best right hand in history of guitar playing .. so smooth and relaxing to watch

[@fender]

THIS 👏

[@spongesurf]

His playing always stops me dead in my tracks. So melodic and beautiful.

[@fender]

When he plays, we listen 🤘

[@relentlessonslaught5827]

Yngwie, my man. Never change. 🔥🔥🔥

[@rroach77]

I love you Yngwie. You make us so proud being Swedish. As my younger brother said at one point when I took him to a festival where you were playing: ”it can’t be fun playing lead guitar after Yngwie, right?” No, no fun at all brother, no fun at all..

[@gavinlocke5980]

The best advertisement for Fender ever!

[@rickschneider3887]

He knows Fender guitar models like some car enthusiasts I know. They can tell you every little detail about the cars like Yngwie can tell about the strats. He found his sound and his perfect instrument early on in his career and he's stayed with them ever since! Kudos to him for staying true to himself and not changing with the fads.

[@aaronhiggs]

@@rickschneider3887you should hear him talk about Ferraris. The guys a savant.

[@anthonymarocco955]

Yngwie Is The Man! What A Fantastic Player

[@hermanodejesus7264]

IT'S A NUCLEAR VIOLIN.... best def of a Fender Stratocaster 😍

[@nickalpitsis5365]

An absolute flawless guitar maestro. Legend

[@MrDaveangelo1]

Yngwie is one of the last true rock stars livin and breathin. We all fell in love with guitar because of people like him. Respect.

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Unbelievable slay from a true guitar god!

[@charlescuringa7051]

A living legend in electric guitar,as big an icon as Hendrix and Van Halen👍🏼

[@Cheva-Pate]

He’s the King!

[@gabriellima9012]

this is the best video fender ever made

[@litteliten4999]

Well I lived at the time just a couple of kilometers from where he lived in sweden, this guy was like possessed with this guitar and guitar playing. You couldn't talk Anything else but music with this guy. Literally.

[@Alex-bx7qn]

Fender guitars, Ferraris and Rolexes 🔥 Can’t go wrong with any of that ! Yngwie is a legend

[@JoseGarcia-eadgbe]

…and Marshall amplifiers YJM 100

[@fikrisadzili2147]

Yeah, what a living legend

[@babaali4410]

Legend! There will never be another one like him. So many imitators so many jealous people but no matter what he keeps thriving, He is so popular now 2024 way to go legend!

[@brandon_945]

Yngwie is the ultimate guitar hero, and probably among the greatest ambassadors for the Stratocaster there is. I’m so glad you guys put this together 🤘🏻

[@_ARUS_]

What a legend!

[@fender]

That's Yngwie Malmsteen for you

[@andreicraiesti]

You are the best...mister Ingvie.

[@KoproIily]

Fire & Ice, Eclipse, Odyssey, Seventh Sign...Yngwie's 80's an 90's records are so fresh, so energetic, so bulletproof until this day....fughetaboutit! Unique personality for sure. Keep rockin'!

[@fender]

🤘🤘

[@hoppes9658]

Rising force cassette is in a ditch since 1985 between Petoskey and Charlevoix Michigan and even the porcupines won’t chew on the plastic.

[@babaali4410]

The best of the best! Getting me a fender 🎸

[@fender]

Hell yeah! Which one are you getting? 👀

[@babaali4410]

@@fender Saving for a Yngwie Malmsteen Signature strat

[@Viperfitness]

Beutiful video!

[@spencerdawson6536]

The once and forever Maestro. He took all of his musical influences and created an alchemy that’s still mind blowing today.

[@tomt55]

Even though Yngwie is still working on the same record, all these years later, he's still the original monster shred neo classical player. Yngwie, single handedly, kicked off the entire neo classical shred genre. He had so many players rethinking technique and going into or back into the practice room for hundreds of hours to get (or try and get) that neo classical shred style down... Truly a ground breaking player and innovator. Also, Yngwie is an absolute guitar icon and unquestionably a guitar force of nature. He was a gigantic inuence on me, as a huge fan of rock guitar music when Alcatrazz - No Parole From Rock And Roll came out! Still, a terrific album with SO MANY amazing solos. The trailer solo from Suffer Me is still one of the best solos ever recorded on electric guitar... LEGENDARY player.

[@DwainDwight]

always been a fan. great guy, great player and a true student of the instrument.

[@idanmashta]

beautiful

[@ritualee10]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a more engaging, informative and virtuosic demonstration of a guitar model. That ruled!

[@fender]

🫡🫡

[@-Atmos1]

Wow , arrived in America with a Strat & a toothbrush , that's cool .

[@geoks]

The LEGEND 🎸🤘🎼

[@bautistagarais488]

Coolest guy on planet earth. This man just breathes Rock and Roll What a legend.

[@FenderBenderBilly]

he is the living definition of more is more !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nathanielvargas3863]

Absolute legend!

[@melaniefayemusic]

wow!

[@josesouza7681]

GREATEST GUITARRIST OF ALL TIME!

[@GuitarraErudita]

Long live THE KING!

[@alexfields6562]

I will never forget when ynwie threw a pick n hit my chest I was with my dad in ventura theatre best night ever will never forget it! I still have the pick too!!!!

[@TexasGuitarist]

You know, Yngwie's playing on this video is ON POINT! His articulation seems better on this video than it has in a long time.

[@billytblack]

The smile on his face with every guitar he picks up :D .. it's like he's talking about his kids! Legend

[@fender]

Nothing like a parent's love ❤‍🔥

[@gheeyeholivares2330]

That was so cool

[@johnfrode841]

Grymt cool Yngwie. Fortsätt att rocka!

[@JulienMENARD]

Damn... this video makes me emotional, how Yngwie is passionated, we are lucky to be into an era where this man lives. So much dedication to his art, it only can inspire all of us to be in this mental way of thinking. Human can be the worst thing in the world but Yngwie you show us how human can be the greatest thing in the universe. You are touched by the grace of God and this light come back to us through you. From the heart, thank you.

[@cpamiseso]

So that's how Govan got that shred to high fret bending move. Yngwie started it back then with Far Beyond The Sun. Amazing inspiration for everyone, Mr. Malmsteen.

[@ulissespacifico]

He is the Man!!!

[@CryptoTalksShorts]

This guys plays very well, he should be famous or something.

[@themusiczoo]

this is awesome

[@IanDateMusic]

fantastic! Maestro!

[@carloschaulk]

Best video of the month!

[@GuitarWithDofka]

Legend! Changed the guitar world! 🔥

[@fender]

In the best way

[@davidmahoherrezuelo]

I'm country and blues fullpower player but i love the Yngwie stuff...and great bunch of Strats

[@smithsonmichael]

Top twenty all-time no doubt 🎸🔥🔥🔥

[@sergioramiz]

A master indeed!!

[@AlwaysMusicandTone]

I have always liked Malmsteen; from the first time I heard him in the 80s until the present. He is an absolute guitar genius. He plays with passion, and his music / style of music has no equal. Say what you want about his personality it doesn’t matter, what does matter is that the man can play his guitar. He has weathered the storm in a business that has seen a lot of professional guitar greats for what ever reason come and go. He is still here, and he is still inspiring future guitarist with his talent and music.

[@Macsk8ing]

To this day no one can match Yngwie, such a legend glad to see he's still rocking.

[@acehunter9436]

So true, he’s unmatched!

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

He’s still shredding!

[@willk.illyouii5583]

He was the first artist fender made a signature guitar for! That's epic!

[@fender]

A full circle moment

[@dirface]

This is the most coherent and impressive portrait of Yngwie in decades. Excellent work, Fender. Beautifully shot!

[@AutisticVaxtard]

Yngwie gave us a free history class on Strats

[@ronaldonerozzi6304]

*Autentic revolutionary Yngwie and Fender*

[@k7j007]

Yngwie picked his lane very early on and mastered it. To still be relevant and stay that consistent throughout almost 4 decades is an amazing accomplishment in itself. He never tried to change to fit whatever was trendy at any given time. He stayed true to himself and his playing style. That is extremely admirable. He is just as sharp today as he was on day 1. I hope he keeps shredding away for another 30 years

[@johnotooledoggames2336]

🇮🇪 its brilliant video sharing very good

[@Alex-bx7qn]

And listen to those versions of Far Beyond The Sun and Black Star in the background ! Still magical after all these years 🙌

[@fender]

Truly timeless ❤‍🔥

[@Peterplayingguitar]

Yngwie had a near fatal car crash in 1987 and was in a coma for a week with serious brain damage....AND HE CAME BACK FROM THAT and kept playing, writing and recording. What a legend!

[@What11235]

Absolutely!

[@1234drums]

The man, the legend, the strat ❤❤❤❤

[@What11235]

Thanks fender! I love guitars! I have 7 fender strats. One of my friends owned a music store and I wanted a 96 Green strat plus. The color wasn't available except for a standard strat. He let me take two strats apart and make be a Green strat plus. It is incredible. The quality that year was simply amazing.

[@efwfew]

The best player in the world to me. You either get it or you don't! Thank you Yngwie, you literally changed me life

[@aaronvalure178]

The older I get, the more I resonate with YJM for his accomplishments. The dude is a legend! People hate on him so much out of jealousy and it's uncalled for.

[@the.Aruarian]

Well, people also dislike him for abusing copyright strikes on youtube against small youtubers…

[@optioningthabears861]

Also because he is such a ego maniac and only an average player or that the is Mr arpeggio and never plays sweeps

[@brons101]

@@optioningthabears861 You have absolutely no musical ear if you think yngwie is an "average player" , stop being jealous and go practice ...

[@maurogarces7337]

Relating criticism with jealousy is a red flag for our own artistic development. If it comes from a good place, criticism can help us grow and get better.

[@jimkostan9932]

Yep,, unfortunately I've been around a lot of Rock Stars who have HUGE EGOS problems,it's sad,,, EXPECIALLY for the fans.

[@jimmyshreder]

King

[@endtimeguitarist]

@4:25 that is the most beautiful I’ve heard Yngwie play this part of far beyond the sun in a long time.

[@666voyager666]

The literaly Goat of our lives, the Current JS Bach.

[@morpheussmith4366]

There is some amazing concert footage of Yngwie Malmsteen with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. It strikes me that Yngwie as a musician is on the same level as great classical musicians, but the Fender Stratocaster looks like it belongs in that setting too. The Stratocaster looks fantastic in that formal setting, and Yngwie makes the sound of the guitar blend in like it always belonged in that context. I wonder what Leo would have thought to see and hear his instruments being played with a symphony orchestra?

[@lt7601]

He is not just a guitar player but a collector as well. His knowledge about Fender history is mind blowing..

[@scottycunningham1413]

I like Yngwie a lot as a player. My favorite aspect of his playing is his vibrato and bending technique, underrated aspect of his playing.

[@nbktechworld]

My dream electric guitar

[@fender]

What would you play first? 👀

[@nbktechworld]

@@fender Iron Maiden

[@guitarhiker4449]

Yngwie one of my all tme fav guitarist!!! The Apeggio master!! A rock n' roll living legend!! What an amazing collection of geetars!! Rock on!!!

[@paul_domici]

Fantastic!!! Yngwie made it big time!!!

[@laurifinlandia]

this man has been living and breathing guitar since he was but a kid, without compromise, through tragedies and heckling, depression, changing trends, and yet here he is, towering above the most, after all these years. i have never heard anyone anywhere near his level of virtuosity criticise his skills. steve vai, tosin abasi, zakk wylde, etc. all testify and remind us in unison that yngwie is a true original in the pantheon of the very greatest artists to have ever picked up an electric guitar. forever may he shred.