"YNGWIE MALMSTEEN" (1984) VS "FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDERS"

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN (1984) VS "FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDERS"
Check out Yngwie Malmsteen's amazing guitar abilities compared to other guitar players from the same era. Do you think he was technically the best? Even musically the greatest? He certainly changed the game as far as technical guitar ability goes...
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[@misstress1928]

Back then they all were awesome players. We are so very fortunate that all these players and their incredible performances were recorded and are available now. Thank you for taking your time to put this video together.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

🤘

[@hgostos]

Malmsteen around 1984 had the best skills and tone of his career. Also, he had a lot of finesse and musical charisma back then that sadly, diminished slightly as he aged.

[@fernandes5986]

I agree.

[@djanggo73]

Yes in 1984 or during his prime hes untouchable in terms of shredding touch and flawless speed smoothness and when jason becker come out i prefer jason becker phrasing and melody choices of notes and sweep picking.... but live playing? Yjm rules

[@emanuelefasanofasano3814]

Agree

[@fernandomanchia3313]

Yngwie rimane nella storia una leggenda da cui moltissimi hanno preso ispirazione tra cui Jason Becker Paul Gilbert Michael Romeo Michael angelo batio.....personaggio e musicista irraggiungibile

[@rtcinc6200]

Yngwie crashed his Ferrari in 1986 and was in a coma for a week. He suffered nerve damage and had to relearn the guitar again.

[@fortressfrazze3777]

When Yngwei was in his prime before the accident he shock the guitar world with hes way to play. Extreamly fast, clean, and exeptional vibrato. He was the first to really bring neo classic metal. He still is a fantastic guitarplayer. One thing is for sure. He will have his place in the history books. As a Swede my self I am proud this icon is from my country.

[@savvasvasileiadis4363]

Does anyone know what is the track in the intro ?

[@user-bp2tn6nj6k]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@KimOlof]

Not the first, but One of them. Uli Jon Roth…

[@russthomas1887]

Yngwei has said his picking improved after the accident. I still think Guthrie is #1 all time and Yngwei #2.

[@ladypopol]

​@@KimOlof No, No, No ==>> BLACKMORE !!!

[@raybergstrom]

Yngwie is what you dream you could sound like. Holdsworth is what you couldn't even imagine sounding like.

[@XJT0428]

Can't even compare No one played like A.H

[@ronaldmitchell3665]

Allan is like AI guitar..

[@WhiskerBiscuit1]

I see exactly what you mean, here.

[@crusTodd]

Shawn Lane

[@zombiereagan4813]

Yngwie, Holdsworth and a gentleman named Shawn Lane. Trifecta of legendary greatness.

[@autk]

Not lane, computer music

[@shredboy5000]

I took lessons from Shawn for years. He could definitely " outshred" anyone. Only person i have seen that comes close is Mateo Mancuso

[@RockNRoller66]

@@shredboy5000 I guess you moved to Atlanta or something and are teaching there part-time? Memphis was a decent place to live before the 2000's. I used to have a blast hanging out at Strings when you worked there. What's up man?? Still here and chasing that tone! David Wasson

[@shredboy5000]

@@RockNRoller66 i remember you. Moved to birmingham. Working at a store a lot like the old SnT. Teaching 50+ students a week for last 18 years. Still playing. And riding motorcycles. Thats about it .

[@tymanngruter1808]

Yngwie was the speedking at that age, but most of all an inspirator for the rest of the club of guitarslingers! 🎯

[@panziniman]

1984 Malmsteen was a freaking monster …. But Holdsworth is from another planet altogether

[@jeffbauer3425]

In those days Yngwie was a purist. Far cleaner and concise. His approach with tone , arpeggios, and clean sound was like that of the violin. Which he stated was a major influence.

[@elg5870]

I dont know about speed but YJM sounds much more pleasing

[@MetalMan2525]

Like a smoother attack

[@elg5870]

@@MetalMan2525 feels fair to say "thats what he does", what do you expect, like a seasoned dentist or something😂. Its just what he does

[@therock1609]

exactly, all the other guitarists sound the same

[@jamesnorton7601]

Holdsworth is on a whole different level. Yngwie is a Rock God.

[@user-vl6sm3wr4n]

No

[@therealandrecorbin4050]

Rising Force changed my guitar playing forever. Thanks Yngwie.

[@patricksheppard585]

AMEN

[@metiradelnabo]

Yngwie Malmsteen and Michael Schenker...Giants.

[@BoKstaR]

I was never a big YM fan as it seemed to feel like his music always sounds the same to itself. The other guitar players provided here have more cemented history with my musical prowess BUT out of all the performances, YM was the cleanest and smoothest approach towards the scales in their respective presentations. They are all great guitar players but Malmsteen truly shines in this video with his notes all clearly defined, perfectly articulated and overall showmanship fit for a hall of fame. Its all about perspective and personal opinions may vary, but this is a good stepping stone to a worthy debate for either side of the table.

[@roscoepcoltrane23]

Holdsworth was from another planet.

[@fernandes5986]

Always.

[@zanthony1286]

who?

[@roscoepcoltrane23]

@@zanthony1286 The guy at the end who was cut off. Alan Holdsworth. Also wondering where was Shawn Lane?

[@jasondonovan1408]

1984? It's Yngwie for sure. I was there, I know.

[@Nesh_down_under]

Yngwie sounds the cleanest to me and the last dude

[@Neuro_6]

Yngwie and Eddie by far

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

What about Holdsworth?

[@omni-man4624]

Holdsworth Nah!

[@twy6280]

I'm just pleased I got to see most of those guys live during their peak. It's mainly the Americans I missed out on (Batio, Lynch, EVH, Jake, Gilbert) plus Sykes. For pure 'shred', Yngwie was the best, but T Mac's 'Maximum Security' is my all time favourite instrumental guitar album. I was knocked out at how good Uli JR was on that Electric Sun tour (Beyond the Astral Skies).

[@edwinvanhoof1642]

agree with you. "Tears of Sahara", "Hundreds of Thousands" and "Autumn Lords" still wailing and weeping in my head since I first listened to them. Such tremendous chordal delivery and fine soloing. Luv his tone and melodic phrasing, the momentum and the way it traverses the song's emotional discharge. Just amazing. Gilbert also displays that. Yngwie is more classical toned. Other giants from that era are Tamas Seekers (most underrated) and Henk van der Laars of Elegy fame. Wonderful players.

[@user-qi3qr7hb2n]

Just think man..we were the luckiest bastards to have all those guys. I love them all.

[@jonashornqvistgitarrlektioner]

Who really cares who was the fastest? Isn't it about who plays the most musically? :) I am a big fan of all the guitarists in the video and they have all inspired me a lot, but I have never thought, who is the fastest? It's not a competition even though many guitarists today seem to think it is a competition :)

[@ronaldkoch2766]

This. And that is why David Gilmore is usually high on most top 10 guitarist lists.

[@davidsurf930]

@@ronaldkoch2766 I am with you on that. Awhile back, I got into the whole shred thing and l listened to alot of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Malmsteen in particular. Don't get me wrong, these guitarists are highly skilled and brilliant players and are the best at what they do. I tend to get a little bored after awhile with the playing extremely fast makes you the king of rock guitar. I tend to really enjoy and appreciate players like David Gilmour, Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower etc. My favorite 3 on this list are Van Halen, Michael Schenker and Gary Moore. The best guitarist is what makes your ears the happiest.

[@user-eb2jb8om8l]

Ritchie and Uli was playing those neoclassical stuffs already in 70's.. And Yngwie said he was heavily influenced by Uli in his books.

[@nicholasthill7151]

Isn't that he is the first, it's that he kicked the door down and made it popular.

[@user-eb2jb8om8l]

@@nicholasthill7151 Lol🤣🤣🤣😂 Yngwie copied Ritchie's hairsyle, stage clothes and movement, stratocaster with scalloped fretboard, playing Bach songs, playing with orchestra If he is the first, why he made an album called "Inspiration" that contain songs made by Ritchie and Uli(5 Blackmore songs 1 Uli song)

[@user-eb2jb8om8l]

@@nicholasthill7151 Yngwie's "inspiration" album has 11 songs made by other great bands. and 5 songs are written by Blackmore

[@Stefan-]

@@user-eb2jb8om8l I agree, he copied a lot from Blackmore but he did take it further with the neoclassical style and also in speed. That saod, i am a huge Blackmore fan, much more than Yngwie although i am a Swede an still like Yngwies earlier work from when i was young.

[@guitarillo74]

you can´t compare malmsteen with anyone, he is second to none ;-)

[@Yarrg]

Man, I'm gonna have to second that YJM is my guy on my KZbin. You'll see. I gotta shout out from him. He's freaking incredible. He has a lot of philosophy and wisdom in this stuff.

[@fernandomanchia3313]

La plettrata di yngwie è da mettere al conservatorio

[@sw1000xg]

Reb beach better Jake e lee better Van Helen god And Steve Vai demi god All vastly superior than malmsteen

[@fernandomanchia3313]

@@sw1000xg ma che dici non stai bene...il maestro yngwie è una leggenda

[@musicbychanc3]

Big agree, Reb Beach is awesome​@@sw1000xg

[@christhembones8244]

Yngwie unbelievable player but his songs were just okay. That’s why it’s hard to compare him to the great EVH and some of the other great players on this list. Speed solo’s doesn’t always translate to complementing the song. A lot of Yngwie’s songs are wildly overplayed.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

"Who cares?" some will say....but it's fun to look back and compare the greats! Thanks for watching @guitargodzunleashed

[@karlosed]

Man, this is unjust to most of the 84's shredders (with Holdsworth exception of course), many of them were still engaging Van Halen's style or trying desperately to keep it up with what came from the Steeler's or Alcatrazz's albums. George Lynch once said it all, back in the day during the Hear n' Aid sessions they all were scared of Yngwie, and those very same sessions would become the reality version of what you tried to make with this video, which by the way was excellent, thanks for doing it.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Cheers man thanks for your comment 🤘🎸

[@simonsalamon8178]

Absolutely amazing!

[@danyavilaoficial]

Jack E Lee......a monster

[@joeylodes]

@15:50 that Holdsworth line is pure genius.

[@richcharvel7162]

That was a great (and bad) time to be a guitarist. You had to be really on top of your game. Mike Varney had a lot of new killer guitarists coming out too. Yngwie sent a lot of guys to the woodshed.

[@zazamerabishvili2912]

Malmsteen is number 1

[@lebethonii6683]

Excellent video, tnx👍

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

🤘

[@andrewbroughton65]

"I don't fuckin sweep pick" YJM Al Di Meola was a huge influence on Yngwie in His formative years & now they're practically neighbors. Others in the race may have been Chris Impelliteri,Buckethead,Jeff Watson, Vinnie Moore,Mitch Perry ,Rob Marcello,John McLaughlin;Akira Takasaki..& soon to be famous guys like Jason Becker, Greg Howe & Warren Di Martini & Ron Thal.. etc. Shawn Lane was the fastest I ever witnessed back then.

[@2216sammy]

Schenker on EVH: "I love Eddie's playing, you know, he's for me, by far the best guitar player. And even though I wasn't listening to music, you could never get away [from] hearing [it] anywhere... And so really, he was fascinating. I mean, he's my favorite guitar player."

[@jeffhoskins6861]

Ted Nugent, Steve Lukather, Neil Schon, George Lynch, the list goes on saying Eddie was the best!!

[@peterwinters8587]

Randy Rhoads@@jeffhoskins6861

[@noobsaibot1234]

Nuno also loved Ed,Zakk also knew who the King was

[@colinme2672]

Shenker was 10 times the player Eddie was.

[@noobsaibot1234]

@@colinme2672 cute

[@stevengoodman3498]

Great video man! Really enjoyed the shred off.😊

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

Thanks pal, might make some more vids like this one 🤘

[@NoirHammer]

Yngwie was the best in that year. No doubt about it. That's not to say there weren't other great players but let's get real here.

[@ZulhamS]

no one can beat nygwie on 1980-1990

[@mrshredder0076]

yngwie made everyone elevate their game. varney was handing yngwies demos tapes to several young shredders including vai…. yngwie was god in 84’ and until his accident hard to match in tone, skill and stage presence ashame he stopped improving his game - and stuck with a singer like joe lynn turner could have been bigger commercially maybe not eddie but much higher than he did … but yngwie will always be the king of shred

[@Myrrhkuri]

I'm not sure what you mean by "stuck with Joe Lynn Turner" Joe was only on 1 studio album Odyssey and that album was Yngwies most successful album, and highest charting album of his career. Heaven Tonight was getting radio airplay. Back then it was well known Yngwie had issues with singers and had an ever changing lineup of band members..he was fired from Alcatrazz for a fight with Graham Bonnet over who was the frontman..

[@mrshredder0076]

meaning he should have stuck with joe lynn turner ( as a singer ) instead replace jlt with goran and the johannson bros, for that matter. odyssey was an awesome album / great tour and i think they could have made many more albums together - would have been more successful today but he chose to replace his singer and band mates every couple of albums a shame would be great if he could reconnect with someone in his past for the rising force 40th anniversary tour i’m sure he’ll take advantage of

[@2good2betrue3]

Just basing on the video, Malmsteen wins hands down.🤘(I will immediately eliminate Jake E.Lee, EVH, Uli Roth and Blackmore - although fantastic guitar players, their technique are 2 notches below Yngwie's level.) The others are like "forcing" the speed...their playing sounds "wanting" to be fast for the sake of playing fast. (except Allan who is more of a Legato/fusion player.) YJM on the other hand simply FLOWS with natural speed. Just flawless organic speed, Truly one of a kind, special generational player, proof that his technique is above the task, you won't sound that if your technique is not on par with the sound you have in your head. As Guthrie Govan said in an interview, he admired Yngwie's technique more than his peers because his "speed has intention". He is right, It's not fast for the sake of being fast. He wanted to sound like the violin, like Bach and Paganini pieces. ❤‍🔥 Apart from the great speed, he has this "Godlike Vibrato" like no other. So clearly, Malmsteen rules and dominates.🎸

[@stu73ke]

Well said

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

🤘

[@ShpookyMetal]

why never add early richie kotzen video ?

[@shambles7ful]

Agreed with you but Holdsworth and Gary Moore were in a league of their own, next level again.

[@johnmcminn9455]

I agree the speed is natural as if he is more concerned with the phrasing like on I am a viking the feel is amazing . That is something he got from Holdsworth IMO the lightness and natural legato

[@seanmiller7889]

Damn! You brought all of the heavy hitters even Michael Angelo with his real hair!

[@rekdinhopoetico]

I have a Yngwie Malmsteen's Fender, he's one of my favorite guitar players, but I do not see music as a competition between Yngwie and the others mentioned...we can learn with everyone of them and that's it. People have some attraction to things like 'the best of ever', 'the greatest', etc. That makes no sense to me in art. All of us have our favorite and that's all...our subjective lists. Days ago I saw something like "Shawn Lane X Yngwie'...well, Shawn was so brilliant (like the old Yngwie), but fans were fighting in the comments like soccer fans...I see no point about it, Shawn is not so famous outside the guitarrists and would not be in those Mojo lists, but he was outstanding like many others: Greg Howe, Jason Becker, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdswort, etc...all of these ones would not be mentioned in popular lists, like the one that put Brian May as the best of ever...Brian is a genius, I love him, but he put it rightly in an interview about the list...you can find it easily. He said he's not the best and you can't rank people...the meaning of lists: to sell a product. PS - George Harrison and Brian May are guitar players I love, they created beautiful guitar solos, few notes, a lot of passion and emotion. I love Gary Moore a lot too, great rock blues player, beautiful voice. One last note: M. A. Batio is the only guitar player in your video I do not like...he sounds like a metronome checker. To listen to him is like to appreciate a metronome...boring, no melody.

[@MetalMan2525]

Brilliantly said

[@aleksandarveliki6418]

Where is Chriss Impellitteri, Shawn Lane, Jason Becker

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

It’s footage from 1984 or as close that as possible. Impellitteri was a couple of years later I believe so he’s not in this. And no footage of Becker until 86…And there may be some footage of Lane but I didn’t find it although I have an audio recording of Shawn from 1982 and he blows everybody away in terms of speed and technique!

[@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi]

Jason no match??? He is in one league with Holdsworth, MacAlpine and Shawn Lane.

[@joeylodes]

1984. even though there are clips of Shawn lane from then Still scary

[@gemaelvarra8914]

Check Vinnie Vincent out, especially from the Vinnie Vincent Invasion album (1986). Very underrated. He could play very fast in a different style to Yngwie.

[@jaewoungshim4967]

my favorit guitarist is one and only gary moore~

[@popjax2465]

He’s one of mine too! Could do it all with MELODIES! Not just flying around the fretboard!

[@jodyferguson3068]

Although all the guitars that I've just heard up against Yngwie Malmsteen which I love so many of them guitarists and always will Yngwie is the King to me

[@joelpadillaong]

No point in comparing everyone of them. They've all contributed in some ways to the evolution of rock. Each of them have unique qualities in playing their own style. I think they're all great players; and i'm a fan in each and everyone of them. Cheers!

[@bobbyfaircloth3828]

Yngwie is on whole other level at that time.

[@the_hollywood_shreder]

i think the big diference was that ingwye start using diferent stuff whit the armonic minor mode and devolope new sounds,diminiture arpegios etc.and the rest of the players was only pentatonic or eolian,natural modes.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

That’s right…Zakk wylde said Yngiwe was a game changer, like EVH a few years earlier.

[@the_hollywood_shreder]

@@GuitarGodzUnleashed and also he started playing whit the neck pick up,when all the players was playing whit the bridge pick up,diferent mode and diferent sound a new fresh style.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

🤘

[@LeBozoBlames]

Haha, exactly. ALL are focused on playing the Pentatonic box. While Yng is blazing with Harmonic Minor, Phyrigian and Diminished weird but unique sounding scales.

[@vonholland64]

@@LeBozoBlamesyou see the guitar god scale was the Dorian mode as its rock n roll. From Chuck berry to jimi Hendrix to evh. That was the scale of choice. I think maybe it started changing with the advent of the jcm 800 to more heavy metal and that introduced more scales to have a darker sound. But I’d still rather listen to evh and Hendrix .

[@samuelnerick]

I prefer Allan Holdsworth, is not the fastest guitar player who lived, but i love his playing over YJM or EVH

[@vincent7160]

Different styles! And Jake is one of my top 5!!

[@michaelgunterfonluhter4187]

Very nice beautiful metal-guitar world mans! Dears legends! Guitar world!! Thank-you very much for tectonic-very big prof works!!! Rock n roll! Everybody!!

[@EddieReischl]

All the modulation going on when Holdsworth is playing is really what sets him apart from everyone else. You have to be a genius to be able to play like that and keep track of where you are and not get lost.

[@williammalakuskie6355]

Great editing.. all good in their own way..excellence

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

👍

[@Einnor084]

Glad 2 c Tony MacAlpine mentioned, up against Malmsteem. Found both, n Guitar Magazine record pulloutz, when 1st learning Guitar.

[@tsubakiharukawa8633]

5:51 Steve Vai being so god mode on alternate picking

[@rockeroller]

This is worth the watch

[@samsonjpedroza]

COOL VIDEO ! ALL GREAT GUITARIST ! YNGWIE WINS ....

[@user-px5pj7ux5k]

yngwie can juggling around the fretboard, while the others are very systematic and like a robot sound style. i like yngwie

[@perseepassacaille]

What’s that live from Gary Moore at the beginning ? Thanks !

[@Fotzkopp1980]

It's "Rockin' Every Night" from "Gary Moore - Live in Ireland 1984". The whole concert is a gem and contains much better guitar work than this one here. Check Out kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5TKeJeheJaVjqMsi=weMO_pDqv7YSaSGC

[@MrNoteworks]

They're all blindingly amazing, especially for the time period. That said, Shawn Lane was absolutely circling them all back in 1979. And he only got scarier and farther separated from the rest as time progressed. Gone way too soon.😢

[@joeyb.8613]

Yngwie definitely owned 1984! And Gary Moore was a true master.... Vai, Gilbert, Etc... So much great and innovative playing!

[@AchilleasMantzios]

No1, the King of all timers. The GOAT !

[@jeffreyp1855]

Yngwie always looks so damned relaxed, while he is shredding his melodies. 🤘

[@GeneralTHC]

Are you're comparing 1984 Yngwie with a lot of post 1984 footage from other players? I'd say the 70s era guys--Uli Jon Roth, Ritchie Blackmore, were just hopelessly outmatched And you'll find no bigger fan of the 80s than me. I'm a huge Jake E Lee and George Lynch fan and while they undoubtedly were great players ,Yngwie was just from another planet. It was like he was at least a generation ahead of them.

[@GuitarGodzUnleashed]

This is all footage as close to 1984 as possible. I think the Vai footage might be from 1985.

[@emanuelefasanofasano3814]

What are you smoking? Uli Jon was smoking it and Richie Blackmore in early mid 70’s was insane your just a rookie check out Blackmore in 1969 shredding a hollow body

[@billb372]

Uli Jon Roth takes a backseat to nobody

[@GeneralTHC]

@@billb372 "Doctor J takes a backseat nobody!" Y'all are so funny, I swear.

[@user-cq7pj2yy3w]

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[@mashterlloyd1904]

i think every guitar player in 84 are great in their own styles. we dont have to compare the skills that made them famous. music is not a battle but a road to success. Classical? ofcourse Yngwie is the one, he is great on this style no doubt about it.

[@tonyflorez703]

Yngwie is my heroe my god since 1983 But there is one guitarist that did get to his level and more " Vinnie moore" But still yngwie is the boss and the master of all the shreders of the 80s and even today.

[@savvasvasileiadis4363]

Does anyone know what is the track in the intro ?

[@RozarSmacco]

Did you hear about the 80s era Namm show where Gambale was on the same stage as Yngwie? First, they had a jam in E minor and YJM ruled. Gambale “hey let’s play some bop” Yngwie had to leave the stage. Hmmmm?

[@Brad143]

Yngwie fan is around the world bcos of his skill and creative melody solo created

[@jhonnyulivelli5696]

È inutile girarci in torno!!!!!!!! YNGWEY è il più grande di tutti i tempi..gli addetti a i lavori lo sanno...

[@Ferrarista_GTO]

Non è il migliore solo perché è il più veloce, è come dire che Clapton è il migliore perché ha il suono più bello

[@jhonnyulivelli5696]

@@Ferrarista_GTO guarda che Yngwie non è il più veloce....informati prima di dire stronzate...

[@Ferrarista_GTO]

@@jhonnyulivelli5696 in quegli anni era il più veloce, suono chitarra da 20 anni, le conosco ste cose, poi chiaramente sono arrivati altri più veloci

[@theheavensdeclare7571]

Malmsteen, Allen Holdsworth, Eddie ❤

[@geraldsantanaleitner6890]

Ingwie and Steve and many others plays in the same league. But my favorit on this time was Steve Morse and later Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani and John Petrucci.

[@michaeldean7220]

Jake E Lee is so underrated and but for getting stuffed by Sharon should have had a bigger career

[@arnaldoagustinguerrero1923]

Yngwie tone is unique

[@dannyh5700]

Didn't catch the "vs" here, loved em all.

[@joeoppici3703]

Wow I forgot how many ripping guitarist there were and I got to see everyone of them

[@riffdagg6701]

They all have more skills than they know what to do with

[@dinfulofsin8525]

the thing i like about Malmsteen is that he was the original . he didn't just play fast he had great tone and energy. it was rare for him to play fast just to play fast. man you are bringing me back to when i first started playing guitar. i was 16 and seen Eddie ,Vivian cambell and Yngwie .the same clips your playing. i used to go in my basement and pretend i was rob halford why i sang with the video. pretty much everyday. i thought i did damn good for singing that high. but yeah idk if Yngwie is the best of that year when he's up against so many monsters like Holdsworth.eddie,richie and the like. i know holdsworth does shit loads of hammer ons and pull offs while Yngwie is picking most everything.🙅

[@alexbriones2411]

Malmsteen en sus años dorados no hay de punto comparación. Todos los demás muy buenos en sus técnicas.

[@imammalmsteen8476]

Best of the best until now Yngwie malmsteen

[@marcopulidori2194]

Holdsworth is incredibile 😮

[@stevebouras641]

Uli Roth can do that classical modes so can Tony MaCalpine another one is Joe Stump but Yngwie started the style with electric guit

[@alexanderruppert1705]

Nope.Uli played it much earlier in 1974. he is the original shredder.and he is far better than all the others

[@scottdunn2178]

Saw him in '86 in Phoenix with Saxon and Black & Blue

[@marcusharrison6617]

Yngwie was in 1984 the best new guitar player on the scene fresh new fast exciting to listen to he is realy a neo classical multi talented guitar player.back then he was.new on the scene.also comes from a family in sweden with classical training.First time i heard yngwie was 1985 riseing force album.

[@Einnor084]

Correct me, if I'm wrong... Malmsteeem vs. Ritchie Blackmore Izn't Blackmore like Malmsteemz Yoda?

[@wrtyioo]

Oh yes. The only one who has a hard time to admit it, at least in the past, is Yngwie.

[@shredboy5000]

I have recordings of Shawn Lane at 14 years old that not one of these guitarists can even come close to matching.

[@davidbaron8330]

I have no issue conceding that YJM probably had the cleanest and fastest technique of that glorious era (although Gilbert was close). His vibrato is awesome, too. That said, aside from Batio, Macalpine, and Holdsworth, I like every other player on this list TONS more than YJM. Because at the end of the day, everyone here was MORE than fast ENOUGH, and most of them had more TASTE than Malmsteen, overplayed LESS, and seem to have something to say with their lead work other than "look how fast I can play." I saw YJM live with Alcatrazz when he was 19 or 20. My thought was "this guy might become the greatest of all time when he grows up -- IF he develops some taste, and maturity in his playing." Contrast the fast playing with slow playing so there's dynamic contrast -- so when you play fast, it hits harder. Play for the SONG rather than just wanking away at full speed over everything all the time. By the time YJM was pushing 30, it was clear that those things were never going to happen.

[@Rezparviz]

All these other players are trying to sound like YJM . You can hear it without YJM they would be doing their pentatonic blues box . So YJM is still the best

[@chuckhanson7506]

You can talk speed, but his live tone was better than everyone as well except for EVH.

[@okilloumato7875]

I like all of them😊😊😊😊

[@mattydog3481]

Let's Talk about musicality,Dave Martone,Neil Zaza,Steve Morse..

[@Buatkan_Mee_Rebus]

Yngwie tone absolutely cut through. Less or more drive, gain, distortion, he play clean 🔥🔥🔥

[@romulovermersch4548]

Malmsteen was not the fastest, but he had the best balance and tone.

[@Myrrhkuri]

Yngwie is obviously one of the greats he is fast, clean, and good tone...BUT he a niche style that he rarely deviates from, he stays in the neo classical style of scales, arpeggios, etc...for me Steve Vai is best because if the diversity of guitar stunts, scales, weird bends and ,making guitars talk etc..

[@keilerdavila2413]

yngwie sin duda alguna

[@user-ss9ud3kz8v]

❤❤very crazt❤❤

[@rolandmengedoth2191]

What about Chris Impellitteri ? 😊

[@greatganger2606]

Malmsteen has one of the best guitar stamina out there

[@arnoldjones]

I was watching this on double speed and Roger Glover won!

[@jeremyjenks5043]

84..Malm vs Eddie

[@leekosinski290]

I just have to say that when most of the other guitarist were playing very fast it just sounded like a practice exercise and not a melody in a song. Yngwie had a story going on in the music. Nothing against the other players who I mostly love.