Yngwie shreds on bass

[visog]

Just saw this reel of our Swedish Maestro showcasing his Fender basses with some shred.

 

Fretless with a pick! Sacrilege!

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIatPEWJUpi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[Marky L]

Would be interesting to hear that amplified and see if it is just a clusterf**k of twiddly twaddle.

 

Fretless with a pick.. uhmmm.. well..

[visog]

I think he does play the bass on many of his records...

Here's UK's 'In the Dead of Night' where he nails the line.

 

[Shockwave]

7 minutes ago, Marky L said:

 

 

Fretless with a pick.. uhmmm.. well..

Tony Franklin made quite the career out of it 😅

 

Even unamplified, Yngwie appears to be intonating quite well. 

Edited 9 hours ago by Shockwave

[Marky L]

I'm in good company then 🤣 

[ezbass]

2 hours ago, visog said:

Fretless with a pick! Sacrilege!

 

27 minutes ago, Marky L said:

Fretless with a pick.. uhmmm.. well..

 

[odysseus]

I loved a lot of his earlier stuff - fantastic guitar technique. I lost interest later as the songs weren't as good (to me, anyway) and live he just seemed to solo through everything.  He always had the reputation as having an enormous ego, but I watched his interview with Rick Beato and really enjoyed it. I think it was Steve Vai who said something along the lines of 'say what you like, but Yngwie raised the bar for all of us'

[Lord Sausage]

He plays fretless on a lot of his stuff. There is some shredding on this I think.

 

 

[Lord Sausage]

1 hour ago, visog said:

I think he does play the bass on many of his records...

Here's UK's 'In the Dead of Night' where he nails the line.

 

I used to play this in a band at college. Great Fun. 

 

Yngwie's solo in this shows just hiw unworldly Alan Holdsworth was!

Edited 7 hours ago by Lord Sausage

[MacDaddy]

3 hours ago, visog said:

Just saw this reel of our Swedish Maestro showcasing his Fender basses with some shred.

 

Fretless with a pick! Sacrilege!

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIatPEWJUpi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

 

I don't have the instant gram so can't open the link. But Yngwie shredding on a bass? Meh!

Here's Paul Gilbert shredding on a double bass...

 

 

https://youtu.be/lGm4yTUAgWE?si=39-yzgTlwRW_5JdL

 

 

 

 

[Hellzero]

4 hours ago, visog said:

Just saw this reel of our Swedish Maestro showcasing his Fender basses with some shred.

 

Fretless with a pick! Sacrilege!

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIatPEWJUpi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Sounds like he needs a good bass tech as everything is sounding exactly like a too straight neck and a too low action especially as he has not a soft touch at all, so it ends up like this: an awful rattling mess.

[Lord Sausage]

He'll have it low to shred more easily 

Edited 6 hours ago by Lord Sausage

[Buddster]

2 hours ago, odysseus said:

He always had the reputation as having an enormous ego

I had the (dubious) honour of working with him mixing a live album in the early 90's and can agree to that reputation. It would rank in my top 5 worse sessions. 

However he knew his stuff on Stracocasters and would talk to me about how to date them from the number of scratch plate screws or the type of neck plate. 

He also had a stunning Swedish girlfriend at the time. 

Which was nice... 

Edited 6 hours ago by Buddster

[visog]

5 hours ago, Lord Sausage said:

Yngwie's solo in this shows just hiw unworldly Alan Holdsworth was!

 

Oh yes! The original is Prog's last gasp of the 70's and is vintage Holdsworth. Entry point for many Holdsworth fans. Just a great song to start then Holdsworth raises the tension to unbearable levels before the release - killing!

[Hellzero]

33 minutes ago, visog said:

 

Oh yes! The original is Prog's last gasp of the 70's and is vintage Holdsworth. Entry point for many Holdsworth fans. Just a great song to start then Holdsworth raises the tension to unbearable levels before the release - killing!

Holdsworth fan here!

[Lord Sausage]

One thing I love about Holdsworth is how fellow genius players like Vai or Van Halen say they don't understand it. It is totally unique. 

[KingPrawn]

10 hours ago, visog said:

Just saw this reel of our Swedish Maestro showcasing his Fender basses with some shred.

 

Fretless with a pick! Sacrilege!

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIatPEWJUpi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Someone needs to call the Union Guys!! Unauthorised bass playing from a guitarist! Stick to your lane Yngwie!!