<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Yngwie-malmsteen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/yngwie-malmsteen Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:20:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “If you have a 16-bar guitar solo, please don’t turn into Yngwie Malmsteen orJoe Satriani”: Ian Anderson had some soloing advice for Jethro Tull’s new guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ian-anderson-jethro-tull-guitar-solo-advice GCJ27kESH9P6Ym6wxViQFk Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Let’s be clear: performing on my solo records does not equal ownership, authorship, or legacy”: Yngwie Malmsteen hits back at singers who features on his records ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-hits-back-at-singers-who-appeared-on-his-records et7xEPN3NazjLEJnDZrvDE Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:21:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was probably the greatest 10 seconds of guitar playing I’ve ever seen in my life”: Billy Corgan quizzes Steve Vai on his epic guitar battle with Yngwie Malmsteen – and the guitar lick that left them both in disbelief ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-vai-guitar-battles-with-yngwie-malmsteen fP4WJzZ7GjUm4QSmD6Woo7 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:18:50 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:57:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I take these supplements to stay razor-sharp, night after night”: Yngwie Malmsteen launches signature protein powder as he expands his empire of gear to make you shred better ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-protein-powder r5mxwybAPbgxsimnkBjHW Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:21:20 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:16:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had this little house in California, back in 1984. My Marshall stacks and a reel-to-reel were set up in the living room. I remember getting my drummer to have a jam at 3am”: From his live show, to cutting classics, Yngwie Malmsteen lives off-the-cuff ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-tokyo-live efAGXe7wiSVUzxzykxW5YX Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:34:12 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:29:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m not thinking about an epitaph with, ‘Look, it’s Yngwie, the man who conceived classical metal through guitar!’ I don’t care”: Why Yngwie Malmsteen isn’t too bothered about his legacy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-yngwie-malmsteen-isnt-too-bothered-about-his-legacy 3phKTAEbPqveRHE5cVijsk Wed, 28 May 2025 15:37:52 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:26:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The dragon that came up was spitting real fire at me while I was doing the solo. I could feel the heat”: Yngwie Malmsteen filmed the music video for one of his most iconic tracks on the Conan The Barbarian set ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-conan-the-barbarian 8zCnfr74bk9oR4WEtjAgTe Fri, 23 May 2025 11:30:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:56:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People forget that in the ’80s, the Fender Strat was like having an old car and someone saying, ‘Why are you driving that piece of crap?’” Yngwie Malmsteen explains how he broke the mold for rock guitar – and brought the Strat in from the cold ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-on-rising-force-and-saving-the-strat akusCfpHRpjoLutSDBBxJG Thu, 15 May 2025 11:20:11 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:25:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I hear the promoter got a phone call from Eddie, who said, ‘If Yngwie Malmsteen is playing, I'm not playing’”: Yngwie Malmsteen claims Eddie Van Halen felt “threatened” by him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-intimidated-eddie-van-halen qCnqkX5ACeVpP37pnstU97 Wed, 07 May 2025 16:46:07 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:18:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They said, 'We don't have a direction yet, but you got the gig!' I said, 'Well, let me think about it'": Yngwie Malmsteen on why he turned down UFO ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/yngwie-malmsteen-of-choosing-alcatrazz-over-ufo oc6otEpBHQi4Zd6YjDU7D7 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 02:29:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Strat was about as ‘out’ as you could get. If you didn’t have a Floyd Rose, it was like, ‘what are you doing?’”: In the eye of the Superstrat hurricane, Yngwie Malmsteen stayed true to the original ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-on-playing-strats-in-the-80s Co8iJfUFUZysu59bHz4jHW Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:20:38 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:43:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s a slight latency in there. You can’t be super-accurate”: Yngwie Malmsteen names the guitar picks that don’t work for shred ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-shredding-with-a-thin-pick iRpq6kw8rigLjKQGUBUaHD Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:30:55 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:23:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s not used to not being the focus of the show. I’d say, ‘When Steve’s soloing, don’t throw your guitar up in the air right next to him’”: Joe Satriani on the unique challenges of having Yngwie Malmsteen on the G3 tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-satriani-on-yngwie-malmsteens-2003-g3-tour 4pbSkAxgkvrTkGTvk3SXQm Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:55:44 +0000 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:31:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I bought my ’54 Strat from the biggest dealer in Sweden – he was crying when I walked away with the guitar”: Brian May, Steve Vai and Neal Schon have all given Yngwie Malmsteen guitars – but nothing compares to his Fender Strats ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/yngwie-malmsteen-life-in-gear 8Z6qcb3JuNZXp2zGm947s5 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:27:09 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:05:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force changed the game with its jaw-dropping display of mechanical mastery, classical themes, and reckless, extended soloing –celebrate 40 years of his essential debut with this neo-classical shred masterclass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/learn-to-shred-like-yngwie-malmsteen-video-tab-masterclass bknXKPSu2iVU6Ro2tCpcK5 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:33:38 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:39:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Guitar Player made its debut in 1967, it marked a new era for guitar”: Guitar Player magazine to cease print publication ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-player-magazine-ceasing-print-publication RWUuGcRdtgA9MRtoXq5pDh Wed, 09 Oct 2024 20:02:33 +0000 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:37:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This guitar holds the magic of Malmsteen’s fast-paced, virtuosic playing”: One of Yngwie Malmsteen's main Fender Strats is up for grabs – and it comes with a free Ferrari ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-fender-stratocaster-sale N9BtLkdDwFpyGyegsdkmBW Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:24:27 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:53:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The culmination of 45-plus years developing a sound that’s perfect in every possible way… Prepare to be amazed”: MXR’s new Yngwie Malmsteen signature overdrive pedal could be its most dynamic overdrive to date ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mxr-yngwie-malmsteen-overdrive-2024 CVQasBwvttaJUWwNEvsBnh Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:58:05 +0000 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 08:23:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “‘You got long hair, right?’ Right. ‘And you’re over 6 feet tall?’ I’m like, ‘I’m 5’7 but I’ll have an operation’”: Marty Friedman recalls missing out on joining Kiss because of his height ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/marty-friedman-kiss-guitarist-audition AQGBAxqvrQSHPNkYjgdikh Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:55:59 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:41:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s such a beautiful instrument. I think when people started hacking them up and putting humbuckers in them, it ruined the look”: Yngwie Malmsteen explains what makes the Stratocaster the perfect electric guitar (and why he scalloped the frets anyway) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-malmsteen-on-the-fender-stratocaster Z4fADxpNWrKUYRL4WduWW8 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 09:37:26 +0000 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:36:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never practiced – never practiced ever”: Yngwie Malmsteen may be one of the most accomplished players of all time, but he didn’t develop his superhuman guitar skills by practicing, apparently ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-guitar-practice RTEpiVPkqsSEpENyZTmeDQ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:29:23 +0000 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:37:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The other bands had a top-notch Yngwie-level player, and that’s what I was trying to be. If some awful gig already has two of those dudes, it doesn’t need a third”: Tom Morello on the throwaway club show that changed his guitar playing forever ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-moment-his-guitar-playing-changed-forever 4QhRWMfrzkRjwSXvfn8gyZ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:13:06 +0000 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:05:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I came to America with a guitar and a toothbrush. When Fender said they wanted to make me a Strat, I didn’t even know what a signature guitar was!” Yngwie Malmsteen traces his Stratocaster story – and recalls the origins of his scalloped signature model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-strat-sessions ufqdJbYcgvA8aNBBNuipH8 Mon, 13 May 2024 16:23:56 +0000 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:27:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eddie Van Halen’s main solo is a greatest hits of all his best guitar licks”: Dweezil Zappa issues update for What the Hell Was I Thinking? – his ambitious mega-track featuring Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May and more ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dweezil-zappa-mega-track-van-halen-yngwie-may-update pvgxZG8Aa3i3rnudsvWWJ5 Fri, 03 May 2024 20:15:28 +0000 Fri, 03 May 2024 20:20:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That was the one and only thing I found with Strats that I don’t like. I think they’re awful”: Yngwie Malmsteen reveals the one spec of certain Stratocasters he's not a fan of ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-strat-pickups 5Z4dxqTTDWznsBsgqWs2KR Thu, 02 May 2024 09:40:36 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 15:59:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even Eddie Van Halen – god bless him, I love him – was mainly pentatonic. I was radically different”: Yngwie Malmsteen on Rising Force and the introduction of a neoclassical shred icon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-malmsteen-looks-back-on-rising-force TtuibJ6k3cTEhqdYgq9saB Wed, 01 May 2024 16:18:54 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 16:01:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People think ’70s Fenders are bad, but that’s not correct”: Guitarists often knock CBS-era Strats – but Yngwie Malmsteen knows how to find a good one ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-cbs-strats DAsH2Be6ysfV7VpDRyhWHU Sat, 30 Mar 2024 14:00:30 +0000 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:22:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love a lot of those classic players. I just didn’t want to play like them. Like Captain Kirk, I wanted to go where no-one’s gone before!” Yngwie Malmsteen names 11 guitarists who didn’t shape his sound – but he still thinks are great ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-malmsteen-favorite-guitarists NbNn3G9ryLeR35QPgFR2pA Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:31:37 +0000 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:08:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Steve Vai tried to school me on string bending, but you just don't do that on bass!” Pete Griffin reflects on his time with Steve Vai, and his latest solo EP ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pete-griffin-on-his-time-with-steve-vai R8sjehoJhY99kbDNyXxAJj Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:16:13 +0000 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 18:52:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never wanted to be a violinist. I wanted to play electric guitar with smoke bombs and flash pots and Marshall stacks”: Yngwie Malmsteen says he is definitely not a frustrated classical player ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-electric-guitar-not-violinist sFdYttVMgeap39MLoFx8Wb Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:55:03 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:14:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Everybody was going crazy about Yngwie Malmsteen... Joe Satriani told me, ‘That’s fine, but don’t get too into him’”: Alex Skolnick explains why he was warned off sounding like the neoclassical maestro ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/alex-skolnick-joe-satriani-yngwie-malmsteen t8djrBHQfSA2xoXmNQi6uk Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:18:57 +0000 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:20:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ So close you can see his scallops: behold Yngwie Malmsteen’s chops in greater detail than ever before with this astonishing multi-cam footage of Far Beyond the Sun ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-far-beyond-the-sun-truefire-maestroclass NmdKN4at7REHRxmngSuTQg Sun, 30 Jul 2023 11:00:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That’s amazing, dude! You just whipped that out!” Rivers Cuomo shreds Yngwie Malmsteen’s Far Beyond the Sun and floors Chris Shiflett ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/rivers-cuomo-yngwie-malmsteen-far-beyond-the-sun-shred-guitar o3ccahVWpdisw4o3hJPfrM Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:53:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iggy Pop explains why he prefers his albums to sound “rough”: “I like Link Wray a lot better than Yngwie Malmsteen, put it that way” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/why-iggy-pop-prefers-his-albums-to-sound-rough sqRy6sULxb5TaGMCEkkdL9 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:27:38 +0000 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:31:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch a 16-year-old Jason Becker blow the roof off his high school talent show with a flawless cover of Yngwie Malmsteen's Black Star ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jason-becker-yngwie-malmsteen-black-star-16 HY2fRHVDAxxjH4NKatrXK6 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:41:36 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:03:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen gives a guided tour of his current pedalboard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-pedalboard-2022 j3gM2fauh5nNdDtsYYMLQG Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:05:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 questions for Yngwie Malmsteen: “I’m an extremist in everything I do. More is more in everything” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/10-questions-yngwie-malmsteen vNks8XeZQHju2zD3hHdbh9 Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen reveals the origins of his love for the Fender Stratocaster – and why he chose it over a Gibson Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-fender-stratocaster-vs-gibson-les-paul ocSxdvVda2aKuWSHpP24cn Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:35:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Yngwie Malmsteen’s energetic cover of Long Red, taken from the new all-star Leslie West tribute album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-leslie-west-long-red qambJ8jWMik6crDsXdPYrb Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:00:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ 11 crazy guitarist signature products that have nothing to do with guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/11-crazy-guitarist-signature-products mTdRata8HBBMangqiicZCJ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:14:20 +0000 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:18:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Vai recalls playing to a crowd chanting Yngwie Malmsteen's name at his first gig with Alcatrazz ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-crowd-chanting-for-yngwie-malmsteen-alcatrazz LXBdRj9MEnqsSXkHhGWmWh Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:27:29 +0000 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:29:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen partners with Dunlop for new signature Delrin guitar pick ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-dunlop-delrin-pick t6ZmcnX9LH5eh88E5anNjg Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:22:06 +0000 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:50:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen postpones US tour dates on “doctor's orders” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-postpones-tour-dates eBbXeq5iTyctiWvrCbTsSZ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:33:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch fan footage of Yngwie Malmsteen's career-spanning setlist at recent Pennsylvania show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-performs-in-pennsylvania 4ozLNMnrfGDbGkJaxJyCyg Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:06:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen: “I’ve never practiced in the true meaning of the word. From the first time I picked up a guitar when I was 7, in my head I was a performer” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-malmsteen-parabellum-gw KYuUTadxGuQShJB9z4oEDn Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:58:36 +0000 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:14:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Slash, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman, George Lynch, Dee Snider and more to feature on all-star Leslie West tribute album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/all-star-leslie-west-tribute-album 5g7m6zvu6QH8QucE5UmyhN Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:49:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen: "There are two man-made objects you’re gonna see from space: the Great Wall of China and my wall of Marshalls. My road crew hates me!" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-malmsteen-career-highlights C5YrVAEU3KuZwvVUx3a4Gf Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:17:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen: "I got all the Strats. Gibsons, too. But I just keep going back to the signature gear because that’s the sound I’m looking for" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-malmsteen-parabellum JRc7dbBGVvTd5f5k5B5tnQ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:59:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen missed out on a spot with Kiss because he gave his height as a metric measurement ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-guitar-spot-offers S9ntBGQKpeWhq3KLEGuVYn Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:05:37 +0000 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:31:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yngwie Malmsteen is the latest guitarist to get in on the NFT phenomenon with the Parabellum NFT Collection ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-nft xkZSeHhQm5kLjAUQxHEwLM Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:57:32 +0000