Yngwie Malmsteen- Bass

[herrly]

Holy geez is this guy wild on bass. Everybody knows he's a monster on the guitar but listening to the bass work on some of his tracks, it's crazy. My band wants to do Trilogy Suite. I'm listening to this song and thinking 'holy f#ck, am I gonna be able to do this?'

Discuss Yngwie and his bass playing and other crazy guitar players who play bass.

[Akira]

I have audio for a version of Flight of the Bumblebee he did. Pretty crazy shredding, but not really good.

[Chaos]

IMO the gap between guitar and bass guitar can be closed, and I think I've basically done something close to that.

both instruments are tuned almost the same, if you're used to guitar, it only takes a little bit of practice to physically comprehend bass.

Really I kind of just want to say bass guitar and guitar are the same but that'd be ignorant, I play both and that's just my opinion.

[naut]

I have audio for a version of Flight of the Bumblebee he did. Pretty crazy shredding, but not really good.

could you send me that?

[LowExpectations]

IMO the gap between guitar and bass guitar can be closed, and I think I've basically done something close to that.

both instruments are tuned almost the same, if you're used to guitar, it only takes a little bit of practice to physically comprehend bass.

Really I kind of just want to say bass guitar and guitar are the same but that'd be ignorant, I play both and that's just my opinion.

Bass guitar and guitar are by their very nature similar to play physically. It's the bassists and guitarists that are different.

[Pluperfect_Arson]

IMO the gap between guitar and bass guitar can be closed, and I think I've basically done something close to that.

both instruments are tuned almost the same, if you're used to guitar, it only takes a little bit of practice to physically comprehend bass.

Really I kind of just want to say bass guitar and guitar are the same but that'd be ignorant, I play both and that's just my opinion.

You know, I think you have that a bit backwards. If you are used to guitar, that doesn't automatically make you good at bass, and, from my experience, I have found it to be the exact opposite. People who play bass have an easier time picking up guitar, but people who play guitar have a harder time picking up bass. I am not going to go into reasons for why this happens to be, but many of which are quite obvious.

Also, the way in which you approach both instruments is different. Guitar and bass might be similar in a number of ways, but they are far from being the same.

[Akira]

could you send me that?

http://download.yousendit.com/5176798B1D195AC8
It's insane chops, but it isn't worth much more than the wow factor.

[jaco jr]

akira
that isnt malmsteen
thats joey demaio(sp?) of manowar
and its called sting of the bumblebee:thumb:

[Thunder Fingers]

irrr.. i feel that you are being "wrong labeled" that sounds exactly like Joey Dimaio of Manowar's version... tone and pick attack...

[Akira]

Well I blame MX, someone on this site gave it to me and told me it was Malmsteen.
Sorry for the mis-information.

[jaco jr]

Well I blame MX, someone on this site gave it to me and told me it was Malmsteen.
Sorry for the mis-information.
no probs
check out joey demaio though
his william tell bass solo is cool too :thumb:

[d-mart]

On the subject of Joey Demaio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYrTKXLYH0

Could you really call him a bass player?

[Akira]

On the subject of Joey Demaio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYrTKXLYH0

Could you really call him a bass player?

Is, that, uh, a guitar with two strings missing?

[jaco jr]

On the subject of Joey Demaio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYrTKXLYH0

Could you really call him a bass player?

hehehehehehehehee
is all i can say :thumb:

[d-mart]

Is, that, uh, a guitar with two strings missing?

Thats what i mean, surely hes just a guitar player.

[Akira]

Yeah, that's definitely not a bass.

[peeted]

malmsteen pwns and all i have to say about manowar is: "may your sword stay wet, like a young girl in her prime"

[museic]

i really cannot stand yngwie

[PietroCrespi]

i really cannot stand yngwie

:chug:

[User Name]

Anyone remember that time yngwie unleashed the fooking fury on that flight attendent?

[naut]

akira
that isnt malmsteen
thats joey demaio(sp?) of manowar
and its called sting of the bumblebee:thumb:

haha, that's what i suspected when i asked for the file.;) i'm sure whoever gave it to him just found it mislabeled from a file-sharing program. like that "rare" Flea solo, or how the same recording of Beethoven's 5th is apparently by Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Yngwie Malmsteen.:p

[bleeding_fingers]

All I can think about when I hear or read Malmsteen's name is "Unleash the focking fury".

[naut]

all i can think about is how incredibly sexy he is in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cVIOuvDUGE

[d-basser]

i prefer this one lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX0bcZjnjaM

[naut]

nah **** that, Malmsteen owns. anyone who makes fun of him has to answer to me.

[d-basser]

i like his stuff i just find that funny, not as funny as the John Pettrucci ones they are hilarious

[naut]

with Petrucci it's ok. anyone who plays in a band with someone as queer as James LaBrie deserves to be made fun of.

[d-basser]

have you seen the Pettrucci vids?

[naut]

yeah.

[jaco jr]

with Petrucci it's ok. anyone who plays in a band with someone as queer as James LaBrie deserves to be made fun of.

123
and james labrie needs either a new wardrobe or a diet, and preferably not a diet of sex with jordi rudess, although at least hed get excercise:thumb:

[EADG]

nah **** that, Malmsteen owns. anyone who makes fun of him has to answer to me.



Malmsteen is very skilled


But he's a total egotistical asshole, and he wears makeup.

[naut]

123
and james labrie needs either a new wardrobe or a diet, and preferably not a diet of sex with jordi rudess, although at least hed get excercise:thumb:

it's really a shame that so much talent put together equals so much gay. god i hate Dream Theater...

[naut]

Malmsteen is very skilled


But he's a total egotistical asshole, and he wears makeup.

all of the characteristics stated above are why i unconditionally love Yngwie.

[herrly]

Friggin guitarists and always wanting to shred!!!! My hands are dead and I can't even play Trilogy Suite properly, it's so sloppy when I attempt to play it. I don't think my band is gonna do this one...

[Naveed Afzal]

I dig John Frusciante and Ben Kenneys playing on bass and guitar.

[FunkMetalBass]

Yeah, that's definitely not a bass.

If I'm not mistaken, it's a bass, but the bridge and nut have been replaced with a guitar trem and a guitar nut. The neck is far too long to be that of a guitar.

[Naveed Afzal]

If I'm not mistaken, it's a bass, but the bridge and nut have been replaced with a guitar trem and a guitar nut. The neck is far too long to be that of a guitar.

theres 35inch scale guitars...

and manowar plays custom instruments... so its possible...

[FunkMetalBass]

I guess, but honestly, it looked more to me like it was a modded bass. The headstock was definitely a 4-string bass' headstock.

Any links to 35" scale guitars?

[Pluperfect_Arson]

Yeah, that guitar in that video just looked like a guitar with a 4-string neck and headstock.

I do think that is all it is, though. It just looks like he strung the strings from the tuning pegs down to the middle four saddles on the bridge, and that is why the strings were so close together. Also, from what I saw, those were way to small of strings too be regular bass strings. :amaze:

[Chaos]

You know, I think you have that a bit backwards. If you are used to guitar, that doesn't automatically make you good at bass, and, from my experience, I have found it to be the exact opposite. People who play bass have an easier time picking up guitar, but people who play guitar have a harder time picking up bass. I am not going to go into reasons for why this happens to be, but many of which are quite obvious.

Also, the way in which you approach both instruments is different. Guitar and bass might be similar in a number of ways, but they are far from being the same.

Guitar can be a much more swift instrument, not as great string tension and smaller frets allow you to play quick melodic lines, but you can play just as fast on bass, but it's probably easier to get quicker on guitar, once you have a fretting hand, it doesn't really take much to get used to bass guitar.

generally you play chords on guitar, not saying you can't play chords on bass. but if we're talking about a standard 4 string bass guitar and a standard 6 string guitar, you probably will play more complex chords on guitar than you would on a bass. It's just that anything you do on bass can be done on guitar and vice versa, Bass is a little more physically demanding, and that just requires getting used to.

for someone starting off one either instrument, bass guitar would seem more simplistic mentally but physically harder to play where guitar is kind of like the opposite. For me, I started on bass and when I moved to guitar I was surprised at how easily I could move around but I was a little confused with the 2 extra strings for a while.

[Jody LeCompte]

On the subject of Joey Demaio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYrTKXLYH0

Could you really call him a bass player?

Well, I wouldn't let the fact he's playing a bass guitar get in the way of me noticing hes a guitarist or anything...

EDIT: Hmm...That is a guitar with strings missing huh?

[Chaos]

On the subject of Joey Demaio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYrTKXLYH0

Could you really call him a bass player?

That was probably one of the worst things I've ever seen on youtube.

[Pluperfect_Arson]

Guitar can be a much more swift instrument, not as great string tension and smaller frets allow you to play quick melodic lines, but you can play just as fast on bass, but it's probably easier to get quicker on guitar, once you have a fretting hand, it doesn't really take much to get used to bass guitar.

Well, for one thing, the fret sizes and perceived string tension are going to vary accordingly due to the nature and size of the instrument.

Going from guitar to bass would be harder fret-wise because of the distance between the frets on a bass compared to that of a guitar. A guitar player that isn't used to that kind of stretching across the frets is going to have a more difficult time trying to fret on a bass, whereas a bassist is used to those kinds of stretches, so switching to guitar would be a breeze fret-wise.

generally you play chords on guitar, not saying you can't play chords on bass. but if we're talking about a standard 4 string bass guitar and a standard 6 string guitar, you probably will play more complex chords on guitar than you would on a bass. It's just that anything you do on bass can be done on guitar and vice versa, Bass is a little more physically demanding, and that just requires getting used to.

It all really depends on what one considers complex chords, and whether they can effectively use them or not. Anyone can fret a random chord and strum it until their heart is content, but to use it effectively within the music is a different story.

Again, the approach to both instruments is different, so you can't really compare the complexities between the two. It is all up to the artist to decide how they want to play their instrument.

By saying that bass is more physically demanding and that it requires growing accustomed to contradicts what you said in the first paragraph, doesn't it? If a guitar player is going to switch to bass, they are going to have to adjust to the physical attributes of the bass, as well as many other things, unless they decide to root, then their work of adjusting is really cut down to nothing.

In my honest opinion, switching to a smaller instrument is easier than switching to a larger one.

for someone starting off one either instrument, bass guitar would seem more simplistic mentally but physically harder to play where guitar is kind of like the opposite. For me, I started on bass and when I moved to guitar I was surprised at how easily I could move around but I was a little confused with the 2 extra strings for a while.

I am assuming that when you say "physically harder" you are referencing to the size of the bass. The guitar is going to seem easier to move around on because you are, again, moving to something smaller than what you are used to playing.

Also, not everyone is confused by the B and high E strings.

[Phalanx]

Bass guitar and guitar are by their very nature similar to play physically. It's the bassists and guitarists that are different.

I agree completely.