The Malmsteen strat is a gem of a guitar. Very playable once you get used to it. The feel of the neck is amazing. The pickups are stacked humbucking single coils. Low-ish output. Very organic sounding. Surprisingly. I think it sounds the best thru a high gain Marshall.
Back in the day which for me was 1987-88… maybe 89? I ordered one of the early Yngwie strats. Back then you could get them with rosewood fretboards. I had sonic blue, rosewood fretboard. Wish I still had it because it would certainly be a collectors item at this point!
You never end to surprise us. 😊 And perhaps Fender should pay you for demonstrating so well the versatility of such a guitar,. Great job, done with class.
I have been scalloping my necks for 40 years. But what I do is leave the first 4 Frets alone. If I don't I tend to squeeze the open chord sharp. A lot of freedom with a scalloped fretboard board.
Replace the stock tremolo with a callaham vintage narrow (no mods needed) to cure the high e slipping off issue. Did it to mine and it's awesome. Better feeling tremolo too
It makes me laugh to see comments from people who believe that an instrument is made to play a specific type of music. You probably don't know the meaning of the word "instrument"
I have owned a couple YJM Strats. The HUGE benefit of the scalloped board is that you get a great grip on the strings with bending and a lot of control. This is why Ritchie Blackmore uses them. He sands between the frets himself. Plus, frictionless finger vibrato, which Yngwie is a master of. I am surprised more Blues players do not use them. And it is actually harder to play faster on scalloped board.
@@tonycarpaccio9550 People often try the YJM Strat and push too hard wanting to feel wood on their fingertips. I always tell them to just play normal and they usually ease up and start to have some fun with it. Most people end up liking it.
I haven't found it's harder to play fast on a scalloped guitar? Or easier for that matter... If you press hard on the strings it will sound bad, so it kind of forces you to play very light which in itself probably help with the speed.
How not to play sharp constantly?!? Those scallops are more like deep valleys. Interesting. Ya know, Ritchie Blackmore only scalloped the high frets of his guitar.
Wow oh wow!, one of the most beautiful guitar I've seen. Love the scalloped necks and the gloss finish.😍 I will surely buy that one, I also realize you can play really good jazz on a Neo-Classical guitar. Cheers Tomo. Liked and subscribed! 💯👍
The straplocks are on, they're just recessed into the body. When you put the enclosed strap pin (3:19) on your strap, the insert goes right inside the body and locks in place. Also, the toggle switch caps often shatter or break during shipping because it rubs against the inside of the case, so they remove it for shipping purposes.
Scalloped is nicer for bending especially blue's.. very comfortable for me.. but not funky strumming kind of style which sound always out of tune in my ear 😅
5:20 haha, legend! yngwie himself said the same years ago at budokan after some out-of-character comping with dom13 and 9 chords. probably unintentional but hilarious nonetheless.
It's cool to see that the guitar came from Wild Wood, that's my hometown guitar shop! Might have to go try a scalloped guitar sometime soon if they still have some in stock..
This is the first time I watch someone play it slow and jazzy. I Got mine a year ago, and now forget how to play it slow,, it has some kind of possessed thing to urge me play fast 😅
The Yngwie Strat has always been a cool guitar. The neck is the real party piece and it has special pickups and controls that gets you clean Malmsteen tone out of the box (if you can play Yngwie). The tuners, however, should be lockers for 2400 bucks out the door/shipped price. This is one of the most iconic guitars, and it makes me wonder why this particular model doesnt see periodic modernization similar to the Steve Vai Gem guitars made by Ibanez unless Malmsteen (known for being picky, spoiled, and super stubborn) declared it to be perfect 40 years ago when he first got it. To circle back on the neck; Eric Johnson, Yngwie, and SRV all played scalloped necks. Id really like to see Fujita Sensei put this through its paces and really flog it as an all purpose strat so we can get an idea of how it plays in the hands of a guy who has fluency in most all the playing styles. Is the neck great, or is it a pain in the ass for funk or chords or jazz, or tricky for the average player? Do modern jumbo or medium jumbos do it better? I've always heard theres nuances to the neck but not from someone who I could really count on to reliably hammer a guitar and tell me precisely how it does everything, at least up until Tomo Fujita acquired one. TomoFujitaMusic is waaaay more than a guitar review channel, but i think it would be fun to really spend some time and thoughtfulness with this guitar.
The tuners are what Yngwie spec'd himself and locking ones are totally unnecessary with vintage style tuners like this. If the guitar is setup properly it will stay in tune without any locking. Also, Eric Johnson and SRV NEVER played scalloped fretboard guitars. Ritchie Blackmore and Uli Jon Roth did though. Finally: the YJM strats do get periodic updates, it's just that they're not super visible and not often. The newer ones use threated brass inserts for the neck to attach to the body, the pickups have changed, the strap locks too.
Less is more! Nice chords. I wished Yngwie could listen to me and get a lefthanded version of the guitar. It's a funny video online somewhere when he says in Swedish pointing to a guitar "and this guitar is up and down!" meaning it's a leftie. Thanks Yngwie for noticing!
Hi Tomo, I've had a YJM for a long time and love it. It begs to be played tuned a half-step down (Eb) and heavy blues with aggressive bends using overdrive.
Tomo should get like a custom shop Fender sig….i am sure he doesn’t want it but he deserves the recognition by a big brand😊 PRS Ibanez etc loving these unboxing videos❤
Beautiful guitar. I enjoyed this demo as you allowed me to hear the guitar itself without a bunch of distortion and reverb over it trying to play like Yngwie. Thanks Tomo!
I love the Yngwie Strats been playing them for years. You sound great on that guitar and the cleans coming from the Katana were surprisingly good, going to have check one of those amps out!
Next, if you have room in your house? Haha Richie blackmore signature! You never tried in music store or ever? I would think since its your profession that you may have had a play on one. So its in tune but one bend knocked it out, I dont know how people make those tremolos work!
Fun fact #23. The YJM signature strat, was the very first signature guitar fender made for anybody!! Before clapton, gilmour,johnson, and everyone else...
I have no guts to buy Yngwie's guitars or even the white vintage/buttercream Fender.. Those colors are only for the neo classical with tremendous speed
The Malmsteen strat is a gem of a guitar. Very playable once you get used to it. The feel of the neck is amazing. The pickups are stacked humbucking single coils. Low-ish output. Very organic sounding. Surprisingly. I think it sounds the best thru a high gain Marshall.
Thank you for sharing!
Bravo Colombo !
A demo of Yngwie’s strat without even touching the harmonic minor scale is a touch of class. I love Tomo’s way.
Now I realized that I totally did forget to play that! Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic that’s the best part of it I think, this guitar should be capable of doing other things that we don’t know.
Thank you!
Blackmore played them scalloped.
A demo of yngwie strat without any blublublublublublub.. 😂😂
Back in the day which for me was 1987-88… maybe 89? I ordered one of the early Yngwie strats. Back then you could get them with rosewood fretboards. I had sonic blue, rosewood fretboard. Wish I still had it because it would certainly be a collectors item at this point!
Thanks for sharing!
Scalloped guitars definitely take a different skill set to master. It sounds beautiful.
Thank you!
You never end to surprise us. 😊 And perhaps Fender should pay you for demonstrating so well the versatility of such a guitar,. Great job, done with class.
Thank you so much!
Would have never guessed Yngwie and Osaka aunties would have something in common: a love for leopard print.
Thank you!
Funky strap, because even though it's not yours, you so funky, Tomo 😂! Thanks to you and your student. I love this longer video!
Thank you!
I have been scalloping my necks for 40 years. But what I do is leave the first 4 Frets alone. If I don't I tend to squeeze the open chord sharp. A lot of freedom with a scalloped fretboard board.
Thank you for sharing!
These guitars beg to be strung 8-46 and put in Eb ;)
Awesome!
You do a great job staying in tune. My heavy hands would be way out of tune!
Thank you for sharing!
Lovely Strat, Tomo. Cheers
Thank you so much!
Replace the stock tremolo with a callaham vintage narrow (no mods needed) to cure the high e slipping off issue. Did it to mine and it's awesome. Better feeling tremolo too
There is a way to make better without replacing it.
Great parts from Callaham.
@@TomoFujitaMusic how is that?
I respect Malmesteen but i really dont like his music, so Tomo use of it is much better for me. :D
Thank you for sharing.
It makes me laugh to see comments from people who believe that an instrument is made to play a specific type of music. You probably don't know the meaning of the word "instrument"
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Mr.Fujita.
I'm surprised about fretboad shape.
(Ritchie Blackmore try to make like this.)😅
Thank you so much!
next : unboxing Ibanez Pia !!! would be amazing as well.. hahaha...
I would love to get that guitar! Amazing!
It'd be cool to see the Maestro and the Sensei jam together one day. Yngwie has some blues tunes too which are very good!
That would be so amazing! Thank you!
まさかyngwieモデルの紹介とは！
はい！やってしまいました
All guitar should be equipped with this feature unless for consideration of the cost.
Thank you for sharing!
The jazz tones on it are killer
Thank you so much!
God what a gorgeous guitar
Thank you!
What’s the advantage of a scalloped fretboard?
Next video! (demo video!)
I have owned a couple YJM Strats. The HUGE benefit of the scalloped board is that you get a great grip on the strings with bending and a lot of control. This is why Ritchie Blackmore uses them. He sands between the frets himself. Plus, frictionless finger vibrato, which Yngwie is a master of. I am surprised more Blues players do not use them. And it is actually harder to play faster on scalloped board.
So awesome!
Thank you for sharing!
I need to try one, I always imagined it would be very easy to fret notes sharp if you fret "hard".
@@tonycarpaccio9550 People often try the YJM Strat and push too hard wanting to feel wood on their fingertips. I always tell them to just play normal and they usually ease up and start to have some fun with it. Most people end up liking it.
I haven't found it's harder to play fast on a scalloped guitar? Or easier for that matter... If you press hard on the strings it will sound bad, so it kind of forces you to play very light which in itself probably help with the speed.
nitrocellulose is much smoother than plastic finish.
Yes! Smell good too!
@@TomoFujitaMusic The original Peavey Eddie Van Halen guitars used gun stock oil and they smelled like chocolate when you open the case.
@@TomoFujitaMusic I've had this guitar in my shopping cart five times in the last year. Should I buy it or not?
Very very interesting, a japanese guy playing a fender strato YJM Signature playing some jazz phrases hehehe
Yes! Thank you!
tomo plays Yngwie’s strat and it still got tomo tone
Thank you!
Looking forward to this one man! Yngwie definitely has a unique and versatile array of guitars!
Fun! Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Always man!
Have you seen his Gibson V with Strat pickguard? I laughed when I saw it. Only Yngwie would do that but hey, if you can put a humbucker in a Strat...
I love all kinds of guitars, but fender always has amazing intonation and action. When u buy a fender, u kno u can trust the quality.
So awesome! Thanks for sharing!
@@TomoFujitaMusic what are ur musical influences that make up ur playing?
@@aurora3655 Good music! Blues, Jazz, Funk and all! Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic sorry, I mean what players have influenced ur playing? I really like ur riffs 👍
I will talk about that on new videos! Thank you!
How not to play sharp constantly?!? Those scallops are more like deep valleys. Interesting. Ya know, Ritchie Blackmore only scalloped the high frets of his guitar.
Simple! Use less pressure from your left hand always!
Wow oh wow!, one of the most beautiful guitar I've seen. Love the scalloped necks and the gloss finish.😍 I will surely buy that one, I also realize you can play really good jazz on a Neo-Classical guitar. Cheers Tomo. Liked and subscribed! 💯👍
Thank you so much!
The value of that guitar just went up, Tomo-san played it!
Thank you!
Based on the guitar sounds I think it didn't come with Yngwie signature string sets which is 8 - 46 🤔
Not feel like 08-46
Who plugs in a malmsteen strat and only plays clean jazz oh I know who…. 😂😂😂
Me! Thank you!
The straplocks are on, they're just recessed into the body. When you put the enclosed strap pin (3:19) on your strap, the insert goes right inside the body and locks in place.
Also, the toggle switch caps often shatter or break during shipping because it rubs against the inside of the case, so they remove it for shipping purposes.
Thank you for sharing!
The moment I have been waiting for! Finally, I get to see your Butt! very nice Tomo.
Thank you so much!
What are the odds? I've been to Wildwood Guitars randomly when I visited Colorado
Wow!
Scalloped is nicer for bending especially blue's..
very comfortable for me..
but not funky strumming kind of style which sound always out of tune in my ear 😅
Thank you for sharing!
Fender wow
👍👍👍
From whah I understand the pickups are ”stacked humbuckers” or something
Yes!
私が持っている安いストラトならフレット間の中間にノミを入れ両脇をグラインダーでヤスリをかければ出来そうな感じがしました。
頑張ったらできそうですね
怪我しないように気をつけてください
6:20 chords
8:10 9:15 12:20 jazz~
9:05 funk thumbing;
(I am about to buy the YJM guitar today! )
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
以前、怪しいメーカーのコピーモデルやフェンジャパの
リッチーモデルを持っていたのですが、テンションがキツく、
弾くのが辛かった思い出があります(汗)
最近のイングヴェイモデルはフレットも大きくて人を選びそうですね。
昔の方のがスモールヘッドで個人的に好みでした。
ピックアップは、、、普通のシングルで充分です(^_^)
Thank you!
For the ladies who can’t press the strings all the way down. :)
Thank you for sharing!
Everything can be "once you get used to" hun ?
I guess you found that scalloped is dumb too deep.Re-fretting woud be nightmare.😎
Great point! Refretting
Those YJM Fury pickups by Duncan are some of my favourite "single coils", they sound absolutely phenomenal
Thank you for sharing!
My daughter ate the knob on the selector switch as well when she was 2.. it's been 6 years, no replacement and not sure if I'll ever get it back.😆😆
Thank you for sharing! Wild!
It looks candy😂.
You should have checked the diaper...
I was hoping, Tomo, that you'd play some neoclassical chops! I don't have any doubt that you'd rock that style too in your own personal way :)
Thank you so much!
I didn't know that jackie chan plays the guitar yeaah!!!
Now you know!
5:20 haha, legend! yngwie himself said the same years ago at budokan after some out-of-character comping with dom13 and 9 chords. probably unintentional but hilarious nonetheless.
Thank you for sharing!
It's cool to see that the guitar came from Wild Wood, that's my hometown guitar shop! Might have to go try a scalloped guitar sometime soon if they still have some in stock..
Awesome!
Who's coming here and hoping that tomo would do some shreds on this guitar ? 😂
Thank you!
Awesome video I was surprised when I saw the thumbnail, I thought I missed this one but it's fresh new.
Here we go!
The only thing I like scalloped is my potatoes.. that neck looks crazy
Yes! Yes!
Hello Tomo, how do you like your MB Guitars?
I love it! Tomorrow!
Why buy a shred guitar just to play jazz❓🤔
No why. Many things just could happen with no reasons!
a “shred guitar”? what does that mean?
Because he can, its a piece of art signed by the master Malmsteen.
Jazz on an Yngwie strat? OK, sure, why not! 😂
Yes! Thank you!
I HATE it when Trusroadhead ist out side on the headstock.
Thank you for sharing!
This is the first time I watch someone play it slow and jazzy. I Got mine a year ago, and now forget how to play it slow,, it has some kind of possessed thing to urge me play fast 😅
Thank you!
The Yngwie Strat has always been a cool guitar. The neck is the real party piece and it has special pickups and controls that gets you clean Malmsteen tone out of the box (if you can play Yngwie). The tuners, however, should be lockers for 2400 bucks out the door/shipped price. This is one of the most iconic guitars, and it makes me wonder why this particular model doesnt see periodic modernization similar to the Steve Vai Gem guitars made by Ibanez unless Malmsteen (known for being picky, spoiled, and super stubborn) declared it to be perfect 40 years ago when he first got it. To circle back on the neck; Eric Johnson, Yngwie, and SRV all played scalloped necks. Id really like to see Fujita Sensei put this through its paces and really flog it as an all purpose strat so we can get an idea of how it plays in the hands of a guy who has fluency in most all the playing styles. Is the neck great, or is it a pain in the ass for funk or chords or jazz, or tricky for the average player? Do modern jumbo or medium jumbos do it better? I've always heard theres nuances to the neck but not from someone who I could really count on to reliably hammer a guitar and tell me precisely how it does everything, at least up until Tomo Fujita acquired one. TomoFujitaMusic is waaaay more than a guitar review channel, but i think it would be fun to really spend some time and thoughtfulness with this guitar.
Thank you for sharing! I like regular fretboard! Once I make this demo... I will ship back this to my student.
The tuners are what Yngwie spec'd himself and locking ones are totally unnecessary with vintage style tuners like this. If the guitar is setup properly it will stay in tune without any locking. Also, Eric Johnson and SRV NEVER played scalloped fretboard guitars. Ritchie Blackmore and Uli Jon Roth did though. Finally: the YJM strats do get periodic updates, it's just that they're not super visible and not often. The newer ones use threated brass inserts for the neck to attach to the body, the pickups have changed, the strap locks too.
I had a neck scalloped like ten years ago. The frets are now about gone but it still plays good.
Huge Yngwie an Tomo fan right here!
Thank you, Tomo!
Thank you for sharing! Awesome! Thank you!
彫刻刀で指板を削る奴がいたというのは都市伝説ですか？
それは知らないです
Kept waiting for you start playing some Thrash Metal or something.... I am only joking... I Love your style...or I wouldn't be here.... thanks 😎
Thanks for waiting! Thank you!
Less is more! Nice chords. I wished Yngwie could listen to me and get a lefthanded version of the guitar. It's a funny video online somewhere when he says in Swedish pointing to a guitar "and this guitar is up and down!" meaning it's a leftie. Thanks Yngwie for noticing!
Glad you enjoyed it! So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
It takes some serious practice to play scalloped neck guitars.....................Yngwie himself has said this.............
Thank you for sharing!
@@TomoFujitaMusic You`re welcome mate, and thanks for a great video 👍
it takes some “serious practice” to play ANYTHING
"Scalloped neck"
Me: "Aah I see.. so a *hotate* neck"
I see...
Hi Tomo, I've had a YJM for a long time and love it. It begs to be played tuned a half-step down (Eb) and heavy blues with aggressive bends using overdrive.
Thank you for sharing!
Tomo should get like a custom shop Fender sig….i am sure he doesn’t want it but he deserves the recognition by a big brand😊 PRS Ibanez etc
loving these unboxing videos❤
Thank you so much! I have worked with Ibanez creating the AZES series
The american flag reminds Mr of johnny marr jag
Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful guitar. I enjoyed this demo as you allowed me to hear the guitar itself without a bunch of distortion and reverb over it trying to play like Yngwie. Thanks Tomo!
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that! Thank you!
めちゃくちゃカッコイイけどスキャロップネックってアマチュアの僕らには弾くの難しそうだし高価で買えないかwナットもニッケル！？
ありがとうございます！次回のヴィデオを詳しくやりますね
@@TomoFujitaMusic 先生楽しみにしてます♪
I love the Yngwie Strats been playing them for years. You sound great on that guitar and the cleans coming from the Katana were surprisingly good, going to have check one of those amps out!
Thank you!
Switch tips are often removed to ship guitars so they don't break.
More likely on Gibson style tips, however.
Thank you for sharing! I did not know that.
インギーモデル懐かしいです。自分は10代後半にインギーモデル所有してました。もちろん、スキャロップでした。けっこう弾きやすかったとおもいます。けっこう前に売ってしまいましたが😢
シェアーありがとうございます！
Does not really sound like a single coil....
HB in single coil size
Tyler send you this 😂
No. Other student!
Do you thinks bigger frets are better I Ponder and wonder while I try to close my eyes I'm sorry
Regular frets are so fine!
i have a real 1974 fender stratocaster and its a very nice, same with this guitar very nice.
So awesome!
I believe yngwie as king of music
And about me?
I must come out of Germany and I move to Australia
Awesome!!!
Is it missing the pickup selector tip?
No. It was not on.
Next, if you have room in your house? Haha Richie blackmore signature! You never tried in music store or ever? I would think since its your profession that you may have had a play on one. So its in tune but one bend knocked it out, I dont know how people make those tremolos work!
Thank you!
You're a lot happier than yngwie😊
Oh really? Thank you!
Glad to see your having a lot of fun there 😂
Yes!
Wish I knew what a new Fender&Case Smelt like. One day.
Oh! Good!
you're a beast man. Also possibly the only person to play jazz during an Yngwie signature strat unboxing - like it.
Thank you so much!
カスタムショップ製ですか⁇
トモさんが弾かれると、どんな楽器も トモさんの音色 になってしまうということを、あらためて思い知らされました‼︎
本当に素晴らしいです‼︎
応援しております‼︎
Thank you!
When do I get free guitars?
No free guitars!
There is a video of a Tokyo concert where a 20-year-old Yngwie is shredding it on a MIJ Squier . Amazing. Please check it out.
Thanks for sharing!
brother one more time boss🤗🤗
Thank you!
why does the pitch go down when you bend the string?
Tremolo Bridge is not so tight by springs
まさかのYngwieモデル!かつて、大谷レイブンさんが、オープニングアクトをされた時に、本人のギターに触れる機会があり、008のセットで弦高がとても低くて驚いたetcと仰っていたインタビューが印象に残っています。押弦が強すぎるとシャープしやすい、というような話も聞いたことがありますが、どうなんでしょうか？RichieとYngwie以外、殆ど使われていない仕様なので、あまり市民権は得られなかったということですね。ど素人ながら、普段聴かせていただくトモ先生のトーンより細く感じるのは気のせいでしょうか？
そうなんですね？そんなに細い！ボクは、弦高が高くて超ソフトに弾きます。そのために音を大きめ、ブライトにして。アンプがトランジスタですね。またいつもの感じのアンプでデモ演奏しますね。
Tomo its a good match for you.
Thank you!
very shiny
Thank you for sharing!
Fun fact #23. The YJM signature strat, was the very first signature guitar fender made for anybody!! Before clapton, gilmour,johnson, and everyone else...
Thank you for sharing! Yes!
I don't know if it's the same with strats, but the toggle switch tips on les pauls have a habbit of breaking in transit. Looks and sounds really nice
Thank you for sharing!
I have no guts to buy Yngwie's guitars or even the white vintage/buttercream Fender.. Those colors are only for the neo classical with tremendous speed
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for not playing Yngwie songs on the guitar. It’s cool to see what else the guitar can do.
You're very welcome! Fun! Thank you!
トモ藤田さんがスキャロップのギターを弾いている姿を見れるとは😳！
意外な組み合わせすぎる〜！笑
はい！
面白い組み合わせでした
Why’s the ads can’t be skipped ‼️‼️⁉️😤
Thank you for sharing! Can I do something about it?
You need to have TH-cam Premium
😂 This is Fender Strat Ingwie Malmsteen custom not signature !!!! 😢
Thank you for sharing!
This is my dream guitar I think I’ll get it one day to reward myself
Awesome!