Guitar pickups review – Seymour Duncan YJM Fury STK-S10 Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Posted by guitarpickups on Nov 2, 2012 in All posts, Reviews, Seymour Duncan | 0 comments
Yngwie Johann Malmsteen; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became known for his neo-classical playing style in heavy metal. Malmsteen has stated that Jimi Hendrix had no musical impact on him, watching at age seven the September 18, 1970 TV special where Hendrix smashed and burned his guitar made Malmsteen think: “This is really cool”. To quote his official website, “The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born”. At the age of 10 he took his mother’s maiden name Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and anglicised his third given name Yngve to “Yngwie”. Malmsteen created his first band “Track On Earth” at the age of 10, consisting of himself and a friend from school on drums. With the passage of time, being a teenager, he got a major influence from classical music, mainly from composer Niccolò Paganini, and also discovered his most important guitar influence: Ritchie Blackmore.
Seymour Duncan – YJM Fury STK-S10 guitar pickups set
When Yngwie J. Malmsteen set out on a quest to bring his tone to a higher level, he turned to Seymour Duncan. The result of hundreds of hours of intense tone pursuit is the YJM Fury: only available from Seymour Duncan. Hum-canceling single-coil-sized guitar pickups based on our original Stack® pickup design. Recommended for rock, neo-classical, shred, hard rock, power metal, and heavy metal. The bridge guitar pickups is aggressive and handles Yngwie’s hard-hitting chordal onslaught. The neck guitar pickups balances Yngwie’s fluid left hand technique with his broad mix of right hand pick attack for a tone that’s sweet and fluid, but with great articulation and responsiveness to dynamics. The YJM series includes a dedicated bridge guitar pickups and a separate neck/middle pickup.Guitar pickups can be purchased individually, in a three-pickup set, or in a pre-wired pickguard ready to drop into your Strat guitar with an 11-screw hole “USA” pattern. The loaded pickguard includes a “no lube” volume potentiometer that meets Yngwie’s demands for a very fast and responsive pot. The YJM Fury guitar pickups will directly retrofit most single-coil equipped guitars. Though originally designed for a Fender® Strat with a scalloped maple fingerboard, the YJM Fury will work well with any bolt-on guitar that utilizes traditional single-coil-size Strat guitar pickups. The YJM Fury is the same pickup that Fender installs in their YJM Strat guitars.
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