Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster®

A top seller with new revisions! Our Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster guitar continues to unleash the fury with new and updated features that are pure Yngwie—a deeper-scalloped fingerboard, White/Black/White pickguard, bullet truss rod nut and machine-screw neck mounting.


Model Name : Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster®
Model Number : 010-7110-(Color#) and 010-7112-(Color#)
Series : Artist Series
Colors (809) Candy Apple Red, (841) Vintage White, (872) Sonic Blue,(Polyurethane Finish)
Body : Alder
Neck : Maple, Modern “C” Shape with Machine Screw Mounting Inserts,(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Fingerboard
Scalloped Rosewood (p/n 010-7110) or Scalloped Maple (p/n 010-7112), 9.5” Radius (241mm)
No. of Frets : 21 Dunlop® 6000 Super-Jumbo Frets
Pickups : 2 Dimarzio® YJM Pickups (Neck & Middle), 1 Dimarzio® HS-3 Stack (Bridge)
Controls Master Volume, Tone 1. No-Load Tone Control (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. No-Load Tone Control (Bridge and Middle Pickups)
Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade:Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Middle PickupPosition 3. Neck Pickup
Bridge :American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads
Fender®/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines
Hardware
Chrome
Pickguard
3-Ply White/Black/White
Scale Length
25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut
Brass Nut, 1.650” (42 mm)


Unique Features
New Special Refined '60's Shape Neck,New Machine Screw Neck Mounting Inserts,New Bullet Truss Rod Nut,New Deeper Scalloped Fingerboard,Brass Nut, Large '60s Styled Headstock, With Dunlop 6000 Jumbo Fretwire, Aged Pickup Covers,Aged Plastic Parts
Strings
Fender® Super Bullets® 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-3250-003
Accessories
Vintage Tweed Case, Strap, Cable, Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit
Case
Vintage Tweed Case
Introduced
1/2007
Notice
Product Prices, Features, Specifications and Availability Are Subject To Change Without Notice

from http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0107112841

Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen

With his unique and often dizzying marriage of heavy rock and Paganini-esque classically inspired technique, Yngwie Malmsteen has been universally regarded for years as a truly innovative electric guitar virtuoso. Amazingly, he is a self-taught guitarist.

Born Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbackin Stockholm, Sweden, in 1963, Malmsteen showed little interest in music as a child. But when the 7-year-old saw a TV special about Jimi Hendrix in 1970, something awakened (or perhaps ignited) inside him; as an adult, Malmsteen referred to the day Hendrix died as the day “the guitar-playing Yngwie was born.”

An unruly but intensely curious and tenacious child, Malmsteen immersed himself in the music of bands such as Deep Purple and the classically inflected playing of Ritchie Blackmore, which in turn led to the original masters: Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven and Mozart. He played for hours each day, learning classical structures, absorbing styles and developing a prodigious guitar style. His sister, a classically trained flautist, taught him much about classical music and composers. By age 10, he had largely stopped going to school, where he was often branded a troublemaker; his mother (whose maiden name, Malmsteem, he had now taken, and a more Anglicized spelling of his first name), recognized his talent and allowed him to stay home with his guitar. Through the music of Paganini, Malmsteen conceived of a combination of formal classical structure and Hendrix-like rock flamboyance.

He left school for good at 15. He came to prefer scalloped necks on his guitars after discovering the style on a 17-century lute that came to a guitar repair shop he was working in. He began playing in bands around this time and recorded demo tapes, one of which found its way to U.S. label Shrapnel Records. He came to the United States and recorded with cult favorites Steeler and Alcatrazz before going solo.

Malmsteen’s 1984 solo album Rising Force became the bible for “neoclassical” rock, reached number 60 on Billboard’s album chart, won Guitar Player magazine’s best album award for the year and was nominated for a Grammy® award. Marching Out followed in 1985, and Trilogy appeared in 1986. A near-fatal 1987 car crash resulted in nerve damage affecting his right hand, but Malmsteen recovered and received his widest commercial exposure yet with the release of 1988’s Odyssey; he also toured extensively and performed groundbreaking concerts in the former Soviet Union in February 1989. Subsequent ’90s albums included Eclipse, Fire and Ice, The Seventh Sign and Inspiration.

Malmsteen released his first completely classical work, Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E-Flat Minor, performed with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, in 1998. Face the Animal also appeared that year, as did Fender's Artist Series Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster® guitar. A DVD of the Concerto Suite, performed in Tokyo with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, was released in 2002, as was the album Attack!! In 2003, Malmsteen joined that year’s G3 tour, which also featured Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.

Unleash the Fury appeared in 2005, and Malmsteen continues to be regarded as an innovative, influential and flamboyant master of the instrument.

Visit Yngwie Malmsteen online at http://www.yngwie.org/.

Content from http://www.fender.com/artists/index.php?id=26

John Petrucci Guitar by Musicman

Ernie Ball Music Man Introduces John Petrucci Signature Guitar

January 19, 2001

Ernie Ball is proud to add the John Petrucci Signature Guitar to its line up of Music Man Guitars, to be introduced in January at the NAMM 2001 music show, and available to order.

Our collaboration with John has produced a very unique guitar with great style and many practical features for today's guitarists," said Dudley Gimpel, head of research and development for Ernie Ball. He explained that the guitar is extremely versatile for any playing style, especially with the addition of a piezo bridge available on particular models, as a wide variety of tones can be achieved with different magnetic and piezo combinations.

Made to each order's specification, the Petrucci Signature Guitar will come in four models: 6 string standard, 6 string with piezo bridge, 7 string standard, and 7 string with piezo bridge. With the piezo option, the guitar can be operated in mono and stereo mode.

Each model will feature a basswood body, a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, and a matching painted headstock. The fretboard will feature custom inlays, with a "JP" inside a shield just above the first fret. All Petrucci Signature Guitars will have newly designed Music Man bridges and saddles, and will come with a tremolo.

The Signature Guitar stands out from other guitars with a new and unique contoured "cradle" in the upper body. "John is very excited about this feature-- it provides players with a new level of comfort and stability for the picking arm. The bridge is also newly designed with a special cover plate that makes for comfortable hand positioning," explained Gimpel.

Guitar players can choose from a variety of standard Music Man colors, however the new Pearl Redburst and Petrucci's signature color are only available on the Petrucci guitar. The signature color refracts light, creating a prism effect that changes color when viewed from different angles.

Retail prices are as follows: 6 string standard - $1,995; 7 string option - $200; Piezo option - $350; Signature Color - $400 (no additional charge for matching headstock or stock colors).

John Petrucci Signature Guitar

Size :12-1/2" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 38" long
Weight : 7 pounds, 8 ounces - varies slightly

Wood : Basswood
Finish : High gloss polyester
Colors : See color chart

Bridge : Custom John Petrucci Music Man® Tremolo, solid steel saddlesOptional - Piezo bridge available at an additional charge

Scale : 25-1/2"
Radius : 15"
Headstock : Only 6-7/8" long

Frets : 24 - High profile, wide

Width : 1-15/16" at nut, 2-19/32" at last fret

Wood : Selected maple with rosewood fingerboardOptional - Matching painted headstock available at an additional chargeOptional - JP custom inlays available at an additional charge

Finish : Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
Tuners : Schaller M6-IND locking

Truss rod : Adjustable - no component or string removal

Attachment : 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shiftingSculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets

Shielding : Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined control cover

Controls : 500kohm volume and tone - .022µF tone capacitor

Switch : 3-way toggle pickup selector, with custom center position configuration

Pickups : 2 Custom DiMarzio Humbucking - specially designed for Petrucci

from http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM01/Content/Ernie_Ball/PR/Petrucci.html

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.ernieball.com/.

John Petrucci

John Peter[citation needed] Petrucci (born July 12, 1967, Kings Park, Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He is also the producer (along with his bandmate Mike Portnoy) of all Dream Theater albums since their 1999 release, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, as well as the band's

Biography

Petrucci first played guitar at age 8 when he noticed his sister (who was taking organ lessons at the time) was allowed to stay up past her bed time to practice. He soon dropped it when his plan failed. At age 12, he began playing again when he was invited into the band of his friend Kevin Moore, who would later become the first keyboardist of Dream Theater. Petrucci began to practice in earnest whilst exercising physically. He was a largely self-taught guitarist who developed his skills through attempts to match the skill of his idols, who included Steve Morse, Steve Howe, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Al Di Meola, Alex Lifeson and Allan Holdsworth. He has jokingly referred to his guitar idols as "the Steves and the Als".

Petrucci attended Berklee College of Music in Boston with childhood friend John Myung (bass), where they met future bandmate Mike Portnoy (drums). These three in addition to another childhood friend of Petrucci and Myung, Kevin Moore (Keyboards), formed the band Majesty, which would later become Dream Theater.

While Dream Theater is what Petrucci is most commonly associated with, he is also a part of the project band Liquid Tension Experiment and has appeared as a guest on several records by other artists such as the Age of Impact album by the Explorer's Club.

Petrucci has released a guitar instructional video, "Rock Discipline", which covers warm up exercises, exercises to avoid injury while playing, alternate picking, sweep picking, chords and other techniques for developing one's guitar playing. Petrucci also has a book named "Guitar World presents John Petrucci's Wild Stringdom", which was compiled from columns he wrote for Guitar World magazine, bearing that same title.

In 2001 he was invited by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai to tour with them on the popular G3 guitar tour, which exposed him to a massive number of new fans and inspired him to record a solo album. Suspended Animation was released on March 1, 2005, and made available for order from his web site. He also appeared on the 2005, 2006 and 2007 G3 tours.

Petrucci also wrote and recorded two instrumental soundtrack songs for a Sega Saturn game titled Digital Pinball: Necronomicon. Each track is roughly two minutes long and they are simply titled "Prologue" and "Epilogue". Petrucci is an avid Sega Saturn gamer, and has revealed in interviews that he never tours without one.

In 2007, John Petrucci went on G3 tour again, this time with Joe Satriani and Paul Gilbert.

Dream Theater bandmate Jordan Rudess revealed in an interview that Petrucci is a practicing Catholic. Petrucci is married to Rena Sands, a guitarist in the all-female heavy metal band Meanstreak, and they have 3 children, SamiJo, Reny (who are twins) and Kiara.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Petrucci

Fender Stratocaster

The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as a Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares in the early 1950s, and manufactured continuously to the present. The Stratocaster has been used by many leading guitarists, and thus can be heard on many historic recordings. Along with the Gibson Les Paul, the Fender Telecaster and the Gibson SG, it is one of the most enduring and common models of electric guitar in the world.

The Stratocaster has been widely copied; as a result "Stratocaster" or "Strat" is often used when referring to any guitar that has the same general features as the original, regardless of manufacturer. Such a guitar not produced by Fender or Squier is thus called a strat copy. However, in many jurisdictions the word "Stratocaster" is reserved solely for use by Fender and its subsidiary company, Squier.

Origins

The Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company (now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation) developed the first commercial solid-body 'Spanish' (as opposed to 'Hawaiian,' or lap steel) electric guitar in the Telecaster, a simple design whose earliest models were offered under various names like Broadcaster or its single pickup conterpart the Esquire, beginning in 1950. While the Telecaster and its variants were successful, many guitar players of the day used a Bigsby unit, a spring-loaded vibrato device with which players could bend notes up and down with their pick hand. Instead of adding a Bigsby, Fender decided to produce a new, more expensively-made ash or alder line of guitars with his own design of Tremolo (see tremolo arm for more on the evolution of such mechanisms). His decision was also influenced by guitarists Rex Gallion and Bill Carson, who requested a contoured body to temper the harsh edges of the slab-built Telecaster; the new ash body design was based on that of the 1951 Precision Bass.

The name, 'Stratocaster,' was intended to evoke images of new jet-aircraft technology (such as the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress), and to express Fender's modernistic design philosophy. In designing the Stratocaster's body, a significant area of the back of the guitar, and the area where the strumming arm rests, were beveled to accommodate the player's chest and arm. The upper bouts featured two cutaways, for easier access to the higher frets. The new 'Custom Contour Body' and 'Synchronized Tremolo' bridge made the Stratocaster a revolutionary design.

The guitar also featured more complex electronics than the Telecaster: three single coil pickups, each with staggered magnetic poles; a three-way selector switch (five-way since 1977); one volume knob, and two tone controls. A three single-coil pickup design was an innovation already in use by Gibson in their ES-5 model since 1949. However, Fender's pickups were much more compact.

Patents were applied for all these new designs, and production line Stratocasters reached the market in early 1954 for US$249.50 (approximately US$1,850 in 2007 currency). The basic production model had a two-tone nitrocellulose 'sunburst' finish, one-piece maple neck, ash body, chrome hardware, and Bakelite-like thermoplastic parts. Other manufacturers began imitating these innovations immediately.

An early-model Stratocaster was a key component of Buddy Holly's signature look, along with his black-rimmed glasses, and he was among the first players to popularize the Stratocaster in rock music. Both his gravestone and his walk-of-fame statue in Lubbock, Texas feature a Stratocaster.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster