YJM Strat

[Jacksonguy666]

All I know is that I really like his warm smooth tone, and I noticed he uses the neck pickup alot, and I want that same smooth warm tone, which is better?

[fuel0707]

Be aware that the YJM is NOT a high-output pickup. And to that end, the HS-3 isn't really a fire-breather either.

Part of Malmsteen's tone is using a low-output pickup, boosting the signal with something like a DOD OD-250 and then feeding that signal into an early '70's metal-front Marshall (often times a 50 watt head from what I've read.)

So if you want a tone like his, you might consider all of that.

[Jacksonguy666]

Yea that's what I read. Well not that, but the reviewer of the pickup said it was low output.

[BK]

Malmsteen himself has said (closing remark in one of his earlier instructional videos) that the scalloping makes the guitar harder to play, not easier....

I once saw a clip on youtube (don't think it was from a instructional video) where Yngwie says this and while saying it I got the impression of that he also meant "I'm Yngwie, aka God, so this is no problem for me"