Fender has also launched a Malmsteen website at fender.com/yngwie, which points to an upcoming Malmsteen tribute guitar from the Fender Custom Shop. The website features a Stratocaster silhouette with a "Coming Soon" stamp, along with photographs of Fender Custom Shop employees examining a beat-up Strat.
The Strat is an Olympic White 1971 Fender Stratocaster. Yngwie bought the guitar in Sweden in 1978 while still a teenager and performed the unusual and delicate modification of scalloping the fingerboard to help create his signature sound. The guitar has taken a beating over the years (and even a burning or two) as Malmsteen’s main stage and studio guitar.
We''re keeping an eye out for the official announcement, until then, visit fender.com/yngwie for more information.
