That meant removing the neck for every adjustment. However, what bugged me about it was the way truss rod adjustments could only be made at the heel.

The original 88 version is quite distant from what Yngwie plays today, with its little round neck, thin vintage frets, two-point trem etc. I’ve owned all three US versions of the Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster, and although I got rid of the earliest model, I still have the next two models, which are much closer in spec and appearance, and by far the two you’re most likely to find out there today. It’s easy to identify the Fender US approach as more appealing, having more craftsmanship invested in it however, it has been said that refretting the Japanese style board would be an easier job, which may be true or may not. The same applies to factory-scalloped Fender Japan ST71 and ST72 “SC” (for ‘scalloped’) models, which did not carry Yngwie’s name or signature, but were unmistakably intended as cheaper avenues into the Malmsteen realm. Fender US Malmsteen necks have a more detailed, hand-finished look to them, with each scallop rounded out individually from fret wire to fret wire no flat ledges. Up close you can often see quickie, machine-style scallops in their fretboards a shallower cut that does not reach all the way from one fret to the next, but rather creates a small trench in the wood between flat, unscalloped ledges. Models produced by Fender Japan, regardless of how you feel about them, are less valuable than the US versions, with bodies made from basswood (as opposed to the traditional alder of the US versions) and generally worse scallop jobs.

Does not say “with synchronized tremolo” below Fender decal.

Small 50s headstock (all others feature large “CBS” heads).The way to ID the Malmsteen Strat you’re looking at is from its headstock. Occasionally a Japanese model will sneak in, too. Online specs are often outdated, with a picture of the new guitar but the info on the old one sometimes sellers on eBay or smaller indy sites copy the latest Fender specs (from the ’07 revision) to the description of their older, used models. While the first Yngwie Strat model (1988) is distinct from the others in that it has a small, 50’s style headstock and a two-point tremolo, the later two redesigns, launched in 19, are less easily distinguished.

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