Evil Eye guitar tone
Yngwie Malmsteen · Yngwie Malmsteen
Rising Force (1984)
Nylon counterpoint, boosted Plexi rhythm and singing electric lead
- Tuning
- eb standard
- Tempo
- 205 BPM
- Time
- 4/4 with brief 2/4
The rig Yngwie Malmsteen used
Researched from interviews, production write-ups and gear histories — not guessed.
Guitar
Aria Pro II nylon-string guitar; Fender Stratocaster electric
Amplifier
Vintage Marshall Plexi, non-master-volume electric path; unamplified nylon passages
Signal chain
The order the original sound was built in. The exact settings get dialled for your own amp or modeller when you generate the tone.
Get this tone on your rig
Pick your amp or modeller and we’ll build Evil Eye for it — with a preset file you can load, not a list of knob positions.
Why we think this is right
Evil Eye pairs Aria Pro II nylon-string passages with Stratocaster, DOD250 and vintage Plexi electric voices from the Rising Force sessions. Preserve the returning clean passages and separate supporting layers. Use one boosted Plexi gain setting for rhythm and lead, with a modest lead output lift. Settings are suggested recreation starting points.
Sources
- https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-malmsteen-looks-back-on-rising-force
- https://www.guitarworld.com/features/yngwie-j-malmsteen-speed-king
- https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/yngwie-malmsteen-evil-eye-tab-s29652
- https://assets.ctfassets.net/javen7msabdh/5BfTB6oTtNcNRCKfktrvNX/ce4a47c0083033ce078066e6dfb9815e/M3311.400_1987X_QSG_web.pdf
- https://digitech.com/announcing-the-comeback-of-the-dod-pedals/