Why is Yngwie Malmsteen so much better than Danny Gatton and Joe Pass?

Answer 1

He's not, Watching Yngwie Malmsteen play is a lot like watching a Car Race, its entertaining, but when you listen to it, it sounds about the Same. There reaches a point where sweep picking and hammer ons become overused, and become hutches. When it comes to players like Danny Gatton and Joe pass, it takes a lot more feel and musical intelligence. When you go on say YouTube, and you were to look up covers of Yngwie malmsteen, you could fine 1000 good covers, because all it would take is a relaxed wrist. If you were to look up Joe pass or Danny Gatton, you would find little to no good covers, because it takes much more technique, much more thought and a lot less muscle memory, and more muscle anticipation. It takes a lot more then a Heavy back track and some pentatonic or Lydian scales.