Yngwie just need a bit more time as a producer, it's very difficult to compose, track the guitar, bass, vocals,etc. then mix and all. He's doing the job of 4-5 people easily. But the good thing, he is painting the whole picture alone! only few musicians can do that.
that "empathy" thing is so stupid, "i do this for others", "i protect you" "you protect me"
they know humans are more emotional than rational and thats the reason why they play that game in the media
well if they sound similar to you it may be the close mic recording but, they actually sounded different to me
anyway i agree that the cab is as important as the amp, pickups, etc
i have done a couple with good results, i like the idea of capture my own power amps, mics, mic preamp, cab and speakers. i also got a vintage ampeg power amp and i'm planning to do some bass ir as well