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The Red Special is the electric guitar designed and built by Queen's guitarist Brian May and his father, Harold, when Brian was a teenager in the early 1960s. [1] [2] The Red Special is sometimes referred to as the Fireplace or the Old Lady by May and by others. [3]
The Official Home Of Brian May Guitars - An exciting range of fretted instruments and accessories designed in collaboration with British guitar legend Sir Brian May and inspired by his iconic Red Special.
Sir Brian Harold May CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal rights activist and astrophysicist. He achieved worldwide fame as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Queen, which he co-founded with singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor. His guitar work and songwriting ...
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Mar 3, 2020 · The good news for the many thousands of you out there who would like a rock-operatic electric guitar sound like Queen’s Brian May is that you can set down your power tools, put away the sledgehammer and step away from the fireplace.
Sep 27, 2014 · After Freddie Mercury, the other real star of Queen was Brian May’s famously hand-built ‘Red Special’… the guitar he played to screaming effect on all their hits – and on top of Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Jubilee.
Red Special, a unique guitar for an extraordinary guitarist. Brian May ‘s signature audio comes from this unique guitar plugged into the Normal channel of a Vox AC30, the Sixpense coin for a pick, and of course Brian’s fingers.
Nov 17, 2022 · Brian May plays the guitar called “Red Special”. He built this guitar around 1966 from the materials he had laying around the house, with the help of his father who was an electrical engineer. He used that guitar on all of the Queen’s albums and still uses it to this day.
Brian May and his father Harold started to hand-build an electric guitar in 1963. Brian dreamed of a guitar that would outperform any of the existing commercially made electric guitars; his father had the technical knowledge and skills to help make the dream come true.
Oct 26, 2022 · Employing the short 24″ scale favoured by Brian May on the original Red Special, the one piece mahogany neck, in perfect balance with the lightweight body, has been engineered with a decidedly contemporary feel, featuring a generous 45mm nut width, comfortably spacious profile, and wonderfully smooth 24 fret ebony fingerboard with Arielle’s ...
