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Brian May Guitars Brian May Signature Electric Guitar

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The Brian May Special is a stunning guitar, blessed with superb build quality, awesome playability and an astonishingly rich diversity of killer tones.
  • Mahogany body (with acoustic chamber), Pinstripe binding, two-piece scratchplate
  • Mahogany neck, 24" scale (Depth: 22mm at1st Fret - 24mm at 12th Fret)
  • 24 fret, Ebony fingerboard (Width: 45mm at 0 Fret - 57mm at 24th Fret)
  • Grover GH305 locking tuners, Dual truss rod, Graphite nut,
  • New bridge, brass saddles, Brian May custom tremolo arm
  • 3 x Burns Tri-Sonic pickups (series wired)
  • Master volume/tone controls
  • Original Brian May switching system:
  • Individual pickup in/out phase
  • Individual pickup on/off

Brian May Guitars Brian May Signature Electric Guitar
The Brian May Signature Electric Guitar features an acoustically chambered mahogany body, a dual truss rod mahogany neck, and ebony fingerboard. The pickups are Tri-Sonics that Brian sealed in Araldite adhesive to prevent microphonic feedback inherent with metal covered pickups. These are controlled by the original Brian May switching system with individual on/off and phase switches, one volume and one tone pot.

The Brian May guitar is faithful to the spirit of Brian's original 'Red Special', an instrument that has achieved iconic status and a unique place in rock history, and designed by Brian May himself. In fact, it delivers everything you'd expect from an instrument built to the exacting standards of one of the world's greatest guitarists but, in keeping with Brian's vision of a "guitar for the people", with an amazingly affordable price-tag that belies its' superior appointments and performance. Without question one of the most eagerly anticipated instruments of the century.

The original BMG replica was originally launched in winter 2001 to rapturous critical and public acclaim. UK Guitarist magazine hailed it as "Best Guitar of The Year" and theater audiences around the globe thrilled to the guitar's sound in performance in the Queen musical "We Will Rock You." But the story certainly didn't end there. Brian, his long-standing guitar, technician Pete Malandrone and House Music have significantly improved upon the guitar's overall construction as well as refining the bridge assembly, electronics, finishing and color choices. Simply put, one of the finest artist-designed production guitars is now even better.

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"Incredible!!!"
by Tanner - 1/11/2008 11:06:19 AM
Musical Experience: Style of Music: Hometown:
Active Player Queen-Rock U.S.
34 people out of 36 found this review helpful

Alright, so I'm a huge Queen fan, so when I was looking around and found this, I had to have it. This guitar is truly amazing. It's incredibly unique. You won't find another guitar with so many different sounds and especially not at this price. The switching is awesome! so many combinations!! It doesn't come with instructions on working the in/out phase switching, but it's not hard to work out. My advice: Buy This!!! You won't be disappointed! O and it's a really beautiful guitar...GREAT finish and you can't go worng with the antique cherry. Beautiful look and sound!

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"Great Value, Great Sound"
by gregoir - 4/21/2009 12:17:33 PM
Musical Experience: Style of Music: Hometown:
active player rock miami, florida
4 people out of 4 found this review helpful

The Brian May signature guitar puts the unique tone and sound of the Queen guitarist within the reach of mere mortals. This guitar has some great things going for it, The three burns tri-sonic pickups have a unique switching arrangement that allows fo thirteen different sound settings available at the flick of a switch. it looks great and due to the cutaway style of the guitars body you have really easy access right up to the 24th fret. on the downside, it is a very large and heavy guitar which may be unsuitable for younger players. i have used mine as my main guitar for about three years and it is starting to show some wear and tear, although nothing that a basic knowledge of guitar maintenence can't fix. overall, this is a great quality guitar that easily competes with high end gibsons and fenders in terms of sound.

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