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@Guitartridney Yes, there are no entry criteria and the equipment you own is irrelevant. The meet-ups are essentially just an informal gathering of people with a shared interest. Tickets are in demand and limited by the capacity of the venue. Doug

wie zegt dat groot niet mooi kan zijn? 🤘🏼😀

I didn't ask what it cost. In the U.K. it is still considered somewhat rude to discuss financial affairs, salaries and the price of people's possessions, particularly with people you only recently met and in polite company.

I agree but I'm not sure why. Is it because it still has a certain mystique about it? 🤔 Perhaps it will be amusing to consult ChatGPT on the topic.

It seems to be a particular favourite of many Queen fans. 😀👍🏻

So was I. 😀

It's as hollow as a... Brian May Red Special. 😃 I wondered exactly how reducing an object's mass affects its resonant quality because I didn't understand how this would make it resonate with a greater vibration amplitude. The answer is it increases the "sharpness" of resonance, i.e. how quickly a resonant system returns to equilibrium after being perturbed. It is affected by several factors, including damping, stiffness, and mass. The sharpness of resonance can be increased by reducing damping, increasing stiffness, and reducing mass.

I'll see if @WillBarbero will play '39 on it.

Best 73s G0HDA to you too. 😀

Thank you! Wait until you see the finished long format video! 👍🏻😀

Something seems to have got lost in translation here. 🤔 Nevertheless, it is extremely handy to be able to change phase of pickups mid song. God bless.

Yes, the body is chambered like the original Red Special. I will include Raimon's build photographs in my upcoming long format video. The wide, thick Red Special neck lends itself well to 12 strings; this one plays beautifully.

Lei lo è sicuramente. 👌🏻💜

See what you did there. 🤘🏼@WillBarbero will be demonstrating this guitar for a long format video in February 2025. Jimmy Page used a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck during Led Zeppelin live performances in the 1970s. It would be interesting to hear something other than Queen tracks played on this Red Special. ☺️

Yes. @WillBarbero has agreed to demonstrate the guitar for me.

The guitar doesn't belong to me. It was lent to me by Mark Tolcher to make a TH-cam video on Brian May Red Special 12/6 double neck guitars. Watch this space for a long format video in February 2025.

@richosborn7916 I wouldn't recommend Rustins Plastic Coating for application to any part of a guitar. I would not use it again on any build. I suspect that BMG Specials are finished with polyester or polyurethane lacquer because they are durable, inexpensive and straightforward to apply. You could try a wipe on "poly" product to achieve the look you want but I think that the result likely to be unsatisfactory. I wouldn't attempt this personally. A quick internet search confirms that rigorous preparation, including application of a grain filler will be necessary.

Thanks for replying, I won’t try to lacquer the fretboard and will leave it as it is.

It was from an acoustic compilation I found on TH-cam but the video has subsequently been deleted.

Kind words although I think they're better than "pretty good" and wouldn't use the term "copy". They're a professional tribute act. 👍🏻😀

Although Brian will always have his detractors, many people agree that he is the best guitar orchestrator ever, that's for sure! 🙏🏻💜

Be cautious about making unsupported assertions. The official KAT Deacy amplifier replica and the subsequent limited run kits are high quality items. Nigel Knight obtained a quantity of germanium transistors and rigorously tested them and selected ones with matching Hfe gains (to Brian's original Deacy) and negligible leakage for these units. Also, chemical elements are not proper nouns, so should not be capitalised. Only the first letter of the symbol is a capital letter: germanium (Ge), calcium (Ca). Attention to detail is important.

@Headbutter-Lettuce90 I can't provide any more insights other than to say that the video you are commenting on represents the best available knowledge in the Brian May enthusiast community on the form of the Red Special neck. It doesn't follow one simple profile like a Fender Stratocaster. I explain clearly in this video how the profile evolves from elliptical sections towards the zero fret through successively flatter sections which I formed from two ellipses and a circle to the heel which is a rectangular section with slightly rounded apexes. If you are not confident in being able to replicate this satisfactorily, I suggest just selecting a simple C, D or U profile that suits your preference and increase the thickness progressively up the neck.

@warrymoss9735 Firstly, you do not state which country you live in so this makes it almost impossible to offer you meaningful guidance on alternative products. Wood grain filler products for general woodworking and luthiery specifically are readily available in North America and western Europe. I am not an expert and all my knowledge was gleaned by internet research. It is not confirmed that Brian May used grain filler on the original Red Special in any case so carry out some tests without it and see if the result is acceptable to you. It is not necessary to have any understanding of chemistry to build a Brian May Red Special replica. I did not intend to imply that this is a prerequisite.

@@dsgb Thanks for the answer! I'm from Russia, and we have a lot of trouble supplying things from abroad, so we have to look for alternatives to video products, preferring domestic or affordable foreign analogues. I would also like to know if Rustins plastic coating can be replaced with any other varnish, for example, polyurethane or yacht? And please tell me the possible alternatives to spirit powder dye used in the video. Is it possible to replace it for painting the fingerboard with some black wood paint, and then cover it with the same yacht varnish? I will be very grateful for the answer!!!

@warrymoss9735 O.k. Thank you for clarifying the situation. I understand the current geopolitical issue with sanctions on Russia. I produced another video showing alternatives for staining or coating the fretboard black. I used black aerosol paint on my build but there are numerous good alternatives including black pigmented nitrocellulose lacquer. When I finally get around to making a replacement neck, I plan to stain the oak black with Liberon wood dye. th-cam.com/video/EYhuBVvoFwo/w-d-xo.html I do not recommend using Rustins Plastic Coating on a guitar. Nitrocellulose lacquer is a popular option followed by polyester and polyurethane but a yacht varnish over black paint might work well too. Test whatever you can source and see whether you can achieve satisfactory results because some paints and lacquers can be incompatible.

​@@dsgb thanks for advices! Have a nice day 👍

@briw4647 I don't believe I uploaded my design for the side markers. The video is embedded on this page of my website: dsgb.net/projects/redspecial/part49/ I'll sort that out tomorrow for you.

@dsgb thank you so very much

@briw4647 I have uploaded a 1:1 scale Adobe PDF file with the fretboard side marker dot details to Part 49 of my Red Special build page. Please note that this pattern was applied by Greg Fryer during his 1998 restoration of the Red Special. Prior to this, Brian painted them on using white enamel paint.

@dsgb thank you so very muxh. I will paimt them on my guitar too. I really appreciate your help

@briw4647 I'm pleased to help. If using a template with brush and liquid paint, e.g. enamel, don't overload you brush to avoid runs and the paint bleeding under the template.

Great memories that get burned in, especially when associated with aromas. 😀👍🏻 All Queen fans must have analogous memories of the first track we heard. Mine was Death On Two Legs; ANATO was the first Queen album I listened to. It seems that smells get strongly attached to memories. Must be an evolutionary legacy from our hunter-gatherer days.

deacyamp.com The kits, which were limited to 100 units, have sold out. @johnhansen2007

Intelligent, shrewd businessmen and talented musicians. 👌🏻😀

Quando l'ho incontrato ero di lingua legata, quindi avrei potuto tranquillamente non saper parlare inglese. 😐

That's what we thought too.

He is and always will be. 🤘🏼

Good tip. 😀👍🏻 I used low viscosity cyanoacrylate superglue on the upper face of the headstock on my Brian May Red Special replica to rectify an issue with the Rustins Plastic Coating. Andrew Guyton of Guyton Guitars used it extensively to repair the lacquer coating on Brian's original Red Special during the mini restoration work programme he carried out in April 2016. www.guytonguitars.com/blog/the-original-red-special-guyton-red-special-for-sale-and-imminent-badger-making-of-video

Brian appreciated the irony of that, joined in the spirit of the day and demonstrated inclusivity by wearing it. You can see his reaction when he is handed the pass soon after he arrives in my long format video of the time Brian spent with us: th-cam.com/video/pA2MjToZs8c/w-d-xo.html I suspect that Brian has never said "do you know who I am?" to anybody ever in his life. He is humble and gracious when treated with the respect he rightly deserves. 👍🏻😀

@@dsgb that was my guess as well, he always seemed a great guy, but it is funny nontheless :D :D

Yes, it's interesting how brown the mahogany veneer becomes with only black Jecofill grain filler (wiped off) compared to when the surface is abraded. I'm sure that you're aware of how sensitive mahogany species is to surface treatment. It is straw coloured when sanded down to the dry wood and as the surface draws in moisture from the air over time, the hue turns salmon pink to a light terracotta. Doug

Thanks. I have only carried out this mahogany veneer grain filling and staining process on two Red Special guitars, my 3/4 scale replica and full size build so I'm no expert. I carried out several trials but mainly to determine authentic ratios of red and brown Rustins wood stains. I used a cloth to apply and remove the WS Jenkins black Jecofill and was satisfied with the results. I did try to wipe on with the grain and carefully wipe off against it as you describe.

Brian and John were always the shy, retiring types in Queen so with John departed and Roger stuck behind the percussion, Brian had no choice but to take on senior leadership duties. He has stepped up to the plate admirably.

@ajamesofalltrades. Hi James. Thank you so much for leaving a detailed comment explaining the background to why you commissioned your stunning Guyton RS Transporter "Goldilocks". As you have noted, a number of people have chosen to comment specifically about the cost of each instrument and I have tried to explain and justify this, but I haven't done so as eloquently as you, so I pinned your comment. 👌🏻😀 Oscar Wilde captured it brilliantly in his famous quotation: "a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". Best regards. Doug

Yes indeed. There was a warm glow in the room. ☺️

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It's sad to hear that you missed out on seeing Queen. I was only 12 years old when Queen stopped touring in 1986 and I only got into them about two years latee. Even in my lifetime, the closest they ever played to where I lived was 80-100 miles drive.

Luke Timmins has three KAT LoadStar attenuators on his Vox AC30 amplifiers but I suspect they were turned off or unplugged while Brian was playing through it, I'm not sure but it was ear-splitting at close range. Even Brian commented that it sounded "meaty".

It is in storage. Andrew Guyton retrieved it to make replicas for the limited edition run of Guyton Time Warp Red Special guitars. Each replica strap was made by Jon Underhill's father who is a retired master leather worker. Doug

Thanks. You can buy previously released Brian May commemorative sixpence coins on eBay but prices can be high, as I have learned when teying to fill gaps in my collection.

It is insightful to know you think EVH would be happy to buy a Guyton RS Transporter but you don't need one. For clarity, the grey finish guitar featured in the video was not made for Eddie van Halen himself.

Full agreement from me on this. 💜😀👍🏻

Thanks for commenting and sending positive sentiments Thiago. It's great to hear from Brian May brothers in Brazil. 💜😀🤘🏼Interesting that Brian influenced you to become a drummer, not Roger Taylor. 🤔

With his tall, thin build and white hair, Brian May cuts a strikingly god-like figure. This, in addition to being considered a rock god by many. 🤘🏼

That's great. Buy a 2024 commemorative sixpence coin for £895, get a free BMG Special electric guitar. 🤘🏼😀

Thank you so much. I'm pleased that you found this video useful and informative. 👍🏻💜😀

Authentic luthier built Red Special variants are complicated guitars to make and therefore cost many thousands of $/£/€. This is why many Brian May enthusiasts make their own instruments but Martin Pitcher didn't have the time to attempt a DIY build. Nevertheless, it still required many hours of design work on his part to distill all the features of the Brian May Red Special into a travel guitar form factor.

Filming them in macro zoom certainly shows off the intricate designs on these Brian May commemorative sixpence coins. 👌🏻😀