@@Lukeyourself In my profile is a picture of my homemade electric guitar I've had since I was 11 I'm 20 now soon to be 21 me and my grandpa built it I call my guitar Hoss the shape was inspired by Earl Scruggs's banjo I'm originally from Shelby NC now living in Morganton I have custom 8 Guage flatwound strings on my guitar my buddy from Nashville makes them for me personally I have an 18 gauge flatwound wound third in my custom set I play country rockabilly and Bluegrass and blues and classic rock Brian May inspired me to build my guitar
Absolutely amazing. Loved the whole series. Just occurred to me that Brian May's story literally is the - Dad, I want a guitar. We have guitar at home. Guitar at home: - meme. But in the best way possible 😁
I watched the entire series and got inspired in making one myself out of scratch and local wood and things. Just so you know I'm one of many known biggest fans here in the Philippines
As you are not Brian May, I didnt expect it to sound much like Red Special, but its beautiful. Sounds just like it to my ear, especially quiet doing that A augmented/d strum he always does Youve done a fantastic job
I always seem to keep coming back to watch this build over and over again just because it’s so satisfying to watch. Because of you I actually started building my own RS a couple of months ago. But because of the pandemic parts are taking forever to arrive. Also quick question for the neck before you put the fret board on it is the neck surface level with the body? I can email you some pictures if that possible because with your build it’s kind of hard to tell. And the Rs Library doesn’t say any specifics either. Anyways love the build came out amazing can’t wait to see what else you’ll come up with in the future!
Great work Luke! Love your vids! It helped me in building my own Red Special. It's also finished. I'll post a video soon... But love your high quality work in guitar and video's....
Excellent!! It's a fun project, I'm sure you guys will enjoy it. Lots of resources online if you run into questions. Check out the Red Special Forum on Facebook. Lots of pros there. Good luck!
Increíble, he visto tres veces todas las partes de la construcción y he quedado realmente impresionado. Gracias a tus vídeos he decidido hacer una... Pero tengo mil dudas y mil preguntas. Sobre todo por el cuerpo, creía que era de dos piezas originalmente y tu has construido un puzzle Hay alguna página o libro donde poder ver toda esa información? Gracias de antemano
Esto ha sido traducido en google. Perdóname. Deberías unirte al grupo Red Special de Facebook, hay mucha gente para responder preguntas. Consulte la Biblioteca Especial Roja para ver un conjunto de planos. Así es como comencé. ¡Buena suerte! Gracias por ver.
Hi Luke, awesome guitar and project (again) very impressive. I have a question, does the neck "dive"? I always though that the light body with the huge long neck would make the guitar very heavy in the headstock...but I never found any comment about that. Thanks a lot!!!
Thank you! Long story... had help from a few friends, but if you're interested in one, there are a few Red Special groups you can join where templates are available. The Red Special Forum on Facebook and the Red Special Library. Worth checking out. Thanks for watching.
Hey Cristian, I was getting a bit of ringing from the strings behind the bridge so I wrapped a bit of tape on them to mute them. Not absolutely necessary, but it worked. Thanks for watching and good luck with your build!
Brian Was in a car accident in his Jaguar and the guitar became damaged. He and his father then repaired it with the semi-circle piece to cover the damage
Impressive work and the ending result. I also want to point out that you should work on your vibrato technique. Use slower amplitude to make it sound musical and nice just like Brian does. Now it's unfortunatelly kind of "goatie" vibrato. Hope you don't get my comment as overjudgement.
Yes, 2 years. This was my first guitar, and it's a crazy first guitar to build. Lots of difficult to find pieces to track down. Plus, yeah, stuff on the side.
@@Lukeyourself greaat.. congratulation. right now i'm also making the red special with my Luthier friend in here, have been six months. and i thanked you because your videos help us a lot. i hope our build can be as good as yours
@@Lukeyourself finally it is done.. i share you the link if you want to check it out th-cam.com/video/_ljz0hxJ70I/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/W2PIBcUYV5w/w-d-xo.html
Lovely build. Did those tuners come with press-fit bushings? The posts in most tuning machines will have slop that a bushing helps stabilise. It doesn't sound like you're having issues, however trem use will encourage any slop in the posts to start slipping. Beautiful sound. I really need to get around to developing a set of IRs around the RS, AC30s and the Deacy....
No bushings on these tuners. The holes were drilled very carefully, then reemed to the exact size of each tuner. This is, how I understand it, how the original was done. So far they're holding pretty darn well. One of them has issues with LOOSENING the string, but tightening and holding seems to be ok. I might just change that one out eventually.
@@Lukeyourself Awesome. That's pretty much how I'd go about using them if bushes weren't an option. A little stearine every year or so helps prevent binding if they're super tight. I guess if they were reamed, the narrowest point would be at the top in a taper. I love the look of open gears. What ratio are those?
Where can I found the original Tri Sonic pickups ? I am not a specialist, so I don’t know on eBay which one are the real and which one are a Korean copy...
I had help from a friend who had done a lot of research and we collaborated for years on this... but there are plans available at the Red Special Library. No set of plans are perfect, tho... so just keep that in mind if you decide to build one when you go to buy hardware. Keep an eye on compatibility.
Mine does, yes. But it depends on a lot of things besides just the tremolo. The main thing would be the tuners and "locking" your strings. I have vintage (used) tuners and I do this and it holds. Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/j0Rcs1BK3Dg/w-d-xo.html
Really impressive build, but I have to say, I may be more impressed with your old band. All those songs are excellent. What happened to the band? Can't believe you weren't famous tbh.
Thanks very much! The band just sort of fizzled out, it was pre social media and we didn't know what we were doing or how to get real exposure. Que sera sera. But I love the music, so I'm not letting it die. So, thanks for listening!
@@jisanbaidya7743 There are people that do it, you can find them on the various RS builders forums, if you'd like to see them. I made some parts myself and bought others. I made aluminum bridge, for example.
@@big_swangin_balls You sure? I couldn't recognize we will rock you in it to be honest :-D Some similar chord variations as in the we will rock you solo, but another fret and a completely different song to me.
I had one of BM specials; tbh found it too fiddly to use on stage and doesn't really suit a Marshall set up There is a lack of clarity and imho only real use is for covering Queen songs Lovely guitar but the production models just dont do it for me after 20 years of playing a PRS which is a much better guitar
Eh, to each his own. I would be too worried about scratching a PRS, they always seemed more like art pieces than working tools. But you gotta have a variety. I think the original Red Special has done pretty well for itself.
@@Lukeyourself yeah kinda agree. Most prs are like works of art but they play superbly if you just use them as a tool Loved Alex Lifesons PRS period..superb sounds
I watched the whole series since the first episode and waited for every new one, and now it is such a joy to hear that beast screaming! Great Job!
SeeM1 That’s awesome!! Thanks for hanging in there with all the videos! I’ll try to post more as I go. Still little jobs I might elaborate on.
@@Lukeyourself hello
My fave Red Special replicas (so far):
Guild
AnderMay Guitars
LukeYourself
Brian May Guitars
@Charles Addison Ociones red very sus
You should be very proud of yourself Luke. Great sound and a lovely looking guitar. Well done
Gamr Fella Thank you!
@@Lukeyourself
In my profile is a picture of my homemade electric guitar I've had since I was 11 I'm 20 now soon to be 21 me and my grandpa built it I call my guitar Hoss the shape was inspired by Earl Scruggs's banjo I'm originally from Shelby NC now living in Morganton I have custom 8 Guage flatwound strings on my guitar my buddy from Nashville makes them for me personally I have an 18 gauge flatwound wound third in my custom set I play country rockabilly and Bluegrass and blues and classic rock Brian May inspired me to build my guitar
This is the best replica in my opinion, and it even sounds just like the real one.
Absolutely amazing. Loved the whole series. Just occurred to me that Brian May's story literally is the -
Dad, I want a guitar.
We have guitar at home.
Guitar at home:
- meme. But in the best way possible 😁
Man alive, that guitar sings. Those first few chords at the opening are awe inspiring.
I watched the entire series and got inspired in making one myself out of scratch and local wood and things. Just so you know I'm one of many known biggest fans here in the Philippines
That's awesome! Thank you for writing, you're very kind. Send me a link to see your guitar when you finish yours!
@Kurt Cobain Well dang, you guys are a lot faster than me! Did you post any video of it? BTW, good to have you back, Kurt. ;)
As you are not Brian May, I didnt expect it to sound much like Red Special, but its beautiful. Sounds just like it to my ear, especially quiet doing that A augmented/d strum he always does
Youve done a fantastic job
Thanks very much! And thanks for watching!
That is an amazing copy. I really like the tuners and the black fretboard. Cheers from London!
Amazing skills to produce something so iconic. The sound is exceptionally close too. Thumbs up from the UK. 👍
God bless Brian may and all of his creations! Thanks for this gem!
You nailed every aspect of the guitar. Very impressive!!
Thank you!
WOW! 🎸🎶🎵 🙌
No way Brian May hasn't seen this! Bet you brought tears of joy and nostalgia in his eyes! 👌
A true labour of love....a joy to watch,a true craftsman at work...😁
Thank you for watching!
Very inspiring. Love that guitar so much
If you want a really close Red Special sound use lighter string gauge. Beautiful build!
Amazing job you’ve done on your guitar. It’s very helpful for me as I continue building. Looking forward to checking on your amp build too. Thank you.
Beautiful. Just absolutely beautiful.
Love the guitar, very well done but that setup... it’s a dream. Kudos on a job well done.
that hammer to fall part of this video was actually smooth and relaxing!
Thank you!
You're welcome man😁
A true masterpiece! The most interesting series on the tubes I've seen in ages
Thank you very much!
This was so satisfying to watch
Great job!
Felicitaciones!!! que disfrutes esa hermosura.
Probably the most meticulous and beautiful RS build I've seen. Bravo! Oh, and it sounds killer too!
Thank you! And thanks for watching.
Very good! Make sure you do the resistor mod on the Cc2 if you haven’t already. Fixes a huge part of the sound. The guitar looks beautiful
Thanks, Dan! I was going to try it, then got talked out of it... then lost interest. But maybe now that the guitar is done, I will.
Is beautiful and sounds very similar to the real red special
Demex [デメクス] Thank you!
If you ever make any more to sell let me know.
Well it would sound similar as it's an exact copy.
Amazing bro, well done and it sounds amazing. Congrats!
I should download the whole series in my computer, I can't download this in my phone because I've got very little space left.
They'll all be here on youtube when you need them.
I always seem to keep coming back to watch this build over and over again just because it’s so satisfying to watch. Because of you I actually started building my own RS a couple of months ago. But because of the pandemic parts are taking forever to arrive. Also quick question for the neck before you put the fret board on it is the neck surface level with the body? I can email you some pictures if that possible because with your build it’s kind of hard to tell. And the Rs Library doesn’t say any specifics either. Anyways love the build came out amazing can’t wait to see what else you’ll come up with in the future!
Wow sounds close to the real thing! Great job!
Great work Luke! Love your vids!
It helped me in building my own Red Special. It's also finished. I'll post a video soon... But love your high quality work in guitar and video's....
Ewout Ketelaar Thank you! That great to hear. Send a link when you post it.
@@Lukeyourself th-cam.com/video/YjYRMJ5xV0s/w-d-xo.html
Now that you're done and have loads of free time, you should put out one new video a week. Thank you in advance.
Yes... free... time...
Hi Luke amazing guitar. You and brian may inspired me and my dad to build an electric guitar
Excellent!! It's a fun project, I'm sure you guys will enjoy it. Lots of resources online if you run into questions. Check out the Red Special Forum on Facebook. Lots of pros there. Good luck!
Awesome! Good playing 👌😊
Increíble, he visto tres veces todas las partes de la construcción y he quedado realmente impresionado.
Gracias a tus vídeos he decidido hacer una... Pero tengo mil dudas y mil preguntas.
Sobre todo por el cuerpo, creía que era de dos piezas originalmente y tu has construido un puzzle
Hay alguna página o libro donde poder ver toda esa información?
Gracias de antemano
Esto ha sido traducido en google. Perdóname. Deberías unirte al grupo Red Special de Facebook, hay mucha gente para responder preguntas. Consulte la Biblioteca Especial Roja para ver un conjunto de planos. Así es como comencé. ¡Buena suerte! Gracias por ver.
@@Lukeyourself muchas gracias.
Como no tengo Facebook desconocía que había grupos especializados en la special red. Me haré una cuenta
TRUTHLY A WONDERFUL
How beautiful that you enjoy it to the fullest.
a question brian may's strap where did you get it
Awesome work man!
Hi Luke, awesome guitar and project (again) very impressive. I have a question, does the neck "dive"? I always though that the light body with the huge long neck would make the guitar very heavy in the headstock...but I never found any comment about that. Thanks a lot!!!
It's never been an issue for me. Nothing like an SG in that way.
@@Lukeyourself Thanks for the answer!! True, nothing like an SG.
Nice build man, sounds spot on too!
How did you go about building that? Was it a template? Because that is the most dead on accurate replica I've seen
Thank you! Long story... had help from a few friends, but if you're interested in one, there are a few Red Special groups you can join where templates are available. The Red Special Forum on Facebook and the Red Special Library. Worth checking out. Thanks for watching.
Sounds awesome!
Thanks very much!
Man, You are really underrated
🤘
Hi Luke, what's the meaning of cover the strings with tape?.
You awesome work inspire me to make one old lady, greetings from Chile.
Hey Cristian, I was getting a bit of ringing from the strings behind the bridge so I wrapped a bit of tape on them to mute them. Not absolutely necessary, but it worked. Thanks for watching and good luck with your build!
@@Lukeyourself thanks bro, I hope to build it as beautiful as yours. I have a long way to go. 💪🏼
you talked about the half moon repair after a car accident can, you give a little more information obout it?
Please do!
Brian Was in a car accident in his Jaguar and the guitar became damaged. He and his father then repaired it with the semi-circle piece to cover the damage
Impressive work and the ending result. I also want to point out that you should work on your vibrato technique. Use slower amplitude to make it sound musical and nice just like Brian does. Now it's unfortunatelly kind of "goatie" vibrato. Hope you don't get my comment as overjudgement.
Agreed. I've been out of practice on actual guitar playing, need to build up the hand muscles again. Thanks for watching!
Nice. Sound Spot on. Is the neck in original Dimension?
Thanks! Yes, the neck is to original spec, or as close as possible. But it is thick and wide!
2 years? omg
may i know why it takes 2 years? do you have a regular office job or side guitar project?
It took Brian May AND his father 2 years to build the first one.
Yes, 2 years. This was my first guitar, and it's a crazy first guitar to build. Lots of difficult to find pieces to track down. Plus, yeah, stuff on the side.
@@Lukeyourself greaat.. congratulation. right now i'm also making the red special with my Luthier friend in here, have been six months. and i thanked you because your videos help us a lot.
i hope our build can be as good as yours
@@RezaPratamaR Excellent!! I look forward to seeing yours completed! Good luck!
@@Lukeyourself finally it is done.. i share you the link if you want to check it out th-cam.com/video/_ljz0hxJ70I/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/W2PIBcUYV5w/w-d-xo.html
Amazing replica
Thanks very much!
Outstanding man
Thank you!
Lovely build. Did those tuners come with press-fit bushings? The posts in most tuning machines will have slop that a bushing helps stabilise. It doesn't sound like you're having issues, however trem use will encourage any slop in the posts to start slipping. Beautiful sound. I really need to get around to developing a set of IRs around the RS, AC30s and the Deacy....
No bushings on these tuners. The holes were drilled very carefully, then reemed to the exact size of each tuner. This is, how I understand it, how the original was done. So far they're holding pretty darn well. One of them has issues with LOOSENING the string, but tightening and holding seems to be ok. I might just change that one out eventually.
@@Lukeyourself Awesome. That's pretty much how I'd go about using them if bushes weren't an option. A little stearine every year or so helps prevent binding if they're super tight. I guess if they were reamed, the narrowest point would be at the top in a taper. I love the look of open gears. What ratio are those?
Would love to know what that is around the windings of the string around the tailpiece?
I put a little bit of gaff tape on to reduce the strings that would occasionally ring/sustain behind the bridge.
Beautiful...
Where can I found the original Tri Sonic pickups ? I am not a specialist, so I don’t know on eBay which one are the real and which one are a Korean copy...
Amazing job!
Where did you buy the strap or the name of the strap?
Where did you get the dimensions of the body and neck of the guitar?
I had help from a friend who had done a lot of research and we collaborated for years on this... but there are plans available at the Red Special Library. No set of plans are perfect, tho... so just keep that in mind if you decide to build one when you go to buy hardware. Keep an eye on compatibility.
Are you going to sell this guitar, because it is truly amazing!
Thanks very much! At the moment, it's my only RS guitar, so I plan to hold on to it.
Fantástico!!!!!
Amazing! Awesome!
I want to build mines could you share the link to the instructions and the materials you used for the guitar
What car crash did the RS go through?
amazing job!!
Does it stay in tune after using the tremolo ? I keep having to retune every time I use mine .. same trem system
Mine does, yes. But it depends on a lot of things besides just the tremolo. The main thing would be the tuners and "locking" your strings. I have vintage (used) tuners and I do this and it holds. Check it out here:
th-cam.com/video/j0Rcs1BK3Dg/w-d-xo.html
Did you made the guitar yourself?
Yes. This is Part 13 of the video series documenting it.
Did you mess up the dot markers?
The intro sounded like a mellow version of Hammer To Fall. CHANGE MY MIND.
I can't do it. But you should watch the Return of the Champions, Queen + Paul Rodgers concert.
@@Lukeyourself Will do Luke.
Where did you bought the belt that you used as a guitar strap ?
I made it.
Hi do you have the guitar plans to share
What are the ohms reading on each of the three Anderson Pickups?
Bridge and neck - 7.0Kohm / Middle 7.4Kohm
@@Lukeyourself Awesome thanks👍 Cool Video's
Really impressive build, but I have to say, I may be more impressed with your old band. All those songs are excellent. What happened to the band? Can't believe you weren't famous tbh.
Thanks very much! The band just sort of fizzled out, it was pre social media and we didn't know what we were doing or how to get real exposure. Que sera sera. But I love the music, so I'm not letting it die. So, thanks for listening!
@@Lukeyourself I know nobody likes to hear comparisons but I do hear elements of Keane and Radiohead in there. You were doing your own thing though.
@@geemac7267 I don't mind THOSE comparisons. Radiohead was a critical influence, but I didn't hear Keane till about the end of the band.
8:23 song?
John Groove Back Chat! Hot Space album.
Where did u get the tremolo system?
The Cyber Shop - Ron Smith.
@@Lukeyourself that's what I guessed...I couldn't find anyone who made their own tremolo system from basic tools like Brian May
@@jisanbaidya7743 There are people that do it, you can find them on the various RS builders forums, if you'd like to see them. I made some parts myself and bought others. I made aluminum bridge, for example.
@@Lukeyourself grt...how do I contact u? Email, FB, WhatsApp,pH no anything
@@Lukeyourself give ur email atleast so that we can contact
What’s the song at 7:45?
The fast version of We Will Rock You
@@big_swangin_balls You sure? I couldn't recognize we will rock you in it to be honest :-D Some similar chord variations as in the we will rock you solo, but another fret and a completely different song to me.
@@2Phipps as I said, it's the fast version of we will rock you, not the original.
@@2Phipps th-cam.com/video/Ekm6WtKwQos/w-d-xo.html
Играется нечто среднее между It's Late и Hammer To Fall :))
Was one of my favorite parts of the Queen + Paul Rodgers "Return of the Champions" concert.
Чуваку стоит поработать над вибрато, а то пока что это какое-то "козлято", как Фредгитарист говорить любит))
I had one of BM specials; tbh found it too fiddly to use on stage and doesn't really suit a Marshall set up
There is a lack of clarity and imho only real use is for covering Queen songs
Lovely guitar but the production models just dont do it for me after 20 years of playing a PRS which is a much better guitar
The original is priceless but, if you listen to early Queen live, it doesn't hold its tune that well and, live, there is to much middle on that guitar
Eh, to each his own. I would be too worried about scratching a PRS, they always seemed more like art pieces than working tools. But you gotta have a variety. I think the original Red Special has done pretty well for itself.
@@Lukeyourself yeah kinda agree. Most prs are like works of art but they play superbly if you just use them as a tool
Loved Alex Lifesons PRS period..superb sounds
First like
shoulda been more red
Rover Waters same thing I thought, he should have used at least 2-3 coats of staining
No it shouldn’t? That colour is pretty close to being perfect
Mads nope, it’s too orange. At least one more coat would have sufficed
I wish replicas like this were more affordable, because i'm not very impressed with the bmgs, even the super is just ok
Did you mess up the dot markers?
Yep