On The Road with Brian May of Queen Guitarist Magazine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Guitarist magazine takes a tour around Queen legend Brian May's awesome gigging rig, ably guided by his longtime guitar tech Pete Malandrone. From Guitarist issue 309. For more guitar news, advice and interviews, and to find out more about the magazine, visit www.guitarist.c...
I have had the pleasure of seeing Queen (with Freddie) several times. You cannot comprehend the volume Brian plays at. One AC 30 will rip your head off. A dozen or so is nothing short of breath taking. His guitar into those amps are 90% of his tone. The delays & modulation effects round it out.
Nice to see David Gilmour working as an interviewer here, lol... ;-)
Brilliant! I love Brian, he's such an amazing guitar player!
Brian May = Awesome. :)
Thank you for this video and the inside story!
From what i have read and seen, he has them set up like a "choir" using delay units for 2 repeats: Signal, repeat 1, repeat 2. To keep the sound as pristine as he can, he runs each delay into a set of amps so that the delays do not repeat in the same amp, but repeat into each set of amps separately to make a huge sound. You can check it out in full effect on his "Brighton Rock Solo". Also, check out the Wembley Stadium concert. He has eighteen Vox combos! Very cool.
In the early days of "Nady" I remember getting the local taxi companies CB radio coming through which was absolutely hilarious!!!!!
Wow, what a rig!
I think at one point early on there was a treble booster built into the Red Special but was removed and a star was placed over the hole.
MrJohnnyDistortion it was a fuzz effect not a treble boost
well done Pete Malandrone...the best back stage tour ive ever seen!....I hope some of the usa dopes watch this?....an learn something!!!....
the legendary queen
It's to aid in 'Net searches for "Queen", wiseguy, and it's good for people just learning about Queen.
What a lovely man :P
I got a six pence from Brian on his 1982 Show in Rio de Janeiro! :-)
Was that just "his" show or it was the Queen's concert?
On his solo tour Back to the Light
@@GilvamCarvalho then you wanted to say 1992 instead of 1982
My bad.... you’re right... lol... numbers were too close. Queen was not here in Rio in 82... just to São Paulo. Rio first time was in 85.
The Man
Nice to see David Gilmour checking out Brian May's rig...
Amazing! He's genius! I will see him in one week in Kiev!
If you want permanent ear damage, just sit in front of a cranked up AC30. They are incredibly loud. I had a AC30's pre/power section installed in a Marshall head case. It powers 2 4x12's with ease. 30 watts is a huge understatement. BM must be deaf by now.
brians amps are turned away from him an the stop the reflections on tge queen adam lambert tour by putting a perspex screen behind the amps to protect rodger Taylor. there custom ac30s just the normal input my ac30vr is built similar
TH-cam's pre-roll has screwed with the soundtrack. So sorry about that.
Loved that dog! Bet he uses one of those Voxxxxxssss
wow that's wicked!
I wish I had his rig...
its not david Gilmour its simon bradely from guitarist magazine
Anyone notice the "My arse" sticker underneath the radio recievers?
its practically a vox show room up there ! haha :D awesome tone !
Stated by Brian May's professional guitar tech himeslf: "SS rectifier sounds the same"
The guy has been dealing with hundreds of ac30's the past 20 years..
Boy, lets all go out and get wired now!! How could any of this possibly help most of us????
Why can't the treble booster be put inside the guitar, or it is to compensate for the radio system's loss of top-end signal?
it's part of May's lifetime live solo. Best version is on Live Killers
@jasfiona I don't think they want to modify the guitar to add the treble booster. The Treble booster is actually something that Brian found early in his years of playing guitar, and it's part of what makes his tone so recognizable. If I understand, it also adds a slight distortion to the tone.
Best guitar tone in the world along with Santana.
So many Voxxxxx'sssssss
Very much alike in both appearance and manners / sense of humour. Not many explanations though ... besides both are obviously British.
I didn't understand half the thing they were babbling about and yet I sincerely had a lovely time listening to these chaps...
HAHAHH..
@vasquez87"He said SCALECTRIX"....model motoring slot cars make a hot electric smell as they whiz around the track.
He loved Zappa
I think brian's guitar tech looks similar with jos klinghoffer's tech . Any ideas?
Epic
What smell did Pete describe when the amps caught fire?
What about the delays?
Treble Booster... Treble Booster everywhere.
Yes!! spit and dab!!
The hells angels are world wide they have chapters everywhere including london.
Why dont they build the treble booster into the guitar?
I love the 'Say No To Crack' postcard!
OMG! This guy is Rick from Pawn Stars...but with hair!!
At 3:22, who know's what that rack system is? The one with the screen display above the wireless unit 1A/2A???
I think it's a Peterson strobe tuner
mikusguitarius It is...
Very funny guy..."I use rack effects, because I work for a millionaire and he can afford it..." - cool comments throughout the video...;-)
The Roadie even has the same haircut as Brian
'46664 my arse' written under the channel buttons! at 2:59
Calling Bradley "David Gimour" is a purposeful and gentle joke.
So was my comment :-)
I was attempting humour also. :-)
Taylor Hawkins and the Coat Tail Riders! Nice!
Just watching this video, saw this comment from 9 years ago, sad that Taylor Hawkins is no longer with us
is he using really all those vox combos?? or are they just as "show" for the stage?
@Dr. Bri-Borg Do you know what mics he uses?
Treble boosters everywhere...
3:00; Hells Angels London???? :)
Interesting
all the people you have just listed dont really have signature guitar tones
heyyyy
haha! i like this guy! hes funny :D
What? Loads of artists use the Ac30 for rock.
coolest roadie ever?
I can't believe brian may use those small 9 volt transformers that are not even stabilized...... a serious and stabilized power supply with more outputs for pedals have it as well the amateurs
I reckon if he went to a party with enough drunk people, the Guitarist Magazine guy could dress himself up like David Gilmour and (if he spoke softly enough) probably fool a few people. Sign some autographs, get some photos taken. Fuck that would be funny.
Man... back away or get a wider lens.
You *would* need that many AC30's just to get loud enough for a modern rock show... lol.
Gilmour and Knopfler
well... have to say...david gilmour made a great show
Brighton rock is still killer, anyway....
If that's David Gilmour, why'd he call him Bradders???
the beatles would of had their sound with any kind of amp
he remind anyone else of bill bailey? (a younger bill bailey. . . . with more hair. . . that is)
When you've made it just knock out a few tunes then back to hotel and leave to stress to someone else.
Or even the 10th best. ;)
I wish I had his money...
a.k.a. David Gilmour! :') lmao
lol "because...well...I work for a millionaire and he can afford it!!"
Vox populi !
Love the Brits, not dry like the Americans. "Nice to see you in men's clothing."
why ?
Why?
something to go wrong or batt to go flat?
Brian's guitar tech said they're "Notoriously difficult to work with,notoriously unreliable and they catch fire" so maybe he's right about them being shit.
wrong he loves working for brian. hes made the amps more reliable with the help of mike hill go check out mike hill services.
I'm sorry if I offended you, it just seemed a bit odd to me. Also, not helping with what?
He could at least SHOW us the guitars?
This man has the same hairstyle as Brian May too funny xD I obviously hate him because he works with him and I don't xD
sure, if you don't count mike campbell, the fucking beatles, blur, oasis (a shit band but i always though their tones were alright) blue rodeo...do i need to keep going? yeah, i've played one and they are notoriously tempremental. but if i had a full-time amp tech at my disposal you bet i would use it more. but i don't, so...i don't
It is really embarassing I could only dream of owning 1 AC30 and Brian has 9 sitting there life is so unfair!
'nice to see you in mens clothing for once' LOL
Brian May is the ONLY person on the planet to get a decent sound out of those piece of shit over rated crap Vox amps
there not crap you arent using it properly
He obviously has the wrong pups in his guitars, if he has to add treble boost to it.
Wrong, if you plug ANY guitar into a fully opened up AC30 it will be muddy and unpleasant. That is the purpose of a treble booster
+RS Guitarist some people have no idea. me an you do of course ;)
batmandeltaforce who are you to say he has the wrong pups in his guitar, your comment is really dumb, do you play with Queen? No you don't, he has the right pups duh that's how he does it your comment makes you sound really dumb
+andrew wachter I know that person that commented has no idea
Guitar tech sounds like Johnathan Ross at some points :L
Because he's Bradders and a Gilmour Imposter.... It's an attempt at humour.
Support your local Hells Angels London , really ?
Jesus Fucking christ..... the 70's were much more tolerable compared to this shit.
Pete sounds a bit like on over-privileged kid playing with somebody else's toys.
He keeps saying that Brian could do everything with a coin, guitar, treble-booster, and an AC30.
What he's missing from this equation is the EXTREMELY-PROMINENT DELAY EFFECT IN THE INTRO AND OUTRO OF THE VIDEO.
Brian May is pretty well-known for his work with delay-pedals. I'm kind of sad that his guitar tech isn't mentioning anything about it...
...Or that Brian is a millionaire actually paying someone big money for that mess-of-a-rack. That is truly the ugliest rack-wiring I have ever seen. Professional-act or otherwise.
There is an updated version of Brian's rig. Search up 'Rig Rundown Brian May'
sideslick1024 Looks are the least you should have for that type of equipment
It's a lot tidier these days this was the tour with Paul Rodgers an Pete mentioned in a interview that he was inexperienced touring wise back then but the guy has worked for brian for twenty years. He's still Brians main man. The rack these days is tidier neater an keeps the amps running smoothly check out Mike hill guitar services ;)
sideslick1024 i love what gilmour a nd edge have done, but May delay work does not entertain me at all. So I disagree delays are really part of his sound beyond the live guitar solo section he does. My rig looks as bad as that, i hate it, but I am in a room no other human ever enters, this is pretty worrying. Almost seemed like maybe this was pre tour rehearsals?
@@phatman1478 yes it was. Its brighton rock solo.
for Vox sake look at the amps!!!
Conor Sloane lol
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