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- Brian May Super Guitar | Review | Guitar Interactive
Jamies Humphries Reviews for Guitar Interactive Issue 40
Guitar Interactive Magazine | Issue 40 | Brian May
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Welcome to GI 40, a very special issue that we've been hoping to bring you... well, since we first planned the magazine!
Brian May is a unique figure in Rock guitar and he has been interviewed on many occasions in many different publications, so when we were finally able to arrange an interview with him, we decided to take a different route. Instead of sending a mere journalist to interview him and his highly regarded tech expert, Pete Malandrone, we sent Jamie Humphries, who as our features explain has a unique inside approach to the Brian May team. We like to think we've produced the definitive Brian May special as a result.
Also on board is Zakk Wylde, making a welcome return to GI, telling us why he's going into the guitars and amps business!
Don't forget the usual abundance of reviews, columns and this issue's stonking competition opportunity to win a complete set of Moog's Minifooger pedals - in our estimation some of the finest effects pedals money can buy!
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It comes with a curly wig.
Hahaha lmao
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I had the great pleasure and honor to see Queen on Feb. 5, 1975 at The Agora in Columbus, Ohio...ticket # 507/1000...$3.50 in advance...$4.50 at the door ! I don't have to tell you how great the sound was.....Brian and the band were as confident and in control of their sound as any band I have ever seen...better than their records !!!!
I am 21, but last year I went to the Queen + Adam Lambert concert because my dad loves queen and my mom loves both. Coolest concert ive ever been too, and same with my dad whos turning 60. You should try to go to one since they are still sharp
Man you got to see Queen live in their prime. You’re soooo lucky, I hear that when they played a show it wasn’t a concert , it was an event.
I was at the 77 show at St. John's...they were killer
me looking for who asked🤨
I'm always so envious of every comment like that 😔 Most of the time I'm happy I was born when I was born (I'm 21), especially because I'm form Poland and times weren't colorful back in 60/70/80' with socialism. BUT, since I'm fan of many old bands, I feel like I've missed so much from creation of rock history. And Queen. God damn what I'd give to see them live in 70'! How I'm taken by them, their music, their performances is unspeakable. I'm so sad 😢
I have a gold signature BrianMay. One of the things no one ever talks about is how the strings line up almost straight to each tuner due to the triangular head stock.
Where did you get get yours
CRUZTYPANCAKES420 you can get one on his website
I don't know why they don't all build it like that. :)
incredible! for some reason I hadn't heard of it... and NOW I have to have one!
Hey, I have a gold one too. Got it many years ago. The scale seems a little odd, compared to other guitars.
I feel like short of getting Brian May himself to do this review, Jamie Humphries is the absolute best man to talk through Brian May's gear. Clearly very experienced with Brian's gear and playing and it makes for a very interesting, in-depth review.
I agree, I have really enjoyed the past few reviews by him, he does a real good Brian may.
+Jamie Witt Thank you very much!! Brian is a good friend, and I'm a huge fan.. I've had the honour of touring in his band, so I'm pretty up to speed on his gear and technique. i appreciate your comment.. Jamie
+Jamie Yo Jamie, wonderful job on the review. However, I have some questions: 1. What is the VOX emulator pedal you have (have problems deciphering what you said) and 2. Have you ever tried the Tech 21 Liverpool (which is also a VOX emulator and I own one)? How does the Tech 21 compare to the emulator you have? Thanks in advance!
simply wonderful work here Jamie! thanks so much. and thanks to Brian as well for so many years of enjoyment.
bpabustan Its the Tube Amp Emulator by Daniel Gomez. www.taefx.com
"this isn't just for the Queen fan"...totally agree!!!!I bought it in 2013 and I only use it for my own composition, although Brian May is my idol!!!!
RODOLFO SGRO, that’s the kind of thing I like to read. Just as owners of Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Hofner & Ludwig are easily tempted to play the Beatles catalog at first touch - and players of the Cloud Guitar are first motivated to play Prince or Sugar Ray songs - people who get a guitar such as this model in their hands are given to playing those Queen riffs. It’s always worth reading that people who might idolize Brian May would use something like this guitar for their own material.
You just contradicted yourself 🤷♂️
Who did?
ShreadTheWeapon The OP did. He said he agreed that it wasn’t just for Queen fans, and that he used it for his own compositions. Then he said Brian May is his idol.
Zach Ortiz That doesn’t mean he contradicted himself.
He would’ve bought it even without being a fan of Brian May.
And he said he doesn’t use it for covering Brian...
How is he contradicting himself?
The red special is the Excalibur of guitars
Big necked guitars and fat bottomed girls. I think I'm seeing a trend.
Brian likes a good handful.
I just wanna hear pink Floyd's "Time" played on red special...i'd pay to hear that
th-cam.com/video/whys-i8FkFE/w-d-xo.html No need to pay bro
interesting
Kayvon Bashar lmfao
One of the most elegant sounding guitars I've ever heard
Beautiful and sounds spot on.What a beauty and expertly played.Close your eyes and you can see Brian play.Awesome.
I’m a fan of May but putting that aside, his guitar is such a well designed piece of gear. I use a Fender Baja Tele and love it when someone designs stuff that gives you options and practical focus :)
Brian's original Red Special has to be the most unique star guitar ever. I mean, who else built the entire guitar by hand? Eddie's "Frankenstrat" is amazing, but it's a "partscaster" with a unique paint job. I can't think of anyone else who designed their own body, neck, headstock, electronics system from the ground up and created a one of a kind guitar that looks like nothing before it. I always wanted one of the Guild Brian May guitars when they came out in the 1990's but I was too young to have that kind of money and now they're quite expensive last I looked. Cool story about how the trem arm is a knitting needle from his Mom, I didn't know that part. I heard there's a book coming out that is just about that guitar with a ton of pics and diagrams, I have to get one when it comes out. Great vid!!
Didn't do guitars but Tom Scholz (Boston) was the Brian May of the effects, electronics, amps, recording gear side of things
It's out and has been out for a couple of years. You'll find it on amazon. Interesting book but it is for red special nerds...and I am one.
FUNERAL BILL II The Edge built his first guitar.
Les Paul built his own guitar.
@@philbee2307 I have one on the way actually, from Amazon. After this comment, I googled when it was coming out and found it was out. I can't wait. Thanks for the heads up though.
Does it comes with the coin pick? lol
i dont think so
Its a sixpence. Cant be hard to find one.
@@beetleything1864 it's actually an extra special six pence you need for the red special: instead of a young Queen Liz on the obverse of the coin, it has an image of Freddo. The other side, instead of that thistley thing found on the old 5p, you have the queen logo (you know the one - the 2 lions, the phoenix and the big crab)
@@beetleything1864 I'm a coin dealer, I have bags of British Six Pence if anyone wants one.
@@craigcotter7476 It actually has a picture of Brian himself on one side, around his head is the title to whatever he's selling at the time or a song of his (The first one's said "BRIAN MAY: BACK TO THE LIGHT"). The reverse sides have his initials "BM" in script and say OFFICIAL QUEEN PICK. The 2017 version said NEWS OF THE WORLD and had the robot head on the reverse. To date, there has been no six pence pick authorized by Brian with Freedy on it.
Fantastic demo! Thanks for all the work that went into it!
What a fantastic guitar. Inspires me to buy one and learn all of my favorite Queen songs. Also inspires me to design and build my own guitar.
I badgered my son to play one of these in Anderson's the other day, he was quite resistant to play it as he is not really a Queen fan but once in his hands he had to admit this guitar is the one of the best off the shelf guitars on the market and he now wants one. If you can afford one buy it.
Great review Jamie, nice to see an in depth review these days.. I have a Guyton red special the only lefty made and it's fantastic .. that neck is huge but very comfortable , you get used to it and it makes chord effortless. Can't stress enough how this is not just for playing Queen it's a very versatile instrument that's Gilles from strat / tele to gretsch Gibson at the flick of a switch.. Great great guitar.
It's interesting that Guild would make an official copy of the red special. I've noticed that Brian has played a couple of different 12-string acoustic guitars in concert for Love of my Life. One of them was an Ovation 12 string which I've also seen Freddie play in concert for Crazy Little Thing Called Love. In more recent years when playing Love of my Life Brian has played what appears to be a Guild F-212XL which happens to be the model pictured on the album cover of Poems, Prayers & Promises by John Denver.
I could watch this guy all day !!!!
man it always blows my mind how much gain these single coil pickups can handle. these things sound HOT!!!
Thanks for this video!! You're so good at playing and I can really see how much you love that guitar.
Love your work Jamie. Love all of your Lick Library dvd's. Rock on and thanks for the inspiration.
Great review!!! thanks to Mr. Humphries! It is true that it is almost impossible to detune the guitar. Wonderful instrument
Ohhh gosh. I've seen a fan last week with this guitar. And Brian has signed it...
Great review, shows a lot of respect! Thanks a million! 😉
Cracking review, and sounds to die for. Thankyou.
Thanks for the review. That's great!
Wish I was born in one of those developed countries (US, EU, Canada, Australia...), that could justify the price for this wonderful guitar. The affordable version is GBP 579.17, even that is rather hefty for those of us in the developing world. But I like that Brian May charges less for exported ones than those for the buyers in EU ( it is GBP 695).
Hopefully, I will sign up for "who wants to be a millionaire" or dig around for some gold chest in my backyard! - even better, make one myself like Brian did when he couldn't afford pricey ones during his time!
Fantastic review James! I have a Brian May by Burns of London. I have been setting it up and getting the tremolo perfect. I know it will move up to my favorite soon. I hope to play it next weekend in a very large hall. I do have some very powerful amps but my little Vox and a Brian May treble booster should do it. I will plug it into the powerful house PA system. That should rock them.
As Mick Ronson once said: I think it has more to do with the way one actually plays, not that particular amp or guitar. The sound is in the fingers.
DGalacticMan Agree, and this proves it once again. I can’t believe all these people commenting that it sounds exactly like the original. The must be tone deaf. And the distortion overkill did not help, either.
Or in the coin, in Brian's case
@@NYPDWeatherman when Brian drops his coin he continues with his polished nails.
Mick Ronson was right but that's only a part, albeit a major part, of the total "tonal" equation.
Which is fine when we're talking about off the shelf, pretty standard/traditional guitar lay outs. Because neither Brian or his Dad were guitar makers means quite a lot of what they did gives it a unique sound, which isn't in the fingers.
i have this guitar but instead of the red, mines black, and the black part of his guitar is gold for mine.
It sounds fantastic and magical...
Brian May is a guitarist worth emulating.
Wow great to see a review from someone who has actually played the original.
Wonderful review of an awesome instrument...thank you !
The tone is incredible.
Stunning guitar.
That thing has a massive sound surprisingly. Good stuff.
I so love that king of reviews where 30 seconds is real review and other 18 minutes just bla-bla-bla. Nice job bro....
My father has the second version Guild guitar and it's great. He also has the Burns one, but that really doesn't come close, doesn't deserve BM's name.
I'd love to see a comparison of BMG "Super" and BMG "Special".
THIS guitar sounds a bit SG-ish. That isn't an insult by any means. When I'm not playing a strat, SG is my next go to guitar. It's probably the mahogany. So cool that all the pickups can be phased in and out. Never knew that.
Jamie's always incredible!
A very cool and informative video! Thanks for your opinion on this guitar.
You guys should totally review the Ibanez TSA15h amp
I'm lucky enough to have a Guyton, this guitar has great sounds not just for Queen stuff...if you put it through any amp clean with neck and bridge on it sound like a Gibson 335.....
Hello Jamie..what was the name of that ac30 sim. pedal you used in the vid?
thanks!!
Absolutely amazing
Awesome Jamie!!!
that tone just made me smile man
Amazing review, amazing guitarist reviewing another amazing guitarist signature guitar, doesn't get better than that 😀
man i couldve watched that for 2 hours! the guitar is awesome...jamie is fkn awesome! thx
Nice! Bought a BM creamy one about 10 years ago. Would buy this one if I was a decent guitarist...but I'm very good bass player lol
The original is a very unique guitar but more impressive is the amazing array of tones and sounds that he got out of it on record! If he never built it and used a Gibson or a Strat, I wonder how things would have sounded.
If he never built it? NO!!! If he had money!! Some of the most unique guitar tones cames from lack of money
oh man, now i want to buy this so goddamn much. i should start saving up my money for it.
That is a VERY nice looking and sounding guitar.
I got one; incredible creature!!
Not too many band's or solo artist's music can be totally stripped back and find "real" sound and sonics. Queen music element is all about the Brian May guitar sounds. It stands alone and I can listen to it all day long!!
Of all the Brian May guitars, which would be, in your opinion the closest in terms of neck shape and sound specifically, to Brian’s original?? And, if you happen to think to do so, maybe suggest having a signature model for his father since it was a joint project. Perhaps have it incorporate ideas his father had or wanted to do to the original Red Special when they were building it, but may not have been done for one reason or another.
Nice, well explained tutorial
That is absolutely amazing! I’ve looked for years and this (and your playing) is unforgettable. If I quit smoking for a year, I will purchase one of these. I’m on day 4. Thanks sooooo much for this demo!
Guitar Man good luck kicking the habit, Man. Tough going, but you can do it!
Keep it up, i believe in you!
I will come back in a year and check if you made it
Plz write in a year, and say you done it
Mads Harder Møller awesome, man! Day 8 and still going strong! Thanks for your kind words!
Wow thanks for posting this
UGH I WANT IT SO BAAAD
This has a sound I have never heard before
Any idea if these will ever be available again?
No fireplaces were harmed in the making of this guitar.
I'm actually considering a Green Special too. Can you still get the replica, Addison pickups you put in your Green Specia? If so, where from?
What amp (and pedals) did you use in this video?
That guitar/amp combo sounds amazing!!
Wow a kind comment....and truthful...this guy can play....thats why brian uses him to tour
It;s an incredible sounding iconic guitar. It's the only guitar I have ever seen or heard made of oak.
It's Late, a killer riff for sure.
I hope to get mine next year. I have got £1000 saved already
I've been trying to order one with no shipping date even in discussion. Crushed :( Come on guys start building please!
I want to hear this guitar with other rigs/amps too
Queen Forever!
This makes me want to buy one of these guitars now!
i need that guitar...
This guitar is a fusion between a gibson sg and fender stratocaster!
What baffles me the most is, these guitars are quite affordable for what you get, concidering it in fact is a signature gutiar.
0:16 goddamit bro, you were so close to getting the lick right
crazy little thing called love was done on a tele wasn't it?
Matt Bolt It was. :)
not wasn't only the solo, but later BM uses his the red Special, no need for a Fender
powertothebauer
on the recording a telecaster was used all the way through to get the authentic 50's sound, live he started out with an acoustic, Freddie plays a telecaster, for the solo Brian plays a telecaster, and then he finished off with the credit special
Matt Bolt it was an all black 1967 Telecaster with matching headstock
brian was actualy Persuaded to use that guitar becuase he only thinks his red special sounds right
Ironically, you’d think I would be tempted by the Guild version of this model since I’ve got a pair of Guild acoustic guitars in my possession. The way they were described here, I’m not so sure.
Tell me, how are the economy versions of this model, comparing with the ones that enter the four figure price range? Do they hold her tuning when you use the whammy bar?
I hope i could have a guitar like that one day, im just sad because we dont have any money to buy a guitar :(
Que bueno , traigan la guitarra a la Argentina
Cooollll i want one of those
What clear coat did the original red special have? If anyone knows
0:01 that solo tho🤤
Which pedals do u use? Im gonna play that in school and i need the sound😂❤🎉
fair play.
Where can I get a copy of this guitar and at what pricw?
One major difference not mentioned is no gloss neck. They look great but from my experience your fingertips get stuck on the glossy surface when bending strings. Probably why they left it out.
If only this was $3,000 (£2,950) I have the regular BMG Special ($900, £725) it’s an amazing guitar I love mine, but it so expensive, and I’d love to get one of these Supers
Nice solo of "Crazy Little Thing" at 13:15, but it seems like Brian always plays that solo on a black Telecaster.
Actually Brian was playing the solo of crazy little thing cold love on a tele
Would be cool to know how much Brian style of playing influenced on Mister Humphries - He is great no doubt in that, actually imho with Mike Casswell ( RIP) Humphries is the best guitarist UK ( even Europe i dare to say) had in long time.....good technique super tone so what else to ask for ☺...by the way uber cool guitar.
Nice review but the director didn't allowed us to se the back of the freaking guitar! are the strings going through the body?
wow!
What’s the name of the black pedal?
Yeah just casually smash out the the bohemian rhapsody solo! Haha!!! Brilliant
Hay una 🎸 guitarra 🎸 única también la de Carlos Santana sonido de mi adolescencia 👈Europa 🇪🇸
Wish they had them in left-handed for the US