These are ALL Brian May tones. Listen to the early Queen albums and you'll find them all there somewhere. In later years he stuck to his favourite tone most of the time.
beautiful sound i love the fact it is so much more than brian may tone . . just goes to prove how versatile a guitar the red specials are i love the clean country sound . . .i like em all well done nice playing
I think the purpose of this was to show that a BM guitar is more than just a 'queen tone machine'. If you want the BM sound, it'll get you part way there (just add 1 or more AC30s, and a treble booster), but if you want to use the guitar for more than that it'll do pretty much everything else too.
brian creates multilayered harmonies with crystal clarity precision and makes it look easy two things wrong with this video 1) if your gonna post a may video than at least use a greg fryer trebel booster and 2)let your playing come from the heart and than you got queen sound
Ok, People.. please READ the info.. it says he SHOWS you that you can get tones OTHER than the classic Queen sounds from the Brian May guitar, come on, quit complaining how it doesnt sound like Brians sound.. because that was the POINT..
and if I am wrong BHM153, then please correct me.. thanks
ok the RedSpecial.. but you can have a very close sound saving money ;-) only one AC30, a treble booster and a good stereo delay (DL4 for example). The stereo delay can give you two different time delays (on the same amp of course) so you can use it for brighton rock (the "direct" sound plus two single channel delays exactly timed, one half than the other) or for have a natural chorus effect (two very very close delays) Brian himself prefers to use delays to have a natural chrous effect.
Also worth checking the CD ROM from guitarist magazine from november 2008, Brians tech, Pete Malandrone, is interviewed and walks you through the guitar rig for the 'cosmos' tour, which i believe has been uploaded to youtube. check it out....
I can hear it sounds right to me. Just because he is actually playing good guitar dosent mean he is not getting a queen sound. All he has to do is open it up and he will sound just like all the others RS guys. I like the fact that he shows what other tones the guitar is capable of. Plus I am a fan of compressors and this guy must be as well....Good Tones Fred!
nice run thru different styles. i especially like mr.sandman, makes me wanna watch back to the future where the song is played. great showing of the red special's capabilities. the possibilities are endless...
same here ha im watching back to the fiture right now ha my fave film lol plus this guy should play a damn Queen song so we can see if it has the tone or not
The title is wrong, anyway, bri's tone isnt that hard to emulate, you need a decent red special copy, a mid boost pedal, an ac30 thats cranked with your mids up on that as well, and a thick pick and youre pretty close. Then steal brian may's hands, and youll have it.
'There's a shiver in the dark it's been raining in the park but meantime.'
ScottNicholasSimpson 5 months ago
funny- before u even starin playing sultans of swing...i was like pfft- sounds more like knopfler than b.may,,,haha
usulkane 9 months ago
These are ALL Brian May tones. Listen to the early Queen albums and you'll find them all there somewhere. In later years he stuck to his favourite tone most of the time.
marklandynut 11 months ago
beautiful sound i love the fact it is so much more than brian may tone . . just goes to prove how versatile a guitar the red specials are i love the clean country sound . . .i like em all well done nice playing
brianmay65 1 year ago
jesus guys read the name on the video . . . so much more than brian may tone
brianmay65 1 year ago
no no no no no...
McRogers80 2 years ago
hahah his names fred
ruffles272 2 years ago
i love sultans of swing!
fieryfrets2000 2 years ago
yeah just buy a treble booster and plug into that vox behind you
spicbuddha 2 years ago 4
do you recomend any treble booster?
thx
guitargnr11 2 years ago
at 0:34 you have queen sound
parbu 3 years ago
Nay, no Queen sound here...
moneyquickeasy 3 years ago 14
Noup, no Queen sound.
jma1273 3 years ago 10
I think the purpose of this was to show that a BM guitar is more than just a 'queen tone machine'. If you want the BM sound, it'll get you part way there (just add 1 or more AC30s, and a treble booster), but if you want to use the guitar for more than that it'll do pretty much everything else too.
steviemgallacher 3 years ago 2
brian creates multilayered harmonies with crystal clarity precision and makes it look easy two things wrong with this video 1) if your gonna post a may video than at least use a greg fryer trebel booster and 2)let your playing come from the heart and than you got queen sound
drewbee12345 3 years ago 2
u should buy a treble booster :)
telindius2 3 years ago
your tone sucks... =S
the guitar doesn't make the whole sound, it's the one who plays it
BuddyPling 3 years ago
which version of the guitar is this?
poochcastilon 3 years ago
This shows how versatile these guitars realy are...
walshfan2470 3 years ago
Play ROCK.
!!!!!!!!!!!
den1907den 3 years ago
no queen sound, sorry
adolfo21 3 years ago 4
No Queen sound !
horst67067 3 years ago 4
not
MASTA007i 3 years ago
Nope. Try making a whole orchestra from one guitar then I might be impressed by you :P
classicrockrockz 3 years ago
nope
Costairaclides 3 years ago
This is not the Brian May's sound.. but the clear one is a very nice clear sound, and you play nice ;-)
ilgiarno 3 years ago
wth???? man fu all yeah rock it
JukkaBcK 3 years ago
Ok, People.. please READ the info.. it says he SHOWS you that you can get tones OTHER than the classic Queen sounds from the Brian May guitar, come on, quit complaining how it doesnt sound like Brians sound.. because that was the POINT..
and if I am wrong BHM153, then please correct me.. thanks
Kazahmish 3 years ago
Nope
1revjay 3 years ago
No, doesn't sound like Brian at all.
kees123kist 3 years ago 3
you must work very hard to play as queen sound
SimoneTS 4 years ago 2
Sorry, it isn't a Queen sound. I know the guitar has a variety of sounds I own one.
Queen sound isn't complex: 3 Vox AC30s (minimum), chorus pedal, treble booster, six pence, and of course the red special.
AdiSalisbury 4 years ago 2
or now a digitech brian may pedal with any electric guitar style
brianmayrules 3 years ago
ok the RedSpecial.. but you can have a very close sound saving money ;-) only one AC30, a treble booster and a good stereo delay (DL4 for example). The stereo delay can give you two different time delays (on the same amp of course) so you can use it for brighton rock (the "direct" sound plus two single channel delays exactly timed, one half than the other) or for have a natural chorus effect (two very very close delays) Brian himself prefers to use delays to have a natural chrous effect.
ilgiarno 3 years ago
If anyone is interested on how Brian gets his sound, check out his Starlicks video where he explains his set up.
I forgot to mention that the amps are always on full, with the volume controled at the guitar.
AdiSalisbury 3 years ago
Also worth checking the CD ROM from guitarist magazine from november 2008, Brians tech, Pete Malandrone, is interviewed and walks you through the guitar rig for the 'cosmos' tour, which i believe has been uploaded to youtube. check it out....
steviemgallacher 3 years ago
I just don't hear that Queen sound...sorry...
Robertg71 4 years ago 3
I can hear it sounds right to me. Just because he is actually playing good guitar dosent mean he is not getting a queen sound. All he has to do is open it up and he will sound just like all the others RS guys. I like the fact that he shows what other tones the guitar is capable of. Plus I am a fan of compressors and this guy must be as well....Good Tones Fred!
royalmahoney 4 years ago
nice run thru different styles. i especially like mr.sandman, makes me wanna watch back to the future where the song is played. great showing of the red special's capabilities. the possibilities are endless...
fairyfellermaster 4 years ago
same here ha im watching back to the fiture right now ha my fave film lol plus this guy should play a damn Queen song so we can see if it has the tone or not
nissanskyline16 4 years ago
Sounds muddy. What's up with that? Is it the guitar? what kind is it?
scotlandiv 4 years ago
The title is wrong, anyway, bri's tone isnt that hard to emulate, you need a decent red special copy, a mid boost pedal, an ac30 thats cranked with your mids up on that as well, and a thick pick and youre pretty close. Then steal brian may's hands, and youll have it.
PMCMANIS 4 years ago
nice guitar shame about the sound, not very queen, sound is all in the playing
mattmay05 4 years ago
nothing like the queen sound!!!!
Federico70813971 4 years ago
totally different
alexmay80 4 years ago
no, nothing like the queen sound, sorry.
Nice playing, but not Brian's tone at all!
Just sounds like a strat....:O(
honeyfred 4 years ago
I agree.....without the distortion it sounds very much like Mark Knophler's sound.
anitamcgahern 4 years ago
knopfler !!!!!
brianmayrules 3 years ago
not
burkezillar 4 years ago
not
richiecockburn 4 years ago 2