Brian May Rig Rundown

druz15 · Post by **druz15** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:59 am

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/2 ... -brian-may

avert your eyes Molly

Polar Bear · Post by **Polar Bear** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:40 am

I FUCKING HATE QUEEN.

But how about that rig rundown?

I HATE QUEEN.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:41 am

Yeah, that Bryan Maye comes across as a total dickhead.

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:19 am

3 completely cranked AC30's, wow! Interesting to see he used G12H30's alongside the blues... they seem like a great choice!

Post by **GrantB** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:57 pm

Nice and simple. Whether Queen is your bag or not, one cannot deny Brian's ability to make good guitar noises.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:59 pm

jeremyb wrote:3 completely cranked AC30's, wow! Interesting to see he used G12H30's alongside the blues... they seem like a great choice!

Vindicated!

vintage52 · Post by **vintage52** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:05 pm

Quite enjoyed that.

The guitar tech sounded like he was getting a bit fed up.

Brian is a pretty cool dude and a nice English gentlemen.

And I like the fact that he has a guitar that he loves and the build fun he had with his old man.

druz15 · Post by **druz15** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:26 am

Love Brian's explanations for the sounds of all the pickup combo and where/why he uses them.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:19 pm

Love Brian's explanations for the sounds of all the pickup combo and where/why he uses them.

+1

He also talked about the nut grooves being filed deep so that the strings only run through them and not touch the bottom.... Something I will try next time I'll restring.

obviously you can only do that with a zero fret... Pity he did not elaborate on the zero fret

Polar Bear · Post by **Polar Bear** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 2:41 pm

I believe it was there for zero friction. One of the things he's explained in the past is that he wanted a trem with as little friction as possible, as the strats of the time went out of tune whenever the trem was deployed. He may have mentioned that in that rig rundown too actually. The zero fret negated the need for the nut to be in play and cause more friction.

ash · Post by **ash** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 3:23 pm

That was awesome.

I don't know when I'll ever get around to building one, but there's still a 10mm thick pile of Red Special plans right under this keyboard I'm typing on. I've only been putting it off for 22 years so far

That f-hole one, though -

And what about the shirt Brian was wearing with the NZ things all over it like the silver fern and sheep and stuff. Also appears to have a Sydney Harbour Bridge on it, so who know what it's all about...

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:30 pm

that KAT switcher thing needs to be sold in the auckland rockshops...the jaffa switcher

ash wrote:
That f-hole one, though -

yep damn impressive for sure

Cdog · Post by **Cdog** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:58 pm

well worth the watch... thanks for sharing

bender · Post by **bender** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:02 am

ash wrote:That was awesome.

I don't know when I'll ever get around to building one, but there's still a 10mm thick pile of Red Special plans right under this keyboard I'm typing on. I've only been putting it off for 22 years so far

That f-hole one, though -

And what about the shirt Brian was wearing with the NZ things all over it like the silver fern and sheep and stuff. Also appears to have a Sydney Harbour Bridge on it, so who know what it's all about...

Yeah, that f-hole one is a stunner. I never realised how massive the neck was on those guitars. It look humongous.

sizzlingbadger · Post by **sizzlingbadger** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:02 am

I find stuff like that very inspirational because he just did it his way and didn't give a fuck about the trends and GAS.

I'm a big Queen / May fan anyway of course.

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