Brian May Rig Rundown

Eruera · Post by **Eruera** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:43 pm

Good lord I want a red special now

ash · Post by **ash** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:08 pm

There's a guy in Italy, "CQuadro" who has been making quite a lot of them and very well, by the look of it. He even made a Tele/Red hybrid for Brian May. Just this week he's been forced to stop in the middle of a batch of about ten. Suspected legal wrangles.

Post by Bg » Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:24 pm

FECK I HATE THE QUEEN

alanp · Post by **alanp** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:37 pm

Mate on another forum posted a pic of him holding THE Red Special.

Lucky bugger.

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:25 pm

I love Queen and really enjoying my Catalinbread Galileo pedal. Its nails the Queen sound.

Bradman · Post by **Bradman** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:11 pm

AC30 & Treble booster seems like a winning combination, did he get that off Rory by any chance?

Never been a huge fan of Queen, but always a fan of a guitarist who sticks to pretty much one or two guitars their whole career.

druz15 · Post by **druz15** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:07 pm

Bradman wrote:AC30 & Treble booster seems like a winning combination, did he get that off Rory by any chance?

Never been a huge fan of Queen, but always a fan of a guitarist who sticks to pretty much one or two guitars their whole career.

Yeah he went to a RG concert when he was young and was like "how do you get your sound mister?" Rory said cranked AC30 and treble booster, Brian's even gone on record saying RG is largely responsible for the foundation of his sound

Aquila Rossa · Post by **Aquila Rossa** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:47 pm

what's the bet now that it is widely known that the amps are modded, we see BM Vox AC30s released where we pay more to have the same bits removed (unless it has already happened of course).

Post by **Slowy** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:08 am

Aquila Rosso wrote:what's the bet now that it is widely known that the amps are modded, we see BM Vox AC30s released where we pay more to have the same bits removed (unless it has already happened of course).

It has. One knob only and very expensive IIRC.

Aquila Rossa · Post by **Aquila Rossa** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:11 am

It has.

Now they just need to release Brian May wigs to complete the look - aged with greys to match the era the fanboyz after aiming for.

Polar Bear · Post by **Polar Bear** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:36 am

slowfingers wrote:
Aquila Rosso wrote:what's the bet now that it is widely known that the amps are modded, we see BM Vox AC30s released where we pay more to have the same bits removed (unless it has already happened of course).
It has. One knob only and very expensive IIRC.

AD30bm_controls.jpg

On clearance at $2400...

I have one sitting in the amp room at work, and it's awesome.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:38 am

Why isn't it sitting IN YOUR HOUSE? Srsly

Post by **Slowy** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:41 am

Polar Bear wrote:
slowfingers wrote:
Aquila Rosso wrote:what's the bet now that it is widely known that the amps are modded, we see BM Vox AC30s released where we pay more to have the same bits removed (unless it has already happened of course).
It has. One knob only and very expensive IIRC.

AD30bm_controls.jpg
On clearance at $2400... I have one sitting in the amp room at work, and it's awesome.

So just how much versatility has it got? I presume it's designed to be run flat out? Does its character change/remain when you turn it down?

Does it have the Rangemaster built in?

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:54 pm

I would so hit it.

Rangemaster is in there with three modes IIRC.

Polar Bear · Post by **Polar Bear** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:45 pm

slash-ed wrote:Why isn't it sitting IN YOUR HOUSE? Srsly

Because I work in retail and I have an amazing AC30 already... Also, it's sitting in the amp room at work.

slowfingers wrote:
Polar Bear wrote:
slowfingers wrote:
It has. One knob only and very expensive IIRC.

AD30bm_controls.jpg
On clearance at $2400... I have one sitting in the amp room at work, and it's awesome.
So just how much versatility has it got? I presume it's designed to be run flat out? Does its character change/remain when you turn it down?

Does it have the Rangemaster built in?

Not sure why too many people would buy a Brian May signature AC30 looking for versatility, but you can switch it to 15w so that it is only pant wettingly loud, as opposed to shittingly loud, and you can turn the Rangemaster off too if you want. Also, it won't be a Rangemaster, as Vox made a very good treble booster circuit for the VBM1. The man himself hasn't used an actual Rangemaster since '76.

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