All the neoclassical shredders don't achieve the same charm as Brian May. There's something very Baroque about his playing. He has such a beautiful tone, and an amazing touch. Nobody sounds like Brian May.
There is another video somewhere of him doing the same thing so i don't think it's as accidental as you may think. Perhaps he made the mistake here and went with it for other demonstrations.
i actually thought "wow, he never makes a mistake and if he would, it was punnished so hard by the delay" but he did xD. Would have never noticed... I thouhgt this would be funny to hear for you lol ^^
The note at 1:34 was used a lot for the guitar solo piece a in 1986 but not in that context of what he was playing in this video for that run he would sometimes play some power chords and proceed into a theremin type sound after that he'd occasionally use that run but because he knew it so well he could use it in the context to what he was playing. Really interesting how some old guitarists can bring something up from so long ago to help them a bit. I remember Jimmy Page played a nasty solo on Train Kept a-Rollin in 1991 with Aerosmith but he hadn't played the song since 1980 the solo was pretty bad at first but then it was turned into something that sounded like Zeppelin in there prime. U can probably find loads of guitarists who remember old bits and pieces from muscle memory... well I guess with every mistake u learn something new or just do something u haven't done in a long time.
Brian channels the diembodied spirits of long departed ancient English musicians and composers with each note he plays. Not exclusive to Brian though, The Beatles once did the same thing in order to create their masterpieces of music, only doing so accidentally killed Paul in '66 but they brought him back quickly by consulting with Aleister Crowley and subsequently the rest of the Beatles had to give up their souls to you know *who* just to make Sgt Pepper's. It's true I tell ya 🤣🤣
Avoine Judas well he and his father built the red special out of necessity because they couldn't afford an electric guitar. so yeah he's a humble guy :-]
I was lucky enough to meet him 3 times this past summer..Very kind and humble..goes out of his way to make you feel comfortable and appreciated for being a fan..even if you totally geek out..which of course I did ..
I'm not a guitarist but massive Queen fan, and it always amazes me just how each solo is perfectly written for each song. He's not one of those guys just trying to fit in as many notes as he can on some technical level.. he somehow created 'timeless' solos.. sigh I miss Queen ;(
That tone is to die for. He plays at unbelievable stage volumes. Those AC30's are incredibly loud. He used 9 of them live! I think he has one of the most recognized guitar sounds I have ever heard.
@@frossbog Now they are, there were times in past when all the amps were on. There were also times where there were 12, 16 or occasionally even more AC30s on stage.
Actualmente ocupa 6 y en el Magic Tour 86 ❤️ tuvo un muro de 15, pero es 1 el máster, el del medio, que es el que está conectado a su amplificador Petherson que se encuentra al costado derecho de su pared de AC30, en el vídeo del backstage de Wembley se puede apreciar, el resto es solo para salida.
@@Actiomedey It has to be fairly clean for good separation, so he rolls back on the volume for the more articulate bits. Delay parts are about basic timing and being in the grove, because they kinda have to be to work. But you need that to play well with other people anyway. If you can practice to a metronome you can play against a delay. Now - I would be the last person to say you can easily copy Brians feel, exultance and vast honed stadium attitude. But what he is playing, from a basic point view of placing your sausages is not too difficult to work out.
I can't really explain it, but Brian's playing just sounds like HOME. George Harrison is the only other guitar player whose work comes close to that for me.
He is always so genuine and humble. I think it's the man that makes the gear. For me I love it when a certain tone or effect really shines. It becomes a conduit for inspiration. The first time it happened in public was at an open mic. A beautiful Les Paul copy had just joined the heard. When noodling and going through some scales it started to speak. The best thing was it was me speaking in the most wonderful of timbres. I stood up and high tailed to the open mic. I had no idea what would happen. Secure in the knowledge that I could hang w some of the heavier hitters the tall Bacardi coke tasted so sweet. The MC called me the wrong name and up on stage I went. Secure in knowing that I could do it I went up there blew peoples minds. It felt soooooooo good. I had 1 pedal in my chain and a semi-custom built Vox VT20+. Instantly every player's ears perked up when I hit that first chord. & years of toil came exploding out. Everything felt so good and easy. Blues,Rock and stuff I never knew I had Just oozed from that ax. All the good players wanted join me onstage. Every note fit perfect, even the mistakes were good. So cool to back up the veteran players on stuff new to me. I took a break and passed my ax off to a 35 yr player. He player a couple a numbers and asked if he could use his guitar w my rig. Not even close to what I had. People were coming up shaking my hand and thanking me. The lesson I took awawy were 1) RELAX Beauty passes from soul to strings far easier thru calm loose body. 2) Guitar Face: don't focus to hard just let the music pass thru your body.... if your face coveys honest emotion than so will your guitar 3) Lay back Play in little phrases and rest for few bars then it builds anticipation and adds dynamics it doesn't always have to be going 100 mph. 4) study the crowd Once you get the listeners on your side... It's on. At 46 I picked up the guitar and seven years later it remains welded to my fingers. Thank you Brian May for being one of the many who inspire. Truly a giant in a forest of redwoods.
Can we all just agree that, not only is Brian May one of the all time great guitarists, he wields the best electric guitar known to man. It’s a shame the Red Special isn’t as know as well as the Telecaster or Stratocaster because that guitar is probably one of the most beautiful and versatile instruments ever made, being able to rock your socks off in Dead on Time yet being able so play a beautiful melody in You Take My Breath Away or Love of my life. May, you’re amazing.
ericpierre53 there's no other guitar that sound like the red special. It has an altogether unique sound. Brian is a genius on many levels - that he and hid dad built the RS, he plays like a genius, and well he has a PhD in Astrophysics...
He's not especially "humble," he know his own worth. But he's not "stuck up," and doesn't need to act any different from what he is to impress people. He's just incredibly NICE, unlike many gifted people. 💜
@@sallylynnschur4278 He actually IS incredibly humble. He has said many times that he doesn't consider himself a particularly accomplished guitarist. But he understands and accepts his technical limitations, be those what they may, and absolutely maximizes his musical talent. Same goes for David Gilmour.
Brian May is awesome. When he plays his Red Special becomes part of him. He makes playing seem so effortless. It is a joy to listen to him and I will never tire of that superb sound!
I bought a may red special in December and it is the most fantastic guitar I have ever played. The neck is a little wider than my les Paul but the sound from the tri sonic pickups are to die for
I got one in 2008 and immediately played some large shows here in Taiwan. I've never played anything like it. Used it so much and just today, the shaft of the volume pot fell out, lol.
@HolyGK I hate it when people compare guitarists. I hate it even more when they falsify facts about the guitarist that they don't like. You sir, have done both.
Yes you are absolutely right. When Brian played at the saville with Steve Vai, Joe satriani, Joe Walsh, just name a few. Steve Vai played Brian's guitar. It sounded like Steve Vai. He said it's all in Brian's fingers.
He is the master of layered guitars. He makes multi-part harmonies go on & on & on....It goes one place & winds up going in many CRAZY directions. I'm in awe of that effect. You don't need another guitarist playing with you with this effect, It's ALREADY THERE ! He plays call & respond with the guitar effortlessly. He may mess up but it (delay) covers up many flubs & you can't tell If he did or didn't flub. Anyway. This is one great (overlooked) guitarist.
The one guitarist on this planet that can inspire James Hetfield, The Edge, and David Gilmour. May is just the pillar of electric guitar. From any genre.
Wow, never seen this before - fab - used a delay back in the 80s as a teen just to try and recreate the Brighton rock madness - love how he acknowledges it can go out of control too. Fab
That typical British understatement - he is quite unpretentious about his (many!!) skills... And of course there's thát guitar! Such a distinctive and warm midrange you can not ever get from, say, a Strat.
Brian´s playing has something very classical to it. I dunno if Baroque or not, but I love listening to it. The dual guitar parts are really the trademark of Brian´s sound, I wonder why a lot of people mention cranked AC30s and Rangemasters but not the dual guitar aspect.
Ah. Okay. Makes perfect sense now. Brian is clearly a Baroque composer teleported magically to the 20th/21st century. So....no, huh? Well, let me guess again. Wonder if he can trace his ancestry back to 18th century Germany or Austria? There's something to be said for the emerging science of epigenetics, IMO! Well, never mind. I'll be "listening" with 3-part harmonies and fugue structures in mind now. Thanks for all the comments. Very helpful, y'all.
Delay has become an emotive subject in modern playing . I think it all started with Hank Marvin, Maybe his Apache type numbers. Its now become almost a science. I must admit Brian makes it interesting to watch. . The edge uses it so well on some of U2s albums.
I've just noticed; I was at this clinic, which I believe was in the December of 1999. There's a video around these parts called Brian May guitar 1992 and he's wearing the same T-shirt, which raises 2 questions. Is the man too busy to shop for clothes, and why am I such a dork...
Probably, if you can find the right delay (900 milliseconds - 1800 milliseconds). The BEST (but most expensive way) is like this: Three VOX AC30's, a three way splitter and two delay pedals. Oh, and a new house somewhere with NO NEIGHBOURS since they'll do deaf (or power soaks in the voxes)
i know right.. there was a limited edition guitar pedal ("DigiTech Artist Series Brian May Pedal") some time back that replicated the sound pretty well, but it's around $400+ on all the sites i'm looking at..
Cobalt Nolastnameforyou Yeah I heard about that. Actually I heard about it in a list of the worst guitar pedals of all time or something. They said it was really complicated. Probably sounds good though. Thanks.
oh really?? ahh, i've seen some reviews of it, it sounds pretty neat i think. (youtube)/watch?v=HBtphe_u8u8 but yeah no worries buddy, good luck figuring out this tone if you're still going for it.
(in addition and in no certain order) David Gilmour. Alex Lifeson. Steve Howe. Steve Hackett. Robert Fripp. Allen Collins. Billy Gibbons. Eddie Van Halen. Jimmy Page. Wes Montgomery. Pat Metheny. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Alvin Lee. Charlie Christian. Eric Clapton. Jeff Beck. Joe Satriani. Steve Vai. Nancy Wilson. Andre Segovia. John Williams (the guitarist). Julian Bream. Greg Lake. Mike Rutherford. Trevor Rabin. (etc.)
i love brian ihave an exact replica made for me by filipe from portugal of the red special its georgeous even the neck has rustins plastic coating and gives it that shiney look anyway brian rocks he makes you want to play guitar
Some nice references in this short clip. aI can absolutely hear bits and pieces from Russian Headlong, White Man and quite a bit from his live guitar solo performances (like the one from Rock Montreal 1981). Just really really cool for some reason.
Any delay pedal can do it. Generally you'd get a setting for the delay time in milliseconds and a setting for the amount of repeats, from 1 repeat to infinite repeats. You don't need a special delay pedal for it
I miss QUEEN AND FREDDIE MERCURY SO MUCH! BRIAN IS BEST AMONG THE BEST,! HE IS SO HUMBLE that even the sound of his red guitar plays humility. Touching souls in deep meditation. Salute to the legend of Queen,!!! 🎉
Brian may is under-rated, he, in my book is up there with jimmy page, jimmy hendrix and the like, if not better. He is sooooo technically awesome. If anything, i would say hendrix is over-rated. May is just really clever and melodic, some of his solos, like in killer queen are fantastic, they are like, a little composition within a song, im a big fan of his...
"I recommend it for those long winter evenings, it's great fun."
Brian May 10/10 human being would hug
All the neoclassical shredders don't achieve the same charm as Brian May. There's something very Baroque about his playing. He has such a beautiful tone, and an amazing touch. Nobody sounds like Brian May.
Using a coin instead of a plecktrum is a big part of his sound.
I like to believe that life experiences also influence what comes out of you and your guitar! :-)
100% agreed its not GEAR is the MAN!
the coin as stated above, but having a one off guitar doesnt hurt either.
It’s also his red special
I had a strange May delay effect. Strumed an em7 chord could'nt hear it till June.
Haha! Brilliant!
Genius...🤣
Good one ... going to laugh in August
#groan
😂
That guitar has such an iconic sound, man.
Wow 1:34 he missed the note but turned it into a whole new melody using the diminished run.. What a genius... Legend for a reason.
There is another video somewhere of him doing the same thing so i don't think it's as accidental as you may think. Perhaps he made the mistake here and went with it for other demonstrations.
i actually thought "wow, he never makes a mistake and if he would, it was punnished so hard by the delay" but he did xD. Would have never noticed... I thouhgt this would be funny to hear for you lol ^^
James Carmichael not missed. Different. He said in an interview once that he never plays a song the same way twice. Each time it’s different!
The note at 1:34 was used a lot for the guitar solo piece a in 1986 but not in that context of what he was playing in this video for that run he would sometimes play some power chords and proceed into a theremin type sound after that he'd occasionally use that run but because he knew it so well he could use it in the context to what he was playing. Really interesting how some old guitarists can bring something up from so long ago to help them a bit. I remember Jimmy Page played a nasty solo on Train Kept a-Rollin in 1991 with Aerosmith but he hadn't played the song since 1980 the solo was pretty bad at first but then it was turned into something that sounded like Zeppelin in there prime. U can probably find loads of guitarists who remember old bits and pieces from muscle memory... well I guess with every mistake u learn something new or just do something u haven't done in a long time.
Nope... that's the parte he talk about the diminished scale
Brian mays solo just sound so...English
Brian channels the diembodied spirits of long departed ancient English musicians and composers with each note he plays. Not exclusive to Brian though, The Beatles once did the same thing in order to create their masterpieces of music, only doing so accidentally killed Paul in '66 but they brought him back quickly by consulting with Aleister Crowley and subsequently the rest of the Beatles had to give up their souls to you know *who* just to make Sgt Pepper's. It's true I tell ya 🤣🤣
My ears were colonized
@@BillDerBerg who comes it's true?
every time I see this guy, it always strikes me how humble he is, but at the same time, how creative he is!
Avoine Judas well he and his father built the red special out of necessity because they couldn't afford an electric guitar. so yeah he's a humble guy :-]
I was lucky enough to meet him 3 times this past summer..Very kind and humble..goes out of his way to make you feel comfortable and appreciated for being a fan..even if you totally geek out..which of course I did ..
I'm not a guitarist but massive Queen fan, and it always amazes me just how each solo is perfectly written for each song. He's not one of those guys just trying to fit in as many notes as he can on some technical level.. he somehow created 'timeless' solos.. sigh I miss Queen ;(
Colin Brackenridge what do you mean...? Queen is still performing...
Martijn van den Akker I think he means when Freddie was still alive
That is the brilliance of Queen. Every musical note or drumbeat counted.
Ikr
@@martijnvandenakker803 Queen is still performing but not composing. Queen is dead, long live Queen‘s sound.
That tone is to die for. He plays at unbelievable stage volumes. Those AC30's are incredibly loud. He used 9 of them live! I think he has one of the most recognized guitar sounds I have ever heard.
Six of the nine are backups.
@@frossbog Now they are, there were times in past when all the amps were on. There were also times where there were 12, 16 or occasionally even more AC30s on stage.
One AC30 will deafen you. I've had one for 16 years and it's genuinely painful (and harmful) when cranked and you are anywhere near it.
Actualmente ocupa 6 y en el Magic Tour 86 ❤️ tuvo un muro de 15, pero es 1 el máster, el del medio, que es el que está conectado a su amplificador Petherson que se encuentra al costado derecho de su pared de AC30, en el vídeo del backstage de Wembley se puede apreciar, el resto es solo para salida.
he makes it sound easy... but he really is a genius
Inventing it is the main thing, it's not really that hard to do ...
@@whynottalklikeapirat Still not easy either. Especially if you play clean
@@Actiomedey It has to be fairly clean for good separation, so he rolls back on the volume for the more articulate bits.
Delay parts are about basic timing and being in the grove, because they kinda have to be to work. But you need that to play well with other people anyway. If you can practice to a metronome you can play against a delay.
Now - I would be the last person to say you can easily copy Brians feel, exultance and vast honed stadium attitude.
But what he is playing, from a basic point view of placing your sausages is not too difficult to work out.
I can't really explain it, but Brian's playing just sounds like HOME. George Harrison is the only other guitar player whose work comes close to that for me.
one thing you can say a bout George Harrisons playing is that it sounds like him. To me thats the mark of a really great musician
I think George is one of the best slide players of his generation
Same with me!!! His sound just comforts me because I've been a huge queen fan since I was about 3 years old. Specifically a Brian may fan.
"There's something about three guitars in harmony which always...stirred my loins."
BRIAN HAROLD MAY!!! XD
He is always so genuine and humble. I think it's the man that makes the gear. For me I love it when a certain tone or effect really shines. It becomes a conduit for inspiration. The first time it happened in public was at an open mic. A beautiful Les Paul copy had just joined the heard. When noodling and going through some scales it started to speak. The best thing was it was me speaking in the most wonderful of timbres. I stood up and high tailed to the open mic. I had no idea what would happen. Secure in the knowledge that I could hang w some of the heavier hitters the tall Bacardi coke tasted so sweet. The MC called me the wrong name and up on stage I went. Secure in knowing that I could do it I went up there blew peoples minds. It felt soooooooo good. I had 1 pedal in my chain and a semi-custom built Vox VT20+. Instantly every player's ears perked up when I hit that first chord. & years of toil came exploding out. Everything felt so good and easy. Blues,Rock and stuff I never knew I had Just oozed from that ax. All the good players wanted join me onstage. Every note fit perfect, even the mistakes were good. So cool to back up the veteran players on stuff new to me. I took a break and passed my ax off to a 35 yr player. He player a couple a numbers and asked if he could use his guitar w my rig. Not even close to what I had. People were coming up shaking my hand and thanking me. The lesson I took awawy were 1) RELAX Beauty passes from soul to strings far easier thru calm loose body. 2) Guitar Face: don't focus to hard just let the music pass thru your body.... if your face coveys honest emotion than so will your guitar 3) Lay back Play in little phrases and rest for few bars then it builds anticipation and adds dynamics it doesn't always have to be going 100 mph. 4) study the crowd Once you get the listeners on your side... It's on. At 46 I picked up the guitar and seven years later it remains welded to my fingers. Thank you Brian May for being one of the many who inspire. Truly a giant in a forest of redwoods.
2006: no
2019: *now is the time*
Can we all just agree that, not only is Brian May one of the all time great guitarists, he wields the best electric guitar known to man.
It’s a shame the Red Special isn’t as know as well as the Telecaster or Stratocaster because that guitar is probably one of the most beautiful and versatile instruments ever made, being able to rock your socks off in Dead on Time yet being able so play a beautiful melody in You Take My Breath Away or Love of my life.
May, you’re amazing.
ericpierre53 there's no other guitar that sound like the red special. It has an altogether unique sound. Brian is a genius on many levels - that he and hid dad built the RS, he plays like a genius, and well he has a PhD in Astrophysics...
Skykiller that's not quite truth... I have one and at the moment it replaces my strat, tele and les paul, it's all in there...
Martijn van den Akker that's what I meant. The RS, and replicas have a special sound
He's not especially "humble," he know his own worth. But he's not "stuck up," and doesn't need to act any different from what he is to impress people. He's just incredibly NICE, unlike many gifted people. 💜
@@sallylynnschur4278 He actually IS incredibly humble. He has said many times that he doesn't consider himself a particularly accomplished guitarist. But he understands and accepts his technical limitations, be those what they may, and absolutely maximizes his musical talent. Same goes for David Gilmour.
everything he plays sounds so classy, almost majestic.
'...And I LIKE those delay settings' Just love the way he says this!! Brian May is such a lovely man!!
1:34 Nice comeback.
Diminished seventh chords: nice comeBach :D
I thought he was playing beethoven.
@@gabe554 I can..on keyboards.
@@chipgaasche4933 He always done that...in the early days too. The little diminished thing.
@@chipgaasche4933 Well, at the end did it matter?
His sound is so so unique. Is it the red special?...No, it's him.
Brian May is awesome. When he plays his Red Special becomes part of him. He makes playing seem so effortless. It is a joy to listen to him and I will never tire of that superb sound!
I bought a may red special in December and it is the most fantastic guitar I have ever played. The neck is a little wider than my les Paul but the sound from the tri sonic pickups are to die for
I got one in 2008 and immediately played some large shows here in Taiwan. I've never played anything like it. Used it so much and just today, the shaft of the volume pot fell out, lol.
@HolyGK I hate it when people compare guitarists. I hate it even more when they falsify facts about the guitarist that they don't like. You sir, have done both.
Same
even if one had his complete gear you'd never sound like him
Yes you are absolutely right. When Brian played at the saville with Steve Vai, Joe satriani, Joe Walsh, just name a few. Steve Vai played Brian's guitar. It sounded like Steve Vai. He said it's all in Brian's fingers.
Of course. It's the player, not the rig. It applies to all good players.
He is the master of layered guitars. He makes multi-part harmonies go on & on & on....It goes one place & winds up going in many CRAZY directions. I'm in awe of that effect. You don't need another guitarist playing with you with this effect, It's ALREADY THERE ! He plays call & respond with the guitar effortlessly. He may mess up but it (delay) covers up many flubs & you can't tell If he did or didn't flub. Anyway. This is one great (overlooked) guitarist.
Brian May taught me that a solo is a song within a song. Nothing less, and sometimes more.
Master May is just as incredible as the Red Special.
the master..seems like such a gentle soul..yet a beast on the guitar
The one guitarist on this planet that can inspire James Hetfield, The Edge, and David Gilmour. May is just the pillar of electric guitar. From any genre.
I've always loved his sound...very unique
Awesome beyond words, I love Brian May, he manages to show how great he is without shredding!
too bad RUclips doesn't have a "loving unconditionally and slightly doubting my heterosexuality" button
Absolute genius Dr Brian May
The harmony guitar master! His phrasing is exceptional. hail to the king..
Wow, never seen this before - fab - used a delay back in the 80s as a teen just to try and recreate the Brighton rock madness - love how he acknowledges it can go out of control too. Fab
i love the sound of his guitar
Impeccable harmonies reminiscent of Thin Lizzy. Wish May & Lynott had recorded somthing together. Oh well...
I agree.
Brian May is the best!! What a great guitar player!
Love the sounds he creates, drive through the Swiss Alps listening to this and it just fits.
That typical British understatement - he is quite unpretentious about his (many!!) skills...
And of course there's thát guitar!
Such a distinctive and warm midrange you can not ever get from, say, a Strat.
Always in absolute awe of Dr. May's playing...
best way ever to practice those boring scales and be forced to do them right, or work around when you messed up. Great fun indeed.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰💯💯
Jou are still the BEST GUITAR PLAYER FOR ME!!! LOVE AND Thanks for everything. I am 62.
Your Michaela
worthy of a nobel prize. period.
Brian´s playing has something very classical to it. I dunno if Baroque or not, but I love listening to it. The dual guitar parts are really the trademark of Brian´s sound, I wonder why a lot of people mention cranked AC30s and Rangemasters but not the dual guitar aspect.
The most underrated guitarist ever IMO. He and Elliot Easton (The Cars). I love Brian May! Awesome awesome player!
I suggest you look into Tommy Emmanuel and Phil Kaeggy.
What a majestic sound!
what a fantastic guitar player he is
Genius and behave as a good man and humble, Dr. Brian May... Keep it up!
I use my may red special and my digitech pedal to achieve this effect.. God bless you Doctor May
Ah. Okay. Makes perfect sense now. Brian is clearly a Baroque composer teleported magically to the 20th/21st century. So....no, huh? Well, let me guess again. Wonder if he can trace his ancestry back to 18th century Germany or Austria? There's something to be said for the emerging science of epigenetics, IMO! Well, never mind. I'll be "listening" with 3-part harmonies and fugue structures in mind now. Thanks for all the comments. Very helpful, y'all.
After Hendrix, he is the best in the studio. A lot of his techniques in the studio were pioneered by Hendrix and he acknowledges that.
He's a genius!
Very Humble Very talented Man.Love his tone and playing touch.
He is the best !
Its like a full orchestra is exploding from his guitar
Great, great guitarist!
He is so damn humble and when he muffs up he doesnt trip I love this guy!!!
This man is brilliant!
This is why I will always name Brisn May as one of my three guitar heroes, ( the other two being EVH and Lerxst.)
Delay has become an emotive subject in modern playing . I think it all started with Hank Marvin, Maybe his Apache type numbers. Its now become almost a science. I must admit Brian makes it interesting to watch. . The edge uses it so well on some of U2s albums.
You forgot David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, I'm more of that vein in music and delay is a necessary component to his sound.
I've just noticed; I was at this clinic, which I believe was in the December of 1999. There's a video around these parts called Brian May guitar 1992 and he's wearing the same T-shirt, which raises 2 questions. Is the man too busy to shop for clothes, and why am I such a dork...
Absolutely brilliant.
I can't steal enough ideas from Brian May. : P
He just blew my mind with that harmony. I’ve never thought to do that..
Fucking awesome. Went back to finish his PhD in astronomy too, no big deal.
Probably, if you can find the right delay (900 milliseconds - 1800 milliseconds). The BEST (but most expensive way) is like this:
Three VOX AC30's, a three way splitter and two delay pedals.
Oh, and a new house somewhere with NO NEIGHBOURS since they'll do deaf (or power soaks in the voxes)
That's right. There are no mistakes. Just do it again and it's a new part. Brian May doesn't make mistakes. Brian May makes guitars sing.
1:35 the mistake and the diminished rounddown, it really worked out well though.
I can’t believe my grandad posted this...
He looks so cool with the guitar!
Awesome! Not only is he a great layer but I just love the sound of his guitar. Great tone. I wish I knew how to get it.
i know right.. there was a limited edition guitar pedal ("DigiTech Artist Series Brian May Pedal") some time back that replicated the sound pretty well, but it's around $400+ on all the sites i'm looking at..
Cobalt Nolastnameforyou Yeah I heard about that. Actually I heard about it in a list of the worst guitar pedals of all time or something. They said it was really complicated. Probably sounds good though. Thanks.
oh really?? ahh, i've seen some reviews of it, it sounds pretty neat i think. (youtube)/watch?v=HBtphe_u8u8
but yeah no worries buddy, good luck figuring out this tone if you're still going for it.
Look up the Catlinbread Galileo MKII, its a pedal based of Brians sound.
FL Guitarist Thanks.
Ten people hit the Dislike button. They must have been spastic and knocked their computers over.
1.Brian May
2.Jimi Hendrix
3. Who?
(in addition and in no certain order) David Gilmour. Alex Lifeson. Steve Howe. Steve Hackett. Robert Fripp. Allen Collins. Billy Gibbons. Eddie Van Halen. Jimmy Page. Wes Montgomery. Pat Metheny. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Alvin Lee. Charlie Christian. Eric Clapton. Jeff Beck. Joe Satriani. Steve Vai. Nancy Wilson. Andre Segovia. John Williams (the guitarist). Julian Bream. Greg Lake. Mike Rutherford. Trevor Rabin. (etc.)
Gary Moore Michael Schenker and Randy Rhoades
Eddie.
i love brian ihave an exact replica made for me by filipe from portugal of the red special its georgeous even the neck has rustins plastic coating and gives it that shiney look anyway brian rocks he makes you want to play guitar
Some nice references in this short clip. aI can absolutely hear bits and pieces from Russian Headlong, White Man and quite a bit from his live guitar solo performances (like the one from Rock Montreal 1981). Just really really cool for some reason.
He only needs to strike one note but you instantly know who it is. Nobody even comes close xx
So this is what Operatic Rock sounds like
Holy crap! That's amazing, I didn't know he messed up, I thought he did that on purpose!!! Frieking genius!
Gaaah the genius of this man!
p.s. thank you for sharing this gem of a video!
Amazing. Delay is such a great tool for a one Guitarist band.
i love how even when he messes up he makes it sound great
ah de Melody of Mr Brian May such a master with a guitar and he plays with a coin is not for nothing a legend !
he is just awesome, i slowly get into his music
@eyeshotfirst's comment (7 years ago!) was absolutely on the money--NOBODY on earth sounds like Brian May on guitar!
Brian may delay, so you'll maybe have to wait for him...
800 and 1600 milliseconds is the setting you're looking for
Such a legend
one badass modern classical composer
What a brilliant man he is.
Tonight! One Night Only! The Brian May Trio!
he makes it sound easy.. he's a 6%#@ genius really
"WE'RE NOT WORTHY!! WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!" *hyper bowing at his feet*
wow 13 years ago... do you still do youtube??
Any delay pedal can do it. Generally you'd get a setting for the delay time in milliseconds and a setting for the amount of repeats, from 1 repeat to infinite repeats. You don't need a special delay pedal for it
you all have taken the words out of my fingers. AWSOME!
I miss QUEEN AND FREDDIE MERCURY SO MUCH! BRIAN IS BEST AMONG THE BEST,! HE IS SO HUMBLE that even the sound of his red guitar plays humility. Touching souls in deep meditation. Salute to the legend of Queen,!!! 🎉
There needs to be a Brian May signature Echoplex
Brian may is under-rated, he, in my book is up there with jimmy page, jimmy hendrix and the like, if not better. He is sooooo technically awesome. If anything, i would say hendrix is over-rated. May is just really clever and melodic, some of his solos, like in killer queen are fantastic, they are like, a little composition within a song, im a big fan of his...
Sound of that guitar....legend!!
Aunque no figura en la lista de los grandes guitarristas, él es uno de los más grandes.
I’m just glad someone recorded this
great fun... great work... great musician...!!