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Brian May's Red Special: The Story of the Home-Made Guitar That Rocked Queen and the World by Simon Bradley, Brian May (2014, Hardback)

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My dad and I decided to make an electric guitar. THBrian May and his father Harold started to hand-build an electric guitar in 1963. Brian talks about every aspect of the Red Special from its birth to playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace from Live Aid to the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics a and beyond.

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My dad and I decided to make an electric guitar. I designed an instrument from scratch with the intention that it would have a capability beyond anything that was out there more tunable with a greater range of pitches and sounds with a better tremolo and with a capability of feeding back through the air in a 'good' way'. THBrian May and his father Harold started to hand-build an electric guitar in 1963. Brian dreamed of a guitar that would outperform any of the existing commercially made electric guitars; his father had the technical knowledge and skills to help make the dream come true. Brian played his guitar on every Queen album and in all of Queen's live shows around the world.THIn this book you will discover everything you ever wished to know about Brian's unique instrument. Brian talks about every aspect of the Red Special from its birth to playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace from Live Aid to the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics a and beyond. All of this is accompanied with original diagrams sketches and notes dating from the building of the guitar as well as a great selection of photographs including Brian on stage with his guitar close-ups and x-rays.THAdditional selling points:THU Includes rare and previously unseen photographs of the Red Special Brian and his father and Queen.THU The guitar has been fully dismantled and every piece is photographed.

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Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN-13
9781480341470
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189568808

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Author
Brian May
Publication Name
Brian May's Red Special: the Story of the Home-Made Guitar That Rocked Queen and the WORLD
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Writing & Reading
Publication Year
2014
Type
Référence
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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288mm
Item Width
225mm
Item Weight
866g

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Brian May
Topic
Music, Musical Instruments
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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item 1 Brian May's Red Special: The Story of the Home-Made Guitar That Rocked Queen and
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by schmidtp7228 Jun, 2018
If You're Into Guitars - This Is For You
I've always liked Queen, but was also fascinated with the sounds Brian May got out of his guitar - especially since it was handmade. I've built guitars myself and wired stratocasters up in a similar way to Brians wiring. However this book goes more in depth on the build, with historical photos, plans and photod of the Red Special in bits! The most fascinating thing I'd found was the body is actually made out of block wood, not mahogany like I thought it was and that there's an actual switch plate under the pickguard. The book goes over all aspects of the guitar build. I know the books about the guitar, but it would have been good to have a little more info on his delay and amp setups as well as the "Deacy amp". But it's a great read none the less.
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by brightonguitars06 Apr, 2015
Para muchos, un viaje desconocido a las entrañas del sonido unico de Queen
El libro es increible, es un documento historico sobre una guitarra iconica del rock. Los que ya saben mucho de esta guitarra van a sorprenderse con fotos nunca antes vistas, y los que no saben nada sobre la Red Special, van a asombrarse. Un pequeño dato: esta version que compre yo es la version USA de la editorial Hal Leonard, cuya parte interna de la funda esta en blanco. El que quiera invertir un poquito mas y comprar la edicion original inglesa de la firma Carlton Books, dicha funda tiene un poster desplegable de la Red Special. En cuanto al vendedor, muy recomendable. Llego a la Argentina en 3 semanas.

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