Review - Brian May Special Guitar

It's tricky😅

It sounds like a dobro too

Ezekiel

Neck and bridge in phase sounds lovely.

Great video. And great guitar.
It’s a shame they discontinued or cannot achieve the colour that your guitar has! All the Naturals are much brighter now. Unless you wanna go with honey-sunburst and order or make a black pickguard, tremolo half moon plate and a truss rod cover.
Cherry-Red BMGs are too dark and look too plastic-ish.

Make a comprehensive pickup combination demo video, every possible combination, clean, distortion, lead.

Great review! Times have changed since you did it though - you mention £650 in the video, but they are £895 now!

Love the sound. I wonder where I can play one to get a feel it

Dan ... you the man

Brillient review ... too the point! excellent sir!

Killer queen is Brians fave solo right?

Has this got the wider nut and is it neck heavy ? Heard that Brian May's one is ?

I've had one of these for a few years now. I love the sound but hate the neck dive. It is probably the most stable guitar as far as tuning after using the whammy bar I've ever owned. I still haven't gotten to fall in love with the neck ( I don't have those bony, long spider fingers that Brian has) and if I could I would take the electronics out of this and put it in a chambered Strat body. It isn't the most comfortable to play while sitting down. I do give Brian props for making this guitar pretty affordable for most folks. And lastly, it can do more than just Queen stuff. It sounds pretty good thru a Fender amp as well as a Vox.

Hi. Thanks for the review. I think I was sold on adding one of these to my axe collection anyway! Btw, not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but on a Strat, you should also be able to put the trem arm anywhere, but you need to have the little spring in the hole. (That little spring that comes with new strats that people don’t even notice! Cheers.

The pickup configuration/options seems akin to a 1980s Elite Strat? Cracking guitar the Red Special. Great review, demos and description, rather than just some guy noodling away👍😊 Thank you👍👍

It's the most horrible looking guitar I have ever seen. I bought one, and gave it to a friend. I do like a zero fret though.

They ain't replicas, they're copies, there's a difference

Do you prefer the Burns or the BMG?

Really helpful !

I just wish the tremolo system was the one Brian May created, it seems to work better

Amazing review! Would you mind sharing your Guitar Rig Preset. I have a BMG guitar but I like the sound you have with Guitar Rig. Thanks

Brilliant guitar. And BRILLIANT decent width neck. Necks today on strats and teles are too narrow at the nut. Making it hard for people with big hands to fret chords close to the nut.

The Brian May guitar is 47 mill at the nut. On a strat its that at the 5th fret.

Is this guy on cocaine what’s up with his eyes

Why are you moving your eyes sideways all the time?

Guitar tone is unique

What`s the best: BMG special or Red Special by Burns?

Is this in the cherry red or the natural finish

Have you ever had tuning issues with the Special? I really want to get one but I’ve had a lot of bad experience with tremolo bars - they often don’t keep the guitar in tune

Nice

Thanks for the excellent review. I'm on the verge of buying the BMG Special from the Brian May website. Are there any issues with the instrument staying in tune when using the tremolo arm?

Are the frets stainless steel, just like the original?

Where can i buy it now?

You're brilliant. Thanks

Not a roller bridge or knife-edge tremolo.....

Weird sound. Not bad, just weird

Want one.

I wonder what happened if you play a electric guitar without the amplifier...

Thanks for the vid. Very helpful!

I'll just take the Stratocaster.

love it

Does the guitar have built in harmony

so this is the actual red special that is going to be mass-produced? Because I haven't found a legit red special guitar until this video.

I would love to have this guitar, but this fucker is expensive yeah?

why is it easier to bend with the zero fret? great review by the way