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previous: Austin C Hi MarkI am familiar with t... -- 10/28/1997 4:40 PM

Re: How to get a Brian May's tone??

10/30/1997 9:39 AM
Y.	Re: How to get a Brian May's tone?? The models I remeber seeing all had basic looking single coils (don't know much about what pick-up was used in the guitar). But considering the "ballsy" (yeah, real descriptive word, "ballsy") tone in a lot of May's playing (We Will Rock You, etc.), P-90's would be good choices for trying to copy his tone. I would look at what sort of amps he used (probably, his main OD/distrotion was the amp itself). There was a Brain May effects processor released by Guild, but it came out of line just as Brian May was suing Guild over the rights of his name (it seems he licensed out the name the first time the made a "Brian May" model, the one with the floyd rose, but not when they reintroduced the line, this time with better made and layed out guiatrs IMHO), and Guild quickly discontinued both the guitar and effects. In most guitar interviews, many guitarists mention what effects they used for what albums and their quarky arrangments. So, have a look around for that info (I betcha, if you can sort through it, there is a mess of info on the web). -Y. (wyatt poist)

10/30/1997 9:39 AM

Re: How to get a Brian May's tone??

The models I remeber seeing all had basic looking single coils (don't know much about what pick-up was used in the guitar). But considering the "ballsy" (yeah, real descriptive word, "ballsy") tone in a lot of May's playing (We Will Rock You, etc.), P-90's would be good choices for trying to copy his tone.

I would look at what sort of amps he used (probably, his main OD/distrotion was the amp itself). There was a Brain May effects processor released by Guild, but it came out of line just as Brian May was suing Guild over the rights of his name (it seems he licensed out the name the first time the made a "Brian May" model, the one with the floyd rose, but not when they reintroduced the line, this time with better made and layed out guiatrs IMHO), and Guild quickly discontinued both the guitar and effects.

In most guitar interviews, many guitarists mention what effects they used for what albums and their quarky arrangments. So, have a look around for that info (I betcha, if you can sort through it, there is a mess of info on the web).

-Y.
(wyatt poist)

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