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

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“My dad and I decided to make an electric guitar. Brian May and his father Harold started to hand-build an electric guitar in 1963. Brian played his guitar on every Queen album and in all of Queen's live shows around the world.

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(Book). "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'." Brian 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. In 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 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. Additional selling points: * Includes rare and previously unseen photographs of the Red Special, Brian and his father, and Queen. * The guitar has been fully dismantled and every piece is photographed.

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Publisher
Leonard Corporation, Hal
ISBN-10
1480341479
ISBN-13
9781480341470
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159903258

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Book Title
Brian May's Red Special : the Story of the Home-Made Guitar That Rocked Queen and the World
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Not Available
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Musical Instruments / Guitar, Printed Music / Guitar & Fretted Instruments, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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Item Length
11.3in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
8.8in
Item Weight
30.6 Oz

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by sfenster710Apr 10, 2015
The Red Special - Great Read, Great Band, Great Guitarist!
If you're a Queen or Brian May fan, the Red Special is important to you as it was and is responsible for "that" guitar sound in the music you love. The story of its' home made construction is not only interesting but adds much to the background of the band and their early days. I was one of the first to buy the Burns Red Special replica, so to learn more about how the guitar was originally designed and built from odds and ends was fascinating. The section on Brian's gig atop Buckingham Palace was worth the cost of the book by itself - and yes, the great ones get nervous just like us! I read and re-read the book several times - it's like having a conversation with Brian. I'm glad he allowed the Old Lady to be taken apart and put back together - interesting for us guitarheads, and it also made me go back and start playing Queen numbers again - great music!!!Read full review
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by jpilkonisJul 08, 2015
The Mysteries of Brian May's "Red Special" finally revealed!
For a die-hard Brian May fan, this book is the Holy Grail of the Red Special. Everything you ever wanted to know about that unique instrument is between these pages - even X-Rays! - along with lovingly-delivered commentary by May himself on the two-year-long construction of the guitar with his father. The book leans toward the "tecchie" side of things - how could it not? - but there's enough information to keep even the casual Brian May or Queen fan entertained and enlightened. There's never been a book like it.
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by flyingryderDec 15, 2018
Must read for any Brian May fan
Very detailed in the description of the development of the most famous guitar in rock history.
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by aldoboothJun 06, 2017
Amazing!!!!
I Love it!!!! A great book for all those people that love guitars
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