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

In 1963, Brian May and his father started to build the Red Special--an electric guitar meant to outperform anything commercially made. Here, Brian talks about his one-of-a-kind instrument, which he played on every single Queen album and during the band's amazing shows. Along with original diagrams, sketches, and notes, May includes a great selection of photographs of himself with the guitar as well as close-ups and X-rays.

Author: Simon Bradley, Brian May
Publisher: Carlton Books
Published: 05/12/2020
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781787390782
ISBN10: 1787390780
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Musical Instruments | Guitar
- Music | Reference
- Music | Genres & Styles | Rock

About the Author
Although best known as the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics and is an expert in 3D photography. He co-wrote Bang! The Complete History of the Universe with Chris Lintott and Patrick Moore (Carlton), A Village Lost and Found with Elena Vidal, and Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell with Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming (both by London Stereoscopic Company).

Simon Bradley has been a professional guitar journalist since 1996 and is currently Multimedia Editor at Guitarist magazine. He has also written for Total Guitar, What Guitar?, Guitar Techniques, and SFX, among many other specialist publications, and websites, including Brian's own brianmay.com.