The Brian May Guitars Red Special is a Brian May Guitars electric guitar. It pairs well with the Dumble Steel String Singer and the Fender Prosonic.
Brian May Guitars Red Special
Brian May Guitars · electric guitar
The Red Special is the guitar Brian May built by hand with his father Harold, an engineer, starting around 1963 using largely salvaged and homemade materials, including a mahogany fireplace mantel for the body core and motorcycle valve springs in the custom tremolo system May designed himself. Brian May Guitars, formed through a partnership between May and Barry Moorhouse of House Music beginning in 2001, is now the only company officially licensed to produce recreations of this famously idiosyncratic double-cutaway design, having taken over from Burns and Guild, both of which built licensed versions in earlier decades. This entry represents either the guitar concept itself or an officially licensed BMG-produced example rather than May's own irreplaceable original, which remains his personal instrument.
- tremolo
- electronic
- house
- valve
- modern
- driven
- bright
- shelf
Genres the Brian May Guitars Red Special is commonly used in
- Electronic
- Punk Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Americana
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Indie
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Brian May Guitars Red Special
Dumble Steel String Singer
Dumble
38% matchThe Dumble's liquid, touch-sensitive breakup gives the Red Special's modern, valve-driven tone real amp-driven warmth.
Fender Prosonic
amplifier
35% matchThe Prosonic's warm, professional Fender voicing gives the Red Special's modern, valve-driven tone a responsive amp platform.
Marshall Bluesbreaker
Marshall
35% matchThe Bluesbreaker's natural compression suits the Red Special's modern, valve-driven tone for classic rock breakup.
Magnatone Panoramic 2x10 Stereo
Magnatone
14% matchWhat Brian May Guitars Red Special brings here leans toward bright — that's worth building a pairing around
Gibson GA-50
Gibson
tonal matchRun Gibson GA-50 after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp
Orange
tonal matchRun Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Orange Terror Bass
Orange
tonal matchOrange Terror Bass's warm balances out the bright tone
Orange Little Bass Thing
Orange
tonal matchOrange Little Bass Thing leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
Pedals that stack with the Brian May Guitars Red Special
One Control Lingonberry Overdrive
One Control
23% matchBoth lean warm and harmonic, so the Lingonberry's dynamic overdrive tracks the Red Special's picking without turning brittle.
Cusack Music Screamer
Cusack Music
23% matchThe Red Special's bright, treble-forward pickups give the Screamer's warm TS-style clipping something to cut through.
Orange - Vintage Distortion
Orange
tonal matchOrange - Vintage Distortion's warm balances out the bright tone
SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive
Solidgoldfx
tonal matchRun SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth
Behringer Chorus Symphony
Behringer
tonal matchBehringer Chorus Symphony's smooth balances out the bright tone
Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo
Dunlop
tonal matchWhere this leans bright, Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo answers back warm
Pigtronix gamma drive
Pigtronix
tonal matchRun Pigtronix gamma drive after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Dunlop Echoplex Preamp
Dunlop
tonal matchDunlop Echoplex Preamp's smooth balances out the bright tone
Questions people ask
What pairs well with the Brian May Guitars Red Special?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Dumble Steel String Singer, Fender Prosonic, Marshall Bluesbreaker — The Dumble's liquid, touch-sensitive breakup gives the Red Special's modern, valve-driven tone real amp-driven warmth..