The Red Special electric guitar was custom-buiit by which musician?
"original Red Special Super model which was hand-made in Japan by master luthier Kazutaka Ijuin. This model has been discontinued and production of the revised Super model taken up in the Czech Republic for Brian May Guitars (BMG). The Brian May Guitars version differs from the Burns original in several ways; for example, the tremolo was a two-point synchronised tremolo with rear access plate. These models also feature a half-moon scratch plate behind the bridge to emulate the original. The switches were also changed from black to white to match May's guitar. They still use the Burns Tri-Sonic pick-ups. 24"
"In 2004, Andrew Guyton of Guyton Guitars, a luthier from East Anglia in the UK, manufactured 50 authorised, limited edition replicas of the Red Special: 40 in red to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the guitar, and ten in green, as he had previously seen a green Guild copy that he liked. Pete Malandrone, May's guitar technician suggested having x-ray images made of the original guitar to allow more accurate reproduction of the internal chambers. This was done in 2003 at St Bartholomews Hospital in London. May has since commissioned Guyton to make several other Red Special variants, e.g. with"
"Rocked Queen and the World"", was written by Brian May with Simon Bradley. Unlike the primary instruments of most musicians, the Red Special was built by its player, May, along with his father. They began to work on the guitar in August 1963, with the project taking two years to complete. The neck was constructed from wood from a ""hundred-year-old-ish"" fireplace mantel that a friend of the family was about to throw away. The neck was hand-shaped into the desired form, a job that was made more difficult by the age and quality of the wood. According to May, there"
"a scalloped fretboard, a double neck and an arch top semi-acoustic. In the 1970s, Japanese guitar manufacturer Greco was the first company to market a line of mass produced Red Special copies, albeit unofficial and unlicensed. They did, however, send one to May himself, which he used in various mimed performances. CQuadro Guitar Works in Sicily made authentic Red Special replicas (the ""Basic"" and the ""Extreme"") but ceased production in 2016. Dansan Guitars makes authentic Red Special replicas hand built in France. Dillion Guitars (prior to 2014 were built in Korea) making ""Tribute Guitars"" in two models. Dillion Guitars are"
"guitars were made in a rare baby blue color with a pearloid pickguard and gold hardware. The guitars come in Antique Cherry (a similar color to that of the Red Special), White and 3-Tone Sunburst with chrome hardware. They also have Honey Sunburst, Black and Gold with gold hardware. Greg Fryer, of Fryer Guitars an Australian luthier, produced three replicas of the Red Special in 1996/97, and with permission from May, made exhaustive measurements of the original guitar. Fryer named his three replicas John, Paul and George Burns (after two members of The Beatles and the famous American comedian). May"
"for live performances until it was destroyed by May. The Birch was used in the music videos for ""We Will Rock You"" and ""Spread Your Wings"". The guitar differs from the original in its all-maple construction and natural finish. After its destruction May sent the guitar to American luthier John Page, who kept the remains for over 20 years before sending them back to May. May then had the guitar restored by Andrew Guyton and still owns it. Other official replicas of the Red Special have been manufactured in varying numbers and in multiple models (i.e. a higher-end full-featured model,"
"guitar from May and ""throw"" it back to him. Another video that did not feature the Red Special was ""Princes of the Universe"", where May used a white Washburn RR11V (for reasons unknown, and this guitar is often mistaken for a Jackson Randy Rhoads). He also recorded the original of ""Crazy Little Thing Called Love"" on Queen drummer Roger Taylor's Fender Esquire but performed the accompanying video and live performances of the song until 1992 with a Fender Telecaster. The first official copy of the Red Special was made by British luthier John Birch and was used as a back-up"
"longer scale neck, and a deeper headstock angle. Andrew Guyton made May a double-neck version, which has never been a production model. After viewing the replicas and taking note of the wear and tear the Red Special had suffered during nearly 30 years of constant touring, May had Fryer restore the original Red Special in 1998 using as much original and time-period specific material as possible. Damaged veneer on the back of the guitar was removed and new pieces scarfed in. The binding was removed and various nicks and dents in the top were repaired. Fryer re-finished the neck and"
"Red Jag-Stang occasionally live, but mainly uses it as a backup guitar for live shows. Andrew Rice of alternative band Torn to Shreds plays a Fiesta Red Jag-Stang live and on record. Fender Jag-Stang The Fender Jag-Stang is an electric guitar designed by Kurt Cobain, of the band Nirvana, intended as a hybrid of two Fender electric guitars: the Jaguar and the Mustang. Cobain suggested his idea for an instrument to Fender, resulting in two left-handed prototypes built by former Custom Shop Master Builder Larry L. Brooks, only one of which was played by Cobain himself. In an interview from"
"by Jim Burns many years ago), the Bison and even the Barracuda six-string bass/baritone model. Newer designs have begun to emerge in the last few years, usually building upon the designs of the '60s originals, such as the Batwing, a Marquee with a Bison-style headstock. Burns also worked with Queen guitarist Brian May to produce a copy of May's Red Special guitar (which uses Burns Tri-Sonic pickups), and this model was awarded ""Best Electric Guitar of the Year 2001"" by ""Guitarist"" magazine. An even cheaper range (manufactured in China) has emerged with two new models, the Cobra and the Nu-Sonic."
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"May had no need to build another guitar. These plans were eventually given to guitar luthier Andrew Guyton in around 2004/05, some slight modifications were made and the guitar was built. It was named ""The Spade"", as the shape of the body resembled the form shown on playing cards. However the guitar also came to be known as ""The Guitar That Time Forgot"". Most of May's electric guitar work live and in the studio was done on the Red Special, which he built with his father, an electronics engineer, during his teenage years. From 1975 onwards, he has also had"
"a custom Vox Kensington guitar, a coloured felt pen drawing called ""Strong"", and a pen and ink drawing by Lennon entitled ""Happy Fish"". Mardas said he planned to donate the money to a charity in Greece. The 'custom Vox Kensington guitar' later sold at an auction for £269,000 on 19 May 2013. Mardas lived in Athens until his death on 13 January 2017 after a battle with pneumonia; he was aged 74. Magic Alex Yanni (later John) Alexis Mardas (; 2 May 1942 – 13 January 2017), also known as Magic Alex, was a Greek electronics engineer who is best"
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"a copy of his Red Special to use as a backup guitar, so he asked John to make him what would come to be referred to as the ""Yellow Special."" This is the guitar that was used on several videos from the album ""News of the World"" and the video for ""We Will Rock You."" May never liked the Yellow Special's sound or feel. The construction of the Birch guitar and his original Red Special are very different. May's Red Special is constructed of mahogany and oak with a frictionless roller bridge, whereas the Birch guitar used all-maple construction with"
"artist John Matos, better known as Crash), used by Clapton from 2001 to 2004. The Gold Leaf Stratocaster The original Gold Leaf guitar was built by Fender Master Builders Mark Kendrick and John Luis Campo as a custom order for Eric Clapton at the time of the 50th Anniversary of the firm in 1996. Clapton used the guitar for his 1997 Far-Eastern tour, the European ""Legends"" jazz concerts with Marcus Miller, Joe Sample, Steve Gadd and David Sanborn and the Montserrat benefit concert at the Royal Albert Hall before selling it to Christies for US $455,000. The Fender Custom Shop"
"Fender. Iommi was looking for someone to make him a guitar with a 24-fret fingerboard and high-power/low-noise pickups. Iommi's red Gibson SG Special received some modification in the form of a re-covered Gibson P-90 in the bridge position and John Birch's own Superflux in the neck position. This guitar is in the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe. In 1975, Birch built Iommi his black 24-fret, cross-inlay SG Special. This was the main guitar used on the albums ""Technical Ecstasy"", ""Never Say Die"", ""Heaven and Hell"", and ""Mob Rules"". This guitar is now in the Miami Hard Rock Cafe. Around the"
"guitar were made by the Fender Custom Shop throughout the years, including fancy versions with ash bodies, quilted or maple tops, abalone dot position inlays, matching headstocks, gold hardware and white pearloid pickguards, made by Senior Master Builder J. W. Black. Many of these guitars were sold for charity auctions for the Crossroads Centre of Antigua, the drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility founded on the small, idyllic Caribbean island in 1998. They include the Gold Leaf Stratocaster of 1996 (used during the Legends and Montserrat concerts in 1997) and the Crashocasters (signature model Stratocasters hand-painted by New York-based street"
"think Brian May has one of the great guitar tones on the planet, and I really, really love his guitar work."" May mainly used the ""Red Special"", which he designed when he was only 16 years old. It was built with wood from an 18th century fireplace, and was composed of household items such as mother-of-pearl buttons, shelf edging, and motorbike valve springs. His comments on the guitar: In addition to using his home-made guitar he prefers to use coins (especially a sixpence from the farewell proof set of 1970), instead of a more traditional plastic plectrum, on the basis"
"featured Kenny Ingram, J. D. Crowe, Paul Williams, Michael Cleveland, Jason Moore, and Sonya Isaacs. Luthier Teddy Workman of TW Guitars in West Virginia designed and constructed the Red Line edition guitar in 2010, with rosewood back and sides and a thin red line running up the fret board into the peghead. Audie Blaylock Audie Blaylock is an American singer, guitarist, mandolinist, and composer in the bluegrass tradition. Blaylock was born in El Paso, Texas, but was raised in Lansing, Michigan. Growing up in a family where both parents played music, he learned guitar at age 8. He grew up"
"Roddy Radiation Roddy Radiation (born Roderick James Byers, 5 May 1955 in Keresley, Coventry, England) is an English musician who played lead guitar for The Specials, as well as many rockabilly bands such as the Bonediggers and the Tearjerkers. He wrote the Specials favourites ""Concrete Jungle"", ""Rat Race"" and ""Hey, Little Rich Girl"", later covered by Amy Winehouse. Currently, Byers leads The Skabilly Rebels, a band that mixes ska rhythms with rockabilly. Byers' first real band was formed in Coventry in 1975 and were called The Wild Boys. It was in The Wild Boys that he started songwriting. His first"
"Shop produces numerous limited-run ""historic-spec"" models, as well as signature artist models. The first Custom Shop artist guitar was the 1996 Joe Perry Les Paul, and today, several artist models are offered ""reliced"" or ""aged"" models are made in the Custom Shop to replicate vintage models that have seen much use. The post-1954 Les Paul guitar line included two models: the Classic (nicknamed the Goldtop), and the Custom (which offered gold hardware and a more formal black finish). However, advancements in pickup, body, and hardware designs allowed the Les Paul to become a long-term series of electric solid-body guitars that"
"amplifier. The Who's 1965 hits ""Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"" and ""My Generation"" featured feedback manipulation by Pete Townshend, with an extended solo in the former and the shaking of his guitar in front of the amplifier to create a throbbing noise in the latter. Canned Heat's ""Fried Hockey Boogie"" (off of their 1968 album ""Boogie with Canned Heat"") also featured guitar feedback produced by Henry Vestine during his solo to create a highly amplified distorted boogie style of feedback. In 1963, the teenage Brian May and his father custom-built his signature guitar Red Special, which was purposely designed to feed back."
"brand, and the signature model they built for former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is perhaps their most famous guitar. Around 1991, Suhr moved from NYC to Los Angeles to work with guitar rig builder Bob Bradshaw. Before leaving NYC they had collaborated on the design of a preamplifier, the Custom Audio Electronics (CAE) 3+, used for instance by Steve Lukather. They also designed a 100 watt amplifier head, the Custom Audio Amplifiers (CAA) OD-100. During this period 1991-1994, John Suhr built about 50 custom guitars and focused mainly on building amplifiers. Guitars from this period are more rare than"
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"made of koa wood, called the RSSM. Only 100 were made. All of his double-neck acoustics feature a six-string neck on top and a 12-string neck on bottom, opposite of normal. Richie Sambora Richard Stephen ""Richie"" Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years. Sambora and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwriting unit for the band. He has also released three solo albums: ""Stranger in This Town"" in 1991, ""Undiscovered Soul"" in 1998, and ""Aftermath of"