Brian May's Red Special

The Story of the Home-Made Guitar That Rocked Queen and the World

• Author(s): Brian May, Simon Bradley,
• Publisher: Welbeck
• Pages: 160
• ISBN_10: 1787390780
  ISBN_13: 9781787390782
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Music , Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts , Music / Musical Instruments / Guitar , Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal , Music / Reference , Music / Genres & Styles / Rock , Music / Individual Composer & Musician ,

Description:... Get the full story behind the Red Special, Brian May's hand-built guitar--a unique instrument that helped make May's musical dreams come true.

In 1963, Brian May and his father Harold started to build the Red Special--an electric guitar meant to outperform anything commercially made. Here, Brian talks about of his one-of-a-kind instrument, from its creation on. He played it on every single Queen album and during the band's amazing shows: the roof of Buckingham Palace, Live Aid, the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics . . . and beyond. Along with original diagrams, sketches, and notes, May has included a great selection of photographs of himself with the guitar--which was fully dismantled so it could be shot-- as well as close-ups and X-rays.