Brian May signature amp...

[Matt Blackett]

Re: Brian May signature amp...

The deal with Brian's solid-state amp is this: It was built by Queen bassist John Deacon and they call it Deaky. He didn't use it for all of his studio stuff, just for little special parts like the pre-solo to "Killer Queen," some of his guitar choirs, and the trumpet-sounding parts at the end of "Bohemian Rhapsody." The bulk of his stuff was through AC-30s with the treble booster in front clobbering the front end. One more thing to keep in mind about Brian May: he rules. I saw Queen in San Jose on 4/5 and it was awesome.

 

[PUCKBOY99]

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$2000.00 for Brian's signature?

:dunno:

Not for me, but I'm sure the buyer will love it

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: Brian May signature amp...

I must admit, it is intriguing, but you only get one sound: Brian May. It's like buying all Tom Sholtz's R&D stuff to get the Boston sound 100% of the time.

- Keith

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Brian May signature amp...

Just gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme fried chicken.





When did Brian get his doctorate?

 

[tone4days]

Re: Brian May signature amp...

googled this:

Wrote up PhD in Infra-Red Astronomy but never submitted (1974). Still maintains an amateur interest in Astronomy and appears on "Sky At Night" to discuss current issues. He was recently honored with an Honorary Doctorate and may be referred to as Dr. May.

 

[falloutboyroXXX]

Re: Brian May signature amp...

googled this:

Wrote up PhD in Infra-Red Astronomy but never submitted (1974). Still maintains an amateur interest in Astronomy and appears on "Sky At Night" to discuss current issues. He was recently honored with an Honorary Doctorate and may be referred to as Dr. May.

thats way awesome.


steve vai has a PhD, too.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

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Brian has been Dr. Brian May for years...

as for only getting one tone I'll tell ya what...you could have the BM Sig AC-30, the B Signature guitar (pick one) loaded with the BM sig pickups, and run into all of the BM Sig FX and I am sure you still won't sound like Brian May...he has spent years working on getting those tones...

 

[PUCKBOY99]

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And with that in mind, why on earth would anyone spend $2000.00 for an $800.00 amp?

This is right up there with $3000.00 for the Rory Gallagher Strat.

By a MIM, strip the crap out of it, throw in an RS wiring kit & some Bareknuckle Irish Tour pickups & save yourself a few grand! :bigthumb:

Just my .02

 

[Metalman_666]

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Seems like an interesting concept.... I'd be curious to try that, but I doubt it would really be worth it at all.

 

[JOLLY]

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A friend of mine is a major Queen head. He and I were just talking about these amps last week.