Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Brian May’s home made Red Special guitar is arguably as famous as he is. In this video I discuss nine other guitars which were made for Brian that you might have seen him using briefly during a concert or showing off on social media. I present the guitars in chronological order that they were built.

00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Fryer Guitars, Brian’s main back-up guitar (1997)
Correction: 00:40 - Fryer 'George Burns' is shown, not Fryer 'John'
01:00 - Guyton Green Special (2003)
01:34 - Guyton Spade Guitar (2004)
02:12 - Scalloped fretboard Guyton Special #010531 (2005)
02:45 - Guyton Red Special bass #120864 (2008)
03:26 - Guyton 12/6 Doubleneck #120979 (2011)
04:07 - Guyton Semi-acoustic ‘The Badger’ #111087 (2014)
05:09 - Guyton RS Transporter #0117141 (2017)
05:48 - Guyton Red Special Eclipse pickups #0118157 (2018)
06:20 - Outro 1 - my replicas of Brian’s original home made pickups (BHMOHM)
06:31 - Outro 2 - dsgb splash screen

General information on Brian May’s activities, opinions and guitars
brianmay.com

Fryer Guitars ‘John’, 'Paul' and 'George Burns'
fryerguitars.com

Guyton Guitars
guytonguitars.com

Guyton RS Transporter
guytonrstransporter.com

Information on my Brian May related projects
dsgb.net

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