Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
@willbarbero giving the custom 3/4 size (19" scale) #BrianMay #RedSpecial guitar a quick blast through a KAT Studio-One valve amplifier.
I think the tone is authentic and sounds a lot like a Brian May Red Special played through a Vox AC30 amplifier.
Check out further details on this project in my website, dsgb.net:
dsgb.net/projects/1975rs
Specifications
-19 inch scale, 75% size body inspired by the BMG Mini May
-7.25 inch radius ebony fretboard with 4 mm diameter mother-of-pearl marker dots following the original pattern
-Optima Gold 2028M 0.011-0.050 strings tuned to open F to give 81 lbs total tension
-Brown bakelite nut fashioned from a vintage radio case; black bakelite truss rod cover
-Authentic Red Special body and headstock shape
-Burns Mini Tri-Sonic Red Special pickup set (neck: 7.20 kΩ, middle: 7.20 kΩ reverse polarity magnet, bridge: 7.85 kΩ DC resistances)
-Custom made original Brian May style roller bridge
-One piece solid mahogany body (with control cavity only) and original size white plastic binding
-Copper foil lined control chamber
-Original Brian May style tremolo tailpiece with shortened tremolo arm and authentic spring rate
-One piece mahogany neck mounted with four polished M6 stainless steel hex bolts and stainless steel threaded inserts.
-Jim Dunlop 6105 fretwire
-Switchcraft jack socket
-Custom made 75% scaled pickguard set, 3 mm gloss black acrylic
-5 mm wide, 1.75 mm thick pickup surrounds
-Hand made KZ Super style aluminium switch mount plate
-6 Switchcraft 46200LRX series white pickup switches for on/off and in/out of phase switching
-Schaller locking tuning heads with Gotoh style white pearloid tuning buttons
-Custom made 3/4 scale aluminium skirted control knobs with knurled grips
-Matched 250 kΩ Bourns volume and tone pots and 30.9 nF tone cut capacitor
-Stained with a mix of Rustins red and brown mahogany penetrating wood dyes to emulate the original as closely as possible
-Weight 2.58 kg (5 lb 11 oz) compared to 2.29 kg (5 lb 01 oz) for the modified BMG Mini May
@willbarbero giving the custom 3/4 size (19" scale) #BrianMay #RedSpecial guitar a quick blast through a KAT Studio-One valve amplifier.
I think the tone is authentic and sounds a lot like a Brian May Red Special played through a Vox AC30 amplifier.
Check out further details on this project in my website, dsgb.net:
dsgb.net/projects/1975rs
Specifications
-19 inch scale, 75% size body inspired by the BMG Mini May
-7.25 inch radius ebony fretboard with 4 mm diameter mother-of-pearl marker dots following the original pattern
-Optima Gold 2028M 0.011-0.050 strings tuned to open F to give 81 lbs total tension
-Brown bakelite nut fashioned from a vintage radio case; black bakelite truss rod cover
-Authentic Red Special body and headstock shape
-Burns Mini Tri-Sonic Red Special pickup set (neck: 7.20 kΩ, middle: 7.20 kΩ reverse polarity magnet, bridge: 7.85 kΩ DC resistances)
-Custom made original Brian May style roller bridge
-One piece solid mahogany body (with control cavity only) and original size white plastic binding
-Copper foil lined control chamber
-Original Brian May style tremolo tailpiece with shortened tremolo arm and authentic spring rate
-One piece mahogany neck mounted with four polished M6 stainless steel hex bolts and stainless steel threaded inserts.
-Jim Dunlop 6105 fretwire
-Switchcraft jack socket
-Custom made 75% scaled pickguard set, 3 mm gloss black acrylic
-5 mm wide, 1.75 mm thick pickup surrounds
-Hand made KZ Super style aluminium switch mount plate
-6 Switchcraft 46200LRX series white pickup switches for on/off and in/out of phase switching
-Schaller locking tuning heads with Gotoh style white pearloid tuning buttons
-Custom made 3/4 scale aluminium skirted control knobs with knurled grips
-Matched 250 kΩ Bourns volume and tone pots and 30.9 nF tone cut capacitor
-Stained with a mix of Rustins red and brown mahogany penetrating wood dyes to emulate the original as closely as possible
-Weight 2.58 kg (5 lb 11 oz) compared to 2.29 kg (5 lb 01 oz) for the modified BMG Mini May
