Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The second US Brian May Red Special Enthusiast meetup took place at the Linger Longer Lounge, 6522 N 16th Street in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, 26 March 2022. As in 2020, the event was again arranged by Luke Holwerda, supported by Jon Underhill of @TheRedSpecialGuitarPodcast. This is a ten minute compilation video of some of the highlights of the day and includes demonstrations by Ricky Peraza of his CQ Red Special, a modified BMG Special owned by Andrek Hernandez and a 1994 Guild Brian May owned by Gonzalo Plaza.
I took the main components of my replica Brian May touring and guesting mini rig made by Nigel Knight of Knight Audio Technologies (KAT). The three Vox AC30 amplifiers are owned by Luke and include TBX and CC2 variants and a replica fawn version he made himself.
Ron Smith from Red Special hardware supplier The Cybershop attended and displayed a selection of his custom component parts.
Photograph credits: Doug Short and Luke Holwerda.
Please check out my other YouTube videos and visit my website, dsgb.net for a wealth of information on Brian May's guitars and musical equipment, event reviews and other guitar related projects.
#BrianMay #RedSpecial #Queen #AdamLambert #dsgb #DougShortGuitarBlog
The second US Brian May Red Special Enthusiast meetup took place at the Linger Longer Lounge, 6522 N 16th Street in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, 26 March 2022. As in 2020, the event was again arranged by Luke Holwerda, supported by Jon Underhill of @TheRedSpecialGuitarPodcast. This is a ten minute compilation video of some of the highlights of the day and includes demonstrations by Ricky Peraza of his CQ Red Special, a modified BMG Special owned by Andrek Hernandez and a 1994 Guild Brian May owned by Gonzalo Plaza.
I took the main components of my replica Brian May touring and guesting mini rig made by Nigel Knight of Knight Audio Technologies (KAT). The three Vox AC30 amplifiers are owned by Luke and include TBX and CC2 variants and a replica fawn version he made himself.
Ron Smith from Red Special hardware supplier The Cybershop attended and displayed a selection of his custom component parts.
Photograph credits: Doug Short and Luke Holwerda.
Please check out my other YouTube videos and visit my website, dsgb.net for a wealth of information on Brian May's guitars and musical equipment, event reviews and other guitar related projects.
#BrianMay #RedSpecial #Queen #AdamLambert #dsgb #DougShortGuitarBlog
