What wood is the Red Special made of?

Oak
The Red Special is the electric guitar designed and built by Queen’s guitarist Brian May and his father, Harold, when Brian was a teenager in the early 1960s….

Red Special
Scale	24″
Woods
Body	Oak, blockboard with mahogany marquetry veneer
Neck	Mahogany

Where are Brian May Guitars built?

The Super is built in Japan by luthier Kazutaka Ijuin, who is well-known among Queen guitar fans from his KZ Guitars operation that has produced some of the best copies of Brian’s Red Special.

Does the Red Special have a truss rod?

Body and Neck The center body of the Red Special was created from oak, the wood recycled from an old table. Most guitar necks include a steel rod called a truss bar. This rod helps the wood pull against the tension of strings. The Red Special is no different.

Did Brian May use a Les Paul?

Gibson Les Paul Deluxe This ended up being disappointment also, and Brian went back to playing his Red Special – and ordered John Birch replica as a backup. “I used to think the Stratocaster would be the thing when I got one. The same with the Les Paul. I thought the Les Paul would be it.”

How many frets does Brian May’s guitar have?

It has a short 24 “scale and 24 frets without considering the zero fret -Zero Fret-. It has a tremolo system and a roller bridge designed by Brian and his father, which works perfectly.

What tuning does Queen use?

The track is even played in a drop D tuning featuring some double stops and single-note riffing. It’s definitely got a bit more twang than the majority of their songs but if you want to try it out yourself, go here. For Queen, May’s playing created a legacy just as much as Mercury’s singing.

Who is the smartest musician?

10 Smartest Musicians

• Maynard James Keenan. It’s really hard to define a genius.
• Milo Aukerman.
• Philip Taylor Kramer.
• Tom Scholz.
• Skunk Baxter.
• Greg Graffin.
• Bruce Dickinson.
• Brian May.

How does Brian May get his guitar sound?

His most revered tone comes from a treble booster, a number of Vox AC30s that are turned up full and the Red Special’s bridge and middle pickups switched together in series and in phase; that’s the guitar sound that’s graced every single Queen album and every gig Brian’s participated in since 1966.