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"Best damn guitar solo ever"???? No, definitely NOT!!!!! In fact, quite boring….sorry. He's very good but he's no Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck or Jimi Hendricks.
Does Brian May have a certain name for his legendary guitar???? I heard from Casey Kasem on one of his classic AT40 countdowns that Brian May couldn't afford a guitar, so he and his father built the guitar from discarded scraps that included old furniture, leftover building materials, and valve springs from a bad motorcycle motor.
Brian May was doing trem bar things long before it became popular. I always wondered how he keeps his guitar in tune. It 's not like he's using a Floyd Rose or something more modern.
He's breathtaking. I have to wonder about the negative commenters, who don't really offer valid reasons (obviously because they don't have the backgrounds to discuss music or musicianship). These are opinions they've simply pulled out of their asses, just to be contrarians. The fact is that all the respected guitarists worldwide think he's one of the very best. I've read this in polls and articles starting from the 70's, and magazines for guitarists (not just random opinion polls) tend to rank him the highest. Here is Guitar World's top 10 in 2012: 10. Steve Vai 09. Dimebag Darrell 08. Stevie Ray Vaughan 07. Tony Iommi 06. Jimmy Page 05. Joe Satriani 04. Jimi Hendrix 03. Alex Lifeson 02. Brian May 01. Eddie Van Halen
"I can listen to any player and pantomime their sound," Steve Vai said, "but I can't do Brian May. He's just walking on higher ground." rollingstone.com
I heard the Twilight Zone theme somewhere 4 minutes in
half the notes, twice the feeling, great solo,a lot like david gilmour
Brian May plays to the stars….and they listen.
There is a warmth and intelligence to Brian May's playing that I think is matched only by David Gilmour.
i was just watching him talk about his sound. A lot of it comes from the serrations on the 6 pence coin.
The only guitarists that are better than him I think are Eddie van Halen, Jimmy page, and jimi Hendrix
"Best damn guitar solo ever"???? No, definitely NOT!!!!! In fact, quite boring….sorry. He's very good but he's no Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck or Jimi Hendricks.
what a gentleman Brian is an old soul
brian may mesmerizes, how many of you just sat there silently just watching? i know i was.
Beautiful
I kept expecting "Brighton Rock" to erupt early on.
🙂
(sigh)
What a virtuoso solo for the ages. Impossible to compare to the flashier players like Van Halen and Vai but still a league of his own
Does Brian May have a certain name for his legendary guitar???? I heard from Casey Kasem on one of his classic AT40 countdowns that Brian May couldn't afford a guitar, so he and his father built the guitar from discarded scraps that included old furniture, leftover building materials, and valve springs from a bad motorcycle motor.
He and his dad built those sneakers from scratch. Amazing.
Dragon Attack!
One of the best guitar players of all time: Brian May.
I almost died when I saw the screen of Freddie Mercury
Brian May was doing trem bar things long before it became popular. I always wondered how he keeps his guitar in tune. It 's not like he's using a Floyd Rose or something more modern.
He's breathtaking. I have to wonder about the negative commenters, who don't really offer valid reasons (obviously because they don't have the backgrounds to discuss music or musicianship). These are opinions they've simply pulled out of their asses, just to be contrarians. The fact is that all the respected guitarists worldwide think he's one of the very best. I've read this in polls and articles starting from the 70's, and magazines for guitarists (not just random opinion polls) tend to rank him the highest. Here is Guitar World's top 10 in 2012:
10. Steve Vai
09. Dimebag Darrell
08. Stevie Ray Vaughan
07. Tony Iommi
06. Jimmy Page
05. Joe Satriani
04. Jimi Hendrix
03. Alex Lifeson
02. Brian May
01. Eddie Van Halen
"I can listen to any player and pantomime their sound," Steve Vai said, "but I can't do Brian May. He's just walking on higher ground." rollingstone.com
can this man really match van halen, hendrix ,clapton or page, anyone can use a echoe delay box.
Not a Queen fan but the man can play