Proof Positive--Freddie played Martin Acoustic Guitars in the studio, he played a Martin Acoustic Guitar D-18 on the studio version of Crazy Little Thing Called Love, which was the same Martin Guitar Freddie had at home that he also used..and Freddie was even mentioned as a client by the Martin Guitars Company..
Below is from Sebastian's website, with a photo too of Freddie playing a Martin in the studio! if you go on Sebastian's website you will see the photo.
Martin Acoustic Guitars
Model: D-18
Strings: 6
"Martin is an important guitar company founded in 1833. Several other artists used them: Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, etc. as the official website states
(it also mentions -----Freddie,---) and
Brian, and John as Martin guitar clients.
Freddie had one at home and in the studio recorded Crazy Little Thing with it, as mentioned above. Technical Information
If you want to know how does it sound, well, it's so hard to describe it with words, but I can give you some tips. Martin guitars sound better acoustic, I mean, as opposed to Ovations, which are made for the player to plug them in, a Martin sounds at its best if you leave it unplugged and amplify it placing microphones next to it (each one has his own way to do it).
A good example is Crazy Little Thing Called Love, listen to it live and listen to the studio version, they're completely different. That's because the studio version is recorded with mics and with the Martin."
Photo Album
Freddie at Musicland Studios, Munich, June 1979
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Scott_Mercury wrote:
Yes, all the licks of Brians are in D...why did I write A??? (typo)
The song is in the key of G major/ Eminor
The key of CLTCL is D, not G.
And the licks are indeed in D, he doesn`t play alot of berry on it, i hear some other Rock And Roll influences, but the only Berry influences i hear are the double stops really.
And, calling Freddie a bad guitarplayer is a horrible thing.
In my opinion you`re a horrible guitar player if you cant strum a normal pattern for more than 1 bar, if you cant finger normal chords without them sounding muffled.
Freddie wrote a few things on guitar, Crazy Little Thing was one of them, it had 7 chords, so in my opinion, Freddie could play.
If he couldn`t play he wouldn`t play on the record or in the live setting would he?
You can say alot about Freddie, but he was a fine musician, his piano skills are far superior to his guitar skills, but still.. He did make music, and thats all that counts right?
I play the guitar, i can only play some blues scales and major/minor scales, and i only know the basic chords + a few 7th chords and Barre chords, but still.. I enjoy playing in front of people whenever i`m playing in a jamsession, or i love to improvise, who cares that i hit some bum notes or that i`m no Brian May or Eddie Van Halen technically..
In my opinion you`re a horrible guitar player if you cant strum a normal pattern for more than 1 bar, if you cant finger normal chords without them sounding muffled.
Freddie wrote a few things on guitar, Crazy Little Thing was one of them, it had 7 chords, so in my opinion, Freddie could play.
If he couldn`t play he wouldn`t play on the record or in the live setting would he?
You can say alot about Freddie, but he was a fine musician, his piano skills are far superior to his guitar skills, but still.. He did make music, and thats all that counts right?
I play the guitar, i can only play some blues scales and major/minor scales, and i only know the basic chords + a few 7th chords and Barre chords, but still.. I enjoy playing in front of people whenever i`m playing in a jamsession, or i love to improvise, who cares that i hit some bum notes or that i`m no Brian May or Eddie Van Halen technically..
The whole thing about Freddie being crap at playing guitar is total bollocks.
I am genetically identical to Freddie Mercury and I hold a grade 8 with merit on the electric guitar.
The whole idea of Freddie being crap on guitar came down to marketing and greed in the 1970s etc and is complete bollocks.
I am genetically identical to Freddie Mercury and I hold a grade 8 with merit on the electric guitar.
The whole idea of Freddie being crap on guitar came down to marketing and greed in the 1970s etc and is complete bollocks.
Freddie even wrote Ogre Battle on an acoustic guitar..
I love it when 9 year old topics get revived and people just continue talking without noticing. Since the last time this topic was opened I saw Queen and Paul Rodgers live 5 times, saw the WWRY musical 3 more times, bought about 500 records, moved cities, changed jobs twice and now I have a Masters degree, a wife and a son.
dragonfly.trumpeter wrote:
I am genetically identical to Freddie Mercury and I hold a grade 8 with merit on the electric guitar.
Ok, so this is where this zombie-topic went from "stepford" to "mentally ill"...
The whole idea of Freddie being crap on guitar came down to marketing and greed in the 1970s etc and is complete bollocks.
And here it also stops trying to make sense. How the hell would painting Freddie as a lousy guitarist when he wasn't be in any way useful for marketing?