brian may red special

hi,
did anyone konws how many times brian played HIS red special ont the tour 2005?
and on what songs?

Every night, on most songs

No. Hi played copies identified by a BM 6 pence coin attached to the top of the neck of the guitar (or whatever is called). But I think he played the real one in Fat Bottomed Girls, at least it looked older than the other ones and it did not have any coin.

pirrakitas wrote:

No. Hi played copies identified by a BM 6 pence coin attached to the top of the neck of the guitar (or whatever is called). But I think he played the real one in Fat Bottomed Girls, at least it looked older than the other ones and it did not have any coin.

The one with the 6 pence is THE red special! :)

If that is the case, how can you explain that there were so many Red Special available? I think only one was made by his father. I wonder if that guitar (the original one) was ever used during the concert.

Actually, perhaps you are right! I think that I saw Brian swapping one 'six pence attached' guitar for another one, but I am now not absolutely sure, maybe that other one did not have the coin, as the FBGirls one.

Johan is correct. THE Red Special is the one with the six pence coin. The others are replicas.

Pirrakitas, he ABSOLUTELY played it during the gigs. Even made a special point of holding it out and presenting it to the audience. If interested, go to Esteban Anderson's site, www.brianmaycentral.com to see the Guild, Burns, Brian May Guitars, and other Red Special owners' lists, including several home-built models. You will see that Brian May owns several. One of his Guilds is in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in Cleveland, Ohio . . . the heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland . . .

cheers!

Because there were so many replicas, he put a sixpence on the original to tell it apart from all the others. Look closely at the others and you'll see "Fryer" or "Guyton" on them.

Sadly BrianMayCentral.com has been down for a while :-(

brian during the tie your mother down solo at pesaro's gig:

judge by yourself:

www.somany.it/brianmaypesaro05small.jpg

;)

Thats THE Red Special...

The one and only

David Jones wrote:

Because there were so many replicas, he put a sixpence on the original to tell it apart from all the others. Look closely at the others and you'll see "Fryer" or "Guyton" on them.

Sadly BrianMayCentral.com has been down for a while :-(

Bummer! It was back up a week ago, after having been down for a long time.

In Cologne it showed the real one to the audience when he got it from the guitarguy behind the stage!

What a bad english I have ;)

Thanks for all your answers! It was just that I thought that there was more that one guitar with the six pence on during the gig, but obviously there is only one and only one RS.

I love the way someone asks a question, and then when they get a true answer, with no mocking....

they don't believe it.

It makes you wonder why I ever give anyone a straight answer.