{"product_id":"9781480341470","title":"Brian May's Red Special The Story of the Home-made Guitar that Rocked Queen and the World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBrian May's Red Special\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Story of the Home-made Guitar that Rocked Queen and the World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrian May\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Musical Instruments \/ Guitar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e“My dad and I decided to make an electric guitar. I designed an instrument from scratch, with the intention that it would have a capability beyond anything that was out there, more tunable, with a greater range of pitches and sounds, with a better tremolo, and with a capability of feeding back through the air in a 'good' way'.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrian May and his father Harold started to hand-build an electric guitar in 1963. Brian dreamed of a guitar that would outperform any of the existing commercially made electric guitars; his father had the technical knowledge and skills to help make the dream come true. Brian played his guitar on every Queen album and in all of Queen's live shows around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book you will discover everything you ever wished to know about Brian's unique instrument. Brian talks about every aspect of the Red Special, from its birth to playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace, from Live Aid to the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics – and beyond. All of this is accompanied with original diagrams, sketches and notes dating from the building of the guitar, as well as a great selection of photographs including Brian on stage with his guitar, close-ups and x-rays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdditional selling points:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Includes rare and previously unseen photographs of the Red Special, Brian and his father, and Queen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• The guitar has been fully dismantled and every piece is photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAlthough \u003cb\u003eBrian May\u003c\/b\u003e (London) is best known to the world as the lead guitarist of supergroup Queen, he has a PhD in astrophysics and is an expert in 3D photography. He co-wrote \u003ci\u003eBang! The Complete History of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e with Chris Lintott and Patrick Moore, \u003ci\u003eA Village Lost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e with Elena Vidal and \u003ci\u003eDiableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e with Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming., \u003cb\u003eSimon Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e (London) has been a professional guitar journalist since 1996 and is currently multimedia editor at \u003ci\u003eGuitarist\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eTotal Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuitar Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClassic Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuitarrista\u003c\/i\u003e (Spain'), 'and many websites, including Brian's own brianmay.com.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHal Leonard\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781480341470\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51198017601676,"sku":"9781480341470","price":34.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_73e921d5-3d95-4855-afd0-3b7ddf69cbe1.jpg?v=1782962920","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781480341470","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}