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Queen’s Brian May on Jeff Beck and the six guitar tones that changed his life
By Phil Weller published
May says guitars were illegal at his school, but he snuck one in and practiced Hank Marvin, Elvis and Buddy Holly songs with his friends

David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time
By Guitar Player Staff published
Behold the genius of Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and many more — as voted by the readers of Guitar Player

Watch Brian May and the Guns N' Roses guitarist jam Queen's “Tie Your Mother Down” on Jay Leno in 1993
By Jonathan Graham published
Launching his debut solo album back in the early 1990s, Brian May enlisted Slash for some added firepower during his 'Tonight Show' appearance

Brian May on the trials and tribulations of building the Red Special
By Jackson Maxwell published
May famously built the original with his father while in his teens. The duo even originally built the guitar's pickups themselves, though on that particular front they faced some headwinds

Brian May on the one pedal that has come close to nailing his sound
By Phil Weller published
The pedal comes in at a mere $180 – but May adds that there is one thing it can’t do

Brian May is in talks with Gibson to produce new Red Special replicas
By Phil Weller published
Speculation regarding what the new May-Gibson partnership will produce has been hotting up, and now May has poured fuel on the fire

The guitarist who inspired Brian May’s tapping techniques reflects on pivotal chance meeting
By Phil Weller published
Having stolen the technique from Rocky Athas, May’s tapping would, in turn, help shape Eddie Van Halen’s playing – and now Athas hopes to be reunited with the Queen guitarist

“Sly Stallone asked me about why AC/DC records sounded so powerful – I told him about tape compression...”: Survivor's The Eye of the Tiger beat out Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust for use in Rocky III – here's how the '80s smash came together
By Mark McStea published
Though the rewards were ultimately huge, the process of putting together one of the most iconic rock songs of the 1980s – guitarist Frankie Sullivan tells GP – was sometimes a tense one

One of the rarest and most sought-after Japanese-made Teiscos, the 1968 May Queen is a guitar designed for players, not just beginners
By Terry Carleton published
Made for just one year, Teisco's May Queen was three times the price of its regular guitars. There's a reason for that…

“I Kind of Stole Ed...And That Wasn’t Something That Happened Very Often”: Brian May Expounds on Eddie Van Halen’s Role in the Fabled ‘Star Fleet Project’
By Gary Graff published
As he releases his expanded ‘Star Fleet Project’ box set, the guitarist reveals his thoughts on EVH, the future of Queen, and the dangers AI poses for music in the coming year
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