A brief back ground for those not familiar with the guitar.
The Red Special was Brian May from Queen’s guitar built by him and his farther Harold in around 1962-63 . It was a two year project and used all sorts of things to make the guitar what it is .
It has what’s called a block board core and is covered in mahogany veneer , A mahogany neck made from a fireplace , a trem system made from motorcycle valve springs , even the fret board markers were made from mother of pearl buttons kept by his mother .
And this is my take on what I have learnt from the research over the years .
Specs are
24" scale ,7.25" radius, black painted English oak fretboard, Trem as a close copy of the original, Pickups are made by Adrian Turner who has the original Burns winding machines and still maintains Brian's pickups. Nos switches as on the original , all wiring and layout copied as per the original.
Body made from my version of block board with English oak inserts veneered with mahogany, and internal cavities copied .
And this is what it looks like inside
I do have all the progress shots should anyone be interested.
Cheers Mark
funny thing I was looking at the Lindsey Buckingham guitar made by Turner very Interesting stuff, you put some serious hours in that Instrument congrats ,cheers John .
.There is a lot of cool stuff out there never run out of things to make and that's what it's all about .
