Gibson Custom Shop Brian May Red Special Guitar Replica Rumors! (Fact or Fiction?)
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Phil O'Keefe on the Gibson forum states:
"While I can't divulge what we are or are not going to be releasing, I can tell you that the first guitar - and so far, the only guitar that I personally know about that is in development - is not a Red Special. That doesn't mean we won't be making one eventually. I honestly do not know either way."
Oh wow! Straight from the horse’s mouth (or as close as we are going to get for now…) thanks for sharing!!
Gibson has built a 12 string acoustic for Brian early 2023, you can see it in some live videos.
Yup. I mentioned it on the video. He doesn’t go crazy on it but he plays it every now and then…
And that's another point, who could be more interested, Brian May in playing a Gibson twelve string acoustic guitar or Gibson in having Brian May playing one of their twelve string acoustic guitars... Ummm... Or maybe that is not the only question and...Gibson finally achive to get the exclusive rights to make and sell replicas of the Red Special model ... Who knows... But, if this latter is what happens what is for sure is that those replicas that Gibson might make wouldn't be, exactly affordable... I hope that, at least, they stay in tune better than LPs or SGs...
@@patriciaydiegoormaza-marti2446 They will stay in tune! It actually comes down to the zero fret and the no friction design of the Red Special which fixes Gibson's tuning issue..
From what I know about Brian May, he's not the type of guy who will let Gibson make a Brian May signature guitar just to make some money but that he won't use himself.
However, having them make him a signature acoustic guitar, that's not impossible.
My money is on some awesome Red Special limited run but I guess an acoustic wouldn’t be all that crazy either… it’s just that he’s never played Gibson acoustics (until recently) but who knows… as a fan I wouldn’t be that excited about an acoustic May Signature to be honest…
I am so tired of these companies making hugely overpriced "signature" guitar models, enough is enough already.
He did play a Gibson Les Paul 70s deluxe for queens American tour in the mid 70s but he hated playing it as it wasn’t the same satisfying playability and sound he endured from his red special. After that he did the same with a fender strat until he came back with his red special. The black Les Paul custom remains unknown, whether he bought it or borrowed it. Also there was a time in the 90s fender promised Brian they’d make a fender based guitar for him that’s based off of the red special, unfortunately it never happened
That’s crazy ! I didn’t know about the Fender that was never released… that would have been cool!
Brian recently wrote about them doing a Red Special
Somehow I missed that… where did you see it?
1st replica was a John Birch used in We Will Rock You and Spread Your Wings videos. This also was his touring back up. He smashed it up onstage on US tour 1982 and was replaced by the Gibson Flying V for the rest of the tour. The Guild BHM was featured in the One Vision video and used as tour back up on the 1986 Magic Tour. He also used a Greco RS Replica in a 1970s UK TV appearance.
Yes, but the Birch was never available for sale… I wonder if the Greco was ever available in the states or if it was a Japan-only model…
I think he was at the Gibson garage because he friends with Tony iommi and if u get the chance to hang with Jimmy Page you will I don't see Gibson doin a Brian may guitar
That was my first thought too. But then Cesar went on to say “we are thrilled to have Brian May as part as the Gibson family…”
When I saw Brian May with Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page at that Gibson's event, it is true that it seemed a little weird to me... But I thought it had to do with the fact that Brian May has a good relationship with the other two mentioned guitarrists...
That was my first thought too. But then Cesar went on to say “we are thrilled to have Brian May as part as the Gibson family…”
I hope so... I really do, otherwise, they would not be worth to be called Red Special too...
Brian May had Les Paul Deluxe for backup. And had Flying V
They are both on the video…
Gibson wouldn’t want to put the work into retooling etc for a BM guitar.
correct too costly of an investment to profit ratio
I'm willing to bet they just half-ass it and make the correct body and pickguard shape and all the rest is conventional off the shelf hardware and electronics. Use three single coil pickups, TOM bridge and stopbar tailpiece, and call it close enough.
I hope they don’t but honestly you guys have a great point here… unless they re tool, make the super accurate expensive version and then after the craze goes down, make a second batch and then release USA mass produced guitars and maybe even some cheaper exports…
Great video. I think they’re releasing the official Gibson Brian May sixpence guitar pick lol 😂 jk. I have a strong feeling that they will release a Gibson Brian May Red Special and i have a few reasons as to why? First- on brian may guitars’ website, they are saying that registration for the Brian May Super is now closed. Two- Brian May said that they actually have talked about it and said that it would be nice to have a Red Special produced over in the US. Three- the Gibson CEO actually said they welcome Brian May into the Gibson family. If they don’t release it, this would be the biggest trolling ever done to the guitar community. Rock on 🤘
"on brian may guitars’ website, they are saying that registration for the Brian May Super is now closed" 😲😲 I think we got our answer right here!!!
I think it would be cool, but I don't want to think about what the price would be.
Right??
@@PatPosse
Brian May inspired me to build my own homemade electric guitar with my grandpa in his garage that's the guitar in my profile picture I've
had it since I was 11 I'm 21 now we used hand tools we couldn't afford heavy machinery
@@southernpride2003 It can't really be seen on your pic but I'd love to check it out! Shoot me an IG message if you'd like!
I own a Burns model from 2007. I decided to get it near the beginning of 2024 and took delivery of it in February. You might be right about how it plays like a PRS model, but what matters to me is that I just really enjoy playing it myself. It came to me while I was at work on one of my solo records, and I just plugged it in and included it on a few of the tracks. The way that it responded almost “sent shivers down my spine”.
The way I see it, Brian’s Red Special is the inaugural Super Strat. That might be stretching it a little, but you won’t convince me of that. There are two areas where it almost matches up with models from the Gibson product line. One instance is that its semi hollow cavities are reminiscent of the ES-335. Another has to do with the actual Super Strat that Gibson was making in the second half of the 80s, the M-III. If Brian actually is collaborating with them, I hope both of those points would become pertinent to the collaboration.
Awesome!!! Just to clarify, I don’t think any of the guitars I mentioned “suck” they are all awesome in their own way!! But different nonetheless (and different from the actual RS they are trying to replicate). That being said, you are ABSOLUTELY right that ALL that matters is the way you feel when you play it! I’ve said it before, I’ve never been as happy playing a guitar than with my first strat (the one I got my first chords in with) and my very first Les Paul (which was an Epi and was considerably better suited for my style than the Strat)! Not because they were great but because I just couldn’t stop playing them….
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Ps, Shoot me a link to that recording!
Thank you, Pat. Here’s one song from my latest album on which I played the Burns model. Not only was I thoroughly satisfied and invigorated playing the guitar solo you hear but also with the sustained chord at the end. I was using an amp modeler and monitors, but there was something savory about that final chord that reminded me of what I’ve heard people do with Marshall stacks.
Nice!! I love the sound of a well placed RS on a mix! Link never came through but if you’d like send it to me on my IG! @patricioposse
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I’m sorry that I wrote all that hyperbole and didn’t even bother including the link. ua-cam.com/video/jxQ7GmCba4g/v-deo.htmlsi=snawlCnfKN0uyA8w
If Gibson does do it, it'll be $20k+ and up.
Probably 10k if very limited
Maybe Gibson is trying to buy BMG or part of it, it would make more sense to me than a Gibson made red special. Or maybe it’s about the acoustics, he has been a lot of years playing guild acoustics but maybe he has been offered a good deal by Gibson.
Both of them are great options and your guess is as good as mine… whatever it is, it’s exciting though 😁
Few errors here, especially when looking at the historic copies. The image of the RS that you said was a Burns is not a Burns, It's one of the many cheap Chinese knock-offs. The Burns was a fantastic copy at a very reasonable price. It also had Brian's signature on the headstock, same as the later BMG models. There is a world of difference between the Burns and BMG guitars as well, different pickups, slimmer neck on the BMG, different, less reliable trem system and a lot more money at retail than the Burns ever was. As for a Gibson incarnation? They would probably use some high quality parts, that in turn will keep the value high like the older Guild models. I would much rather invest into a conversion of one of my Red Specials than pay over the odds for a Gibson version.
I think I'd rather Brian/Gibson come up with a new design given all the decades of experience he's had. What would he come up with starting with a blank sheet?
He's actually come up with some new designs for his Brian May company (none of which I care for). One of them (The BMG Arielle) reminds me of a thunderbird... Maybe they'll push that a bit more...
A Gibson Red Special would be super awesome! *fingers crossed*
Hell yeah it would!!!
The Guild you show and talk about was the first gen model, and yes you are right about it not being very much like the original - DiMarzio pickups, custom Kahler bridge, no tone chambers. They stopped making it because Guild began to cut corners in its manufacture, and Brian used an escape clause in his endorsement to stop production. However, years later Brian and Guild decided to give it a second try. The resulting second gen model was much closer to the Red Special- Seymour Duncan did the pickups, which better fit the specs of the original Tri-Sonics, and Schaller made a replica of the trem system. And this time it had a chambered body. I played one of these in green burst, and it was quite the experience. Sadly, due to Guild’s financial problems, that (and a budget hardtail model) didn’t last very long in the market.
I remember that second Guild! It was pretty damn awesome too! I actually talked about it but cut it out of the video cause it had gotten too long 😅. It’s crazy how a lot of times i end up editing out some things I wish I didn’t (or things I later refer to 🤦🏻♂️ hahaha) I guess I got a long way to go and learn a lot more so I can get better 😁. Anyway, that second Guild (which I think I actually included a picture of on the video with Bri holding both Guilds) was pretty damn awesome looking! I wish I got to play one (I guess I still can 🤞) thanks for commenting !!
Having a 6 pence & a 6 pence made to look like guitar pick would be something cool to have come with whatever Gibson decides to do
YES!!! That would be awesome!
Brian has his own guitar manufacturing company who make replica Red Specials.
Really?? I didn’t know that! 🤣 it’s on the video…
@@PatPosse
No, just Google "Brian May Guitars" and you will be taken to the BMG guitar site.
I don’t think you got the irony. I talked about the Brian May Guitars company on the video.
...... If Gibson does do a Red Special? It will probably be a CS & in limited numbers for max-coin pricetag. I could see Gibson doing a hardtail version (which is what Gibson would be better at) alongside a trem-version. These will, I guess, be about 500 (or less) max production & carry a price tag of about 10-G's (if autographed & with COA) maybe slightly less (5 to 8? if a production model)
Makes sense, I agree with you 100% I was thinking the same about pricing BUT I don’t see them making it a Hardtail… I think that would be a mistake 🤷🏻♂️
Brian was there because he's Tony Iommi's best mate. Tony took him along for a day out.
Haha I also thought about that. I’m sure he had something to do with it… he might have been the nexus between Gibson and May
Greco made a copy of the red special in the 70s looks pretty close
What didn’t they replicate awesomely?? Them Japs had it going on!!
Brian May played several Guild Red Specials during the 80's : the recording of the collective project on "Smoke on the water", I think it was the same guitar with EMG pickups on "One Vision" and during the tours of his two solo albums (Back to the light and Another World, mostly because the Red Special needed a repair). Do your homework, dude!
🤣🤣 maybe work on your comprehension skills… I never said he didn’t play his replica! I clearly stated that I couldn’t recall him playing any Guild guitars before they made his partnership with them or after. OBVIOUSLY meaning any standard production guitars 🤦🏻♂️.
@@PatPosse I watched it again. Sorry bro, I'm not responsible if you're bad at speaking english.
@@travelerworld4212 I've only been doing it my entire life, lol. You are the only one to misunderstand what was said..."If everyone else is wrong..."
@@PatPosse If everyone else is wrong it means that they're a majority of dummies.
@@travelerworld4212 I mean… Biden IS president 🤣🤣
I doubt Gibson would manufacture Brian May's original design guitar for these reasons. (1) The retooling and assembly training required to manufacture a guitar not in the company's line up would be costly. (2) Brian May's OG guitar was never a Gibson guitar thus goes against Gibson's "Play Authentic" moto that's been going on for a few years. (3) The profit to investment ratio I don't think is there how many people are kicking down Guitar Center doors to get their hands on a Guild Brian May guitar? Not a lot. (4) If by some crazy reason Gibson actually manufactures a Brian May OG guitar it would only be a Murphy Lab Custom shop guitar with a run of maybe 100 units costing nothing less than 10,000 US dollars. I think most likely we would see that LP black Custom or the LP mini humbucker guitar who knows even smaller chance we would get the V.
You make some great points and I'd tend to agree with you under "normal" circumstances but now it seems like they actually ARE making an RS (or at least they are riding the rumor train and letting it loose, lol) I guess we'll find out soon enough...
I'd be first in line at Gibson Garage.
NICE!!! Save me a spot 😁
I'd buy a signature version or epiphone. Not the $50.000 version they'll undoubtedly do first lol
Hahahaha 50 grand!!! I’d stick with the Super Brian May myself as well 😉
He just showed up at the London Gibson Garage because he was asked nice A BM Gibson...nah.
Bri is definitely a class act and he would totally show up if asked nice BUT Cesar did say that they are thrilled to have May as a member of the Gibson family… so…. 🤷🏻♂️
@@PatPosse I hear ya. But BM's guitar has so many quirks. Among them, unsecured roller saddles that just fall out and wood veneer laid over metal hardware.
These are things any large producer would stay away from, ESPECALLY a company as conservative as Gibson. . Hard to see them doing a truly faithful reproduction unless it is REALLY limited, then it could end up being the priciest version yet! I guess they could attach the sales to a charity ala Rick Beato.
@@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328 Definitely a different Guitar from everything else!
I’m wondering if he’s sold his Brian May guitar company to Gibson.
That would actually make sense…
They seem to be clearing house. They’ve sold the rights to the songs to Sony for 1 Billion. The only thing they’ve kept is the their live audio and visual, which they can release and make money on. It definitely feels like they’re closing their affairs before they finish
@@Stewart.fryers 1.27! crazy... Mary Austin auctioning off Freddie's Estate and memorabilia...
sucks to be broke....
We definitely need more Live and unreleased material!!
We definitely do. I know Brian has said that there is a big Live Killers box set in the works because they have a lot of audio and video from the 78/79 tour. Hyde Park has been redone and so has the Earls Court and Houston 77 shows. So hopefully they’ll get released soon
@@Stewart.fryers All ICONIC concerts too! Can't wait!! I hope they haven't tinkered too much with the original audio though...I like their raw energy and live audio... and I REALLY hope AutoTune does not make an appearance... I hate what they did to the vocals on Face it Alone...
You might be right with your assumption... We will see what happens...
Gibson is a big name and could be a good choice to make his guitar a bit more popular...
That would be cool! I’d love to snatch a Gibson Brian May Red Special Custom Shop Murphy Lab Guitar (boy is that a mouthful) in the used market in a couple years!!
@@PatPosse
If it does happen you would be much better off to buy it when it is first released than to buy it later when the value increases substantially.
Yeah you are right, most resellers would want to flip it for a huge profit
I’d like to have a poster of the scanned guitar
Oh me too!!! There’s some awesome pictures of it on the Brian May’s Red Special: The Story of the Home-Made Guitar that Rocked the world Book. I STRONGLY recommend it!!
@@PatPosse thanks man ! I’m going to try and get a copy. I collect guitar books.
@@stanlindert6332 Oh dude! You'll have a blast! I was lucky enough to get one of the first 100 copies and got Bri's Signature on it! Amazing book!
@@PatPosse I remember the 70s when my brother brought home a Queen album, my mind was blown by that guitar playing and composition. I’m still not over it.
@@stanlindert6332 Damn straight! I stumbled upon Queen in the 90s and Fred was already gone... I can only imagine what it must have felt like to hear those iconic albums as they came out and maybe even having the chance to see them live!! I only got to see them with Paul Rodgers (which was NOT bad at all) but of course, it was not the same or even close...
Actually i was a cheap £70 Kay strat copy on play the game video.
Yeah I didn’t remember the actual brand but it was not a Fender. I tend to think Strat=Fender 😅
Oh man. Instead finding a solution for their problems they need another shop and burning money. Ähm new and interesting products ?
I guess they must be doing better now… 😅
Didn’t Burns build a Brian May guitar 20 years ago or something?
Yup! It’s on the video… 🤔😅
The red special is to complex in it construction for the Gibson custom, it will cost 150000$ XD. Gibson made him a custom 12-string j200 (with cosmic stuff on the pickguard), if Gibson made somethimg with him its probably that. What i think is Tony Iommi Said to brian « would you come with my to the opening of the Gibson garage » because they are close friend,a good argument against my theorie is the original Red Special turn 60 in october this year, it would be the perfect time, but I still don’t think it will apen
That’s right ! I forgot about that pickguard… that’s a great guess but definitely not as exciting …
Good news ! That means both a $799 and $1200 Epiphone version will come out. Laurel & Ebony boards respectively. gonna be ill 🤢
I don’t know… it might just be a one off run of very limited guitars…
@@PatPosse Oh, if it comes at all it would be a Custom Shop LE at about $20k like the Tony Iommi maybe only a few built; but I was making a joke about how the Gibson artist guitars like Jason Hook and Tony Iommi, Lizzy Hale etc seem to end up as $700 Epis and now Epi does those questionable $1200 versions like the Korina Explorer too. 🎸
Hahaha gotcha. I agree
Sad to see Gibson as the brand behind this. It will invariably be an overpriced guitar mostly inaccessible to the guitar playing community and subsequently all of the thoughtful innovation Brain May put into the guitar will go completely unused and squandered by the target demographic. The guy is already rich and should have known better. Anyone but Gibson. Bummer.
😝 "Cheaper production"? Are you high? If this happens, it'll be scarce and unavailable to most budgets...as you pointed out. Is there a guarantee attached to the deluxe for workmanship or satisfaction? I'm sure if you had the 4 grand you could ask specific questions. You didn't say. Gibson sucks. They don't these for the people. They make them for optics...and that's annoying to people. The entire run of that Page double neck was 2.5 million. Why do that? Even...? How much does Page get? If this goes down I hope May insists they don't tilt the head back for maximum breakage.
just like the jimi hendrix joke of a guitar? pleaaase!!!!
Basically... That was also surprising and a precedent at maybe a Brian May LP or V....
@@PatPosse over 50 years I can’t recall a single picture of Brian even holding a Gibson!!
There’s 3 on the video 😅
@@PatPosse I didn’t watch the video!😀
@@buzzedalldrink9131 and it shows lol 🤣
Gibson boning all dealers and going direct. Just like fender. May could afford a guitar. But his father and he are engineers. They loved making stuff.
Brian said many times that they couldn’t afford to buy one so they HAD to undertake the task of building a guitar. And if it was worth doing, they would go all in!
Another Gibson cash grab, this time for a guitar NOBODY would ever want if it didn't have an association with a legendary rock star. It's all so boring and predictable.
A cash grab? How dare a business try to make money. What are they thinking!! That’s a quick way to go out business. You do know a lot people have bought Brian Mays red model replica right?
Turboy: How DARE you be so...well be so...HONEST?!...👏
I’d love to have one. Just make it a wonderful one.
Hmm yeah, hating Gibson is the fashion nowadays, so boring and predictable.
@@Panic42000 Well... The best of this is that, since the very first moment Brian May had to build his own guitar, and he started releasing authentic Rock anthems playing it, that instrument became unique... Yes, there will always be replicas but, given that the original one was not made in a factory, the replicas that can be bought in the market inspire me no confidence at all... Yeah, we all know that is the artist who gives popularity to the instrument and not the opposite...