Brian May Red Special Conversion - Tremolo, Pickguard, Bridge
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Күн бұрынThis is my newly converted red special guitar. It took a lot of courage to stick a router in this but this has been on my wish list for too long.
This is also my first 'proper' guitar and was way to much money that I could not justify at the time lol.
Start to finish was just under a month but as this was over Christmas, I did take a break in between. Total working time was 1 week and 6 days.
All parts were from Guitar and Woods. They have a Red Special Kit with all replica parts such as the knife-edge trem block and electronics.
0:00 - Disassembly and Routing!
1:40 - Marking up
2:43 - Problem!
3:24 - Tremolo, Body cavities & Bridge
4:10 - Assembly
4:47 - HEADLONG
8:19 - Finished!
@spidey4fun Жыл бұрын
Nice work on the conversion . Looks great.
@NegdoshaManido 6 ай бұрын
Dude! Nice job, man! The guitar looks amazing, and your playing is excellent! Thanks for taking the time to do this video. : )
@baronvonchickenpants6564 5 ай бұрын
Incredible, the craftsmanship and the playing, just incredible
@danielgreen6658 Жыл бұрын
Alright you have done a fantastic job sounds great and looks great to keep well dan 🎸
@manuelbarreiras7702 Жыл бұрын
Looks amazing! Great job!!
@reverendg5937 2 ай бұрын
I'm impressed for sure. Nice Tone!!!
@ilovemonstermovies Жыл бұрын
Hey, man. Thanks for posting this. I'm wanting to do a conversion but I'm scared I will just mess it all up. I know Woody and others will do 'em, but I can't afford that option right now. You making a video showing it done REALLY helps.
@CollumPlz Жыл бұрын
No problem! I did it because i'm tight lol. Just remember to plan ahead and measure three times and cut once!
@ilovemonstermovies Жыл бұрын
@@CollumPlz good advice! :)
@KyloRen-jb1ui Жыл бұрын
Excellent man, great job.
@RedSpecialForever Жыл бұрын
Great Job Keep Up The Great Work.
@user-lx3dn9bt9e Жыл бұрын
Very nice
@LekkerDops Жыл бұрын
nice job, and thank you for not playing One Vision!
@danfdfdf1762 Жыл бұрын
Superbe boulot
@christinaaldous5837 Жыл бұрын
Wow…….
@tomppa3490 2 ай бұрын
Is there a chance to se see more close up pictures?
@nunorolocreado Жыл бұрын
Awesome job! Congratulations, and wish many hours of great play! I have one question. Where did you buy your guitar? Original or Aliexpress. I ask because I would like to know more about Aliexpress red preciso quality
@richardsyoutubechannel995 2 ай бұрын
Did you not mount the pots as well to the body ?
@loukey6053 Жыл бұрын
what did you do with the back side of the guitar? where the original wilkinson trem springs are, is it just open?
@CollumPlz Жыл бұрын
I would like to fill it in but I'm not good at creating perfectly sized cavity blocks so instead I have kept the black plastic trem cover attached :)
@donlupejkis3121 Жыл бұрын
Holy sh*t you have his sound down to a T! What amp/pedals/pickups are you using?!
@CollumPlz Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m using Amplitube 5 surprisingly with the stock BMG tri sonic pickups. I may upgrade the pickups to something closer and also the audio interface as my one is lacking punch :)
@angelmolina.14 Жыл бұрын
@@CollumPlz Hi, what preset are you using in Amplitube 5?
@CollumPlz Жыл бұрын
@@angelmolina.14 Marco G's preset from his facebook page:)
@Shred_The_Weapon 10 ай бұрын
Is “Headlong” from one of the Paul Rogers tours?
@big_swangin_balls 7 ай бұрын
I think it's from Brian's show at Brixton 1993
@mauriciovargas3782 8 ай бұрын
Hi. Does this bigsby-like tremolo make any difference in terms of playing? I ask bc Brian May Guitars could have use a Les Paul bridge with rollers and a bigsby type tailpiece for a similar price
@mauriciovargas3782 8 ай бұрын
Also, some guitars have floyd rose bridge, but I have never seen any mainstream brand use this type of tremolo
@Cllxm18 4 ай бұрын
I think this style of trem Brian uses is amazing I have the wilkisons since I don’t have a conversion yet
@CollumPlz Ай бұрын
Sorry for late reply! Brian May's trem is incredibly unique and is nothing like any other trem back in the 60s when he built it. Its a floating bridge, balanced on a knife edge with custom rollers to promote sustain. The trem is a big part of the Red Special design, which is why BMG uses a Wilkinson bridge.
@datasciencepacha Ай бұрын
@@CollumPlz amazing job! my question was more about the industrial scalability. I was talking to my neighbours that make aluminum and other metal pieces for NASA and other big customers. They can make 500 or more with a precision of +- 0.0005 mm but they say that building one is incredibly inconvenient because up to the first one hundred units the fixed cost is really high and you must produce in volume, because it is a simple piece but you need around 500 units to produce them at 40 CAD (30 USD)
@alexgarnett5373 8 ай бұрын
Fancy doing a lefty??
@CollumPlz 7 ай бұрын
I only play right handed
@CollumPlz Жыл бұрын
I was scammed!!! I still can't play like Brian.....
@mykeestrabon9521 11 ай бұрын
only Brian can play like Brian
@Shred_The_Weapon 10 ай бұрын
Nobody should want to play just like him. Brian himself wouldn’t want it, even if he is flattered by the number of people that are going at it. For my part, if I did minor buying a red special, there are many things I would want different about it. I like the way the pickups sound for the moment, only I would probably want to get rid of the scratch plate at some point. I also would think of replacing the pickups with P 90s in the future if I could modify the their cavities.
@Cllxm18 6 ай бұрын
@@Shred_The_WeaponI take my inspiration of playing from him but I’m still my own player everyone’s different lol
dsgb
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