![]() ![]() This Custom Shop guitar comes with a highly figured Myrtle wood top and dark Walnut back. September 2017 (Electric) - This Breedlove Custom Shop Mark I Calendar Series limited edition model is one of only ten made. ![]() To read more about Brian May, visit his official biography page at. For a complete history of the Red Special, visit. The material for the guitar came from all kinds of sources, including an 18th century fireplace mantel which was used to make the neck, and a piece of oak table which served as the middle piece of the block board semi-hollow body. ![]() The Red Special is also sometimes referred to, by May and by others, as the Fireplace or the Old Lady. The name Red Special came from the reddish-brown color the guitar attained after being stained and painted with numerous layers of Rustin's plastic coating. May has used the Red Special almost exclusively, including on Queen albums and in live performances, since the band's advent in the early 1970s. May 2017 (Electric) - The Red Special is the home-made electric guitar that was designed and built by Queen's guitarist Brian May and his father Harold when Brian was a teenager in the early 1960s. ![]()
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