No. 0211975·rock·5 blocks
Bohemian Rhapsody
Brian May's tone on Bohemian Rhapsody is built on a unique combination: his homemade Red Special guitar played with a sixpence coin, a Dallas Rangemaster treble booster slamming the front end of a Vox AC30. The treble booster adds gain and upper-harmonic sparkle, pushing the AC30's Top Boost channel into a rich, creamy overdrive. May's multi-tracked guitar harmonies on this song create an orchestral wall of sound, but each individual guitar part has this distinctive bright, singing character.
A Night at the OperaSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Brian May Red Special
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
FAS Boost
AC-30 TB
Tape Mono
London Plate
2x12 AC30 Blue
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
0.5
Level
0dB
FAS Boost
← Dallas Rangemaster
Boost
8
AC-30 TB
← Vox AC30
Drive
6.5
Bass
4
Mid
5
Treble
6
MV
7
Tape Mono
← Echoplex
Time
350ms
Feedback
25
Mix
25
London Plate
← EMT plate reverb (Trident Studios)
Mix
25
Decay
2.5s
Pre Delay
30ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 021
Brian May's tone on Bohemian Rhapsody is built on a unique combination: his homemade Red Special guitar played with a sixpence coin, a Dallas Rangemaster treble booster slamming the front end of a Vox AC30. The treble booster adds gain and upper-harmonic sparkle, pushing the AC30's Top Boost channel into a rich, creamy overdrive. May's multi-tracked guitar harmonies on this song create an orchestral wall of sound, but each individual guitar part has this distinctive bright, singing character.
— Brian May
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