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 · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Brian May Red Special
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Crunch
Treble Boost
Tape Echo
Plate
Crunch
← Vox AC30
Gain
6
Volume
7
Bass
4
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Treble Boost
← Dallas Rangemaster
Tone
8
Level
8
Tape Echo
← Echoplex
Time
350ms
Feedback
25
Level
25
Plate
← Plate reverb
Level
25
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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