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 · 6 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Brian May Red Special
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Treble Booster
Search Rig Exchange for 'AC30'
Single Delay
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compressor
Intensity
3
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Treble Booster
← Dallas Rangemaster
Boost
8
Search Rig Exchange for 'AC30'
← Vox AC30 (Top Boost)
Gain
6.5
Bass
4
Middle
5
Treble
6
Single Delay
← Echoplex
Delay Time
350ms
Feedback
25
Mix
25
Plate Reverb
← EMT plate reverb (Trident Studios)
Decay
2.5s
Mix
25
Pre Delay
30ms
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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