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 · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Brian May Red Special
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Rage Booster
UK 30 TopBoost
2x12 AC30 Blue
Tape Delay
Plate
Tilt EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Rage Booster
← Dallas Rangemaster
Boost
8
UK 30 TopBoost
← Vox AC30
Gain
6.5
Bass
4
Mid
5
Treble
6
Master
7
2x12 AC30 Blue
← AC30 2x12 Celestion Blue
LowCut80Hz
HighCut12000Hz
Level
0dB
Tape Delay
← Echoplex
Time
350ms
Feedback
25
Mix
25
Plate
← EMT plate reverb
Decay
2.5s
Mix
25
Tilt EQ
← 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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