Steve Vai once played Brian May’s guitar “like a baby giraffe on roller skates” – now the Queen icon has gifted him his own ‘Green’ Red Special

Brian May has given Steve Vai the gift of a lifetime. It’s a Red Special replica, custom built by Andrew Guyton, with some signature Vai-style twists on the Queen guitarist’s DIY custom electric ...
American Songwriter

The Curious Anatomy of Queen’s Brian May’s Guitar: Knitting Needles, Matchsticks, and a 300-Year-Old Fireplace

Generally speaking, most guitars boast the same general anatomy of framing, bracing, pickups, and hardware, but then again, Queen co-founder Brian May’s guitar isn’t most guitars. From the outside ...
NME

Queen’s Brian May gifts Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi with his version of left-handed Red Special replica guitar

Queen’s Brian May has gifted Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi with a left-handed replica of his classic Red Special guitar. The original Red Special was assembled from scratch in the early 1960s by May with ...