The Brian May models aren't too bad at all -feel pretty comfy
You're not wrong there... VERY comfy :D
Yep folks, yesterday was an "Andy Day" :roll: - and I blame Philly and Ian... completely, utterly, and entirely (with a little help from Jonathan, and a LOT of help from Mrs AndyR :lol:)
It turned out, during discussions, that the already wrapped AC4TV, as an amplifier, didn't really feel like much of a "Christmas Present" to Mrs R. And that a guitar, if it was the right one (eg a "special one that you wouldn't really buy because you don't really need it, but you'd rather like to have it anyway..."), would feel much more like a chrimbo pressie...
So I was dispatched up to town to see if I could find one to try. I found one, tried it, talked the shop (a Denmark St shop!) down to internet prices :o and walked off with a gig bag with "Brian May" written on it. The shop couldn't find the wang-bar (what's new? :lol:) but it's on order and hopefully will appear before I'm allowed to see the guitar again (25th Dec).
They're Korean made, but feel really high quality. I couldn't find
any of the usual little niggles I spot on guitars. Eg the neck and fretwork is at least as good as the first Squier CV tele I tried - and a damn sight better than the two US Gibsons I have! :lol:
The switching arrangements are bit "crazy" to start with - but surprisingly easy to get used to. And strangely enough, on this guitar I can see more use for the "pickups in series, one out of phase, tone"... I don't like it at all on my Baja tele, and the S-1 switch might eventually go because of it. But on the Red Special it seems to kind of make some sense and a slightly more usable sound.
Roll on Christmas!!! (Of course, what this all meant was that I've now paid for the AC4TV myself, and it's kicking @rses and taking names even as we speak... :lol:)
they do a Super version made in Japan that is much closer to the original in terms of it's neck profile but that would be a deterrent to 99% of players as the original has a huge neck - it makes me admire Brian all the more!
I've always thought this as well - when I first read about it years ago, I couldn't belive he was managing to play how he does. I understand it's kinda "square" in profile, as well as somewhat chunkier, than your average speed neck? :lol:
The neck on the Korean Brian May guitars feels to me kinda like a cross between my strats and my Explorer. In fact, thinking about it, it's very similar to my old JV Squier strat's neck, except a fair bit wider (which was always a slight problem for me) - that's probably why I fell in love with it after 5 mins, even with 9s on it! I didn't measure it or compare it, but I don't know whether it's like the original in being a slightly shorter than Gibson scale-length - it does feel like I don't really want to put my usual 11s on it though. Still, that's all to look forward to :D
