BRIAN MAY SIGNATURE GUITAR (2001)
aka
*THE RED SPECIAL




Country of Manufacture Korea
Introduced... 2001 (Club Series)
Discontinued... 2004 
   
Scale 24 ins
No. of Frets 24 (with zero fret) 
Body Bound Mahogany (semi-hollow)
Neck Ebony-capped Mahogany (set neck)
Headstock "Arrowhead" with Grover locking machine heads & BM signature
Colours/Finish *Vintage Cherry, Sunburst, Translucent Green, Translucent Blue
Scratchplate Black
Pickups 3 x Tri-Sonic wired in series
Controls 1 x Volume, 1 x Tone, 3 x Pickup On/Off switches, 3 x On/Off Reverse Phase switches
Bridge/Tailpiece/Tremolo Burns DeLuxe tremolo unit
Hardware Chrome 
Weight 4Kg 


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BRIAN MAY CUSTOM EDITION (2003)


As the BRIAN MAY SIGNATURE GUITAR (2001) above, except



Country of Manufacture UK
Introduced... 2003 (Club Series)
Discontinued... 2004 (see Home Page commentary on Brian May Series serial numbers after July 2004)
   
Body ... with Pearl-edge binding. Quilted Maple top available (with Honey Sunburst finish)
Neck ... with Pearloid binding
Headstock ... without BM signature
Colours/Finish Jubilee Gold, Honey Sunburst
Scratchplate 2 part: White Pearloid (Gold on Jubilee Gold models). The secondary plate behind the tremolo unit is Black on Honey Sunburst models; Gold on Jubilee Gold
Hardware Gold 


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