"I could not afford a guitar...so I made it." Brian May (we never get tired of that story)

Could this guy be any cooler? Polite, talented, brilliant... one of the few rockstars who truly deserves to be filthy rich!

@jurgenvandenhouwe3670

7 жыл бұрын

Like Steve Morse. Same thing.

@MisterGuitarItalia

7 жыл бұрын

+Jürgen Vandenhouwe Amen!

@beethumbbeesummers2027

7 жыл бұрын

Each time I hear an interviwe I sense an incredibly deep, kind, empathic man. Brian May (never met him in my life) I bet is a good man, and a good man at heart. §Kind, gentle, a sweet and good soul... Hope to meet him some day... Brian May is not only a great musicia, awesome songwriter, extremely talented guitarist... He's a great man.

@MisterGuitarItalia

7 жыл бұрын

+Bee Thumb (Bee Summers) I actually met him and he was everything you'd expect and more. Exquisite person.

@beethumbbeesummers2027

7 жыл бұрын

you were so lucky, man. I think he has still few years ahead (i wish him still a long life though), but I hopw to meet him when i will be in UK next time. Last time he came in Italy he was in Verona, but its quite a trip from my island, and couldnt go to listen his music with Ms. Ellis.

when Brian told him "am I boring you?" I even said "not at all" I love Brian's interviews ❤️

@alexgarnett5373

7 жыл бұрын

Frances Torres that's what I thought!

@lorireece1970

5 жыл бұрын

Frances Torres He could never bore me!

@michaelasquith

3 жыл бұрын

Brian May could never bore me. I love his interviews. He is very genuine, and I would love to interview Brian May, and ask him a lot of difficult questions. He is the greatest guitarist of all time. I would love to see him become Sir Brian May soon.

@ellenw391

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelasquith Greetings from the future. DELIGHTED you got your wish!!! My fav is the video is where Brian is debating what he should be called. Most would be thinking Sir Dr or Dr Sir, but nope...we ended with with our beloved Sir Bri lolol

Forget the guitar solos, amazing timeless songs and status as a rock legend, the bloke is simply a damn fine human being. I could listen to him talking about the shipping forecast for hours and not get bored.

@TheGBs1972

3 жыл бұрын

I could actually listen to the shipping forecast for hours

@waysidetavern

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Dar, Brian is such an interesting man.

The Red Special is the only celebrity guitar I've ever given a damn about. The history behind it is fascinating. When I think about all that guitar has been through with Brian, it blows my mind.

@ellenw391

Жыл бұрын

I kinda like Willie Nelson's Trigger too. But nothing will top the Red Special!!!

A 70 years old young guy.

@Shibewhy

4 жыл бұрын

U serious and now he is 72 ish omg

@fretlessfender

Жыл бұрын

Still touring, it is amazing, you can't tell his age, forget about it, he is 35!

I could quite happily listen to Brian all day, either playing guitar or just talking. Absolutely fascinating man.

The hugeness of Brian May lies in his humbleness. He is such a legend, an yet so simple, that any dream suddenly feels closer to you.

@mattmorris2867

2 жыл бұрын

Cheese

Brian is so humble, and such a sweetheart, Love him.

This man is one of the UK's national treasures.

A BIG THANK YOU TO BRIAN'S FATHER

@davep8221

7 жыл бұрын

His mum helped in her fashion ;->

@booshting3520

6 жыл бұрын

Oh behave yourself lol

@michaelasquith9791

5 жыл бұрын

@@davep8221, if wasn't for Brian's mum's knitting, and sewing kit, we wouldn't Brian's guitar solos, in my humble opinion.

@michaelasquith

4 жыл бұрын

@trf12567, I believe that, Brian's dad wanted him to be a model student, before he was a part of a band, at the time. He was only wanting the best for his son, like any other parent would.

@michaelasquith

4 жыл бұрын

@trf12567, his dad had the best of intentions, like Freddie's, Roger's, and John's dads.

Dr. May is the most brilliant man/guitarist that ever existed!!!! And oh so humble 💚

A total gentleman and what's more totally unaffected.

I have so much respect for this man, great guy all around!

The Bo Rhap thing they do at the end gave me goose bumps. Wonderful interview.

i'm amazed that he's still using the same guitar... been a queen/brian may fan forever and won't ever get bored of that story. would love to meet him one day

@beethumbbeesummers2027

7 жыл бұрын

ten years ago, more or less, he had to fix itbecause it was so road worn, and in a very bad shape. I read that a team of crafters fixed it for him and put it in its original shape... Seems like brand-new now... I have an original replica of the Old Lady, but with a Wilkinson's tremolo, not the actual tremolo he uses... It sounds amazing, and its true what Steve Vai told once about this guitar (he had the chance to play it): this guitar plays exactly as the player who uses it. It is alive.

@Joeobrown1

7 жыл бұрын

Bee Thumb (Bee Summers) exactly, I've got the replica too, sounds like nothing else I've got... got the book about the red special too, with a read if you haven't got it already

@doanhaibui

7 жыл бұрын

I see your comment and can't resist bragging: JUST MET THE GUY A FEW DAYS AGO IN A RANDOM PET SHOP ON A RANDOM LONDON STREET *sobbing* [ Please excuse my excitement, but it was so random that it's completely surreal. And yes he shook my hand ]

Bloody brilliant Jamie. I really hope young upcoming guitarist watch this and learn from Brian. You can be a rock legend and remain humble and polite. Thanks GI...!

An elegant spoken , guitar legend....awesome .

The story of Brian May and his first and only home made 'Red Special' guitar is just amazing. Freddy Mercury aside, the whole sound of Queen is based on that unique set of tones it produces. It makes noises that no other guitar can make (apart maybe from an exact replica), and that sixpence piece he uses as a pick just adds to the uniqueness of it. As both a guitar making innovator and musician, IMO, he is more legendary than Les Paul and Leo Fender put together. This is all coming from someone who wouldn't really even class himself as that much of a Queen fan!

@davidbrockett1

4 жыл бұрын

Your statement holds true as Brian is the guitar and the guitar is of brian peace dude

@KiRiMa64

4 жыл бұрын

When Brian plays,you know it's him and no one else !!!

@RockFan98

4 жыл бұрын

Eddie Van Halen and Les Paul once said only them and Leo Fender know how to make a guitar. Brian May: AM I A BLOODY JOKE TO YOU!

Brian is one of the nicest and most genuine people I've seen interviewed. He's a National Treasure And Living Legend in the truest sense of the term. Awesome musician

It seems like most of the truly great artists are the most humble and gracious people. That's awesome.

What a great interview conducted by Mr. Humphries! Brian is so humble, polite and generous! A wonderful guitar player he is!

Add May to my list of most humble guitarist that includes Petrucci, Timmons, and Gilbert to name a few. After I watched this I said to myself..."could this guy be any more humble"? I mean to ask an interviewer what else he had on his list...that is almost unheard of. Well done sir.

Beyond awesome, just brilliant in every way! and the last few minutes....... MINDBLOWING

A true Gent and one of the best guitar player's to ever walk the planet...

Fair play to Jamie for asking Brian to do that at the end, fantastic.

A true legend!! Very humble guy!!! Try to play like him, not easy!!! His guitar is very rich in nuances and enriches the songs a lot!!! He is a magnificent rhythm guitarist too!!! NICE VIDEO

I could listen to Brian May all day long

It's amazing to see how Dr. Bri's mind works towards his music. Thanks for that!!!

Fantastic. Interviewer just lets Brian speak…. Wonderful.

This is an extremely satisfying interview! Brian May is such an inspirational character. Well done Jamie and great job G.I. Thank you so much!

Brian doesn't use the sweet tone settings much, but his personality is set on sweet! He's awesome. :)

ok... just found my favorite thing on youtube.

@gavinbeacom3251

6 жыл бұрын

Same!

Oh man! What a session this was! Brian May is unlike any other guitarist and yet he is so humble and sweet... makes everything look effortless.

Yeap nicest guy ever, I had the chance to meet in a couple of occasions and he was the best.

There should be a School of Music based on his works, insights and inventions. Love the vegematic switches... Incredible guitar. Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician, singer, songwriter, astrophysicist and photographer

This is such a great interview I have to come back every now and then and listen again.

Much respect. What a genuine guy with a great talent. Genius!

@Shibewhy

4 жыл бұрын

He is also hot lol

im 13 and i love gueen they were an amazing band and i love there music

@pau.c_himself

4 жыл бұрын

@Andy Salter 1988 is not so long ago

"with our crystal sets..." My dad built one with me. Used it to listen to 93 KHJ in 1966! Coolest interview I've seen in a long, long time.

what a class act... very generous and insightful interview from a great musician..

This man's guitar was the first as I heard as a young boy in the 70's..with Queen. Obviously hearing the radio and other bands and guitars, this guitar is made by it's owner and nobody on earth can play it with Brian's feel.

Brian may is like the British version of Morgan Freedman, honestly he could narrate my life

What an absolutely delightful half hour. Brian is such a gent as well as a guitar legend. And I loved the bit at the end when Jamie turns to the camera, slightly overwhelmed having just accompanied Brian on Boh Rhap. You just get something of how that must have felt for him

How can you not love Brian May !

29:13 "What else do you have on your list?" that is the most humble sentence i've ever heard

So good. I know this was posted a long time ago but Brian May is my absolute favorite guitarist and song writer. Loved the interview and the end jam

Wow, that was great!!!

Brian is such an icon! Would love to meet him someday.

We had a Dansette record player too In fact I think it’s still at home in the attic My Dad would set it up on two chairs in our drawing room every Sunday evening to listen to his Slim Whitman records Happy days long gone RIP Dad

Brian May, just so impressive, and such a lovely soul.

Again I find myself listening to Brian explain his craft not understanding a thing, really.

And WELL DONE Mr. Humphries!

Very cool interview. Its amazing to get this insight from Brian May, the man is one of a kind. I hope to see more in the future with other guitarists, for example Jimmy Page or Pete Townshend, but i highly doubt they'd do it. Which makes me appreciate Brian May that much more.

What an awesome interview! TY for the upload Brain May is amazing always loved his guitar style. We miss you freddie!

Not only am I listening to the greatest guitar player ever he's also a genius. Love Brian May.

27:20 also the wonderful sound heard on the solo to "it's a hard life"

A great player and innovator ( along with his Dad). If you play guitar do yourself a favor and go buy one of Bri's Red Specials . . excellent quality for the price and a blast to play. It is one of the most stable guitars I've ever played, a bit of a pain to tune but it roars when cranked. The world is a better place because of folks like Brian May.

@fretlessfender

7 жыл бұрын

DrRussPhd absolute!

Jamie your face is priceless when Brian started to played Bohemian Rhapsody solo. lol Awesome

sweet tones from a unique guitar and player.

Fantastic stuff. A delight to watch. Thanks for posting Part 2 so quickly!

Es un de los seres humanos mas fantástico de todos los tiempos...joder, Sir...que GRANDE eres. Un fuerte abrazo desde Valencia-España 🙏❤️🎸🇪🇸

Brian was my inspiration to build guitars, as I'm sure he was for countless others. He was so far ahead of his time with the chambering and out of phase pickups. Most players buy a guitar and play it. As the story goes, he couldn't afford one, hence "necessity is the mother of invention". And it was "necessary" that he had a guitar. He proved that. What a guitar it was and still is!! It has a voice all its own. Such a talented man.

But then came rock and roll. How lucky were we? Very lucky indeed.

I was hired as a singer and became great friends with me band mates - still am. We toured, steadily, from 79- 82. I HAD one of those analogue, tape delays that Brian references at 1:40. I loved it- Mick Jagger hated it, but listen to EVERY John Lennon vocal and you can hear the effect on one's voice. It's not as pronounced as Brian's guitar delay but it CAN be . Normally just a 25 - 50 % of a second, delay would do it, If I recall . Great little machines - I wish I still had it...oh God do I.

What a F&$%cking Great interview!!!. Maybe the best Brian interview ever. (for a guitarist)

Awsome interview......awsome interviewer........ and awsome interviewee! :--)

What a magnificent interview and duet in the end!

Brilliant brilliant brilliant interview

21 :53 " am i boring you" , ha ha ..the man could talk for a month bout how he developed that guitar and id still like be a moth to a light bulb.

@ttuanmu

5 жыл бұрын

nick williams He can read a phone book, and my attention’d be glued to him.

@SierenH

5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what he is talking about but...i love hearing him talk

@SierenH

5 жыл бұрын

@@ttuanmu exactly

@SierenH

5 жыл бұрын

He could be talking about going to the toilet and id STILL be like a moth to a lightbulb (roflmao)

@martijnvandenakker803

5 жыл бұрын

Sieren Tokiio It was very simple what he was talking about, the difference between the placing of the pickups, one or more switched on together and if they where in or out of phase, and how this affected the sound, not that hard...

Very very grateful§ Many questions answered! Such a kind and generous man!! thanks you and thanks the kind gentleman who interviewed him as well!!

A simply great interview. An excellent musician talking about his music to a fellow musician.

Love the Spinal Tap references. Great interview. Even iconic rock gods can be be nice guys without a lot of ego.

This is so fantastic. I am not a guitar geek but it is so interesting to hear about how the pickups work in and out of phase. . I wished he had gone on to talk about the sound differences when he had them serial and parallel. I am going to play this to someone who understands the electronics and have them explain to me why the top pickup sounds mellow and the bottom has that sharp edge.

"It's very easy, Bohemian" -Brian, 2016.

So Brian isn't just playing his guitar on stage phenomenally well, he is also sound engineering it.

My God! I so much enjoyed this video! Thank you!

Brian and the team, thank you for the memories, Uncle Mac on the wireless, a Dansette record player childhood influences…wonderful. I tried to play my homemade guitar though my red and white polka-dot Dansette! London (my home town) Tottenham Court Road for elecronics and musical instrument shops - fond memories of my youth, with no money. Quote, ‘Square wave fuzz tone’..A gentle-man.

The part when he played the solo was so EPIC

A truly brilliant man

What a stud. AND a PhD in Astrophysics.

I especially enjoyed the BoRhap bit at the end. What I would have given to trade places with you, and play with Dr. May! It really highlights the importance and originality of the backing guitar. I know everyone seems to focus on the iconic lead, but that backing sound is SO important. Not sure what Dr. May calls it, but I always called it his "angry cello" sound.

the way Jamie look at the old lady is priceless...

@joethrelfall6370

6 жыл бұрын

He's played it several times. ;)

All those years with one guitar.... 40 years, I would certainly have dropped it or had a strap fail in that time.... what a responsibility and risk not to damage such an antique piece of rock history.

Great interview! Thanks!

2 really good man chatting about music.. Great interview

I like listening to their live concerts, I just feel like I am a part of a concert that happened many decades before I was born

Brian May just comes across as a humble thoroughly decent human being. His talent is understated, he's a titan amongst guitar players in the modern era and I'm not even sure he knows how much he has changed the lives of millions before him with his music. What a talent, what a human.

What a thoroughly lovely chap!

really cool interview !

I am insanely jealous of this interviewer right now. If I played bohemian rhapsody with Brian may, my life would be complete. I hope one day I might get to meet him. Seems like such a nice down to earth and normal guy despite all of his fame, success and wealth. That's a fine example imo

Love listening to Brian May talk about music. And he is such a gentleman, so unpretentious, so very nice a person.

Excellent, really enjoyed that

My God this guy is brilliant!

I an apprentice to know all things Queen. I loved the interview. Brian is a legend within himself. So charming, charasmatic, honest not to mention talented (which is an understatement).

Brian’s guitar tone and playing style is so unique he’s one of the very few players u can just listen to him playing and know it’s him it could be a song you never heard before and you know it’s him. People like to say this about so many players but it’s usually because it’s their favorite guitarist but in reality there are only a handful of players like this and it’s not all lead guitar players there are some rhythm players too.

Brian is priceless ❤❤❤, one of the real guitar heroes

That was amazing. Love Brian May.

what a wonderfull interview really enjoyed waching this.

Superb and respect to both, thank you