Brian May's Red Special

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#1 in my Guitars and Basses-series

A guitar made famous by Queen's guitarist Brian May. Brian and his father built it in the early sixties out of wood from an old fireplace. This picture is based partly off the official replicas and partly off pictures of the original.

Edit 2011-12-06:
Improved the reflection. Made it smoother and a little smaller.

Program:
Adobe Illustrator CS4.
Tools:
Pen Tool, Type Tool, Line segment tool, Ellipse Tool and Gradient Tool.
Effects:
Multiply Blending Mode and Opacity.

Other works in the series:
#1 Brian May's Red Special
#2 Fender CD-60 SBST
#3 Fender Jaguar
#4 Fender Jazz Bass
#5 Fender Jazz Bass V
#6 Fender Precision Bass
#7 Fender Stratocaster Daniel
#8 Fender Stratocaster Gilmour
#9 Fender Stratocaster Hendrix
#10 Fender Stratocaster Stevie Ray
#11 Squier Stratocaster Daniel
#12 Fender Telecaster
#13 Gibson Explorer
#14 Gibson Flying V Hendrix
#15 Gibson Les Paul
#16 Gibson Melody Maker
#17 Gibson SG
#18 Gibson SG Bass
#19 Epiphone SG Double Neck
#20 Gibson Thunderbird
#21 Gretsch White Falcon
#22 Hofner Violin Bass
#23 Ibanez JEM 7V
#24 LTD B-154DX


If you feel a guitar or bass are missing from the list, or you want me to draw your instrument, feel free to contact me or make a comment and tell me about it. we might work something out.