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Riff Tone
Now I'm Here (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1975)
Queen
Guitarrock1970s
Original Gear
GuitarBrian May Red Special (original, handmade by Brian May and his father)
AmpVox AC30/6 (JMI, 1960s, three amps in wet-dry-wet configuration, center dry, sides with delay)
Amp Settings
gain6.5
bass6
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Notes
Live performance at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1975. Brian May used his original Red Special guitar with custom switching, into a treble booster and then into three Vox AC30 amps. The center amp was dry, the side amps had delay. No amp reverb or tremolo circuits were used (modded out).
Tone Character(10)
classic British crunchharmonically richtight and percussive attackbright and articulatedynamic response to pickingslightly cleaner sound with guitar volume backed offdistinctive treble-forward tonepunchy midrangeclear note separationtouch-sensitive
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing, dynamic control, and rhythmic accuracy, with moderate technical challenge due to syncopation and use of palm muting and volume swells.
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Original Gear
GuitarBrian May Red Special (original, handmade by Brian May and his father)
AmpVox AC30/6 (JMI, 1960s, three amps in wet-dry-wet configuration, center dry, sides with delay)
Amp Settings
gain6.5
bass6
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Notes
Live performance at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1975. Brian May used his original Red Special guitar with custom switching, into a treble booster and then into three Vox AC30 amps. The center amp was dry, the side amps had delay. No amp reverb or tremolo circuits were used (modded out).
Tone Character(10)
classic British crunchharmonically richtight and percussive attackbright and articulatedynamic response to pickingslightly cleaner sound with guitar volume backed offdistinctive treble-forward tonepunchy midrangeclear note separationtouch-sensitive
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing, dynamic control, and rhythmic accuracy, with moderate technical challenge due to syncopation and use of palm muting and volume swells.