Hello there 👋 Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast. Today we have the pleasure of the company of the acclaimed singer, songwriter, lead guitar player and all-round nice guy Steven Battelle. Steven is a professional musician and original member of his band Lost Alone, who have toured all around the world. Stevens most recent work has been touring with McFly with his band Lost Alone as a warmup act. McFly had asked them to tour as Steven had worked with them for their recent...

Hello there, Welcome to News of the world! In this video I explain what news of the works hopes to become and also talk about some news thats been happening the Red Special community recently. Remember to head over to check out all the links below to catch on who I mentioned in the video. Yonderbosk Pickups - @yonderbosk http://yonderbosk.com Thoms Bruncard Tonex - The outputs from the Tonex Project have hit 2500 downloads. Jamie Humphries (ex Brian May guitarist) is using the profiles for...

Hello there 👋 Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast. Today we have the pleasure of the company of the most wonderful - Manuel Angelini. Manuel has been a member of the community for as long as I can remember and has had an interesting story spanning nearly 20 years in his hunt and creation of the ultimate replica of Brian May's legendary recording Amplifier - The Deacy Amp. Allegedly found in a skip by Bass Player John Deacon and fashioned in to a small cabinet. Manuel happens...

Hello there 👋 Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast. Today we have a bit of a self indulgent episode where I am am being interviewed about my journey with the Red Special, how I came to starting the Meetups again and how the podcast came to be. I delve a little bit deeper in to that wonderful Episode with Brian May and talk a little bit about the future. So if you have ever wondered about the motivation behind it all today is your lucky day. Massive thanks to Luke Holwerda,...

Hello there 👋 Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast. Today we have the pleasure of the company of the creator of RS Custom Guitar - Everett Wood. Everett is a near life long Queen fan and through some encounters found himself in a great position with access to some information. Coupled with his passion and hardwork found himself making Red Special Guitars. Everett and I have a fantastic conversation and unlock some of the mythos and history around the wider Red Special Story...

Hello there 👋 Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast. Today we have the pleasure of the company of the one and only Tim Staffell. Tim was friends with Brian May and Roger Taylor and was in a number of bandswith Brian and Roger adj as 1984 and most famously Smile. Tim chose to leave for a solo career and this led to Tim’s friend Freddie Mercuy joining May and Taylor to form Queen. Tim and I take a deep dive in to his memories from those early years and where his career has...

In this instalment we are talking to Matt Netherwood, creator of all things Red Special related, from guitars, to amps, treble boosters and slate mats. I catch up with Matt and learn about his journey with music, how he found Queen and Brian May and what led him to join the forum and devote his time to making things for us all. Matt is the owner and founder of Yonderbosk Creations and has built some amazing things. Also please look out for the giveaway in the episode! A Yonderbosk BC149 is up...

Hello there 👋 Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast. In this instalment we are talking to the person who we believe made the first ever Replica of Brian May’s legendary Red Special Guitar - Julian Hemingway. Julian has been interested in the Red Special since he first heard Queen and has gone on to not only make many many replicas but also to meet and play guitar with Brian. Julian is an all round lovely chap and has been a massive part of the success of the Red Special...

Hello there 👋  Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast.   In this instalment today we are talking to Dr Brian Harold May himself. If you don’t know the story of the Red Special then you are in for a treat as Brian and his Dad built the guitar out of necessity when Brian was a 16 year old boy. What is more impressive is that he has used that same guitar not only through his whole recording career with Queen but he has also used it live every night on every tour for almost 60...

Hello there 👋 Welcome to the home of the Red Special Guitar Podcast. In this instalment today we are talking to Thomas Brunkard. A forum member who performs in the Irish Tribute Band QWEEN. Thomas has been an active member of the community who has made using a digital rig a possibility for not just himself, but anyone interested. He often gives up his time and knowledge to help others and has his own YouTube channel where he shows you how he has approached the digital Brian May rig using...

Today we catch up with Red Special forum member Craig Farley. Craig not only looks like Brian May, but he has even hung upside down dressed as Brian May.. more on that in the podcast. Craig is a wonderful chap with very similar influences to me and has a great story to tell of how he ended up in the RS Community, getting his rig together and attending his first RS Meetup in 2021. If you want to see more of Craig please check out his YouTube channel, which has now hit over 1000 subs...

In this Episode I catch up with Ron Smith from The Cyber Shop and Woody Thomas from RS Conversions all about their individual stories and how they ended up making the finest Red Special Parts and doing the finest conversions of Burns and BMG Guitars across the land.      

In this instalment of the Red Special Guitar podcast I talk to the legendary Gonzalo Plaza. Gonzalo was one of the first people in the world to start creating online information about the Red Special at the dawn of the internet and has become a great friend of mine. We met in person for the first time at the US Red Special Meetup 2022 hosted by Luke Holwerda and just had to sit down and record a podcast together whilst we were together. I hope you enjoy this one, its a little different to...

In this episode of the podcast, I caught up in person with the great Dr Doug Short. Father of all things CNC in the Red Special Community. Doug has been a fantastic contributor to the Red Special Commmunity over the years not only explaining his methods and documenting them so extensively but also by helping MANY people in the community from all over the world to achieve there own Red Special Dreams. In this episode we talk about Doug's story, what lead him to the Red Special and what he has...

In this instalment of the Red Special Guitar Podcast I catch up with the Pete Malandrone. Pete has been Brian May's Guitar Tech for over 27 years and has played a major role in the upkeep of the guitar, Brian's sound and a whole world of other things that you just wouldn't think of!! We cover off COVID19, looking after the Red Special, the wider community and Pete lets us know what we are allowed to ask him for at the end of a gig :-) Pens, staples and post it notes! No coins!!!

Today we talk to Mark Reynolds AKA Trisonics. Mark has been around the Red Special Community for over 20 years and is a wealth of knowledge, experience and interesting stories. I chat to him all about how he fell down the Red Special Rabbit Hole and who he has met and where it has led him. This is a truly great conversation and a massive thanks to Mark for his time recording this with me. I hope you enjoy.

We Will Rock You's Danny Gomez and I caught up about how he came to be in WWRY, where it has led him. Working with Brian May, his quest for the ultimate Brian May tone and resurrecting the WWRY shows in Spain this year. *Giveaway* Amplitube Brian May!! To be in with a shot of winning the IK Media Amplitube Brian May you must make sure to listen in to see how you can win.

In this instalment of the Red Special Guitar Podcast I chat with Instagram famous Brian May Artist extraordinaire Sarah Rugg about her journey from starting artwork to the book she has just released with Brian May showcasing her creations. We chat about her love of Brian, the forum, learning to play the guitar and a little bit about mental health.

I catch up with Simon Bradley who has been a guitar journalist since around 1996. Since then Simon has written articles for Guitarist Magazine and ensured there was Brian May and Red Special content included over the years he wrote for them. Simon not only wrote articles for Guitarist but also has interviewed many Rockstars including the our main man Brian May. This eventually culminating in Simon co-writing the Red Special Book with Brian.

In this Episode I talk to the founder and owner of Astrings.co.uk - Andrew Morgan about the last 20 years of his life. From selling Optima Gold Strings to the Red Special Forum members to opening Wales Premier Independent Guitar Shop. We cover it all with a few laughs and stories of our adventures along the way.

In this instalment of the Red Special Guitar Podcast I chat to Red Special Forum member Merlin Thomi about how the Red Special inspired him, his story with guitars and why he is the future of the Red Special Community. Merlin talks about his improvement, his own YouTube channel where he has some tutorials and upgrading his BMG Guitar.

Hello Podcast Fans. In this nest instalment of the Red Special Guitar Podcast I caught up with the Legendary Andy Guyton from Guyton Guitars. www.guytonguitars.com Andy and I discuss how he got started with guitar repairs and building, working on Brian May's original Egmond guitar and the 20 year career that followed working with the Red Special and making the most authentic replicas ever made.

Hello and welcome to Episode 6 of the podcast. In this episode I caught up with the legendary Ade Turner from Adeson Pickups in the UK all about his journey from building his first guitar to making replica Burns pickups with the original machinery Burns used in the 50s and 60s Head over to www.adeson.co.uk to check out Ade's work 

Epsisode 5 of the Podcast is here - wow In this installment I chat to Luke Timmins all about how he ended up performing as a Brian May in a Queen Tribute band with pretty much the EXACT rig Brian May uses today!! We also take a moment to remember Harold May's 100 year Birthday if he had been with us.