Red Special

Red Special is the personal guitar of Queen guitarist Brian May.

Statistics

• Body
• Oak and Mahogany, semi-solid body
• Depth: 39 mm
• Neck
• Mahogany
• Neck Pitch: 2°
• Headstock Angle: 4°
• Width at nut: 47 mm
• Width at 12th fret: 51 mm
• Depth at 1st fret: 25 mm
• Depth at 12th fret: 27 mm
• Fretboard
• Black-painted oak
• Radius: 7"+1/4"
• Scale length: 610 mm
• Number of frets: 24
• Fret gauge: 24 x 1.2
• Inlays: 3°, 5°, 9°, 15°, 17°, 21° (one dot), 7° and 19° (two dots), 12° and 24° (three dots)
• "Zero" fret with Bakelite string guide
• Nut
• "Zero" fret with Bakelite string guide
• Strings
• String spacing at nut: 41 mm
• String spacing at bridge: 49 mm
• Misc
• Pickups: 3 modified Burns Tri-Sonic
• Vibrato: Self-made
• Pickguard/Pickup Surrounds/Vibrato cover: black Perspex
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, On/Off Switch for each pickup, In/Out of Phase Switch for each pickup
• Weight: approx 8 lb (3.6 kg)