Variations
In 2006 Brian May Guitars introduced a "Mini May" guitar, based on a scaled down Red Special (even including 24 frets but no zero fret) featuring a single pickup, no switches and a maple neck.
An acoustic guitar, featuring a 24 fret neck and the body outline of the Red Special went into production during 2007. This model is named the "Rhapsody", ostensibly after the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody".
A bass guitar called the Bri-Bass was announced on May's website and is available. It looks like his normal guitar but with four bass strings.
The Guild models of the early 1990s featured three major configurations. Of the three, the "Signature" model was closest to Brian's guitar, though it was made of mahogany (body and neck) and ebony (fingerboard) and sported Trisonic-styled "Brian May" pickups made by Seymour Duncan and hardware (including the unique bridge) from Schaller. The "Special" model featured a stop-tailpiece rather than a vibrato, the middle pickup was moved back next to the bridge pickup for a humbucking look, and the back of the guitar had no binding. The "Standard" model featured a more common Strat-style 5-way pickup selector switch, a longer scale neck, and a deeper headstock angle.
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