Full Interview Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5jOp4hrmqiUj9Esi=6t1YoWpOB2Jg1kOR
@harmlesscreationsofthegree12488 ай бұрын
One of the coolest and most humble fellows to have ever rocked a stadium
@hoilst2658 ай бұрын
Ya know he's a good bloke when he acknowledges the roadie. And Pete's a proper roadie by the look of him.
@Wildman97 ай бұрын
Hear ,hear . Enough said period .lol.🎸✌
@martinheath59477 ай бұрын
or a Palace rooftop
@lebe2207 ай бұрын
Made propaganda for C.-vaccination
@daviddavies36377 ай бұрын
@@lebe220 Did he? GOOD.
@JT_O47 ай бұрын
Brian’s guitar tech, Pete, is a class act. After a Q+AL concert, he came from behind the stage and handed me the set list for the evening. Cheers!
@gkkes7 ай бұрын
Pete Malandrone is a super guy. I knew him through a mutual friend (who created the modern day IEM used by most performers now - Sennheiser).
@marksieczko77667 ай бұрын
I tried this in the 70s. Portable transistor radios had an Automatic Gain Control to normalise the widely different levels of AM signals. Sticking a guitar signal into this circuit it acts first as a compressor and as the note decays an expander. Fantastic overdrive and sustain, easy to get proper resonant feedback.
@7775Kevin8 ай бұрын
I have never heard anyone else do with a guitar what Brian May could do. Brilliant
@Alex-nk8bw8 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Brian's solos are particularly tricky to isolate with audio splitter tools, because the AI keeps classifying his guitar parts as vocals.😉
@leonskum.56828 ай бұрын
He talks about the guitar solo as an extension of the vocals so that makes sense in his playing.
@xgreenjacket7 ай бұрын
I’ve always enjoyed solos that are played like a vocal more than any other. One of my fav examples is Joe bonamassa and Beth harts collaboration of, “ I’d rather go blind “
@vapeymcvape50007 ай бұрын
Well, maybe don't use AI trash then.
@Alex-nk8bw7 ай бұрын
@@vapeymcvape5000 you mean the "AI trash" Rick has been using himself? Like the stuff that lets you isolate guitar parts from music, so you can play along to it yourself instead of practicing with a metronome? You're right, that kind of stuff is clearly overrated.
@robr1357 ай бұрын
@@vapeymcvape5000 AI-phobia is so dumb. Its here to stay so stop crying. We are well past the point of no return. Embrace it or be left behind.
@younken24films7 ай бұрын
Beautifully conducted as usual Rick! You not only ask the best questions, you are also a master class on not interrupting. It makes me twitch when they pause because I'm expecting the typical interviewer style of jumping in not letting them finish their thought. Thank you so much for not doing that! ☮❤
@TheEvertw8 ай бұрын
Great interview! I was touched by how he spoke of Freddy's death. I well remember hearing the news, I was devastated, and that as a casual fan. So glad the music is still alive, and this legend is still adding to it. RIP, Freddy.
@rickykent45438 ай бұрын
He was visibly moved, always is when he talks about Freddie, just shows what a special person he was.
@plasticweapon7 ай бұрын
keep yourself alive.
@crimsontyger85767 ай бұрын
Brian is the reason I have had a good career playing the guitar. I hadn't been playing long and was taken to see Queen. We had great seats and when Brian did Brighton Rock, he was right in front of me. He looked like a god. I sat wide-eyed and open-mouthed. I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing. At the end of the gig, I vowed to work every day and work as hard as possible in the hope of being as good as Brian. I didn't achieve that goal but the memory drove me on.
@dsgb7 ай бұрын
Check out my series of four videos on building a replica of the Deacy amp using a Knight Audio Technologies official circuit board kit, vintage ELAC speakers, identical salvaged grille cloth and a scratch build chipboard cabinet. 😀
@Adam_Halford7 ай бұрын
I've watched all these Doug. They're great. Cheers.
@tribesmanjohn7 ай бұрын
@@Adam_HalfordI watched and really enjoyed them to. Really informative.
@DoxyWorld2 ай бұрын
@dsgb Your Deacy videos are excellent, full of details and usefull info for someone who wishes to build his own Deacy. Very much recommended !
@omarks8 ай бұрын
He looks like a high court judge these days
@seanmurphy268 ай бұрын
But going down in rank, due to the decreasing volume of his hair..
He looked like a high court judge back in the day.😂
@timscarrow91518 ай бұрын
Queen was my first concert. I played guitar and never heard of an echoplex. I watched his guitar play itself! I was impressed.
@eddiec27118 ай бұрын
Queen was my first concert, I was 14 , my dad took me and my buddy. We all had a blast! 1980 The Game Tour
@timscarrow91518 ай бұрын
"The Game" Same here.@@eddiec2711
@arthorn63088 ай бұрын
Rick, when you did the Ch2 promo insert, I was not aware that I was watching your 2nd channel. I've been a subscriber your other channel as well as Mary Spender's for quite a while. Thank you for poking your finger in my ear and getting me to subscribe.😊❤
@tezinho817 ай бұрын
Such a humble legend, suggests he was being pretentious while laying down one of the greatest guitar soloes of all time, pure genius. One of the greatest rock bands of all time, Freddie Mercury gone way too soon, RIP.
@jonathansteadman79357 ай бұрын
Was rehearsing my band in the bassists room in Barnes in 1990, i said 'ere there's some bloke a cross the road watching us'! Then i said 'it Brian May' the rest of the band looked out the window, and it was indeed Brian May. He was just standing listening, arws folded, then gaves us a 👍 thumbs up. He's really tall, like me 6 ft 3
@kiereluurs12437 ай бұрын
English please.
@Terp3117 ай бұрын
John Deacon and Queen is the reason why I learned the bass
@dougappel59248 ай бұрын
Brian May is such a class act top to bottom. Such a great ear!
@Lamster668 ай бұрын
And even better Hair
@polbecca8 ай бұрын
Sir Brian also took the care and opportunity to buy famed astronomer Sir Patrick Moore's home in south England to prevent it from being lost to anonymity and redevelopment when Moore's health was failing.
@henrykobee8 ай бұрын
What a great musician Sir May is. Such an incredible ear, a beautiful musical mind that may be closer to Malmsteen, Vai (as of making melodies) than any other rock guitarist from the 70s
@chrisjames19248 ай бұрын
Brian May, not ‘sir’….
@Alfonso1620088 ай бұрын
@@chrisjames1924 Well, he was knighted last year, so calling him 'Sir' is correct.
@whynottalklikeapirat8 ай бұрын
@@Alfonso162008 Yeah it’s just that people who are overly enamoured with the pomp and circumstance of titles can be a little bit cringe in how they parade it around at every opportunity.
@QuirqUK8 ай бұрын
If you're using the title, the correct form of address is Sir Brian, not Sir May
@henrykobee8 ай бұрын
@@QuirqUK didn't know I'd start a charade in the comment for his name
@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney7 ай бұрын
Most folks don't know that these guys were actual geniuses, and in no small way did it manifest in their playing/writing/tone. I don't mean musical geniuses, I mean geniuses in general that also happened to play music, and extraordinarily well.
@3to5andglassy8 ай бұрын
I love the sound of the wah peddle used just for the sound without the wah. Michael Schenker uses it, and the sound is very different but very cool.
@nonnimeme96708 ай бұрын
That´s the same method Mick Ronson used to get his tone in the ´70 so maybe May got it from there.
@MrMeadfoot8 ай бұрын
I was going to say the same about Ronno @@nonnimeme9670
@KalosPVP8 ай бұрын
Jerry Cantrell does as well.
@nickmonk79458 ай бұрын
Was doing it in my bedroom as teenager 25 years ago too.. Colorsound wah. Man I loved that wah pedal. Loaned it to a guy for a gig, never got it back, never had another one like it, ever. 😓
@marks84377 ай бұрын
This video made me so happy! Brian is a treasure. I can't possibly thank him enough for what he has contributed to music. My brain is forever thankful for the lush textures and emotions that are his playing.
@tz78138 ай бұрын
Looks like a small broadcast speaker. They are commonly seen on the corridors of public buildings for safety announcements. I worked an an offshore oil rig years back, and built a 3W tube amp as a project to stop me from getting bored. I plugged its output into one of these as they were used for announcements on the rig, so spares were everywhere. Amazing for dirty blues and slide. The break up was absolutely sublime. I smuggled one home with me on the helicopter and still have it today!😎
@StewartGartland8 ай бұрын
What a delight it would have been to be the bassist in Queen. Even the drum sounds were well up in the register overall and with Brians' satisfaction with higher frequencies, as evidenced here, the bassists soundscape was open for adventure.
@SuperWayneyb8 ай бұрын
At the end of winters tale there’s a moment where it sounds like the vocal is also passed through this amp as well as the guitar it’s only momentarily but absolutely beautiful 🤘😎🤘🇬🇧🎼
@FreeTimeMastermind8 ай бұрын
Is there a video about why there is a Beato 2? We love the music content but we also love the business end of the channel. Rick is a top example of a brilliant content creator.
@ColinTCS7 ай бұрын
I love the idea of the solo being a continuation of the vocals and then handing back. That makes a lot of sense in terms of thinking about how to correctly phrase the solo and not just wander around aimlessly.
@mikemorrisonmusic8 ай бұрын
I wish they would issue the Deacy amp in a pedal.
@ericodijk7 ай бұрын
If Fairy Feller is done with the Deacy amp, then that is from the album Queen 2 before Misfire which is on the third album Sheer Heart Attack. So either Misfire is recorded during Queen 2 or Brian's wrong about when it was used for the first time
@piskipeti7 ай бұрын
Procession was recorded with the deacy amp
@John-k6f9k7 ай бұрын
@@piskipeti I'm pretty sure My Fairy King and The Night Comes Down on the first album use the Deacy Amp. Brian's memory is a little shaky to be honest, he couldn't remember who wrote Keep Yourself Alive,
@wumbomandlx7 ай бұрын
It is possible that Misfire was even had its first sessions in the year 1973 for the 'Queen' album. If I recall, Misfire was the first song Deacon wrote for the band and the only reason it was put it SHA was because Brian was in the hospital for the recording of SHA.
@imwiththeband82907 ай бұрын
Awesome work, Rick. I share your vids all the time for articles I write and my own vids (when I get to em). Love it!
@John-k6f9k7 ай бұрын
It took many years of trying, but a fairiy faithful replica of the Deacy Amp is finally available for purchase!
@peterknicked7 ай бұрын
A true legend and a genuine creative genius of a guitarist. Made big things from small limited gadgets.seems like a nice bloke too.
@MuvoTX7 ай бұрын
Brian and Pete... legendary beyond words!
@elizabethbottroff12188 ай бұрын
I've been subscribed for ages.😁🎶
@APlagueOfButterflies7 ай бұрын
Good to show you; just listen to the damn sound! Too many guitarists are hung up on pedal boards and name plates and changing around pickups before they even listened to what the guitar sounded like.
@Bigwhoopiedingdong7 ай бұрын
His story about him and his dad making his guitar out of an old dresser was beyond inspiring. I gained so much respect hearing that, I’ve also never looked at a broken dresser the same ever again. His dad rules
@WhaleBluePRS8 ай бұрын
I have the little Vox VBM-1 and I put one of the KAT (Knight Audio Technologies) speakers in it. I've recorded with it and a BMG with a KAT treble booster (one of the older discontinued ones) as well as the onboard VBM-1 treble booster. It's such a cool little amp, especially with the KAT speaker. Not saying I sound like Brian May with it but it's definitely in the sonic spectrum. I wanted a KAT Deacy when they made them but I just couldn't swing the couple grand in US dollars. I see the KAT Studio One amp is out and I could afford it but I'm no longer involved in music for health reasons other than teaching. I think I'd love to have one of those maybe for teaching some day.
@chineserockethands45788 ай бұрын
Pete looks like a good bloke
@grande-bretagnenilpoints89127 ай бұрын
Wonderful. Thank you, Rick.
@rickykent45438 ай бұрын
Deacy amp and red special, I'd say both priceless.
@Bob-of-Zoid7 ай бұрын
My very first guitar amp was one of those early tube entertainment systems that was a piece of furniture! It was a Philips stereo with an early 33 1/2 and 45 record player with auto-loader and a radio, with a "Cat's eye" tube, two built in speakers, and a dang loud tube amp. The tone controls were buttons with instruments on them, indicating which instruments frequency range you are highlighting when pushed, and there were like 12 of them or more in a long row. It sounded freaking great as a guitar amp, warm and even a little distorted when set right, and you could even make it feedback in a controlled manner. I loved it but had to get rid of it when I moved to a much smaller apartment. It was way too big! I found a much smaller one that was just a radio/amp, no speakers, still tubes and cats eye, a few EQ pots... RAD!
@jasonremy16278 ай бұрын
Great interview!
@jimmysaviano49508 ай бұрын
WHAT???? I had no idea that John Deacon was playing some of the guitar parts on “Misfire!!”
@visionsofhere37458 ай бұрын
I knew he played some on that, but I assumed it was the acoustic. Turns out there's some Deacy lead stuff! I have a theory that he wrote the Spread Your Wings solo (I'd guess on piano) - it's like no other Queen guitar solo, and it almost never got played anything like the record in concerts.
@louiebee67458 ай бұрын
John also played the funky rhythm parts at the end of Another One Bites The Dust.
@basstian7 ай бұрын
He didn't just play 'some of the guitar parts'; the album liner notes credit him for 'almost all guitars' on that particular track. He did the solo on it as well. Brian's participation was for the outro (you can tell the difference in their playing styles).
@Lilah17547 ай бұрын
Thought John Deacon wrote that song?
@louiebee67457 ай бұрын
@@Lilah1754Yep Deacon wrote Misfire.
@Jomomma18 ай бұрын
Brian May is THE nicest guitar legend in Rock. I have never read about or seen him say a bad word about anyone. Class act all the way.
@andreafiorini64187 ай бұрын
What an artist. What a gentleman
@philcorymusic8 ай бұрын
I am 100% subscribed, cmon folks! ❤
@ranasneed4517 ай бұрын
Any time brian pops up I listen ❤❤❤
@Juno587 ай бұрын
Brians "Red Special" is imho the best sounding electric guitar i ever heared - and i heared a lot...
@thefool20077 ай бұрын
Brian is awesome. So smart and talented.
@semmcstevenson8 ай бұрын
John Deacon Amp?
@douglasgreen4378 ай бұрын
Correct..
@HansDelli8 ай бұрын
2:46 Sh*t just got real. Subscribed ✅
@ericbgordon15757 ай бұрын
Dr. May is definitely an inspired genius himself. He and John definitely made "a kind of magic", even if he's gotten more credit than John.
@realheadphonecandy7 ай бұрын
Time to add it to the Kemper/Tonex thing so we all can try it!
@cynthiabrandt6798 ай бұрын
Hello my name is Stuart. I'm using my wife's channel here on KZbin. I must say Brian made always sounds and behaves like such a fine English gentleman just saying hello to Rick. Also from Stewart and Naples Florida. Have a great day😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@potterwalker48238 ай бұрын
Stuart
@oldestries7 ай бұрын
He looks like Elizabeth’s father in one of the POTC movie.
@michaellewchuk82728 ай бұрын
The most recognizable tone on Earth (at least to me!)
@hugolafhugolaf7 ай бұрын
What an amazing, soft-spoken man. Kinda like Neil Peart.
@christianpucciarelli7 ай бұрын
Uncle Brian ❤️
@tonymaner55108 ай бұрын
This interview is not even recent...It dates back to some years ago...I remember that; that's a little segment
@Lilah17547 ай бұрын
Yes, I thought I had seen this part of original interview with Brian May before, talking about Deacy Amp.
@JeremyNasmith7 ай бұрын
Only reason I hadn't subscribed despite being subscribed to thebmain channel for years: until this video the algorithm never bothered to put one in my feed.... Grrr. Anyways, subscribed!! (Of course)
@MrPierBacco7 ай бұрын
I think Brian is a bit underrated. He is is unique under all points of view.
@fatsuperfly8 ай бұрын
Omg! I kinda hit me, so he would do a wah pedal but not play with it. There is a lot of tones I love, and they probably did the same😂 my favorite solo sounds, I like hard death metal, but also like my classic stuff. But the solo sounds on queen are amazing, in flames had a solo sound, that I still want to figure out, it was the album (whoracle) it wanted that sound for so long for solos, then a band called glass casket on a new album (very old now) had similar lead tones, i thought it was chorus at first, it maybe synth and the guitar. This is something I need to try. Just blown away
@fromalongtimeago8 ай бұрын
The Game was the last of good Queen albums. Sure, there are some good songs on later albums but you get crap like half of the Hot Space album
@derekroberts66545 ай бұрын
I know i’m commenting on a 12 year old video..but DANG IT! If there can be a “Mccartney 3 Reimagined” then this cover PROVES there can be a “Mccartney 2 Reimagined”..❤️❤️
@GaryArmstrongmacgh8 ай бұрын
Subbed on both Rick!
@LessAiredvanU8 ай бұрын
Cocking the wah pedal at a certain point to achieve a particular tone; that would a Mick Ronson move, that it would!
@greenwave7928 ай бұрын
Got you Rick, subbed, sorry bro. I’ve been subed sense the beginning, now #2.
@eddiec27118 ай бұрын
You got it!!
@scottdunn21788 ай бұрын
Have you ever played through a Trainwreck? Did you know Ken Fischer? Greatest amplifiers ever built...
@akaski7777 ай бұрын
Never heard this before
@hugolafhugolaf7 ай бұрын
Subscribed
@ckelly51417 ай бұрын
So interesting.🎸🤔👍
@Mark_Manic8 ай бұрын
It's all wizardry you can never replicate it, and that's the way it should be.
@nocrazyfx8 ай бұрын
Subscribed!!!
@marty74427 ай бұрын
To each their own
@johncook302847 ай бұрын
Deacy is J. Deacon - bassist. ?
@jon-paulfilkins78207 ай бұрын
I have heard it said that Brian May is less a riff and solo guitarist, more a vocalists who uses a guitar to sing.
@paulsimmons57267 ай бұрын
Hopefully, Dr Bri’s Deacy Amp will sound better than the little one made by Vox years ago, too thin sounding! I wouldn’t mind hearing whatever Steve Vai is designing, I’d bet it will be pretty good too!
@pastorsprinkles8 ай бұрын
I’m subscribed already
@thetanman22337 ай бұрын
You can see how much Freddie’s death still weighs on him. Gonna have to watch the whole thing now!
@RodCornholio7 ай бұрын
Genius
@turokforever0077 ай бұрын
Has anyone looked at the parts to find another or has it been plugged into a machine trying to just copy the sound
@dougm6598 ай бұрын
For all the non-British admirers of Brian May…he is Sir Brian, not Sir May. A very fine knight of our Realm!
@timpayne76767 ай бұрын
They’re talking about John Deacon?
@Pantodreamers7 ай бұрын
Yes.
@robertm68208 ай бұрын
Love it!
@paolomoscatelli8 ай бұрын
Brian should make an IR from that amp/speaker, shouldn't he?
@FirstLast-ur6xt3 ай бұрын
for so many years, i thought it was called a Decay amp, not the Deacy amp
@VladimirVladimirovich19527 ай бұрын
Brian May = Reincarnated Voltaire
@randyhetlage92028 ай бұрын
❤️👍
@waynegram89078 ай бұрын
Which Queen Songs was the Deacy Amp used on? I think only 2 songs
@Kossman588 ай бұрын
Tons of songs. Wherever you hear the guitar harmony "choirs", it's nearly always it's the Deacy amp.
@basstian7 ай бұрын
Master-Stroke, Good Company, The National Anthem, The Wedding March, Procession, White Queen, Save Me, All Dead All Dead, China Belle, The Dark, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Millionaire Waltz, Dreamers Ball, Leaving Home Ain't Easy, A Winter's Tale, You Take My Breath Away... the list goes on!
@forthwithtx58528 ай бұрын
So, who fixes the Deacy when it breaks?
@abzzeus8 ай бұрын
John Deacon He's the only one qualified! Read an article on the amp and them trying to copy it, they had it x rayed and flouroscoped to figure out the design as some components are no longer available as they contain toxic metals
@kiereluurs12437 ай бұрын
Show, don't tell. What does it sound like?
@johnday86777 ай бұрын
Brian May looks like an aged Charles Second.
@treetrout39878 ай бұрын
I never get this: the Deacy amp just looks like a speaker cabinet-i.e. it only contains a speaker - no buttons !! Perhaps they hide them for security, etc BUT: IS THERE AN AMP INTHAT LITTLE DEACY?????
@piskipeti7 ай бұрын
That amp is like 6x4cm 2.transistor with 2 transformer. Its only 1 watt, but with the treble booster pedal it can achive like 30db. Its used for studio work only, and id someone speaks next to it you cant really hear it. Also guitar amps dont have to be big forngreat ornbig sound. I have an ic which van produce 30db and its like 1-2cm with the panel
@SuperWayneyb8 ай бұрын
🤘😎🤘🇬🇧🎼
@sapinva8 ай бұрын
Analog rules.
@neildesperandum61148 ай бұрын
I’m sure Brian May is Nicholas Lyndhurst in disguise.
@fernandogarajalde40667 ай бұрын
Call me Larfleeze but I want a Deacey amp (or a pedal) as soon as it hits the marketplace. 🤑
@gregdolecki85307 ай бұрын
Time for Brian to get a haircut.
@ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz7 ай бұрын
One word: genius. I mean, the man is a Doctor! Ffs! 😢
@jerryking88777 ай бұрын
Anyone interested in how I accomplished the "impossible" task of building an Dual Input Inverse Operational DC Driven Instrument Op Amp, just hit me back and yeah... I'll give the secret away. I know, I'm outta my mind, but that's nothing my ex wife and tons of ex girlfriends haven't been telling me for decades. 😝🤘