Brian May - History of his Guitars

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[@BeesWaxMinder]

It’s funny how, for years, people marvelled at how he was able to struggle on with this home-made guitar that’s built using ‘found items’ & yet, when one really studies it hard, it’s revealed as actually SO advanced that he had an “unfair advantage“ over everyone!

[@TheGuitarShow]

This is what I think as well! Thanks

[@fongy200]

It was a Burns in disguise.

[@MrMd5555]

Guitar preferences are like mommas home cooking, what feels right comes from what we were brought up on... That's why every now & then we'll run into that guy that prefers extremely high action & a guitar that plays like a 2x4 but ask him & he just loves it that way!

[@michaelmcdonald8877]

Guess it helps to be an astrophysicist.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@michaelmcdonald8877 ya got that right😉👍

[@BedeLaplume]

Building a guitar from scratch like Brian May did with his father was actually quite an impressive accomplishment.. In this day and age where it's so easy to build a kit without even having special tools. What he did without access to information like we have today is really extraordinary.. On top of that, the end result was more than a match to everything that had been done by Fender , Gibson and Gretsch..

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the comment Bertrand.

[@BedeLaplume]

@@TheGuitarShow You are welcome, I really love your research work..

[@paulkuchman1379]

I worked at Guild when we were making the RS replica. Got to meet Brian when he toured the factory and he was truly a great guy.

[@Scaredycat-dad]

I used to wonder why Brian May didn’t switch to a Fender or Gibson early on in his career but I can understand how two years of he and his fathers blood, sweat and tears would really make the Red Special feel like a part of him. This was a great video Goose! It showed how unique he was in so many things when it came to guitars . The music of course speaks for itself. Looking forward to hearing about your progress with the Texas Strat.

[@budgetguitarist]

Great job! Brian May has always had perhaps the most distinctive rock guitar sound of all. One of my two all time faves.

[@TheGuitarShow]

I agree - he's got his own tone and has always kept it simple

[@treetrout3987]

Hey Goose! I've been a fan of Brian's since I bought their first album in '74. I purchased all of their albums until my last purchase- the Game. Of course it had Bites the dust on it and there ended the affair. I recall reading that the first copies of Brian's Guitar, made by Guild sold for $ 365.00 Canadian.. I tried to buy one but ran into problems connecting me to the guitar ( logistics...due to where I live). The way Brian uses it with his "setup" is my ideal sound. Never got a Red Special but I still listen to it. I love 70's Les Pauls because of it. Nice Video- I'll save it. Thankyou!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great comment! Thanks!

[@kevinkiso4579]

My name is Kevin Kiso from Seattle. I've been a Queen aficionado since I was a boy of nine, ten years old. I saw Queen here at the Seattle Center Coliseum in 1980 and after the show I was experiencing great difficulty pulling myself away from the fifteen thousand seat capacity venue because as a child I had been so deeply moved by songs like Love Of My Life, Good Company, Tenement Funster, Bo-Rap, etc... While I was standing out behind the old Coliseum with my friend Mark Renstrum, Brian slowly walked out with the massive sandy haired gentleman who Freddie can be seen walking out of Logan Place Mews in some photos near the end ... Yes. Brian came out to a small group of about six of us and quietly talked, answered questions and signed some things. I let my friend Brad Neilins hold my Brian May autograph and he gratefully lost it. This is the most in depth documentary I've ever seen about the Old Lady. Those black and white photos are just incredible. I'm going to watch this again several times. Thank you a million times around Orion for this wonderful info.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Kevin love the comment 🙏🎸

[@justfunguitar1500]

Great video, a lot of diligent work went into this and its fascinating to see how Brian's gear changed over time

[@reverendmark3887]

Top notch presentation! The ingenuity and care that went into the guitar are the best examples of DIY. Well done.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you very much!

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Your look at the details for the building of the Red Special were what really did it for me! May was years ahead of the rest in seeking his own sound and putting in the work to actually get there. Well done video!

[@davidkris]

I've been loving these History of whoever's Guitars, thank you very much - and I have a suggestion. I really love stories of people on a mission to find the sound they want, and someone who embodied that was Jerry Garcia. There's a trove of info available on his range of guitars and the customized guitar's he used. And the traffic it could drive would likely be impressive, there are a few examples of youtubers who've tapped into the fanbase and gotten a good bump from it. It's certainly a video I'd gladly share. Thanks again for the great work putting these out!

[@donciseau]

The best video you ever made sir!

[@andrewpappas9311]

This was great, Brian is one of my favourite guitarists and definitely had a distinctive sound (thanks to his Red Special) so this was an awesome video. I’d love to see a video on David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins, James Hetfield or Kirk Hammett from Metallica or Daron Malakian from System of a Down sometime, fantastic video as always

[@TheGuitarShow]

I will do all those you mention!

[@glenkepic3208]

Very good work !! fans probably know that Brian's use of the AC30 is attributed to Rory Gallagher using one. Brian would see him play live. I read an interview in Guitar Player in the late '70s and he said it was the producers idea for him to use a Tele on "Crazy....". He felt he could have done fine with The Red Special. I guess convinced.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great comment...I will do his amps history video some time in the near future m thanks.

[@PulseXP-yo8wu]

This is awesome. Brian is the reason I wanted to be a guitarist

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Thanks for creating this upload, Ramon. I knew about some of the details you included, but it’s great to have all of it in one place. Something which I’ve been wondering for a long time is who built the very first electric guitar with 24 frets. I’m inclined to think it was Brian, but that requires confirmation. Didn’t Gretsch and Rickenbacker both manufacture their first 24-fret models around 1964? As I recently told another KZbinr whose name is James Rundle, it was probably about 20 years ago (circa spring 2003) when I was at the retailer local to where I graduated from college and picked up one of the economy production replicas of the Red Special. It felt great in my hands, not to mention I was able to produce sounds from it that had nothing to do with Queen. I might have bought it, only I had just purchased another electric guitar the previous December. Since then, I’ve had someone assemble for me a homemade Stratocaster equipped with Burns pickups and switching derived directly from Brian‘s guitars. I’ve enjoyed playing it, but i’ve had more than one occasion to keep thinking back to that Red Special duplicate. I’m trying to keep the brakes on getting any more equipment through 2023. If I could afford a BMG model and opted to get one, I probably would want it to be jet black and without the scratch plate (since I am strictly a finger style guitar player anyhow).

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure bro!

[@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc]

Wonderful video Goose. Thank you.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks indeed bro

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

Thank you for making this video. As a huge Brian May fan i can appreciate all the work that went into putting this thing together, down to the very minute details. I have a Guild Brian May guitar from the second wave of copies released in 1993, it’s an amazing sounding guitar and looks beautiful. That custom black les paul is a revelation, never knew he had played one til i watched your video. Love your work man, keep em coming and rock on 🤘

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the info and sorry for not including those 90s Guilds - I hear they are really great guitars!

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

@@TheGuitarShow they really are great guitars.

[@leoflinkman7952]

13:49 That is not Martin. It's a Tokai Hummingbird F-120 from the '70s.

[@ianbrailsford5843]

Another great, informative video Goose. Probably the best I've seen on the subject.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Ian, real glad you liked it

[@jjbast]

Great video. Would love to know why the Burns were not mentioned.

[@airline15]

Very well presented with a lot of information enjoyed very much thanks

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks

[@RichGalbraith]

Cool, just saw my shot of Brian from the Okla City show ........ one of the shots used in Martin Popoffs book on Queen. Glad I was able to get a somewhat rare shot

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks very much Rich I'll put you in the thanks in the description

[@RichGalbraith]

@@TheGuitarShow Did you ever find out anything on that guitar ? I had seen another video where the guy went page by page through Martin Popoff's book and had stopped at that photo also and mentioned the guitar. I only got a handful of decent shots from the show..... Thanks

[@chickenlickin3820]

Beautiful composition Goose! keep them coming

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you

[@pskemster]

So Cool! Thanks for the share! Cheers!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for watching!

[@anthonysilva5312]

Next level nerdiness. I love it!🇨🇦

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Anthony

[@briantherion5464]

Well done and awesome pictures!!!

[@kevinfitzgerald4561]

Great work. Forensic knowledge and a really interesting piece. I always thought BM’s main guitar was unbelievably ugly but he’s such a likeable man and given the story of how it was built because of financial necessity I appreciate it more now.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Kevin

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

Brilliant as always! Thank you so much.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Craig

[@willashfordpayne8354]

I've been waited for this.

[@bluesingmusic3443]

Wish you'd have mentioned the date of the Oklahoma City concert. Saw them open for Mott the Hoople in 1974 (as I've mentioned). They were at the Fairgrounds International Building. Most concerts were at the Fairgrounds Arena, it seated 10K for hockey games, they put boards over the ice & added chairs, those tickets were called "Floor Tickets" $6.50. Saw a plethora of acts there, starting with Joe Cocker in 1972. I can't remember all the band's I saw there, but usually when major acts came through they played there. It began to switch to the Myriad in the later 70s. Saw Rod Stewart there about 1977, paid $15.00 for the cheap seats!!! However a few acts still played the old Civic Center it seats around 3-4K. Alas I've not been home in many years except to visit fam. Another long winded comment. LoL

[@TheGuitarShow]

apologies for not mentioning the date, cool that you saw them early on!

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Was Oklahoma City selling out hockey games? What league was it? Sorry, I'm Canadian and have a thing for 70s hockey (and music of course).

[@stoner0078]

Great collection

[@timmiller4499]

This was absolutely fantastic I am a huge fan of Brian May!!!✌🎸

[@RoverWaters]

Brian May wrote the BohRhap guitar solo

[@BennieTarrMusic]

Three thumbs up.

[@notpurple]

that was extremely comprehensive and informative. thank you!

[@FenderShredder]

Excellent video!

[@peteytwofinger]

you did such a great job on this video , i had just watched the brian may effect video , which i enjoyed very much . How crazy it was that brian didnt have a strat and a les paul , and then when he did obtain those guitars he realized they wouldnt check all the boxs , its just insane to me .

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@mikepfeifer3687]

Greetings from Nashville north, Louisville, Ky. Fantastic work my friend. I really enjoy your video’s. Please keep up the good work!!!! You and Kieth Williams (5 watt world) are the best on KZbin. Great work!!!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks Mike I hope to make it to Louisville one day.

[@jonathanplanner3270]

Nice job lots of info in there, a couple of additions/points the Statellite Strat guitar was only used for the Play the game video because it gets thrown across the room and obviously he wasn't going to do that with the RS, the Fryer guitars are not commercially available he only ever finished the three, two Brian has and the third remained wth Fryer however he later sold it to a Japanese collector, you did miss the second updated version of the Guild the much closer replica with trisonics from the 90s this version came out after Freddie had died and so Brian was working on solo material and solo tours, it was probably used as a spare at the time but not much evidence is out there, however at the time it was the closest copy out there, later in 2001 the commecially available BMG Special which is the basic level copy before you upgrade to a Super came out, Brian has used it on demos/sales material for the guitar. Brian has a large collection or 'other' RS copies people have sent him, and on stage he also used the Guyton 'Badger' guitar for CLTCL which has f holes and a Piezo PU for accustic sounds as well as three Trisonics, He also used a Parker Fly on the track Nothing but Blue from his solo work.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Brilliant thanks for this info, and sorry for missing the MKII Guild RS guitars

[@williampayne7678]

Thanks for doing Brian Mary guitars he is my Guitar Hero.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure William

[@MrAronRobinson]

What’s Jodie Foster doing standing in the background at 1.07 looking miserable?

[@carolramsey6287]

The red special uses Burns tri sonic pickups and the same series circuitry as the 1962 Burns Vibra Artiste De Luxe guitar. The difference being that Jim Burns used only three 3 way toggle switches instead of six 2 way slide switches to get the same result - a much simpler and more elegant set up. Burns also used tremolo bridges with roller saddles and caged ball bearings as well as the knife edge Rezo Tube bridge used on the Burns Marvin. Burns also had the truss rod adjustment by means of a gearbox at the body rather than a nut at the headstock. I believe Gretsch also used his system under licence

[@jonnybeck6723]

That was most entertaining and enlightening as I'd no idea just how many copies of the Red Special were attempted... Great vid (as always) What're your feelings about another 'coffee chat' as I, for one, certainly miss them...? Have a sweet day, mate

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks bro

[@richardcrompton6009]

I thought I knew a bit about guitars …. Wow ! Amazing work !

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@mikeyID]

Great video. Very detailed

[@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185]

What an innovative dude. For me, he’s a guy (like Eric Johnson) with a totally unique and instantly recognizable tone that I absolutely can’t stand lol. I always think it’s weird when people who like the same tones as I do being up Brian May or Eric Johnson. Both great players but can’t stand the tone to my ear. We’ll talk SRV and early Bloomfield on the Tele for single tone reverb drenched, then Obviously the Beano album and again Bloomfield but on his Les Paul, then it’s like Brian May’s Vox tone or Eric Johnson’s violin tone…. Yeah not for me. But what a brilliant dude to build all that

[@RedSpecialSuomi]

amazing video !! just one little correction about guild 1984 doesn't have chamber pocket , its a solid body

[@MrMikepresley]

@13:53 its interesting to see a truss-rod cover on a D-18, truss-rod access for Martin's is through the sound hole; I wonder if Brian got creative with doing a TR repair himself, using a Gibson type TR on a Martin. On a side note; relooking at the headstock it may not be a Martin, the shape of the headstock is right, but the white and somewhat blocky lettering and the truss-rod cover, leads me to suspect that it is a D18 clone.

[@thejagger76]

Brian was known to have used a Tokai Hummingbird branded acoustic. I believe he acquired it whilst on tour in Japan.

[@jonnybeck6723]

I see at least 5 Guild copies @19:16... ...and now all gone? (he said while brushing away a tear from his eye...)

[@lauramcflymusica]

Great video!!! thanks

[@1000triode]

Also, as far as I know Greg Fryer was the first to do a major restoration on the RS, Andrew Guyton repeated this again some years later.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the info

[@sheilafaulkner263]

Bryan is a very special guitar player no one better love

[@terryjohinke8065]

As an Aussie I'm sad that you didn't mention that Greg Fryer is one. He was the first luthier to workon the original Red Specail.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Greg Fryer is part of the Red Special story I agree.

[@strat0871]

Thanks Ramon, didn't know that Brian used so much guitars out of the original red special !

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks, yes its surprising!

[@angrytroll27]

How bout a video on Randy Rhaods guitars?

[@TheGuitarShow]

You read my mind....coming later this month

[@angrytroll27]

@@TheGuitarShow AWESOME!!

[@angrytroll27]

@@TheGuitarShow What bout KK Downing and Glenn Tipton then haha

[@grindcorejazz1392]

Brian may was the original guitar and ped geek

[@michealcarney853]

Would love to see one of these videos on David Gilmour

[@TheGuitarShow]

Coming very soon

[@cv1909]

What does he say at 6:05 "Brian went on, a lot of.." a lot of what?

[@putzengiler]

Dedicated amount of research in your videos, I suppose the " Red Special " would never had existed if Brian and his Dad hadn't taken the " high road "..

[@Glockinmyrawrie]

Is there any information about brians burns bison guitar like on what tracks he used it on and maybe little info about the black les paul blaco beauty he was photographed with

[@modscientist9793]

Awesome ❤❤

[@fongy200]

I have a left handed Pacemaker. No self respecting musician should be without an Ovation of some sort. I have a Baladeer a Celebrity Elite aswell as the Pacemaker. Amazing Guitars Ovation. Your uploads are really very good. Thank you.

[@Randgalf]

Initially I thought this would be the shortest "History of X's guitars' video ever. Glad to be proven wrong.

[@tomg3915]

06/23/2023: Amazing video. Thank You.

[@TheGuitarShow]

My pleasure

[@jackerickson2184]

11:00

[@JurianHamstra]

If you're interested, Im currently in the midst of making a Red Special myself. Even have a video series on my channel about it

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks I'll check it out

[@timo-jaakkokuusisto9925]

What's The radius on Brians Guitars?

[@raytorvalds3699]

7.25".

[@davehafner948]

Why did Brian throw and subsequently smash his guitar? And exactly which guitar was it? Thanks!!!

[@powertothebauer296]

You forget Brian May and also Paul Rogers using a Yamaha Silent Guitar on tour with Paul Rogers.

[@Имбирнаяпеченька-ю6ь]

13:33 as I see it's not white, it's natural wood color

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

A 31 minute video one ONE guitar 🤔 ?? I’ve only ever seen the “Red Special” Ok I’ll watch.

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

Ok I learned a lot. Great video.

[@BonJovi1987Fan]

I wish there was a video about the history of Richie Sambora's guitars.

[@andreachavez2117]

I don't know crap about guitars...this was still fascinating!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you Andrea

[@davidsuchy9319]

The carved top Guyton?

[@itsalie]

when is EVH P2 coming out!?

[@TheGuitarShow]

I haven't forgotten, I promise soon.

[@willashfordpayne8354]

I own a Red SG Copy And I love I Resenty had I it Resore By Uncle.

[@frankielamberts93]

Egmonds where made in Best The Netherlands

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Frankie

[@RoverWaters]

Brian May wrote all the guitar solos in Freddie's songs in Queen.

[@hudsonrilke]

I think he wrote his solos for his own songs too. Oh and Freddy wrote the piano parts for Brian’s songs 😂😂

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

Who else would’ve ??

[@stratolestele7611]

@@hudsonrilke lol! Exactly

[@davebain1982]

No he didnt ffs. Freddie wrote all his own guitar solos on piano and Brian transcribed them to guitar. The ONLY solo Brian wrote for a Freddie penned song was Bohemian Rhapsody, as Brian could actually hear a solo in his head and felt it deserved to have a solo that didn't have the same melody as the main tune itself

[@RoverWaters]

@@davebain1982 lol, no

[@douglasjohn7447]

22:32 A satalite? Damn I've owned some of them and they are dire quality, currently replacing all the electronics in one becouse the switch, jack and pickups all failed so may as well go whole hog on the repairs at this point 🤣

[@TheGuitarShow]

I agree - good comment Douglas

[@itsMrNoble]

My parents live in Hampton Hill.

[@peanutbutterisfu]

What’s funny to me is how so many people have so many guitars saying this guitar is good for this and this guitar is good for that I can’t play this guitar on that song I have to use this other guitar for the other song. Then a guy like Brian built a guitar before he was famous and has played it for his entire career. He could buy any guitar he wants he could have whatever guitar built for him by any guitar manufacturer they would build him anything they wanted not only for free but they would give him xx amount of free guitars every year if he signs a deal with them he could easily get 10 free high end guitars every year that’s how it works when u sign a guitar deal they will give u a certain amount of guitars every tour or year if u have a deal with them say just for the past 40 years he had a deal and say he got 5 guitars per year that’s 200 guitars he could have for free and many different signature guitars but he didn’t because the guitar he made was what he liked so he wasn’t looking to get new signature models made. I always laugh when I see people that have been playing just a few years buying all these different guitars and I know a lot of people do this because they think the guitar is the reason they can’t play very good or can’t get whatever tone but in reality they just haven’t put in enough time practicing. So many really great players don’t play a ton of different guitars. One of my buddies who is one of the best players in my area he’s been playing for 25 years he only had like 7 guitars and really plays one of them most of the time he’s not big into gear he said the one day when a new guitarist plays a 5,000 dollar guitar u know he hasn’t been playing very long and when a really good player plays a 50 dollar guitar you can tell he’s been playing very long and you wouldn’t think oh he’s playing a cheap guitar because so much tone is in ur fingers sure hear matters to a point but if u can’t play no amount of gear will make u sound good and it’s so true. If u can make a cheap amp and guitar sound great image what playing through good gear will do. When I was playing in bands I remember a few guitarist from other bands all talking about the guitars, amps and gear that they have and when they asked me I said This amp u see me play all the time is my main amp it’s my only really good amp, I have 2 guitars both are middle of the road quality they have really good quality parts in them this is my main guitar and my other guitar I only play at the studio because it’s the best sounding guitar I’ve ever played but plays like shit and then I have a few pedals and my shure wireless that’s it. They kinda laughed and said well I have 20 guitars and 5 different Marshall’s and 4 different orange cabs and I said the gear doesn’t make u a better player IMO and having too much gear takes ur focus away from practicing the guitar if u only have one guitar and one amp that u play ur gonna try to get as much out of what u have. The one guy said but the amp u play can’t “do it all” Its a peavey 6505+ it’s such a high gain amp I said yeah it is but I changed the tubes to make it not sound as brutal, I did a bias mod so I could have a wide sweep for the power tube voltage and I played with the voltage and a few different brand pre amp tubes so I could get the sounds I wanted and played with different speaker wiring to change the ohms to get different sounds, play with where and how the pedals are for different sounds all these small things together make a big difference and then u use ur fingers if ur gentle it won’t sound as brutal and if u really dig in it will be brutal. There was a band that we all played shows with locally they were the biggest in our genre well one of their members quit, they posted online they were doing auditions to replace him and these guys asked to try out and I didn’t ask but the band asked me to try out they said I was one of the best in our genre and it’s because I focused on playing not gear. I had been playing for far less time then everyone else but I was much better because I focused on playing. Don’t get me wrong I’m a tone chaser but after buying a bunch of guitars and amps and stuff early on I realized that’s not what I needed.

[@BonJovi1987Fan]

My dad's father is the same age as Brian May.

[@davebain1982]

Like millions of other people around the world 🙄

[@KDonhoops]

love you guys but how could you skip the 1990s Guilds?

[@TheGuitarShow]

I just ran out of time - sorry for that!

[@KDonhoops]

@@TheGuitarShow that was the one Harrison was playing with

[@baronvonchickenpants6564]

I don't believe the "we was so poor we had to build our own guitar" line

[@chrisburrelljr9270]

Hey please I'm subscribed to your channel could you please do a guitar history on Korn and Linkin park please and thank you love your content

[@UnCoCur]

It’s time to tackle Pete Townshend’s guitar history.

[@Randgalf]

Yes please!

[@notpurple]

jeez... how long would that video be? weeks? months? could take years.

[@steliosposeidon6871]

Great work, Ramon!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks bro

[@AlejandroOyarce-vp3mj]

No español 😢😢😢😢

[@rrdlr2]

For the record, Washburn's Wonderbar trem is NOTHING like a Floyd Rose, not even close. Sorry to quibble, but that's a pretty inaccurate comment.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this

[@psulux]

It's weird how he just doesn't look right with another shape guitar nice Rok Dok chap😎

[@iaminsfiredbytrustfration8502]

brian may looks like isaac newton

[@TheGuitarShow]

He does indeed

[@davebain1982]

🙄

[@jonnybeck6723]

As time goes on Michael Bloomfield is getting swallowed... Had you considered doing a 'history of' for him? I fear there may be a sore lack of pix here tho'... Cheerios (but not the cereal)

[@TheGuitarShow]

I promise I will soon

[@somebodyelseuk]

My first guitar was one of those Satallite Strats - £60 new in '83. Plywood body... man, that thing was a POS.

[@akaski777]

Turns out it was not blockboard but lamiboard

[@ArtLogins]

I used to think that he was a genius making this guitar, but this video sounds like he was too damn greedy to spend any money on Fender or Gibson... 😀

[@TheGuitarShow]

Ha - I think Roger Taylor is more into buying guitars than Brian is

[@dingalarm]

I don't think it was a question of greed at all. In those days, many people couldn't afford, or even obtain a Fender or Gibson. Brian and his dad should actually be given a huge credit for their commitment and perseverance in building a guitar.

[@davebain1982]

Brian has more than once, said that his family was pretty poor and he couldn't afford to buy guitars like that, not even the cheap copies