Simon Bradley - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 10
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
Release Date: 08/13/2021
Steven Battelle - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 27
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 Power to Play album. I met Steven at the Starfleet Launch earlier this year and after we realized who...
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News Of The World - Episode 1
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 - Thoms Bruncard Tonex - The outputs from the Tonex Project have hit 2500 downloads. Jamie Humphries (ex Brian May guitarist) is using the profiles for Queen soundalike recordings and eejit here has done 60+ gigs successfully with them . The team at Recovering Queen Podcast are also using...
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Manuel Angelini - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 26
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 to be one of the nicest, most helpful chaps in the forum and his passion and dedication to this...
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Jon Underhill - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 25
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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, the first podcast guest for his time and agreeing to interview me on the Podcast. Remember To hit that...
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Everett Wood - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 24
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 along with adding a few more questions. Massive thanks to Everett for his time and agreeing to be on...
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Tim Staffell - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 23
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 taken him. From Music to Film Making and back to Music. This really is a fascinating conversation and a...
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Matt Netherwood - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 22
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 for grabs. Enjoy ☺ Remember To hit that LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BUTTON to not miss any future Podcasts...
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Julian Hemingway - Episode 21
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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 Community. Remember To hit that LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BUTTON to not miss any future Podcasts and to check...
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Brian May - Episode 20
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 years. In the episode we talk about everything from building the guitar, politics, animals,...
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Thomas Brunkard - The Red Special Guitar Podcast - Episode 19
The Red Special Guitar Podcast
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 Amplitube 5 https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasBrunkard You can check out Thomas’ band QWEEN here...
info_outlineI 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.
You can find out details of the book here
Where you can find links to order.
Simon also looks after the Red Special Official Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/theredspecial_official/
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