Brian May (God)

You mustn't have a clue about tone of thats your opinion!!!!!

Brian May is certainly a terrific guitarist, there's no question about that. However, since I am primarily a rhythm player, if I had to refer to a guitarist as "God", it would have to be Pete Townshend.

Hmm.. yea either I dont have a clue about tone or I dont particulary care! You asked for our opinions on the guy n I gave it! I no a few other people that find his tone really annoying! Theres no denying his tone is closer to a kazoo than anything else :rolleyes:

Dudes , arguing about tone is senseless .

Most Black/Death Metal heads I know hate blues & rock tones saying that it's a weak distortion , similarly blues & rock guys can't stand a femto-second of Death Metal ... A good tone is relative to each one's personal tastes.

Ok, I didn't mean he was God, I was jokin, but he is a genius, in my book.

Sorry if anyone was offended, Jim

Originally posted by Axl_Rose
Hmm.. yea either I dont have a clue about tone or I dont particulary care! You asked for our opinions on the guy n I gave it! I no a few other people that find his tone really annoying! Theres no denying his tone is closer to a kazoo than anything else :rolleyes:

If you know few other people who dont understand anythnig about guitars/ guitars sound/ it doesnt mean brian may's guitar sounds bad.
Queen and Brian may have influenced dozens of guitar based bands from guns and roses to dream theater and symphony x
and if you pay more attention to slash's sound youll notice that he *was* influenced by brian may more than any other guitar player.

Was everyone in Queen gay, or just Freddy?

Originally posted by Leedogg
Was everyone in Queen gay, or just Freddy?

I'm pretty sure it was just Mercury with the gayness, and sadly I'm going to have to start noting sarcasm again cause of this thread. People get offended by anything secular. In Virginia they're trying to make it so you have to call Christmas trees to holiday trees.

axl_rose has some point...

I do admire Brain May's guitar style, he surely is unique...
but his tone... not like :o omg that a real killing tone... Im notimpressed by it.

btw Lets not forget Brain builds his own guitars, puts 5 pickups in them so getting to sound like him would be realy hard

Correction, he doesn't put five pickups in his guitar- he uses 3 trisonics. But I guess even though you made a mistake pinpointing out how many pickups he's using, I guess it's fair enough to say that there's nothing to "oooh" about his tone- if you look at it in today's context. sure, today there's a lot of other good tones out there but you have to remember that these guitarists of new all owe their tones to innovative guys like brian may. The research and improvements of work of other guitarists, better technology, and new equipment has made it easier to create better tones and imitate what many of the highly regarded innovative tones of the past eras. For instance- when hendrix first came out, everyone was figuring out how he got his tone but now everybody now can basically do a pretty accurate jimi hendrix because of research and better, accessable technology. But try to understand that if you judge his tone in the context of his era- it's pretty inovative and unheard of. If you were growing up in the early 70s and first saw Brian May's first sounds come out- like many others (ie. your beloved guns and roses etc.), I'm sure his tone would be something that you would ooh and aaah about. Who would've thought of mixing rock and opera? Who would've thought that guitars can sound like a brass section of a jazz band? If you think Brian May's sound is thin, you should listen to him more because this guy has a lot of tones in his arsenal. I also admire this guy because unlike Hendrix, Page, and Van Halen, Brian May is the only guitar player that I know who never relied on production models (except for the ac30s and the trisonic pickups which was a pickup unheard of at that time) to make his tone. Both the red special- his guitar and the deacy amp is home made. It was because of his work with guitar layering, extensive harmonies, and orchestration that those techniques became pretty much a standard to modern musicians. I am aware that his tone is not something new nowadays but you have to admit that his sound was one of the best and the most unique during his era.

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hey i like Brian May

Now the sexual orientation of Fredie...ohh, be serious

what about freddie's sexual orientation?

what about it? He was gay so what. He is 1 of the best singers I have ever seen.

As for the loooooong post by The Fool: I can only say amen to that. Nowaday it is easy to get good tone.. he invented his own.

and not just the best singer- the best performer and showman ever!!!!

The Fool - Go back and edit your post! You cant expect people to read a slab of text in that state!

lol why r u taking this too personal? besides, if people can't read my writings why did you read it in the first place?

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You cant expect people to read a slab of text in that state!

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2 Questions: 1) What state are you talking about? 2) What expectations are you refering to? No offense but maybe you're the one who's in a messed up state. I actually feel good and at peace. My mind is not clouded with anger and all of these negative emotions. We were just talking about how good brian may is until you came along with your out- of- placed comment. Maybe you're the one who's in a state of some sort. Besides, if you were in a clear state of mind, you should've understood from my previous posts that i've never forced or commanded any one to read my posts- so I have no expectations of people reading or commenting on my posts. Just as you have the right to your own opinions no matter how misinformed they may be, everyone's entitled to read or not to read my posts. It's what you call free will. If you can't stand up my opinions and my criticisms then I welcome you to stop reading my posts. It's that easy really. Don't take it too personal. Besides, I wasn't trying to convert you or anyone to the brian may "religion" anyways- I was just expressing my adoration and thoughts about Brian May, and supporting Kirk 2nd in the process because I'm glad to have found a Queen fan. You're the one who came along with your "Brian May's tone sucks" that started all this crap in the first place. You say I'm in a messed up state? Go figure.

I think he just meant that it was one long paragraph, as was your last post.

It helps to press Enter every now and then... ;)

fair
enough
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