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The Brian May Super - Arrives!
23 Jan 2008

At the start of a brand new year, a brand new model, Brian May guitars is proud to announce the arrival of The Super. 

The Super is a meticulously crafted version of the orignal Red Special, hand crafted in Japan.

This guitar cames complete with a certificate of authentification, numbered and signed by Brian May personally.

Limited to production of no more than 100 instruments per year worldwide, the guitar is available exclusively through Brian May guitars at House Music for a Retail price of £2,495.00 including V.A.T

Call HOUSE MUSIC on +44 (0)20 7377 9300 or email sales@brianmayguitars.co.uk for more details.

SPECIFICATIONS:
* Original Red Special spec neck dimensions and 7.25" radius fingerboard
* Exact Red Special body and headstock shape
* "Burns Trisonic" Red Special pickup set developed by Adrian Turner and Greg Fryer to the original specifications and tonal nuances of Brian May's Red Special Trisonic pickups. The new pickups differ in several important areas compared to standard Trisonic pickups and are exclusively available only on the BM Super Red Special guitars and on Andrew Guyton's fine handmade Red Special guitars
* Modified 7.25" radius Wilkinson roller bridge
* Mahogany body and top with original spec acoustic chambers and original size white binding
* Original Brian May style tremolo tailpiece and original spec tremolo arm
* Glued in mahogany neck
* Jim Dunlop 6130 fretwire
* Reinforcing plate inlaid into guitar body at the output jack area to avoid accidental splitting damage of timber
* Scratchplate has shielding under entire surface area to reduce finger static noise and to assist in shielding from electrical and RF noise
* Original size and thickness pickup surrounds
* Aluminium switch mount plate
* 6 Switchcraft white pickup switches for on/off and in/out of phase switching
* Gotoh locking tuning heads with white pearloid tuning buttons
* Exact spec aluminium control knobs
* Exact spec volume and tone pots and tone capacitor
* Lacquered fingerboard
* Mother of pearl "MayStar" inlaid into headstock
* Quality Japanese made guitar case

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