Why Brian May is currently my favorite rock guitarist:
- The 'Dixieland jazz band' in "Good Company" is actually Brian recreating each instrument—clarinet, trombone, trumpet, etc.—on the guitar. .
- He hand-made his Red Special guitar with his dad, using pieces of a fireplace, table, and bike, and measured the fret placement in the nerdiest possible way:
. - Adorable tweets about astrophysics
. - Two words: Star Fleet .
- This pic:
Bonus: The quote at the end of this instructional video (which I may or may not have watched all of): "Best of luck, do good things." For some reason, the universality of it makes me so happy.
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