Emulation
The Red Special has always been one of my musical fetishes. The only thing that kept me from buying one was the fear that it would not be versatile enough - it seems to possess a clear (hard) rock register, and to inevitably make everything you play sound like Queen. The only guitar player I know who regularly uses one is Felix Rodriguez from The Sounds (I've seen them live recently - definitely not my cup of tea), and, in spite of the long chain of effects that he often employs, the Red Special timbre is still clearly noticeable. This brings me to this guy:
It's amazing how close to a certain guitar player you can sound, just by employing the same kind of gear. Of course the technique is even more important, and this guy does it really well; but just listen to the first chord - doesn't it really sound like "Tie your mother down" from the beginning? For certain much more than this guy:
He's playing it correctly, but the final result sounds much... paler than the original.
And, finally, the coup de grâce - a much more obscure piece of music, called "Brighton Rock Solo", a live version of the "wall of guitars" technique, that overlays different notes in a canon-like way. The result will never sound as good with any other guitar:
Unique, no?
