Instruments: Freddie Mercury Tribute [20.04.1992]

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A one-off gig including many unique appearances by instruments. This section only covers the Queen set (Brian, John, Roger, accompanyists and guest performers). Brian played digital piano on Too Much Love Will Kill You and digital synthesiser on the first half of Who Wants to Live Forever. That'd be the last time (until 2012, that is) he'd play keyboards on stage.

Percussion
Drum kit Ludwig 24" x 16" bass-drum. Luwdig 14" x 6.5" snare drum. Ludwig 12" x 11", 13" x 12" and 14" x 13" rack toms. Ludwig 16" x 16" and 18" x 16" floor toms. Ludwig hardware. Ludwig Speed-King pedal. Zildjian 15" hi-hats. Zildjian 17", 18" and 19" crash cymbals. Zildjian 18" and 20" china cymbals. Zildjian 20" ride cymbal. Logo: white crest on black background. Additional percussion LP congas [Josh Macrae] Ludwig bass-drum ['39] Tambourine ['39, WATC]* Maracas Shaker * Roger played tambourine on '39 and Robert Plant played it on We Are the Champions.

Bass guitars
Bass guitars Fender Precision 1968 [main] Fender Precision Elite [Radio Ga Ga] Giffin Bespoke [spare]

Guitars

Electric guitars BHM Bespoke [main] Gibson Les Paul [Slash - TYMD] Gibson SG [Tony Iommi] Godin A-12 Thinline [Thank You, CLTCL, LPDA] Guild BHM replica [Hammer to Fall] Acoustic guitars Ovation Pacemaker 1615 ['39] Unknown [Chris Thompson - IWIA, Innuendo]

Keyboards
Digital piano Roland RD-1000 [Bo Rhap, STL, TMLWKY, WATC]* * Played by four different people: Elton John (who popularised that piano himself), Brian May, Mike Moran and Spike Edney. Synthesisers Korg M-1 [educated guess] Roland Jupiter 8 Roland D-50 [educated guess] Roland JD-800 [educated guess] Yamaha DX-7 [Who Wants to Live Forever]

General info, amplification Queen Brian May Roger Taylor