| Johnny Knoxville 04.05.2005 11:31 |
Hello, To acheive Brian May's true Queen electric Guitar Sound, Are these all the Ingredients I need: . Red Special Copy . VOX Brian May Special (Deaky amp) . Treble Booster . Sixpence . Gifted Talent Unfortunately, I can't afford a VOX AC30, so will this setup sound the same? |
| bohemian 11513 04.05.2005 12:18 |
Some talent would be fine too I guess... ;-) |
| Farlander 04.05.2005 13:15 |
The Deacy amp has the treble booser in it that always applies to itself and can be used to drive another amp as well. So you don't need a treble booser. But the lack of AC-30 will affect your Brian May tone, as the Deacy is the Deacy, not an AC-30. For cheaper AC-30 solutions, look into Vox Valvetronix products. I have a Valvetronix amp and am very satisfied with my Brian May AC-30 tone. |
| QueenZeppelin 04.05.2005 16:53 |
Yeah, that, and maybe...uh...the Red Special? Yeah, that might be kinda useful in attaining the "true Queen sound." :-P I keed, I keed. |
| Mercuryworks 04.05.2005 20:19 |
I Doubt you have his talent because this is a joke post The Red Special is 10 times the price of the deaky amp so how can you buy it p.s. dont get cocky about your "talent" |
| Adam Baboolal 04.05.2005 20:35 |
You know, the more I record the deacy amp, the more I'm convinced that I don't need to bother with ever getting a Vox AC30. I also have a V-amp Pro set (roughly) to the AC30 emulation sound and that plugs into my Vox Cambridge 30 Reverb Twin amp. And that seems to work for the 'other' sound he has. These days, we're getting spoiled with technological marvels. It's not that hard to get similar tones now. That V-amp setting seems to drive a sound out of my Vox amp that sounds very lush. [V-amp owners - remember to remove cabinet simulation as this messes up the sound] Peace, Adam. |
| Last Cyborg 04.05.2005 20:47 |
I'm a bit confused about Brian's amps. Did he use just the Deacy for recording and the only used AC-30s live or did he have the Deacy driving the AC-30s in the studio?? |
| Adam Baboolal 04.05.2005 21:02 |
The Deacy was a specialist sound that went behind many guitar orchestrations and (very rarely) lead sounds. While his main amped sound is from the 3 AC30 amps in the studio. Remember, he has a separate treble booster unit to drive these things. Peace, Adam. |
| Last Cyborg 05.05.2005 05:29 |
I sure I read in all the blurb when the Vox Brian May came out that the Deacy was used on "almost all" of his studio recordings.. ah well |
| FriedChicken 05.05.2005 07:02 |
Songs where he used the Deacy: Procession White Queen Love of my life Lily of the Valley Winters Tale All Dead all Dead Bohemian Rhapsody just to name a few. I think it sounds great on solos and orchestrations. But it sucks when you want to play rythm. It's definatly not made for rythm guitar |
| Sonia Doris 05.05.2005 07:32 |
you would also need a brian may |
| Johnny Knoxville 05.05.2005 07:41 |
</font color= green>Mercuryworks wrote: I Doubt you have his talent because this is a joke post The Red Special is 10 times the price of the deaky amp so how can you buy it p.s. dont get cocky about your "talent"Excuse me how would you know how well i play Guitar? and i have a Red Special copy which i bought for £300 actually. |
| Johnny Knoxville 05.05.2005 07:43 |
Hello, So i Do need a Vox Valveetronix or some other Vox amp? or will the Deacy amp just do? |
| john bodega 05.05.2005 08:06 |
Listen buddy; I have a badly neglected Fender strat at the moment. It's frets have huge ruts in them, the pickup switch and the tone knob have both been misplaced. At the moment (I'm kinda poor) I have 5 strings. But I tell you, I can still get that 'Queen' sound. It's all about how you play it dude, the guitar don't mean buggery. Besides there are plenty of effects you can get just by buying yourself a XOOM or whatnot. Keep rockin'! |
| john bodega 05.05.2005 08:09 |
Ok I'm not Brian May and I'm not as 'good' as him, but I still think if you want something that resembles his kind of music, it's not about the equipment you're using. link It's crap, I know but I showed it to a guy and the first thing he said was 'nice May sound'. So you get my drift, it's not the instrument it's just your style. I've listened to George Harrison and Brian May and guys like that, so my playing style has naturally been influenced by them. |
| FriedChicken 05.05.2005 08:27 |
Thats not true, you can play Brian may STYLE on a Strat, or even on an My First Guitar. But you cant get the exact sound if you don't have the same guitar and amps and boosters. You can get close with a strat or a gibson in sound, but it will never be the same. Style and Sound are not the same thing. |
| _amadeus_ 05.05.2005 10:14 |
Just thought I'd say Hi. Well, Im done now. |
| NTL 05.05.2005 12:45 |
I had 2 AC30s and sold them both when I bought my Deacy amp. I now have 3 Deacy amps hooked up in stereo being driven by a rangemaster treble booster, the sound is very close to the cranked AC30 sound if you have a mess about. It wasnt until I got The Deacy that I also noticed how often Brian used it. It is used for the Guitar solo on a hell of a lot of songs especially the violin-like tones eg Dont Stop Me Now. |
| Last Cyborg 05.05.2005 13:10 |
Actually with practice it's not impossible to be able to play Brian's stuff by any means (way easy than trying to learn Satriani for example). It's the thinking up the parts in the first place that makes him so talented. So if all you're trying to do is play existing Queen songs then you don't *need* to be as talented as Brian |
| Johnny Knoxville 05.05.2005 13:30 |
Hello Guys, Yeah I just want to play stuff like Bohemian Rhapsody and we will Rock you and Killer queen and all that, These are what i am going to use now anyway: -Deacy amp - NEW Vox Valvetronix amp (black and silver like an AC30 but smaller) - Dillion Red Special (the Best Version) i was planning on using a Rangemaster treble Booster, But the Deacy amp supplys that doesn;t it? Tell me if there is anything here i need |
| Farlander 05.05.2005 14:04 |
OK, first of all, the small Valvetronix amps do not have the AC-30 model. They have the AC-30 TB, but that's not what you want if you're going for Brian's sound. The Vox Deacy has the treble booster built in. |
| Johnny Knoxville 05.05.2005 15:54 |
Hello, Then what do i need connected to the Vox Deaky amp? |
| BHM1775 05.05.2005 16:19 |
Johnny Knoxville wrote: These are what i am going to use now anyway: -Deacy amp - NEW Vox Valvetronix amp (black and silver like an AC30 but smaller) - Dillion Red Special (the Best Version) i was planning on using a Rangemaster treble Booster, But the Deacy amp supplys that doesn;t it? Tell me if there is anything here i needJohnny, who says the Dillon is the Best Version ? |
| Johnny Knoxville 05.05.2005 16:47 |
No, I meant there are two versions of the Dillion Red Special the DMB04 and the VMb04, I meant the best Dillion copy out of those two, I think it's the DMB04 |
| john bodega 05.05.2005 22:42 |
Hooah, I didn't realise this topic was about the 'exact' sound and not approximations. Sorry. |
| Penetration_Guru 31.05.2005 13:32 |
Isn't the AC30 black and gold (or brass), not black & silver? I wouldn't want young Johnny to miss a crucial detail.... |