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Queen live keyboard player Spike Edney on ‘80s tech and streamlining his rig
By Ben Rogerson published
“I suppose what I think is that Queen is quite a demanding musical adventure, and there are lots of things that can be done to make their sounds more realistic for the audience,” he says

"When it comes down to chords, we don’t often spend much time talking about Brian May – until now": learn 4 from his Queen classics
By Leigh Fuge published
A crazy little thing called Dsus4

Jared James Nichols teaches you Mississippi Queen by Mountain
By Rob Laing published
Fire up the P-90

I Want It All: Sony snaps up Queen back catalogue
By Will Simpson published
Sony buy Queen back catalogue

A Murphy Lab Red Special from the Gibson Custom Shop? “It’s not out of the question,” says Brian May
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Queen guitarist reveals he is talking to Gibson and says it would be “wonderful” to have a US-made version of his iconic Red Special

Brian May has officially teamed up with Gibson – but what will their collaboration involve?
By Jonathan Horsley published
No, the Queen guitarist is surely not going to start playing Les Pauls but a signature acoustic might not be beyond the realms of the imagination, nor would a Gibson-built Red Special

“I never liked it, to be honest, the way it was mixed. But I do recognise that it works”: Brian May says Under Pressure sounded like The Who before David Bowie took out the heavy guitar parts
By Jonathan Horsley published
Brian May said he was “beaming” about the guitar on the early versions of Under Pressure. David Bowie was not

"I don't think it ever really goes away" – Brian May admits he still suffers with imposter syndrome
By Rob Laing published
The Queen legend is candid on Rosie Bennet's new podcast

Brian May’s guitar tech Pete Malandrone reveals that the Queen guitarist has added a mastering EQ to his 2023 live rig to cut out “spurious, horrible RF noise”
By Jonathan Horsley published
In a new rig tour video, Malandrone reveals that he has opened up a new front in war against RF noise with the deployment of the Bettermaker mastering EQ unit
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