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Used by The Beatles and Brian May, the Vox AC30 is one of the all-time great amps – what makes it sound so good?
Mention the term “British clean” to any discerning guitar fan and the Vox AC30 will immediately spring to mind. The highly coveted tube amp has been championed by generations of musicians, and ...
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Brian May details his disastrous experiment with a Marshall stack — and how Jimi Hendrix then showed him up with it
For Brian May, his unique Red Special guitar and an unwavering allegiance to Vox AC30 amps have underpinned his entire career. However, he has now admitted that he did have a brief flirtation with ...
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“It sounded awful. I could hardly play”: Brian May on the one time he experimented with a Marshall stack
Brian May and the Vox AC30 guitar amp: it's like peanut butter and jelly, bread and butter, baseball and hot dogs. That and, of course, his trademark Red Special electric guitar, and you have one ...
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In 1969, a young Brian May hid in a venue to speak to Rory Gallagher –and it led to his tonal breakthrough
Certain elements of Brian May’s gear are imprinted in the consciousness ... His devotion to the Vox AC30 comes in at a close second. Now, more than half a century after the release of Queen's ...
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Brian May recalls the time he played live through Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well
It is some comfort to learn that the greats are no different – even Brian May has ... I reissue. And May, well, he too made his choice, finding his sound with the Vox AC30 combo.