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Brian May Red Special Guitar and Equipment Information
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Part 60: Electronics Wiring
Part 59: Mechanical Set-up
Part 58: Bakelite Nut
Part 57: Copper Shielding
Part 56: Body Assembly Preparations
Part 55: Body Assembly
Part 54: Fretwork
Part 53: Finishing Progress
Part 52: Test Assembly
Part 51: Guitar Body Finishing
Part 50: Fretboard Finishing
Part 49: Neck and Fretboard Finishing Preparation and Re-Work
Part 48: Drilling the Body and Neck Holes and Rebates
Part 47: Marrying the Body and Neck
Parts 44-46: Edge Binding (Purfling)
Part 43: Neck and Fretboard Assembly
Part 42: Making a Veneer Scoring Tool
Part 41: Electronic Components Assembly
Part 40: Neck Assembly Preparation
Parts 37-39: Making the Truss Rod
Parts 34-36: Veneering the Body
Parts 31-33: Body Assembly
Parts 29-30: Veneering and Staining Tests
Part 28: The Body (Final Quality CNC Cut)
Parts 23-26: The Fretboard
Parts 17-22: The Neck
Parts 13-16: Pickguard Set
Parts 8-12: Aluminium Sheet Parts
Parts 5-7: Upper Oak Insert
Parts 3-4: Body Section Test Cuts
Parts 1-2: Timber Preparation
Red Special Design Research
Brian May Stratocaster
Part 1: Design Phase
Part 2: Pickups
Part 3: Pickguard Set
Part 4: Hardware Upgrades
Part 5: Pickguard Shielding
Part 6: Assembly and Testing
Part 7: Mechanical Setup
Part 8: The KAT PCB
Part 9: Final Assembly and Testing
3/4 Red Special
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Hardware
Part 3: Body and Neck Design
Part 4: Body CNC Cut
Part 5: Aluminium Control Plate
Part 6: Electronics Assembly
Part 7: Test Assembly
Part 8: Neck CNC Cut
Part 9: Installing the Tremolo Fulcrum Plate
Part 10: Body Edge Binding
Part 11: Body Staining and Finishing
Part 12: Making the Ebony Fretboard
Part 13: The Finished Guitar
Burns Upgrade
Part 1: Stripdown
Part 2: Design Phase
Part 3: Routing and Milling Operations
Part 4: Pickguard Fit Tests
Part 5: Switch Mounting Plate
Part 6: Mechanical Set-up
Part 7: Control Cavity Shielding
Part 8: Pickguard Wiring
Mini Les Paul
Part 1: Stripdown
Part 2: Hardware Modifications
Part 3: Mechanical Set-up
Part 4: Reassembly and Testing
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DigiTech Red Special Pedal
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Vox Distortion Booster
Vox MV50 AC
Vintage Vox AC30
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