11-year-old guitarist on Britain's Got Talent leaves Brian May in awe with Queen cover By Jackson Maxwell published 25 May 23 Wielding an Epiphone Les Paul, Harry Churchill took on a medley of Brian May's guitar parts from the Queen catalog, and put on a heck of a show while doing so
Hank Marvin: “Cavatina is such a beautiful tune to play. It was a very good moment for me to nail it in one take” By Joe Matera published 24 May 23 The hero to an entire generation of British guitarists talks embarrassing moments and his favorite Shadows recordings
Tony Iommi trades guitars with Brian May and faces the struggle of all left-handers, as he wields the Red Special upside down By Matt Parker published 17 May 23 The two British guitar heroes and friends spent the afternoon trading licks – and instruments – as part of a forthcoming documentary on riffs
5 ways to start a guitar solo By Jenna Scaramanga published 5 May 23 Grab the audience's attention right off the bat with these fail-safe lead guitar tips
Freddie Mercury’s Martin D-35, reportedly used to write and record Crazy Little Thing Called Love, is going up for auction By Jackson Maxwell published 26 April 23 The guitar will go under the hammer as part of a much larger Sotheby's auction of the late Queen frontman's private collection of art and music-related memorabilia
Watch Brian May make a TV presenter's day with an unaccompanied Bohemian Rhapsody solo through his epic Vox AC30 rig By Jackson Maxwell published 6 April 23 Iain Lee was like a kid in a candy store as the Queen guitarist demonstrated – up-close and personal – the magical, singing tone of one of his most famous solos
NAMM 2023: Vox pledges to make Brian May’s legendary tone “accessible to all” with two signature mini amps By Matt Owen published 5 April 23 amPlug Brian May promises stadium-sized tones from a headphone amp, while the Nutube-equipped MV50 is so convincing the Queen icon is considering taking it out on tour
Guitarist plays $40 Harley Benton Strat copy every night of 113-date arena tour By Matt Owen published 23 February 23 According to Scott Poley of tribute act Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac, the second-hand six-string underwent only a few minor adjustments to get it stage ready, and survived a grueling tour schedule while delivering the tonal goods along the way
Brian May – the ultimate interview: the Queen legend reflects on his career highs and lows, songwriting with Freddie Mercury and 50 years of trailblazing guitar playing By Chris Bird published 15 February 23 In this career-spanning interview, one of the all-time greatest guitar players talks through every era of Queen's career, and charts the evolution of rock's most singular band
Arielle reveals why she doesn’t use effects pedals: “If I want to push the boundaries of guitar, it’s not going to be by using a pedal” By Matt Owen published 9 February 23 The Brian May Guitars signature artist has explained her less-is-more approach to gear, and revealed how Jeff Beck and Brian May inspired her to ditch the pedals
Brian May Guitars flips the Red Special aesthetic and decks out Arielle’s signature model in metallic Windermere Blue finish By Matt Owen published 24 January 23 It joins previously released Antique Cherry and Two Tone models, the latter of which recently featured on Arielle's new single, 73
Brian May on how Led Zeppelin inspired Queen: “I owe a lot to Jimmy Page” By Matt Owen published 18 January 23 The guitar icon said he and his bandmates looked up to Led Zeppelin from a musical and industry perspective, and labelled Page “the master of the riff”
How Brian May broke a golden guitar recording rule during the tracking of Queen's debut album By Sam Roche published 17 January 23 The guitarist talks disrupting conventional approaches to recording in the early '70s in a new interview with Total Guitar
The 100 greatest guitarists of all time By Jonathan Horsley last updated 16 January 23 A comprehensive rundown of the best guitarists of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, the best jazz, rock, indie, blues, metal and acoustic players – and the top guitarists around today...
Brian May pays tribute to Jeff Beck: “He was so unique, and so influential on every guitarist I've ever met in my life” By Sam Roche published 13 January 23 The Queen guitarist praised “one of the greatest guitar geniuses the world has ever seen” in a heartfelt video on social media – and named the Beck song he considers “possibly the most beautiful bit of guitar music ever recorded”
Brian May: “The Face It Alone solo is very much in the moment. It’s me trying to be a voice next to Freddie's” By Chris Bird published 23 December 22 May reveals the story behind Queen’s ‘lost’ classic – and the epic guitar solo he created for it
Krist Novoselic: “The bass got caught in the TV lights – and then boom!” By Joel McIver published 8 December 22 At the 1992 MTV Awards, Nirvana bassman Krist Novoselic threw his Gibson 25 feet in the air, forgetting it would come down again shortly afterwards
Brian May on unearthing an unreleased Freddie Mercury track and how The Beatles: Get Back inspired the reissue of Queen's 1989 album The Miracle By Andrew Daly published 21 November 22 May dubs it “Queen's most cohesive album of the '80s” – here, he explains why the rock legends chose to reissue The Miracle some 33 years after its original release with a massive boxset featuring lost tracks, outtakes, live cuts and loads more
Brian May says a boxset for his Eddie Van Halen Star Fleet collaboration is coming next year – and it will be full of never-before-heard outtakes By Matt Parker published 21 November 22 “You’ll hear us in the studio, trading licks,” says May
Jimmy Page recalls the time he played with Brian May, Iron Maiden and parody metallers Bad News By Matt Parker published 11 November 22 Page says his amp “mysteriously cut in and out” during his performance with the British comedy band