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Brian May: "I will never claim to be a great guitarist in the sense of a virtuoso. I just try to play from my heart"

By Chris Bird

The man recently voted greatest rock guitarist in the world reflects on his heroes and friends, finding his tone, and orchestrating guitar genius with Queen

10 ukulele performances that showcase its surprising versatility

By Guitar World Staff

10 of our favorite moments featuring the increasingly popular four-stringed instrument

Brian May nudges out Jimi Hendrix to top Total Guitar greatest rock guitarist of all time poll

By Richard Bienstock

“I’m blown away,” the Queen man says of being crowned king

Brian May of Queen performs at ANZ Stadium on February 15, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.

Brian May suffers heart attack amid excruciating pain - and thinks his guitar strap could be to blame

By Michael Astley-Brown

Queen guitar hero diagnosed with severely compressed sciatic nerve

The best 12-string guitar songs of all time

By Josh Hart and Damian Fanelli

31 of the greatest moments of 12-string shimmer in guitar's storied history

Brian May tore his buttocks in a freak gardening accident: “The pain is relentless”

By Richard Bienstock

“I managed to rip my gluteus maximus to shreds,” the Queen guitarist reports

This shred take on Bohemian Rhapsody is insanely over the top – even for a Queen song

By Richard Bienstock

Tapping, sweep arpeggios and lots and lots of harmony guitars

Brian May jams with Alex Skolnick, Bumblefoot and Stu Hamm as an all-star line-up takes on the Hammer to Fall Challenge

By Richard Bienstock

Witness Halestorm drummer Arejay Hale play along on the, um, garbage cans

Brian May has been video jamming with fans all over the world in the Hammer to Fall Challenge

By Richard Bienstock

“Sing to me, play to me, drum to me and, um, dance to me if you like,” the Queen guitarist says. “Let’s do it together"

Brian May teaches you how to play the Bohemian Rhapsody solo while in self-isolation

By Richard Bienstock

The Queen guitarist also provides a walkthrough of his current gear setup

He will rock you: Italian guitarist rips Brian May riffs from his Rome balcony during coronavirus lockdown

By Richard Bienstock

Marco G. Di Marco grabs his Red Special to blast the We Will Rock You solo

Brian May’s guitar gear: how to sound like the iconic Queen guitarist

By Jonathan Horsley

From the Red Special to an arsenal of effects, here's how to sound like the operatic rock legend, including the ultimate tone hack...

IK Multimedia AmpliTube Brian May review

By Charlie Griffiths

Sheer tone attack! IK Multimedia open the palace doors to Queen’s throne room with a comprehensive AmpliTube software package

Brian May is now designing sports bras

By Richard Bienstock

Queen legend is offering the new Official BMG Sports Bra though his Brian May Guitars company

The top 20 guitar stories of 2019

By Richard Bienstock

From Queen to Gilmour, JoBo to Tool, here are the stories that got the guitar world talking this year

This compositional trick has been used to great effect by Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, The Eagles, Queen and many more

By Jimmy Brown

Learn how to walk down scales with contrary motion

IK Multimedia teases Brian May AmpliTube

By Richard Bienstock

The company is cooking up tones that will rock you

Judas Priest, Queen, Cheap Trick and Neil Young: Four Killer Live Albums Turn 40

By Mark McStea

Behold four 1979 releases that have aged a lot more gracefully than Steve Martin's 'The Jerk.'

Learn a Brian May-Style Arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

By Guitar World Staff

A patriotic guitar arrangement with pizzaz.

Queen's Brian May on Freddie Mercury's guitar skills, Bohemian Rhapsody actors and the most difficult song to play live

By Joe Bosso

Dr. Brian May talks all things Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and gear in our June cover story.