Brian May 2023 BMG + FACTORY BAG & Tremolo Bar Red Special Signature Guitar 30132

Description (More pics below)
This is a 2023 BMG Brian May Red Special guitar in great condition. Comes with original gig bag and tremolo bar.

Condition
Cosmetically it’s very clean with one small mark on headstock (see pics). Frets are in very good condition. All stock, no mods.

Features

— Mahogany body & neck, ebony board

— Signature Tri-Sonic pickups w/ switching matrix

— Grover locking tuners

Sound & Playability
These Korean-made Brian May guitars are really fun to play. Wide flat neck with beautiful ebony fretboard. Locking Grover mini-Rotomatic tuners and Wilkinson tremolo bridge. (They went to the rear lock tuners around 2020 and believe me those are easier to use than the older top locking type!) No issues. All electronics work like they should and it plays nice all over the neck. Original bag and trem bar included. I do a full setup and expert packing: details below. Int’l contact for quote. Thanks for looking! PS: I ship to most countries in Europe (not France), Asia, and Oceania--contact for quote!

Short video showing how I pack a guitar.

Guitar Setup
Setup includes new strings (9s or 10s depending on what the nut is cut for), overall polish, cleaning any gunk off fingerboard, oiling neck, and polishing frets when necessary. We spray out any pots that are noisy, turn the truss rod (if necessary) and set string height at low-to-medium action depending on string buzz present. Since setup is highly subjective you may need to get it set to your particular needs by your personal luthier. Thanks!

Packing
I use quality boxes, thick bubble wrap, and peanuts to pack guitars. I have a very high rate of successful guitar and bass shipping (meaning few damaged instruments). I have been doing this 15 years and know how to pack well--with or without a hard case. I wrote a detailed story with photos on how I pack a guitar, which you can find on my StillKickinMusic site blog. If you Google "Still Kickin - How to Pack a Guitar" you will find it. Thanks.

Manufacturer Info
THE BMG SPECIAL
Inspired by Brian May's legendary Red Special, an instrument that has achieved iconic status and its own unique place in rock history, the BMG Special is a stunning guitar, blessed with superb build quality, awesome playability and an astonishingly rich diversity of killer tones.

In fact, it delivers everything you'd expect from an instrument built to the exacting standards of one of the world's greatest musicians but, in keeping with the virtuoso's vision of a "guitar for the people", with a competitive price-tag that belies its superior appointments and performance.

Without question one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the century, the original House Music helmed, Burns branded Brian May Signature was unleashed in the winter of 2001 to rapturous critical and public acclaim. The UK's "Guitar Bible" Guitarist Magazine hailed it as "Best Guitar Of The Year" and theatre audiences around the globe thrilled to the guitar's sound in the hit Queen musical "We Will Rock You".

But the story certainly didn't end there.

Teaming up with the maestro and his long-standing technician, Pete Malandrone, House Music established Brian May Guitars in 2004 with the launch of the all-new BMG Special. With production re-located to one of the world's most respected manufacturing facilities, this revised model featured significant improvements in design, specification and construction. Subsequent iterations have seen further upgrades and refinements to the Special's bridge assembly, pickups, electronics, hardware, finishing and colour choices.

Simply put, the world's best artist designed production guitar has consistently got a whole lot better. 

The BMG Special is an immensely versatile, pro-grade instrument designed not just to replicate the unique sound of one of rock 'n' roll's true heroes, but also to provide modern guitarists of all musical persuasions with the perfect go-to guitar for any performance environment.

• Acoustic chambered Indonesian mahogany body, with pinstripe binding front and back
• Classic Antique Cherry gloss polyurethane finish
• Indonesian mahogany set-in neck with dual action truss rod and graphite nut
• 24 fret, 24" scale Coromandel ebony fingerboard, with zero fret and BM style position markers
• 3 x BM brand series wired, single coil "Tri-Sonic" style pickups
• Master volume and tone control with aluminium "top-hat" knobs with red dot indicator
• Original BM design switch matrix with individual pickup on/off and in/out phase switching
• Chrome thumbwheel locking tuners
• Wilkinson WVP knife edge tremolo bridge with custom contoured trem arm

About Me
My store is a one-person small business that has been selling used guitars and basses for 15 years now. I do a basic setup and cleaning on every instrument I sell, so depending on workload it may be 1-2 business days before your guitar ships. When it arrives you can depend on it being, clean, set up, and securely packed. Check my feedback for confirmation. Thanks!