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.
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. But the story 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.
| Model name | Brian May BMG Special |
| Year | 2007 |
| Color | White |
| Build | Solid body |
| Cutaway | Double cutaway |
| Body | Chambered mahogany |
| Body top | Mahogany |
| Body binding | 6-ply pinstripe |
| Body length | 16" |
| Body width | 14" |
| Body depth | 1.57" |
| Neck material | Mahogany |
| Finish | Gloss polyurethane |
| Neck join | Set neck construction |
| Overall length | 38.9" |
| Scale length | 24” |
| Fingerboard | Coromandel ebony |
| Fingerboard radius | 9.8" |
| Number of frets | 24 + zero fret |
| Fret size | Medium jumbo |
| Neck width at nut | 1.77" |
| Neck width at 12th fret | 2.09" |
| Neck width at 24th fret | 2.24" |
| Position inlays | Brian May pattern white front + side dots |
| Pickups | Burns Brian May Tri-Sonic style series wired single coil pickups |
| Controls | Master volume, master tone |
| Pickup switching | Original switches were replaced with AMI upgrade kit. Six mini switches let you turn each pickup on or off, set normal or reverse phase, and run pickups in series or parallel—allowing for 35 possible tone configurations. |
| Bridge | 2-point, knife edge tremolo |
| Hardware finish | Chrome |
| Tuning machines | 3-a-side Grover® chrome thumbwheel locking tuners |
| Pick guard | Plastic main control plate and half-moon tail plate with matching truss rod cover |
| Other features | Dual action truss rod, medium jumbo frets |
| Case | Hardshell case |