My first amp is on its way

[Bill Brasky]

Have a custom 24 SE I'm learning how to play and a vox ac4-c12 on the way. How long do you think it'll take before I sound like Brian May? Two weeks? Three?

 

[fred11]

Depends on if you've already started building your own red special

 

[Rachmaninoff]

Where is the "never" option?

 

[kes7u]

Bill, welcome to the board and the journey!

I've been playing for just over a year now. I'm nowhere near where I want to be!

I'm guessing about 3 weeks should do it...

Remember, it isn't necessarily calender time, but actual guitar time that determines your progress.

Enjoy the journey. I am obsessed!

Kevin

 

[andy474x]

Welcome Bill!

Brian has such a great tone. Hard to emulate, but great! I hear he uses treble boosters. Would love to sound like him, but it would be hard to tame the volume of a raging Vox. Can't wait to see how you do though... AC4 could be a fun amp if it can do that sound!

 

[dergit]

Give it 2-3 weeks... congrats on a nice setup!

 

[László]

I think you sound like Brian May already, and I've never heard you play. Going on blind faith here.

 

[Egads]

I don't know. How's your London accent coming along?

Congrats on both.

 

[gball]

Welcome Bill!

Brian has such a great tone. Hard to emulate, but great! I hear he uses treble boosters. Would love to sound like him, but it would be hard to tame the volume of a raging Vox. Can't wait to see how you do though... AC4 could be a fun amp if it can do that sound!

Treble booster into a modified AC-30, dimed of course. Local shop has one of the Brian May AC-30's. It has one knob on it - the volume, and an internal treble booster that is on all the time and it is set up with the equivalent of the tone controls and the booster turned all the way up. Here's the panel:

It's a one-trick pony for sure (and very expensive), but turned up it nails "that" sound with single coils. Now If I could only play like him.