BMG Exclusive

The BMG Uke Arrives

Designed by Brian May in conjunction with Barry Moorhouse at House Music, Brian May Guitars are pleased to welcome a very unique tenor model ukulele to the BMG stable. 

Sporting the distinctive, double cutaway Red Special body shape, The BM Uke with Sapele back & sides and Spruce top is finished in eye-catching Antique Cherry, making it a perfect partner for the award-winning and best selling Brian May Special, as well as a fantastic, travel-ready instrument in its own right.

With an under-saddle, piezo pickup and fully featured Fishman KULA on-board preamp, the BMG Uke is equally at home on a big stage or in an intimate, acoustic environment.

Ltd Edition 50th Anniversary BMG T-Shirts

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original Red Special with these limited edition shirts available only from Brian May Guitars.

Available in a choice of Dark Heather Grey, Round Neck and Vintage White, V-Neck styles, these single jersey, premium quality shirts are made from 155gsm, 100% organic, ringspun combed cotton, with an exclusive, 3-colour screen print.

Available in Medium, Large and X-Large sizes.

We Will Rock You Special... The Final Curtain

After a magnificent 12 years in the Dominion Theatre, the hugely successful London production of the Queen musical, We Will Rock You has come to a close.

Consequently, we have five BMG Special Guitars, modified and identified, that were used in the show.

These guitars are to be put through our workshop and will be made available at our standard discount price of £649 on a strictly 'first come - first served' basis.

Please contact House Music directly NOW for full purchase details of these exclusive collectors' items.

UPDATE : All ex-WWRY Instruments are now SOLD

The BMG Bass

House Music is proud to announce the latest – and lowest – addition to the world renowned Brian May Guitars range of signature instruments.

The BMG Bass is a medium scale instrument, made in the same spirit as Brian’s iconic Red Special, with a compact, bound mahogany body and 31.5” scale neck, topped with a 20 fret ebony fingerboard.

Tone is supplied by vintage styled, chrome covered humbucking neck and rear position single coil pickups hooked up to a classic, passive volume/volume/tone circuit.

Hardware comprises a heavy-duty, chrome, high-mass roller bridge, aluminium control knobs and state of the art Hipshot Ultralite tuners.

The ‘Bri Bass’ is strung with Bass Centre Elites "Detroit" flatwound strings for super-smooth fundamentals and, in keeping with the classic Brian May styling, finished in a rich Antique Cherry with a one-piece black scratchplate.

The BMG Bass has an RRP of £749.00 inc VAT, complete with premium quality padded gig bag made from hardwearing shower-proof material featuring twin rucksack-style shoulder straps, side and front grab handles, dual front pockets and a stitched Brian May Guitars logo.

Available through the Brian May Guitars website, all good music stores with exclusive worldwide distribution by House Music, London, England.

Get Set For Summer

2010 Brian May Guitars T-Shirts now in stock!

Perfect for Summer, these premium quality 100% cotton v-neck shirts, featuring the Brian May Guitars logo, are available in grey and sand colours - in medium , large and extra-large sizes.

Priced at £19.95, including free UK mainland shipping with postal charges at cost to all other territories worldwide.

Replica Volume & Tone Control Knobs Now Available

Just arrived in the expanding range of Brian May Guitars Accessories.

New lathe turned, billet stock, aluminum replica Volume/Tone control knobs are now available from the BMG store, priced at £19.95 a pair (incl. VAT).

Faithful to the specification used on Brian's original Red Special (and stock equipment on the BMG Super), these rugged, solid aluminium knobs feature 6mm centre holes and are designed to fit modern, metric sized potentiometer shafts.

With extended use they will take on a distinctive, aged ‘’gun metal gray’’ patina.

The BMG Rhapsody Arrives

Following the enormous international success of the BMG Special,  the Mini-May and The Limited Edition Super, House Music and Brian May Guitars are proud to present a brand new Brian May original for 2009.

Designed from the ground up by Brian himself and engineered to his exacting standards, The Rhapsody is a unique, next generation electro acoustic, from the distinctive lines of the double cutaway body, through its exceptional build quality to its cutting edge electronics and on-board tuning system.

New Brian May Guitars Rhapsody In Production

Here's a sneak preview of the brand new Brian May designed electro acoustic in production.

This pro-spec, small body instrument has been christened the "Rhapsody" and sports a distinctive Red Special flavoured double cutaway design.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Mahogany Back & Sides
• Spruce Laminate Top
• Mahogany Neck
• 24 Fret Rosewood Fingerboard
• Zero Fret
• Gotoh Tuners with Black Buttons
• B-Band 22R Under Saddle Transducer
• B-Band A5T Pre-Amp :  4-band EQ + Rotary Frequency Control,  Notch Filter (to reduce feedback), Phase Switch, Volume Control, Chromatic tuner with LED Readout and a Battery Check indicator

This fantastic addition to the BMG canon is expected in the new year.

The BMG Super... On Sale & On Tour

Production models of the BMG Super are now shipping.

After receiving the first ten prototypes earlier in the year, all of which were immediately snapped up, we have subsequently received the first ten production guitars - again all sold out!

With development overseen by master-luthier Greg Fryer and his team, we are totally blown away by the end result and the instrument is garnering some serious acclaim - check out the review in Guitarist magazine in the near future . 

Deposits are now being taken on serial numbers 011 to 020, which will be available at the beginning of October.

In the meantime, don't miss out on seeing the current Queen/Paul Rodgers tour, where both Brian May and axeman, Jamie Moses will be using the Super to full effect.

Another Town, Another Guy, Another Guitar...

Brian May shares his love for Moscow, guitarist Jamie Moses and his BMG "Face" Guitar

Thanks, folks, for sending me such great pics of us in Moscow... This is my favourite so far (by Marina Neumoina) - me and my mate Jamie Moses in a tender moment! Ha ha!

This was the first time I used my new treasure, a BM guitar straight off the production line, but customised by Barry and Pete as a birthday present to me.

It has a great feel and sound, just naturally but - for those who enjoy this kind of stuff - we have now customised it further by wiring the pickups in parallel instead of series, so the instrument now responds in a way more reminiscent of the tone of, say - a Stratocaster - but still with the BM warmth (and still with the BM combination switching, so it is unique). I love it... for "C-lebrity" and "Crazy Little Thing", it gives me a whole new set of colours to play with. 

Thanks! And thanks, good people of Moscow - for a wonderful 2-night stand. Never to be forgotten. 

cheers

Bri

BMG At The London Guitar Show

The complete BMG canon of instruments was on display at the year's biggest MI shindig - the London Guitar Show at the ExCel Exhibition Centre (June 12th - 15th)..

Alongside the full line-up of BMG Special's in a variety of standard and Limited Edition finishes, the House Music stand showcased a stack of new, established and upcoming products, including the superb, premium quality Super, the pint-sized Mini-May and the first prototypes of a Brian May designed electro-acoustic guitar.

The assembled players, fans and industry movers and shakers were also treated to an amazing opportunity to view some very exclusive custom instruments, including the FACE - a 60th birthday present to Brian May from Barry Moorhouse, who commissioned British artist Paul Karslake (brother of Jo Wood, Rolling Stone Ronnie's former wife) to create the beautifully cosmic finish.

BMG At The Frankfurt Music Messe

Here's a selection of photos from the extremely busy House Music/Brian May Guitars stand at last week's Frankfurt Music Messe.

Plenty of excitement about the expanding BMG range and a host of familiar faces on hand, including representatives from many of House Music's overseas collaborators (Michael Zaccaria from Australian dealer Dominant, and Vincent Maffre of French BMG distributors Eurodiscom) plus German WWRY guitarist Frank Rohles and superstar bass player Neil Murray (Coliseum II, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Cozy Powell, Brian May & WWRY, London) who has been a loyal customer and good friend of House Music, in particular The Bass Centre, for three decades!

Brian May Guitars Hiscox Case

NOW IN STOCK! 

A brand new, fitted hard case from UK-based industry leaders HISCOX complete with plush-lined interior and stamped with the distinctive Brian May Guitars logo.

This heavy duty, competitively priced "Liteflite" case is designed to be a perfect fit for the BMG SPECIAL as well as any other similarly proportioned Red Special replica, including the Burns Brian May Signature Model.

Courtesy of its high impact resistant, moulded A.B.S. plastic shell, rigorously constructed and tested to withstand a crush strength of 500 Kg (in excess of 1,100 lbs), this case is without question, a superb way to transport your guitar safely and securely, without breaking the bank.

The BMG Super Arrives

At the start of a brand new year, a brand new model.

Brian May Guitars is proud to announce the arrival of The BMG SUPER - a meticulously constructed, hand crafted replica of the original Red Special.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Original Red Special spec neck dimensions and 7.25" radius fingerboard.
• Exact spec Red Special body and headstock shape
• Adeson Burns Tri-Sonic pickup set developed by Adrian Turner and Greg Fryer to the original specifications and tonal nuances of Brian May's original pickups.
• Modified 7.25" radius Wilkinson roller bridge.
• Mahogany body and top with original spec acoustic chambers and white binding.
• Original Brian May style tremolo tailpiece and trem arm.
• Glued in mahogany neck.
• Jim Dunlop 613

BMG Super Preview

There has much excitement recently in the Brian May Guitars camp with the first samples of the brand new BMG Super starting to come through production.

Commented House Music MD Barry Moorhouse...

"The quality of these guitars is outstanding, with pre-production having been guided and overseen by BMG guru Greg Fryer."

We hope to receive the first completed instruments by the end of this month, thereby adding another model into the ever expanding Brian May Guitars range."

More updates to follow soon.