In 2019, Guitarist quizzed Frank’s son Dweezil on performing his father’s legendary Hot Rats album live Brian May: "I will never claim to be a great guitarist in the sense of a virtuoso. I guess I just try to play from my heart and that’s about it.” I will never claim to be a great guitarist in the sense of, you know, a virtuoso. “I guess this tells me that what I’ve done has affected people, and that means a great deal to me. I’m not under any illusions that, technically, I’m even on the tree of great guitarists. Obviously I’m deeply touched that people feel that way about me. I have to say it’s completely unexpected. We caught up with the Queen guitarist to talk about his influences, tone, trademark harmonies and what it means to him to be so highly regarded in the guitar community.īut this is Mr Brian May's response to being the reigning popular champion of guitar: “I’m absolutely speechless. Topping our classic rock poll and receiving more votes than any polled player, Brian’s a true pioneer of tone and one of those rare guitarists who’s instantly recognisable from a single note. (Image credit: RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) 1.
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