DigiTech – Brian May Red Special Pedal – Used

The DigiTech Brian May Red Special pedal was launched in 2005 on the back of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix artist series pedals and discontinued after only a few years on sale.

This pedal is in immaculate condition and still in the box!

Using Digitech’s patented guitar modelling technology, producer Eddie Kramer digitised authentic tones directly from Queen’s original master tapes. One of the most versatile controls calibrates the input for the two most common configurations of guitar pickups (single coil equipped S-types or humbucker equipped Gibson Les Paul types) so there is no requirement to own a Red Special replica guitar which is not to everybody’s taste. There are three output modes allowing use with a single amplifier, a stereo mixer or even a pair of amplifiers for a stereo effect. An optional FS3X footswitch was available which offered hands-free access to each model. Most Brian May players and Queen enthusiasts will know that Brian uses a treble booster as the first effect in his signal chain but since this pedal has an integral hard-wired dynamic analog treble booster, a separate unit is unnecessary.

MODEL 1. Keep Yourself Alive (KYA)
MODEL 2. Bohemian Rhapsody (BoRhap)
MODEL 3. Tie Your Mother Down (TYMD)
MODEL 4. We Will Rock You (WWRY), We Are the Champions (WATC)
MODEL 5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (CLTCL)
MODEL 6. Brighton Rock Solo from Live at Wembley ’86.
MODEL 7. Deacy Tone / A Winter’s Tale, Made in Heaven

Brian May wrote this foreword to the user manual:

“This piece of gear is, in my opinion, a work of genius! I claim no credit! An amazing DigiTech team led by legend Eddie Kramer have created a device capable of making anybody sound like me! (If you should want to, that is!) Through an incredible new modeling technique, this pedal captures 14 of the most memorable tones I’ve achieved for Queen over the years, and places them at your fingertips.

From the searing, harmonically rich solo sound of Bohemian Rhapsody, to the churning saturated thickness of the climax of ‘We Will Rock You’, to the hitherto inimitable Deacy amp tone, which I’ve used for years to create orchestras of guitars on record, this device will shock you! The Red Special Pedal puts a new spectrum of tones at your command, whether used as a preamp for a stage set-up, or directly into the board in your studio (the pedal models the amp cabinets too).”

The outfit included the following items:

• DigiTech Red Special Pedal
• Red Special Artist Series embroidered satin gig bag
• PS0913B power supply