Queen – A Day At The Races

Album 1976

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1976 album A Day At The Races.

Music from A Day At The Races

Artists on A Day At The Races

Brian May

Roles:

Singer Guitarist Keyboardist

Groups:

Queen Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes The G3 Jam Rock Aid Armenia Brian May & Friends Queen + Paul Rodgers Queen + Adam Lambert Rock Therapy Smile 1984 The Brian May Band Hale & Pace and the Stonkers Artists United for Nature
Mike Stone

Roles:

Singer Music Producer Audio Engineer

Engineer

Gear Used On A Day At The Races

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Queen – A Day At The Races (1976). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Brian May

Roles:

Singer Guitarist Keyboardist

Guitars used by Brian May on A Day At The Races

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Brian May's Red Special

Avg price: $899.99

As evidenced by this photo from a 2017 performance at London's O2 Arena (courtesy Wikipedia), and per this article from Guitariego, dated March 19, 2020.

Though there have been many replicas and reproduction made over the years, original Red Special, the actual guitar he built from scratch with his father when Brian was just a teenager, is still Brian's main guitar.

This is one of the few homemade guitars famous enough to have it's own Wikipedia page.