Queen – Jazz
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1978 album Jazz.
Music from Jazz
Artists on Jazz
Gear Used On Jazz
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Queen – Jazz (1978). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bass Guitars used by John Deacon on Jazz
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In this music video for Queen's song "Don't Stop Me Now," at 1:12, John Deacon can be seen playing a Precision bass.
In this photo, Deacon can be seen tuning up his Fretless Fender Precision Bass.
Cymbals used by Roger Meddows Taylor on Jazz
From late 1975 to late 1982 Roger Taylor used a massive gong which had to be cleaned, packed, moved, unpacked and set up every concert just to be hit once at the end of Bohemian Rhapsody and during White Man or Ogre Battle.
Brian May
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Guitars used by Brian May on Jazz
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
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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.