Brian May

In this video, Brian May's rig is shown to consist of a Rocktron Intellifex and a TC Electronic G Force.

Brian May uses the fOXX Phaser pedal in performances such as "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" live on TOTP and the studio version of "We Will Rock You." This is demonstrated in the YouTube video "AmpliTube Brian May - Tones That Will Rock You" by ikmultimedia.

"Korina Sunburst Model Built For Brian May 2005" -Ed Roman

Brian May played this guitar during One voice tour in 2016.

In a 1982 photograph featured on Queenvinyls.com, Brian May is shown with a Linn Electronics LM-1 Drum Computer, highlighting his use of this iconic drum machine.

Brian May played this guitar during the "One Voice Tour" in 2016.

Brian May played this guitar during "Queen + Paul Rodgers" tour in 2008.

Lists the OB-Xa being used. Photos can be found of this as well.

Brian May uses the Sennheiser MD 421-II microphone, as highlighted in his Instagram post during the "Rhapsody Tour," where he mentions preparing to make some noise with his gear.

By January 1976 Brian May was using 9 X AC30 amps on stage and the same 2 Echoplex EP3 Delays (see photo 9 X AC30 + EP3s) – this required an enlarged Routing System which I designed and built. Despite the large number of Vox AC30's then in use my system successfully eliminated all Ground Loop hum and noise.

In this photo, found on Fryer Guitars' website, Brian May can be seen playing the Greg Fryer Red Special John.

Brian May is seen playing a Roland Jupiter-8 in this photo taken at Mountain Studios in 1981 during sessions for Hot Space. The Jupiter-8 was also used on The Works.

Brian May uses a Mike Hill Services B.I.S box for his live shows. Visible here at 12.44 in the video, his tech talks about its use a bit. He uses this mainly for playing the Guyton Archtop Mk.2 (Crazy Little Thing).

Brian May played this guitar during the tours "Queen + Adam Lambert" in 2013+.

Brian May used this guitar during "Queen + Paul Rodgers" tour in 2005.

Brian May used this guitar during the "Queen + Paul Rodgers" tour in 2008.

Brian May used this guitar since 1985. In 1992 was used at "Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert", in this video is at 1:08.

Brian May can be seen playing a Roland RD-1000 on 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' at the 1992 tribute concert.

Brian May uses the Brian May Guitars Ukulele in Antique Cherry, which shares the design and features of the BMG Rhapsody guitar, but as an electric ukulele, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Guitarplayer.

Seen playing an Ob-8 live in 1984 at the 3:24 timestamp.

Brian May used this guitar during "One Voice" tour in 2016.

Brian May is shown with a Veillette Avante Gryphon 12-String Acoustic guitar in a user-uploaded photo on Brianmayguitars, highlighting his use of this instrument.

Used with a 1978 Fender Telecaster Black at 2:13 for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" live at Montreal 1981.

Brian playing a Burns Bison Guitar (not the Bass with the same name) in the studio.

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.

Developed in collaboration with May, based on some of his own equipment.

In a video interview by Premier Guitar titled "Why Brian May Uses a Sixpence," Brian May, the guitarist for Queen, explains his unique choice of using a Sixpence coin as a guitar pick. He details the reasons behind his preference for this unconventional pick over traditional ones.

Brian May used this guitar during "Queen + Paul Rodgers" tour in 2008.

Evinced by May's use of his signature AmpliTube pack, which was released during the era of AmpliTube 4.

In this article, we can see that Brian May did in fact use 8 gauge rotosound strings until the 9 gauge Optima Strings were introduced.