It wasn't long until May began to pick up a thing or two from such popular rock guitarists as the Shadows' Hank Marvin, Elvis Presley's sideman Scotty Moore, and Buddy Holly. Completed two years later, the one-of-a-kind instrument would become known as the Red Special, a guitar that would later become May's sonic and visual trademark throughout his career. Shortly thereafter, May and his father began to build a custom guitar from scratch. Born in Hampton, Middlesex, in July 1947, May showed an interest in music at a very early age - learning to play the ukulele and piano before receiving his first guitar as a present on his seventh birthday. With his orchestrated guitar armies (multi-tracked guitar lines overdubbed on top of each other) and instantly memorable, well-constructed melodic leads, May is in a class all by himself. Few rock guitarists possess a playing style as instantly recognizable as Queen's Brian May.
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