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It also took me a long time to realise how strange and unique his tone is in the context of what's often only a three-piece band soundwise - that very reedy, quite nasal midrange with very little bottom end and the treble usually noticeably rolled off sits in the mix perfectly and gives a lot of space to the vocals, piano and drums - the bass is also almost always quite muted. It's almost a 'classical' type of orchestration - and almost all his parts were written in advance and not improvised too.
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I’m not so keen on his solo/side-project stuff though, I have to say.
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Because, y'know, they weren't already one of the most beloved and popular rock bands of all time.
I think that slightly 'small' guitar sound has clear shades of ( Brian’s hero) Rory Gallagher in it. Brian is very clear that he went out and bought an AC30 and a treble booster because of Rory and took specific elements of his style as well. I guess a lot of rock guitarists had been pursuing the massive stack approach and Rory was showing that wasn't always needed.
Funnily enough I feel the same about Rory Gallagher.
The tone though..amazing.
I love his tone and his playing with Queen, especially on the Sheer Heart Attack album.
For the later stuff, it's a bit hit and miss IMO, but some of his solos are cracking, such as the solos on The Miracle.