"... I was very poor & the thought of a Stratocaster was way out of my price range. So me and my Dad took it into our hands to make the guitar... It took about

"... I was very poor & the thought of a Stratocaster was way out of my price range. So me and my Dad took it into our hands to make the guitar... It took about 2 years and we made it from all sorts of scraps and pieces ..." Brian May is no slouch either. The link is a quick 1992 interview describing how his Dad built their own TV and how they both built the Red guitar you see him play. cf: @neilmurraybass, "Brian May guitar 1992" ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPD7_hQk7hk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPD7_hQk7hk