Brian May’s sonic signature not only comes from his home built “Red Special” guitar, but also from a treble-booster pummeling banks of AC30s. He never turns the treble booster off, accessing a wide range of tones simply by manipulating his volume knobs and pickup settings. From his guitar, to the treble booster, to the amps, his entire rig is essentially a singular musical instrument. One that inspires the sort of playing May is known for.
Catalinbread designed the Galileo with this playing approach in mind, that with it you can roll your guitar volume back for jangly AC30 cleans, and crank it up for searing leads and aggressive yet focused rhythm tones.
"We said it when it was first released, but now the verdict is in from the man himself: Brian May stated in the June issue of Guitar World that there’s only one stompbox out there capable of nailing his signature sound, and that piece of kit is none other than the Catalinbread Galileo. Though it was not designed in tandem with the man himself, perhaps no other pedal in our line required as much R&D as the Galileo, and we think that after so many years it still comes closer than anything else in the marketplace. To commemorate such a glowing endorsement, we’re releasing the limited “Red Special” colorway, patterned after Mr. May’s signature guitar, a must-have for doing the fandango."
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