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As with almost every Queen song, Brian used his handbuilt, homemade Red Special, his Vox AC30S with a Treble Booster pedal and the secret ingredient, an Old English Sixpence, which has a serrated edge and creates a unique attack on the strings. For delay, Brian used an Echoplex, which has a tape inside, recording the guitar in real-time, then playing it back as an echo. The echoed guitar signal was sent to a separate AC30 and recorded in isolation in order to split the two guitar signals left and right in stereo. If you listen to only the left speaker, you will hear Brian’s played part. Live, Brian would use two Echoplexes to add yet another longer repeat, enabling him to create live three-part harmonies.