Jazz-Era Piano Breakout — Warm Quack Solo
Freddie Mercury treated the song as a piano-and-vocal powerhouse and rejected most rhythm guitar, leaving May a single verse-length solo to take over the melody. The warm, slightly quacky tone is documented as neck and middle pickups in phase; exact amplifier controls were not published, so the values below are approximated from May’s standard boosted AC30 chain. Source: Guitar World’s Queen track-by-track interview (2024) and Red Special tone guide (2020).
Real AmpE Standard
