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Bohemian Rhapsody amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

The Queen guitar tone for “Bohemian Rhapsody”, dialed in for a Vox Pathfinder 10 with a Epiphone Special II. Studio version, A Night at the Opera (1975) — Main Guitar Solo

Original rig

Red Special (Burns Tri-Sonic pickups in series out-of-phase) -> Dallas Rangemaster / custom Treble Booster -> cranked Vox AC30

Mid-focused, singing, vocal lead tone with distinct upper-mid harmonic bite and smooth saturation

Amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

CHANNELOverdrive switch engagedBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	8
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Treble Booster (Dallas Rangemaster style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Boost 8

Why these settings

The Pathfinder 10 lacks a dedicated mid control, so engaging the onboard Overdrive switch and pushing treble to 8 mimics the aggressive upper-mid push of Brian May's Rangemaster into a Vox circuit. Your Epiphone's humbuckers provide extra thickness, so keeping bass at 5 prevents the small 6.5-inch speaker from turning muddy. Adding an external treble booster pedal later will let you switch to the Clean channel and achieve the exact signature harmonic bite.

PRO TIPBrian May used a British sixpence coin as a pick; use a rigid, heavy coin or a metal pick held close to the tip with heavy vibrato to replicate the scratchy, vocal pick attack of the solo.

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