For we will rock you.

Not any help directly in terms of a HD patch, but some clues from posts 'stolen' from the webternet that may point you in the desired direction.

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Brian Mays guitar tone is the b*stard child of many different things-

1. home made "fireplace" guitar

2. really thin strings

3. vox vc 30s turned right up. also- the Deacey amp- designed by the Queen bassist john Deacon.

4.treble mid booster thingy/pedal

5. the english 6 pence(silver metal coin). i think he has over a thousand of these that he gets from the bank.

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Treble booster into cranked AC-30:

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Brian Mays Guitar Rig

http://vintage.guitargeek.com/rigview/409/

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Go find an old fireplace mantle, it has to be, oh, 100 years old or so. Build yourself a guitar out of it along with some old motorcycle parts and some Burns single coil pickups.

Buy or build a Rangemaster treble booster; If you build one it shouldn't cost more than thirty bucks or so.

Finally, get a couple of vintage JMI Vox AC-30's and an old Echoplex, hook it all up, and jam.

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and finally, though I appreciatte you state you are not doing any computer based patches, you seemingly have computer access, so you could install 500 edit and dowload this from customtone. You can still input the values manually if you dont want to hook up with USB.

http://line6.com/customtone/tone/210242/

Trial and error always works for me. Listen to the guitar tones on the tracks and get as close as you can. In the heat of battle in a club getting close is good enough! I always tell the crowd -"The more you drink,the better you look"! Using the trial and error method takes more time yes. It also teaches you a lot more. Good Luck!!!