hendrix's star spangled banner

[zepp_rules]

i was wondering if anyone new how Hendrix got the sound and effect when he play "oh say does that star spengle" in his solo. ever since i heard i always wondered and it just puzzled me

[tt59]

Just a Marshall a strat and a fuzzbox

[James Hetfield Is Jesus]

Yea thats what i think it is

[Randy Tennant]

The way Hendrix played that solo part when it goes "oh say does that star spangled banner la la la" has nothing to do with, marshall or equipment, it can be played on a acoustic although it took me 5 years to learn how to play it just right but here is how it is played....

These are all played on the 2nd to bottom string, I use both bottom strings
instead of just the one, I can only write the tab on as 'one string'

Pre-ending solo "O' Say Does That Star Spangled, Banner Yet Wave":

Plain way: 0 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 7 10 9 7 5 5-4
Hendrix Way: 0 5 5 5 4 2 2 222-444-555-777-999-101010-9-101010-999-777-555-4-555~~~4~~~

"For The Land And Of The Free":

Plain Way: 00 5 7 9 10 12
Hendrix Way: 00 5 7-9 10-12~~

"And The Home Of The Brave"

Plain way: 0 2 4-5 2 0~
Hendrix Way: 0 2 4 5-4-5-4 2-4-2-4 0~~

This is EXACTLY IT 100% me a few years to get it right since I couldnt find the right tablature for it... if your not playing it right or if it doesnt sound right e-mail me and ill tell you how to play it right!
RandyTennant@hotmail.com
I have perfected this song over the years and play it as perfect if not better than it can get, this is the most accurate tab for that solo you will find anywhere because I cant find the tab for that particular solo and the ones I did find arent as accurate as mine, but has nothing to do with a Marshall or kind of guitar you have, yes a wammy bar will make it sound more beautiful but you can play it like this without it! even with an acoustic. But there is a lot of wammy bar mixed into and remember that is all played on one string I use both bottom strings for those solos, I had to write the tab down on just one string since I cant write tab for two different strings. So you have the tablature now, but perfecting it is challenging... GOOD LUCK!!!
It will take a little bit of wammy and this and that to make it sound PERFECT and the EXACT same way Hendrix did it!

[magicninja]

Hendrix was fried out of his mind and played it all in free time. If anyone ever gets it exactly the way he did at woodstock then they should be on tour somewhere. You are probably on to it though.

[pure]

uhh guys.. its been published on the internet for a while now.. i stumbled into this one 11 months ago...
http://www.guitaralliance.com/guitar_lessons/star_spangled_banner.htm

[magicninja]

I'm not saying you can't find tabs for it. Hell I had a guitar world with the whole thing tabbed out and a cd-rom with a guy trying to explain how to play it like Hendrix did. Bottom line is he improved the whole thing and it would be damn hard to play it EXACTLY like he did.

[elklandercc]

I have that same Mag/CD issue as well Marcos, it was Andey Aledort btw.

He used a Marshall Plexi whatever amp, a fuzz type of distortion, a Vox wah wah, and a phaser stomp box. Digitech sells a Jimi Hendrix artist series distortion/expression pedal that has a setting that recreates his tone for that song pretty well. I have it, and I think I even did a review of it here.

[pure]

ok sorry, i just had seen somebody put a tab up so i thought i'd put one up with sound examples as well.

[elklandercc]

I missread his question, at the end, he uses his wah and fuzz. He doesn't tremelo pick any of the notes, he uses the wah to make it sound that way by rocking it back and fourth.

[aschleman]

I have the same Guitar World with Andy Aledort's rendition... He is widely known as THE Hendrix transcriber... Just about every tab book you've ever seen that is licensed by Jimi Hendrix's name is done by Andy Aledort...

I agree with what Marcos said... You're never going to make it sound like Jimi... One, because he was so high HE probably doesn't even know what he was doing... Two, he was Jimi Hendrix...

My advice to everyone out there trying to do the Star Spangled Banner is to make it your own... I played it before a few sporting events in high school... and basically all I did was learned it note for note transcribed from its original form... Then did my own distorted, wah'd, overdriven, and shredded version of it... The point that Jimi was trying to make was that everything is left to artistic interpretation. Make it your own.