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Guitarist, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 4:15 pm GMT
No one had heard a guitar ‘talk’ like Jimi’s wah-wah intro to this classic. Then the sonic tsunami hits – Strat and Marshall cranked to 12. It’s titanic. The third-string bend breaks into feedback and it’s like the Four Horsemen just rode over your grave!
"I saw him live," recalled renowned tone hound Eric Johnson. "They backed a Cadillac up to the stage and he was doing Voodoo Child. He set his guitar down and it fed back with a perfect E, he got in the Caddy and he was gone. I was totally blown away!" Voodoo Child - the almighty tone of God and the Devil!