Guitar National Anthem Syracuse vs Duke 2/1/20

[@colehunt7371]

As a fellow guitar player, this makes me proud to be a guitar player and American lol

[@spell_joe]

Thanks man, glad to hear it! We could definitely use a few more proud Americans these days.

[@frost15693]

Nick Sbelgio hell yea, as another american guitar player, i agree

[@spell_joe]

FrostByte44 right on brother 🇺🇸

[@cloud2676]

Can’t herd, can’t swim, but can shred that axe!

[@hidudes227]

Same bro lol

[@joshualeblanc6611]

I felt it in my soul! Excellent work brother!

[@spell_joe]

Thanks so much!!

[@manukelele8183]

Wow that was a big fkin crowd good job mann

[@Kevinxtl]

Outstanding, makes me proud to live in such a beautiful country. USA

[@cinnamondafox]

Best guitar version ever. You are insanely talented.

[@spell_joe]

thanks a lot!!!

[@loufrank1574]

I guess you are to young to have heard of Jimi Hendrix

[@spinynormanbest6410]

Jimi murdered it, but that was the point

[@AsianCole]

watching moments like these makes me remember how much I love this country

[@EdwardT9]

Great job! I’ve watched about a hundred of these now, and this is right up there as one of the best.

[@anonymous_1152]

I got some serious chills when the octaves hit Now I’m gonna try to learn it exactly like you played it 🤘🏻🇺🇸

[@Low_Zones]

Did any ladies try to get your number after? 😂

[@Beaner..]

Yeah

[@jahmeer4president._]

@@Beaner.. not u

[@topgun7683]

Great technique,great tone, and played very tastefully..well done..

[@rebeldetail6134]

Good job man I done this veterans day 3 years ago sounds good

[@seanwalker9614]

This is so sick!!! Love it bro-inspiring!!

[@spell_joe]

Thanks mate!

[@sipius22]

Yeah, well that is one of the best renditions on electric guitar I have ever heard.........left my guitar playing veteran eyes all misty.

[@spell_joe]

Thank you, glad you liked it!

[@gusgarcia4884]

This is the best version on you tube. Hands down.

[@spell_joe]

Thank you very much good sir

[@johnnie3Chords]

Absolutely THE BEST version on guitar I have ever heard , great player and tone , and played correct !

[@johnnie3Chords]

...I'm also a guitarist .

[@george_2172]

Amazing rendition 🙏🇺🇸

[@milesawayfromordinary]

Great job!!! You killed it!!!

[@marilyndillard1658]

GREAT JOB..JUST BEAUTIFUL!! GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY...ALWAYS!!

[@ram6190]

Did you learn that by ear or did you have sheet music or a lesson video as a reference.

[@spell_joe]

I play/learn everything by ear. This version I did is kind of a mix of Zakk Wylde’s version and a version that Steve Vai did at Madison square garden. More of Steve though.

[@marty154]

Im not even american and i am feeling amercian as f

[@1destined]

The Force is strong in this one.

[@slazeken]

Amazing ❤ from 🇮🇩

[@bsow2012]

This really is the best version on KZbin, trust me I've searched this site high and low. I'm gonna try to learn it from this video if thats alright. I may have some questions lol

[@spell_joe]

Thanks a lot man! And that’s fine by me haha

[@rachelbrown3024]

Incredible, love your channel. (Fellow guitar player/Syracuse resident here)

[@edwardhayes3113]

That was AWESOME!!! God bless America!!!

[@spell_joe]

Thank you!! God bless America indeed! 🇺🇸🗽

[@YoungkiOh]

Subscribed! Awesome! Best version ever!

[@bryanshellenbarger4968]

I got big balls They got big balls But you got the Biggest Balls of them ALL! Well done bro!

[@sssigsauer2266]

I’m happy and grateful that this young Man played the Anthem the way it should be played. I personally don’t care to hear it reinvented. Yes I’ve heard Jimmy do it , I’ve heard it done by others trying to replicate that version too. Just my opinion and we know how those are, but it always sounded like Jimmy and the others were trying to screw a pig or cat. That was their ver. Not the ver. of it. Play it like it’s supposed to be played or don’t play it. As I said just an opinion. This young Man did an outstanding job.

[@spell_joe]

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it, and I tend to prefer a straight/mostly straight version as well. Jimi was the only one that pulled it off doing it the way he did it.

[@warrensegura1241]

Bravo. Very moving

[@Henry3Studios]

I played this to my little tikes Van. Now it’s an entire car park

[@grantottaviano7445]

Can’t think of anything that is more Merica than that!

[@Andrew-rz9hc]

What kind of effects did you have on

[@spell_joe]

Believe it or not this was actually bone dry. Absolutely no pedals of any kind, just straight Evh ch3. Any delay/reverb you hear was natural from inside the stadium

[@potato_warfare_424]

Oh I’m sorry I couldn’t hear you over the sound of my freedom

[@ultimatedriversofmachinery]

Great job bro this was clean that tone was prime those chords were fire that higher harmony was fire you did well for them rotc weirdos

[@pennyclaggett5090]

Look at all them ball players without their hand on their heart!!! Bless you sweet young cheerleaders. Somebody raised you right.

[@ryangeeslin3490]

31,000 views and only 600 likes? Why not just hit the button people

[@el9206]

Having been in a military Honor Guard and performed colors for the anthem, I gotta say that one would be tricky. It's masterful, but he Honor Guard would have a hard time listening for cues at the ending. Seriously, which note was the last one?

[@wilbertrobles1123]

With the Les Paul. Truly Awesome !

[@spell_joe]

Thanks!

[@wilbertrobles1123]

@@spell_joe Well deserved accolades. Hope you continue to land more of these 🎸🇺🇸

[@stickmann7363]

Bros got that POWER STANCE

[@youknoweverything7643]

When you can get 31k plus fans inside a enclosed stadium at a basketball game like that you know you live in the best country ever

[@BoazWainscott]

How did you get the opportunity to do that? I’ve been trying to get to do this but I don’t know how

[@spell_joe]

I happened to see a Facebook ad for an open audition. They were for looking for a new pool of singers (I guess) and I turned up with my fiddle. Needless to say I made the cut haha

[@jeffpowell1893]

Funny how this kid plays our Anthem better than slash and joe satriani. Just shows u how being famous doesnt make u good. It's either luck or u know someone

[@spell_joe]

Thanks for the kind words man. Appreciate it

[@ryanskenard]

Sorry man but this comment is just beyond ridiculous. Slash has wrote so many amazing songs, solos, etc I can’t even count them, and don’t even get me started on Satriani.

[@jeffpowell1893]

@@ryanskenard right slash writes amazing stuff. But his playing is another story. Very basic and elementary

[@ryanskenard]

@@jeffpowell1893 just because he doesn’t play super technical doesn’t mean he isn’t a good player. Everyone has unique ways that they play and his happens to have a bluesy sound that isn’t Just “shredding” like a lot of today’s artists.

[@jeffpowell1893]

@@ryanskenard have u heard slash play the national anthem? I can provide examples if youd like

[@Morelgian]

‘Merica

[@rweilbacher]

awesome dude!

[@YetiOnSnowboard]

That kid is an effing guitar hero!

[@JJDon5150]

Nice! I'm about to pay a version soon too and encorporating power chords/octaves. For the part around 2:43, are you doing those octaves on the low E or A string? And I'm guessing the last 2 power chords of that riff were the open A string power chord and G# powerchord? Was hard for me to hear.

[@spell_joe]

Hey sorry for the extremely late reply but it was essentially an Asus2 and then a little E major third on the d and g strings. You could also do an Asus2 or Esus4 to the big open E major, which was kinda what I was trying to suggest. Just play an E major and put your pinky on the second fret G string to make Esus4.

[@absterdam9795]

Incredible!

[@jamespolucha6911]

Great job

[@magdump7380]

Well done.🤘

[@mikeywazowski6163]

The one dislike is North Korea

[@spell_joe]

Lol wow...do they even have KZbin over there? 😂

[@JavaScrapper]

@@spell_joe other dislike is from iran

[@xdnaranjox]

Beautiful....God Bless USA!

[@mrsorepaws9146]

Man, this made me think of Jimi H doing your national anthem. He went a bit astray in parts, though - I wonder what he had ingested before playing!

[@spell_joe]

Hey, thanks a lot!! Better question is what DIDN’T he ingest haha

[@mrsorepaws9146]

@@spell_joe Great sound though - both yours and his. Man, how many guitars do you have? When going shopping for epoxy for fitting knives, I was asked by a guy in the shop if I ever did local viking style wood carving. He made guitars, and wanted one with that look

[@spell_joe]

I have 3 electrics and 1 acoustic that I haven’t ever used on KZbin. The one in this video is my main/favorite one and also my first electric guitar. It’s called a Les Paul, that’s the model name or the name for the body shape/style if that helps. If you look at my other videos, you’ll see a black one and more recently a blue one. Those are my other two.

[@jeffreypauli3077]

What version is this I’ve heard it b4?

[@t.d.5457]

WOW!!!!!

[@jem2869]

its weird that we can still hear the raw string noise

[@vinceruland9236]

Good job man. What amp did you play thru?

[@spell_joe]

Thanks man! Evh 50 watt head with just a 1x12

[@donhancock1721]

1:30 He starts to play.

[@angelpadilla5274]

Chills

[@kylochris95watch_dog40]

Any ladies after words?

[@happypuppy-i4k]

The tone was very clean. The tone from your playing, not the equipment. The equipment is fine. Maybe another word is intonation. Or better yet, it sounds as if you are feeling the song. Ive listened to performances from famous guitarists and I think a word to describe their performances is pitchy. It is as if they learned the song the night before. I am shocked at much better your performance is. A good one to check out is Carlos Santana with his son. Very clean, smooth and arranged great. I won't name any not good performances because maybe you like the bad ones. I'm going to guess you recognize pitchy sounds, though.

[@jamesshear5423]

OMG!!!!!

[@jlrtsa3645]

noice 💥💥 but rockstar dont wear spec.🤣 u should take that off first 😂🙌🏽

[@theaverage9501]

This guy rocks the specs

[@rorygrime1202]

Did not like the crowd noise during the playing. Shows disrespect for it. Applause afterwards is totally fine.

[@callous2549]

if you notice, there are some ashamed of this song

[@spell_joe]

I’m not

[@quantumleaper8396]

Under GOD..UNDER GOD NOT PEOPLE

[@spell_joe]

Right on 🇺🇸🗽

[@MrDuramaximus]

Merica!

[@Happy-b7m4x]

1:25

[@callous2549]

lol, no one paying attention to the ones that are bored with the U.S.

[@joemerolillo1745]

GO SU

[@Evanthedude227]

I always say it China is zero and Mercia is 1000000!

[@chasedavis2358]

Almost as good as Hendrix

[@tommyk1073]

That sucked..play the anthem and leave your twist out of it.

[@tommyk1073]

@@ratrodgrady if you can’t take the criticism get out..

[@tommyk1073]

@@ratrodgrady ..you talk too much..

[@tommyk1073]

@@ratrodgrady and that version of the anthem was terrible..you don’t know a music note from book note..go back to music class

[@tommyk1073]

@@ratrodgrady you just made my point..you said the anthem is the anthem if it resembles the anthem. You don’t resemble the anthem, you play the anthem, as it was written..period. Some of the best to date are those that simply sang or played it..you obviously don’t understand that..that’s why his version, and most likely yours would never be remembered...so lighten up Francis, deal with it.

[@arnoldscottniernberger5139]

US ARMY. HOOAH