Actin' a maggot (brain)

My ongoing explorations of 70s funk music recently unearthed a nugget of pure guitar gold: "Maggot Brain", by Funkadelic (from the album of the same name). It's an epic showcase of guitarist Eddie Hazel's Hendrix-esque talents.

Also worth checking is the live version on the P-Funk All-Star's 1983 album "Live At The Beverly Theater", which also features the powerhouse drumming of Dennis Chambers (who more recently has played with Mike Stern).

Here's a very basic transcription of the simple repeating guitar rhythm figure (note I've figured out how to add chord labels and a tablature staff in LilyPond!):

This a good candidate for laying down on the loop station and going mad with some seriously distorted angst-ridden E minor pentatonic noodling (trying to hit that iconic slow bend from D to E just right)...