Getting the right guitar tone is mostly an exercise in removing things.

Too much gain removes definition.
Too much bass removes space.
Too much treble removes skin from the listener.

A heavy guitar does not need to sound enormous on…

There is a point where mixing stops being improvement and becomes interference.

I am not always very good at recognising that point.

Especially with vocals.

A guitar can be slightly ugly and still feel intentional.

A…