David Martin wrote:(Simon Cowell - and the other judges go deaf round about the semi-finals and stop making critical comments... IMHO with the exception of Joe, the quality and intonation of the singing is now execrable... but Simon knows he'll make money from any of the "finalists" )
Have you also noticed that on a variety of tracks, Hank suffers from a "quiet" top E string... it's actually not uncommon on Strats... and it's my belief that it's a mechanical, not electrical, phenomenon...
I read somewhere years ago that you are really supposed to pick the top strings a little harder than the bottom ones to compensate for each instruments little sound inconsistancies.
It was actually pointed out to me also when our band tried to record something, and the bass player showed me the difference in my solo between the top and bottom strings. I never noticed it before. After that, when playing at gigs I made a point of sorting this problem.
Bass player telling us what to do! Really!!!
Might have been worse and the drummer telling me