Hi Mike,
First time doing one of your song tutorials (I am a Man of Constant Sorrow) and already a big fan. Your teaching style is clear and unambiguous, which I very much appreciate.
You appear to be playing an acoustic-electric guitar. Are you playing that into an external mic or are you plugged in and modulating the sound?
The reason I ask is because when I play the song on an acoustic, the low E string just drowns out everything else, especially in that opening lick. I switched to an electric with a compressor pedal to tame the low end but the overall sound loses that stripped down raw feel of the original. Nevertheless, I'm content to continue playing it on an electric since I'm just performing it for an audience of two hound dogs who start howling every time I play the song. It's hilarious.
Anyways, if would be helpful for me to know if you're simply playing an acoustic guitar into an external mic, in which case I would know that the problem is my weak legato technique and the like.
Sascha
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