You know, something you said about differences in a band setting reminds me of a thought I had recently.

You tend to hear a lot of the time that nuances in guitars get buried once everyone is playing at full band volume, negating small things like pickups, etc. But last week I came to the realization that while that might be true for a band that plays classic rock all of the time, my experience is that volumes change a LOT. At times I bash out power chords, but sometimes I'm the only instrument and I'm playing finger-picked stuff.

I guess I just kind of proved to myself that there are times when, even if playing in a loud band, everything will quiet down and you'll notice details in the music. That's the sort of thing I had kind of swept under the rug until recently. Just a thought.

Sorry...random musing. Carry on.