This does occur to me. From my few and evil years as a bass player I have come to understand that clean and bright is better than dark and muddy. You can always darken or dirty up clean signal much more easily than you can brighten or clean up mud... but I have to ask because all I've heard out of a Smith of late (except for Phil Lesh back in the day- and I'm no Deadhead, but his sound has always nailed it for me in a way- though still not grungy enough!) has been "clean, pressed and folded", as it were.
I'm looking for my old sweat, blood and beer stains... thanks Bob.
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