So, what led to the muddy guitar tone? An enquiry, part III

Over the past couple of days, we’ve been talking about what caused The Muddy Guitar Tone. Here’s the third culprit, as I interpreted the situation:

Artist pressure.

And this is more common than you might think!

As alluded to in the initial post, this particular artist is very attached to this particular instrument, and they want it to be on as many songs …