yes, the string/fret buzz is there on purpose...

i hit the guitar quite hard...  in fact i bought that guitar because the action was so high that it suited my playing style...  i like the breaking up sound when i really whack the guitar hard... i like hearing the "boom" --

on some sections i think the truss rod even starts vibrating...  heh heh...  i have had a couple comments of "i love the bass guitar" which cracks me up...  but i guess i understand what they mean...

on normal "low" action guitars i can't play this way because there is no where for the strings to go...  the immediately squish against the guitar and sound crap... all i get is a tiny tinny thud...

i also left in the "breathing" sounds, can you hear them?  i love hearing all this kind of stuff in recordings...

vocals were recorded in one take...   as were the guitars...  i then copied and pasted the vocal and ran it through random distortion and eq to get it sounding just crap enough for the right effect...

there is only 1 acoustic guitar for the main rhythm part and 1 acoustic guitar part for the solo at the end...

on the new version i've taken out some of the vocal distortion effects as i think the main vocal should stand more on itself...   debating doing a new guitar solo...   one that has more of a climax at the end...   but thinking it might overpower the vocal...   what do you think?

hey thanks dude...

was the tambourine too loud at the beginning?

grrr...   i'll be happy with this song soon...  i don't know if its just the problem of recording at home, that you keep working on things and fixing things when you should just let it be...