Why is that? (let's assume no alcohol is involved here! lol) - one day you pick up your guitar, plug in...and it sounds glorious and you positively ROCK!
A few days later, same guitar, amp, effects, settings, same room....and it sounds 'meh' ... or even worse, your tone has mysteriously become lifeless and completely sucks - and no amount of knob fiddling (NO! - not that knob, the ones on your guitar, amp, & effects! lol ) can get it back that day! Next day...sounds great again and you think 'WTF has been going on!'
We must have all been there at sometime, so what do you guys reckon - changes in barometric pressure and air-density, ear/brain dysfunction, gremlins getting into your gear over night?
I started out with nothing..... but I've still got most of it left (Seasick Steve)
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*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
you'll find this goes back to the "it's in the fingers" factor.
depending on your gear, how you play it and how good you're playing will have a bigger impact than you think.
Two reasons in my case
1) Strings need to be changed
2) "Not exactly" the same settings....
As I said in the 'selling it all' thread, I've taken to recording stuff on my phone - particularly when I'm not liking what I'm hearing.
Invariably when I listen to it back the next day, in sounds very good.
Sometimes it sounds like shit because you don't feel particularly inspired. Sometimes I have my amp dialled in for a HB guitar and plug a single coil and I'll twig after a while why it doesn't sound great. Sometimes I don't feel like doing anything startlingly adventurous - this morning I plugged in and played along to Le Freak and then side 2 of Led Zeppelin 2 and it sounded great, the kids were dancing along and it was great. Having a bit of fun and acting like a kid can be a pallette cleanser.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Except mine varies from bad to bloody awful
Tone wise, I'm convinced it's mood. I record sounds and compare to previous times I've been happy - they're usually similar enough.
Sometimes, it all seems right.