This week has been incredibly inspiring for me, a nice break from a severe case of writer's block that has been plaguing me for almost a month now. I've got some good ideas down for 3 new songs, bringing the total of "in progress" pieces to about 7, which is pretty good in my opinion. Now I just need to finish them. I was jamming guitar along to one of the tracks, tentatively titled "Enemy", and decided I would try and get some of it recorded so that:

a. I wouldn't forget.
and
b. May as well record while I'm still feeling prolific.

While I'm playing, the guitar combined with my stomp box setup sounds pretty good. Unfortunately, upon playback of the recording, it just sounds like a muddy mess. So I spent a lot of time(that I could have spent writing more music) trying to figure out what the problem might be. Was it the guitar? My pedals? Cables? I believe I can rule out the pedals, since I messed around with Amplitube and still had the same results. The good thing about Amplitube is that I can record, and still tweak the effects afterward. I may still be able to make this work.

If any guitar players have any other thoughts, please let me know. I have an Ibanez Fuzz and a Little Big Muff Pedal. Perhaps I need to get away from the fuzz distortion?