Do you mute all other strings when you play the open E (or whatever string you're tuning)?
Is the volume knob on your guitar all the way up?
... and that's all I have to say about that.
[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]
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[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]
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