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Welcome. Great to have you! Can you play a b chord? Inquiring minds want to know.

In my experience folks turn up and rock loud because it sounds better to them tonally and because that's what they see the pros doing. However the reality is you won't always have the opportunity to sound loud as heck and as good as you want to. What happens with a lot of new bands is they get their sound dialed in during rehearsal and then at the show something changes...maybe the sound man wants the bass to run through the board. Maybe he wants your guitar's stage volume to be low. Maybe the lead singer can't hear himself. Any rate, the band winds up being really uncomfortable, getting tense and nervous, and sounding crappy.

I would strongly suggest that you put yourselves in situations you're uncomfortable with in rehearsal just to make sure you are flexible. Turn way down. Change amps. Change effects settings. If you have two guitarists, trade instruments. Cut the singer's vocal levels. Jack up the singer's vocal levels. Anything you can to force yourselves to produce good music in less than ideal circumstances. Force yourselves to play "not at 11" and make good music.

It takes time and discipline but hopefully you wind up figuring out how to make your music sound good in less than ideal settings. (Make sure you record so you can take an objective listen afterward.)

After all that playing at less than 11 you will start to develop a more keep sense of dynamics, pocket, and feel and you'll find that you won't want to juice it up to 11 all the time.

Hope that helps.

Are you using it for dives and ridiculousness or just subtle trem work?

I would call that g Sus/b.  but that could be a few things depending upon how it's used. Music is like speech....sometimes you need context clues. 

The am thing is just an am7 with the b7 on top.

If I was you I'd Nashville number the tune but have a legend that uses chord charts to show voicings.

haha. I mean I hang my arm off the guitar using my hand as the anchor point.

You sure the low e string isn't supposed to be muted? also maybe the high e string?

does it feed back while you're playing or just while you are quiet?

Russell sounds like you are describing a C# over G#, not a C augmented over G#. I have no idea how the chord is played in the song (tabs might help) but to play a C augmented you substitute out the 5 of the chord (G) for a #5 (G#).

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I use a strap when I sit, most of the time. I like my guitar slung high.

He does a lot on tesla.  Very funny.

Lefty playing righty here.