i agree that the mix could be much better...there is no cruntch in the sound, the general volume is average to low, jons acoustic guitar is unnaturally high in the mix and generally sth is missing ...
richies guitar tone has change, he uses all these stompboxes,effects and amps and still it sounds quite the same and muddy, phill x tone is more rough, under modulated. when we talk about the guitar sound its off course subjective but imo the tone is the player, the feeling/timing and the fingers as well...remember some promo shows for the gh in 2011 when all of a sudden richie was higher in the mix and most of us were ecstatic about how rockier/raw it sounded???