Then all I can say is that I'm listening to the wrong recording. along with all the technical guitar reasons I mentioned above, I had also mentioned that it sounded like it was taken from a cassette tape because of the hiss. Craig said there was absolutely no hiss in the recording.

Here is an example. At the very end of the song. I did not run this file through any outboard gear of any kind, all I did was compress it heavily from withing my computer to accentuate this noise. It definitely sounds like cassette tape noise to me, doesn't it? www.roryhoffman.com/noise.mp3
`So one thing is certain, there is substantial hiss in the recording, which Craig garanteed there was not.

secondly, play that song, or my sound clip, against your keyboard. It is not in tune. So, this was obviously not recorded at 440 hz, which virtually all recordings are made at now. Which is another reason I'd guess it came from a tape, because tape players are not always 100% reliable that the tape is spinning at the correct speed.

Both of these elements, combined with the technical musicianship things I mentioned, leaves me with only 2 conclusions. Either I'm totally losing it and I should quit the music business, or I'm listening to a different file than you all are.

And with that, I'll go away and never make another post on this thread again. I don't think being skeptical is illegal, and I'm sorry to admit, but I am skeptical.