The episode walks through a mix tweak focused on rhythm guitars and low-end cleanup. Mike experiments with adding an extra rhythm guitar layer to fatten the main tone and add missing character, noting the current sound is already fat but could be gated better and has a “honk” that’s better addressed by pairing the right IR instead of over-EQing distortion. When blending the new layer, it sounds phasey, described as a limitation of Neural Amp Modeler captures, so M Auto Align is used to adjust phase; results are mixed but ultimately perceived as improved. Even with some remaining phasey quality when pushed louder, the layer adds fatness, width, and a bigger overall mix. The session then targets boomy low end and kick/bass glue, and compares before/after, concluding the revision sounds less digitized and improved with fresh perspective.