Muffled sound

[lukewarm]

Update: Mic placement changed a little to be about an inch left of centre and about 2 inch from speaker grill, eq turned OFF for this recording but it does need some of the bass taken out now i have got the highs better. Volume on the amp raised a bit (need to get some good headphones).
I put a bass track in (which really doesn't work and is out of key a bit i know) to see if the bass and the guitar got muddied together and they sound ok https://soundcloud.com/luke-harrigan-1/mark-my-words-v2

Thanks for your help, i think i am getting there... slowly

 

[miroslav]

You can also try removing some of the distortion.
When recording very crunchy tones...it almost always sounds better in the recording to have less crunch than what you think sounds good in the room. Sometimes as much as 40% less...but you just have to try it at different stages and see what works. Not talking about the level...rather the distortion.
When there's too much, it turns out as "hash" in the recording, and that will in itself cause muddy/murky/blurry tones. You then add more highs to try and compensate, and it just gets you even more hash.
By rolling the distortion back...the guitar tones become more articulate and all of a sudden the clarity returns. You just have to find that midpoint between clarity and crunch that works for you.

Also...rolling some bass off after you record the track is always easy...or any other frequencies...so don't let the extra bass worry you. It's much harder to add something that's not there, than it is to remove too much of something.