@FACTSAREUSELESS said:

I think that you're a little too obsessed and hung up on Trey's pitch-shifting. He's been on this tack since TAB this past spring.

The first time I actually noticed it was reviewing the versions of Reba from June of 2010. At that time I assumed Trey had a new guitar or something that was giving him equipment problems; I assumed it was a mistake. Now I know there is something he's trying to purposefully do.

I'm definitely hung up on it. I find it more distracting and unpleasant than almost anything I've heard in the band's history. The 6/18/10 Reba is one my least favorite of all time because of the use of that effect.

Just my opinion, of course, and I'm willing to believe that Trey is trying to work out exactly what he wants to do with that whammy.