Baby Elephant Walk - a guitar tribute

I've been away from the forum for awhile... lot going on... hope to get more time here.
Anyway, pretty much finished a project and would like some comments... especially any advice on how to get more separation of the "instruments".  (I'm a learning amateur.)
 
It's a tribute to Henry Mancini for "Baby Elephant Walk", which is the first tune I remember liking as a kid.  All parts except percussion are guitar, even the crickets & elephants at the end (a la Adrian Belew).
 
Thanks in advance.
 
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I had to check this to see if it was the song I thought it was.  Happy to hear that it was.
 
Great job on this version.  I wouldn't worry about separation here the original was probably mono anyway...
 
It's great with the easy access to the recording setups we have these days to be able go back into our own memories and bring them to life again with our own little twist.  I'm all for that.
 
 

John, are you a fan of Adrien Belew?  Nobody does elephant sounds better than him, though you are on the right track (think "Elephant Talk" by King Crimson).  As far as panning goes, this seems to be well panned.  Back in the day when Mancini recorded this, stereo was still somewhat new, and mix engineers did extreme panning to show off the possibilities of stereo.  Now that many listen on headphones or in cars, extreme panning is no longer in vogue, although, in certain songs or instances, I still like it when used judiciously.  Good effort.

Lynn - Thanks.  I hadn't thought about the engineers at the time emphasizing stereo with hard panning.  (I love reading old album backs where they go into detail about what microphones they used, etc.  They were really proud of the Hi-Fi technology then.)
 
Jimmy - Thanks.  That feedback really helps.  I can't tell you how many times I'd bring something up because it wasn't loud enough, then decide it was too loud, and vice versa with the lead guitars.  Being a lead guitarist I probably err on the side of making the guitars louder, even though I try not too. 
 
I did a fun experiment with my family a few years ago playing them two versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; one the released album version and the other the original mix by Butch Vig.  Without knowing anything about which was which, when they heard the Butch Vig version my wife said "The guy who mixed this is a drummer, right?"  She nailed it!
 

This mix comes across well here.
 
Surgical EQ can be very effective just listen for the obvious clashes and do some narrow cuts to give space.
 
Thanks for sharing.

Nice rendition, melody line could have a bit more "swing" to it but over all really good!

Slick, glad to see someone is not too proud to do a classic like this.  I liked it.  I also don't see need here to worry about the separation.
 
Daryl

Thanks Daryl.  Redoing classics is becoming a hobby.  Not sure if I can explain this, but as a self-taught guitarist, I'm finding it forces me to think of the guitar more as a musical instrument.  Trying to mimic other instruments makes me try things I'd never try otherwise.  Plus it's fun.
 
Rikkie - You got it.  That part is a struggle that will need some more practice.  There are some slides, first finger bends with hammer-on/pull-offs, but mostly it goes back to Tony's comment that I need to work on capturing the sax's jazzy/swing feel....
 
... which I'll have time to do since I just sent in my graphics card for repair. 

One of my favorite childhood songs, too.  Sounds really good, tho a few low-pass filters could help round out the sounds and make it seem more vintagey.  When you say separation that is some of what you mean, I think.  Everything is pretty bright and overlaps which means stuff steps over itself.
 
If I was mixing it I'd probably try to turn down the rhymth guitar a bit after the intro to let some of the other rhythm stuff come out.
 
But a good take on a great song.  All the sound drops had me smiling - even more than the fun rhythm did.
 
Thanks,
 
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