I just left the classic eq off and tried a pass recording and the guitar was fine. everything is cleaner only i can't hear the audio tracks at all cuz they're so weak with out the classic eq.

Thanks.
I will see what happens.

That sounds very smart. i will try it tonight and let you know.
Thanks, Beag.

I don't know anything about freeamp2 myself. I've never used it. I'm not a guitarist, so it has no value to me.

What I hear before the song starts and after it ends (you need to trim those off, BTW, use something like Audacity to trim the beginning and the ending) - sounds simply like you have the gain on the pre up too high and that the mic is picking up ambient noise in the room. Try turning the pre gain down and recording ,you can boost later in the mix. also try putting up some sound absorbers - just curtains or blankets if you don't have the money to buy acoustic treatment (fairly expensive). Or if you can, record in a closet full of coats or clothes.

Rick,
Audacity is pretty user friendly. I think you'll like it.
FreeAmp can give you some monster gain. I haven't tried multiple iterations of it, but it could possibly cause some erratic behavior. There is a volume control near the top of the GUI. Try using that to tame the output.
To record it, you need to bounce the audio track with FreeAmp in the FX bin to a new audio track.
What I typically do is use one track to record live with it engaged, get it where I like it, and bounce that to a new track.
Then delete the clip from my recording "base track", and record a new one. This is how I layered to guitars on Highland Dawn. It's a killer amp sim, and theprice is right. I've been experimenting with it on some synth organs for that 70's rock organ sound. Sometimes this stuff is just too much fun.

Before you bounce, since you have a few tracks going, Solo the one you want to work with. Watch the meter on the bus you are sending to(Master?) Adjust the volume slider on your audio track and/or the volume control in FreeAmp so you get a solid peak in the green. Then you can bounce with no digital distortion, and have a good track to work with.
Good luck.

Rick,
It could have something to do with multiple copies of FreeAmp being active. I've never done this, so I'm not 100% sure.
Try turning off or deleting all but one and see what happens. Some VSTs will behave badly with multiple instances, because they try to use the same RAM at the same time. This could be a big part of the problem.
Let me know how it goes.