Thanks for listening and for the compliments. Yea, I do think guitar is a little in-your-face, but that's what I was going for...and since I could still hear all the other instruments it was good enough for me. LOL I'm usually pretty happy with my guitar tones ( both rhythm and leads). I use an e906/e609/sm57 for all tracks with the 906 pulling most of the weight. And my Voodoo modded DSL is very easy to record.
Drums are real, but I mixed in kick and snare samples with the originals. Used mostly crappy Shure PG mics with a few 57s and a modded 57 (Granelli 5790) for the snare. I actually liked the original snare sound, but the hats would sneak in through the gate on the snare channel so I had to cut the original highs and bring in some high end from the sampled snare.
Jesse, I'll be back - just super busy right now sending off everything for the CD added to the usual family drama.