Yes a very old worn out les paul studio plus, rebuilt with schaller roller bridge, custom vibrato tailpiece (unknown vendor), seymour duncan pu's, 18:1 grover locking tuners and replaced electrical parts. Don't know what "studio plus" means, but is all black and with the new gold hardware it looks fairly nice, just the body needs refinishing. The vibrato was from stewart-mcdonald and is no longer avail. but to my surprise works great and holds tune great. A lot of the good sound comes from the X3 live pedal. Use to have a early 60's Stratocaster that I had rebuilt in a well known guitar shop in muscle shoals, alabama but due to my short fat fingers was hard not to muffle strings when playing. Same problem with les paul, but with a slightly wider neck and string width max'ed out so I can manage a few chords now. Could have spent all this money on accordion lessons, but its hard to visualized playing "bridge of sighs" on one.
Thanks again for the compliments, coming from true musicians makes me want to practice that much more
Looks like I might have to try some surfer music??

Hey there. Nice piece. Love the ambiance it all creates.  Good guitar work throughout. Some P.Floyd vibeishness going on.  
 
The drum kit is the ONLY thing that has a 'staleness' to it.  Needs to be in a 'room' or have a hair more reverb I feel.  Anyone else think the same?  Hard to tell if it's a side-stick or snare at times.  Kick and bass are okay to me though - that's the hardest part to get right.  
 
Keep 'er flyin'.
 
Best to you!
FR

Thanks, I agree, I think I used a analog pattern right off the keyboard. I have not found a drum synth with styles I like yet. Don't care for any of the session drummer I have, and have no rhythm to use the fingers to create my own on the keyboard (I think its called Spastic). I need to find some mild funky styles or loops.
Going now to add a little reverb to that drum track. Now up to Rev3 (See first post)
 
 

Very nice mellow track Cap, tasty tones and phrasing too. Gave me a Snowy White vibe. Volume is quite low, but hey, I have a volume knob .

Thanks, I have been struggling trying to understand mixing and volume control. Would I be correct in thinking there is some "standard or reference point" for a volume output of music in general, so a radio dj for instance would not be constantly adjusting the volume. And for a temporary fix for "Loafer", could I put the mp3 on a track in a new Sonar project, increase the volume for that track and then save again? wouldn't that give it an increase in volume? also increase other problems? I quit using a EQ for recording, mixing and playback, and that has helped the most. But this project was mostly created while I was still using the EQ. Think I need a Sonar Project Doctor, ugh
I may get some help on this drum track and future projects from my son, he has a Roland TD-20K digital drum set in the attic I'm trying to get him to get back into and lay down some tracks.

Cap, I enjoyed your song very much.  Your guitar reminded me of some of the Robert Plant stuff from the late 80's.  I really like this style of music.  Turn the drums up a bit, and take the time to learn some mastering skills so you won't have any problems getting your overall volume up to par.  You are, oh, so close.  

Coming from you makes me feel like I'm getting there eventually. I've listened to your music trying to follow the mixing, great stuff. The old man can sing too! My voice never left puberty so I don't even try. I just tried putting more volume on this thing and is more noticeable this time.
 
The Rev3 version
https://soundcloud.com/capg/loaferrev3

I was just in the mood for this. Very nice. I think a good start and finish to a song is vital, it starts and ends a journey, rather than get to the end and have it feel like an unfinished trip and your stuck 1000 miles from home and no money to buy a plane ticket. Great mix work on the guitars. You are already a great guitarist. I would be happy to have such guitar work in my songs.

I like your analogy and I think of it as a sensory journey also. Sometimes it takes just a perfect simple guitar lead as in Dave Gilmore's "Raise my Rent" (a version is on my SoundCloud) But I'm a long way from mastering it myself, but getting close. And I especially  like those that have just the right touch of special instruments, sound effects. Since I can't sing I want to get more into complex pieces with more of that "sensory journey" in mind.
Thanks for your compliment, I often look for music pieces to jam/create simple leads use to have something to experiment with and for practice. Would you consider sending me a sample song, I can try several different things, send it back and go from there.

Sounded great to me. The balance was fine. The lead guitar was definitely not too loud at all.