Thanks, CM.  Enjoying using these exercises to try some new things/styles each time.  
 
	So the issue with me and guitar sounds is that i spend a ton of time getting little individual, single phrases and then way more time going through RX10 and cleaning audio and making it passable than anything.  then i lace them together.  I am not a good guitarist...nowhere near guys like you, goredho, jimmy, and g650.  it takes me so long to get a phrase recorded that i think sounds good and then i will clean it and do some production processing on it to get it to sound exactly like I want, and then I will loop it.  For instance, the first four measures in the latino track...there are two counterpoint guitar phrases that are lined up that I just recorded one bar for each (in like a hundred takes), and then i loop them three straight times, and then the fourth measure is the exact same thing with one note changed.  so it is a total fake out if you will.  a series of phrases that i am very meticulously stringing together.  but it is also why that track is so repetitive and sounds a bit sterile and less organic as well which, as you note, makes it a little less enjoyable.  if you asked me to play it live, i would not be able to.  i can play most anything on the piano live (and quite a bit of bass and a bit of cello), but other than playing some CAGED rhythm chords and like the five solos out there i've practiced for a thousand hours, I can't on the guitar as I don't have y'all's skills. 
 
	have really enjoyed listening to everyone's stuff this month...seems like the quality has been dialed up quite a bit.  and i will reiterate what i said on the email thread, i selfishly hope you decide to let the gold top out of the cage on the next round.