re: How much guitar is too much, on a recording?

sounds all good - and reasonable

With just a couple or three I don't capo usually. More when there's a crowd and everyone's already all over the place. I find a capo allows me to be harder (more staccato'y) with a hammer on or pull off (just to stand out a bit in wee places). Or doing covers that were originally capo'ed up.

Guess I'm really thinking more live - not one track at a time where that'd be moot. Never recorded... good luck.

And let us hear.