DNJ, I think you are hearing the distortion guitar sounds. Now that I've listened some more, I will not use that guitar again--too much distortion or overdrive or something. I don't believe it's the levels.
All the songs were recorded on Tascam PR10 ($59.) directly from tape out on mixer. All I did was covert from WAV to MP3 so they would be faster to upload and download.
DonM