(01-04-2014, 07:49 PM)juanjose1967 Wrote: [A]s usual, you have the final word. So let me know how to improve this beauty!!! 
Not much.
Gotta love the balance and the nice stereo spread here! And that beautiful, open reverb you put on the vocals? Nice! I tend to be rather minimalist with my reverb; I use it mostly for presence, though I do apply it more heavily when the song calls for it. This wouldn't have been a song that I felt called for it (and you can hear that in my own mix) but you made it work; it sounded just like those big, open reverbs I used to hear on those old 8-tracks I grew up with! Love it!
In fact, the only issues with your mix really are due to the limitations of the source material. I don't think you need to adjust your level balance at all; it's spot on. However, I would brighten up the electric guitars a bit. Also, the congas and particularly the acoustic guitar need help; as you undoubtedly know by now neither track was exactly in stellar condition.
Heres what I did in my mix to bring back some of the life in them:
Acoustic guitar? Some fairly aggressive EQ: a -24 dB cut at 260 Hz, 3.5 dB boost at 3100 Hz and 16 dB boost at 4800 Hz; I also applied a hipass rolled off at 200 Hz. The low cuts helped address the hum and the mud and the high boosts helped bring back some of the sparkle. The congas? To sharpen them up I applied an 11 dB boost at 2200 Hz, a 24 dB boost at 5500 Hz, a hipass at 150 Hz and some gentle compression.
Just some suggestions to get you started.
Other than that, though, same great quality of work as I've come to expect from you. Love it!
