I'm late to the party, but was browsing and came across your post. I also record alone, and play all of my instruments live myself to include the vocals, and I just recently got the hang of digital recording, so I've been where you are. Getting any part of a song in one take is really, really difficult. Especially if you are still actively writing it. What I do is lay down a clean scratch guitar track with a metronome. This let's me figure out what parts I want, for how long, and where. I don't care if all of the notes are perfect, or really even if the guitar is in tune all the way. Just that it's in time and generally correct. I leave about a 20 second gap in front so I have time to hit record and get my ass behind the drums before it's time to play. I count off with muted strums to let myself know when it's time to play. I find every problem with the song structure during this step. If the scratch track is screwed, the drums won't fit, time to redo, etc. If I have to do a big fix, I set limits and do an auto punch, if it's a small one, say I missed a cymbal somewhere, I'll copy and paste it in from somewhere else. Then the rhythm guitar tracks, clean first, then distorted. Auto-punch any boo-boos. Bass guitar, then vocals. Almost never have I gotten through any parts in a single take. A great recording is definitely the sum of really good efforts and crafty editing in my limited experience. *Edited to add that I use Studio One 4, with a Presonus interface box. I use a Line 6 effects processor for guitars, and an Alesis electric drum set.