This issue definitely applies to recording and mixing in general, but for me it's focused on guitars.
I haven't finished a song in literally years, despite working on music 10-15 hours per week, and with like 20 almost-finished songs in the queue. The reason: trying to get the f&$*ing guitar to sound right!
The problem mainly started once I began using synths - it's so hard to get guitars to fit perfectly with synths. But my main issue right now is that I'll get the guitar to blend really well in, say, my decent-quality headphones, and then it sounds bad on the monitor speakers. So I adjust the settings to sound great on the speakers and then it sounds bad in the headphones. The problem gets worse with each pair of speakers/headphones/earbuds I add.
Has anyone had similar frustrations and settled on a method or workflow that got them to a satisfying conclusion? I feel like I will die before I finish anything else and someone will have to sort through folders full of file names like "120 BPM Synth Pop vii," having no idea what .qtr opens with.