When should I not normalize my takes? I'm writing a song piecemeal over several weeks, as I'm sure many people do.

There was one day where it sounded like several electric guitar takes were not lining up in volume, and I realized I must have had my amp volume different from session to session. (I had it close I thought, but definitely not close enough)

So I just normalized guitar parts 1 and 2 and the levels now match.

So is this a good rule of thumb? Normalize all takes after recording? Is there ever a time when I don't want to do this? What is the best practice?