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You may well be right! 🤐

👍 Thanks again, I might upload a couple more of my efforts in a new thread because I love reading any advice, and criticism, that might help me in the future.

Thanks for the tips Dad, I think you are right about the cymbals being a bit lacking, would it help if I placed the two overhead mics nearer to them, or would they then be too overpowering? 🤔 As for the drum kit? its a DW and it was the first time our drummer had used it after having it specially made and imported from the USA, its a lovely sounding kit.

This is one I mixed some time ago, I'm reasonably happy with it especially because I don't really know what I'm doing, its all trial and error with me, but I would be happy to be advised on how I could make it better, and any constructive criticism of it would be welcome. It was recorded in the rehearsal studio on my Zoom R16, I used four mics on the drums, two overheads (left and right), one kick, and one snare, I took the lead and backing vocals from the PA which only had one out, so all the vocals were on one track, I close mic'd the guitarist's amp, and I DI'd my bass, it was only the second time we had ever played the song, so its "warts and all" I'm afraid. 🙄 We only use the recordings in the hope of getting a few gigs in local pubs, so they don't have to be perfect, but I'm just interested in how I might be able to improve them. 🤔 My Movie 2.mp4

He doesn't strut around as much as Wilko mainly because you couldn't "swing a cat" in most of the pubs we play in, but he does have a deadpan expression when he's playing 😉 Here's a couple of clips of us that were taken on a phone, the audio isn't great but they give you an idea of his stage mannerisms My Movie 1.mov

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Thanks for the advice Dad, it's much appreciated, I will try some of the things you have mentioned.

Thanks for the advice guys, it looks that I've been doing it right so far, the only panning I do is with the overheads left and right. Maybe I'm overthinking it too much. 🤔

I play in an old-school R&B band covering bands such as Dr Feelgood, The Pirates, The Inmates, Nine Below Zero, etc, and we want to do some recordings of the band to use as demos and to post on our Facebook page, they don't have to be professional studio quality, because we want to try and capture our "live" pub-rock sound if possible. I am a complete novice when it come to recording and mixing, but I do have a reasonable setup for our needs, I have a MacBook Pro with Logic Pro, GarageBand, and Reaper installed, I have a Mackie Onyx 2.2 interface, 2 x KRK Roket 5 G4 monitors, and I also have a Zoom R16 which I use to record the band in rehearsals. I use four mics on the drums, two overheads (left and right), one kick, and one snare, I take the lead and backing vocals from the PA, close mic the guitarist's amp, and DI my bass, and the individual takes are reasonably good. I then try and mix to the best of my limited knowledge but what I want to know is, how do I go about stereo imaging with just guitar? Most of the advice I find online and on YouTube seems to be for bands that have two guitars and suggest splitting the two guitars left and right, bass and vocals in the centre, etc, We don't do any overdubs on guitar because we want to try to be as close to our live sound as possible, so do I put the guitar one side and the bass on the other which I've tried, but it doesn't sound great if I'm honest. As I've said, I'm really just a beginner when it comes to recording, so please go easy on me. 😉

I have three P basses that are keepers and all three have a Northwest bridge fitted 😉

Great idea, I've just ordered some 😉

I'll give it a go 😉

I also have all the Queen isolated tracks, and I thought that can't possibly be John Deacon playing the bass because it sounded harsh and quite messy, but when I put all the tracks together in my DAW, it sounded perfect in the mix, and I thought the same about John Entwistle's isolated tracks. I have to say that hearing these isolated tracks helped my confidence because I had always doubted my tones and playing ability until recently when I started doing some recording at home, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well my bass sits in the mix, and my playing was more than acceptable for someone who plays mainly for fun. 😉

I now have to use Jim Dunlop 38mm nylon picks because I have been suffering from arthritis in my hands for number of years which makes it difficult for me to hold the pick if there is too much resistance, ideally, I would love to use heavier picks because of the attack, but the pain is just too much for me. I play mostly with my fingers anyway, but on the faster songs I need a pick. As Clarky has said, a bit of fiddling around with the EQ and pedals can definitely help.

I've just sanded the whole back of the neck by 2mm and it now fits perfectly, and the bonus is, the profile is almost identical to the neck on my go-to bass which is really slim back to front. It was quite an easy job and I have many different grades of sandpaper in the garage, so I worked my way up to 1000 grit, and I'm really pleased about how smooth it now feels. 😊

To try and clarify what the problem is: I have a body that has had a number of paint jobs over the years so its been sanded back a few times leaving the body slightly thinner than it originally was, this means that the neck pocket is now about 2mm shallower due to it being sanded back a lot of times. The neck is brand new and built to Fender specs, so because the neck in this body is now shallower than it should be, it sits too high and it is noticeable just by looking at it.