robiredale

I've bought and sold a number of basses with Bassdirect over the years (including a dingwall). They are brilliant to deal with in my experience.

Personally I don't look for "genre specific" mastering. More of a consideration when selecting a mix engineer for me. The key I think is getting someone who specialises in mastering, rather than someone who does mostly mixing with a bit of mastering on the side. My most recent project was mastered by Pete maher. It's not out for two weeks or I'd share it. https://www.petemaher.com/ Very professional service at reasonable prices. His client list speaks for itself. Super experienced guy, with great equipment, and most importantly, the knowledge of how to use it.

I contributed the bass for this record, its my brother's project. Has turned out great I reckon. Bandcamp, Spotify and Amazon links below. Give it a go and see what you think! Cheers, Rob Amazon Music Bandcamp Spotify

Bit of a thread revival but just wanted to post about this pedal having spent the last few days mucking about with one. Its an amazing piece of kit. The bass presets are excellent, all very useful, and sound great for a whole range of different applications. So even if you don't want to deep dive into the nuts and bolts using the neuro app, there's plenty to go at. I got one specifically for the dual band feature, which is also superb and very customisable. Does exactly what I want with the minimum of fuss. The app is great. Works well for me on both laptop and tablet. If you're going to use it you'll need a basic understanding of how compression works. That said, it's quite a good learning tool - you can see and hear what each setting does. Yes it's not very easy to make substantive changes to all features on the fly, so you'll want your presets dialled in before a gig, but as far as functionality and quality goes, I've not seen so much packed into a single compressor pedal before. Kudos to source audio for taking their own path with their products. This and the eq2 are two of my favourite pedals.

Yeah the email comms are not so quick. WhatsApp works well though!

If you keep your eyes peeled, second hand dingwall ng/combustion series basses will be priced at just over your budget. They're not light as such but I think that weight/balance is very reasonable for what they are. Otherwise the ibby is likely your best bet. Not aware of much else that ticks your boxes.