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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.

I've sanded necks in the past to get the profile I like, this particular neck is nice but it is quite deep, so maybe a bit of sanding might do the job and give me the profile I'm used to 😊

I've thought about sanding the neck but being a Fender type neck, the underside is all one level, so it might look a bit odd if I only sand the heel and not the whole length of the neck, although I think it might be the easier option

The depth of the pocket is too shallow which means the neck is sitting too high, so the bridge saddles would need to be made higher, not lower, and adding a shim would make the neck higher still unfortunately 😉

I have a router but I can only follow the existing shape so far because there is no edge on the lower bout side

I purchased a nice P body but the depth of the neck pocket is too shallow, what would be the easiest and safest way to do so? It needs to be increased by around 2mm. Thanks in advance for any advice.

The video is not working for me, I would very much like to hear this 👍

Ok thanks, I might give them a call later today 😋

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I don't want to relic it, I want a standard respray. Its hectorUK who wants to relic it