PatrickJ

Well you've still got Maurizio :).

I've been using Newtone strings recently for my Jazz bass and Acoustic guitar - I order them direct from the Newtone website. For La Bella strings Bassdirect prices always seem to be much cheaper than anywhere else (the same may apply for other brands too). Otherwise I go to Strings Direct. SD prices aren't always the best but their customer service is always fantastic.

Thanks for the recommendations on DAW's. I fancied giving Pro Tools ago as, alongside Logic, it seems to be the industry standards. I don't have a mac which ruled Logic out and since Pro Tools had a free version I thought I'd give it ago. Not that I want to be a professional recording engineer it's just there's an awful lot of great resources out there on how to do things in Pro Tools which has been helping alot. The VST and general plugin support is an issue though, it wouldn't be so bad if the Avid market place items were more affordable but 419£ for their VST amp pack is a little steep! I do have a Focusrite Scarlet Solo on the way which includes the Creative Pack for Pro Tools, effectively a selection of plugins that will work the First version so hopefully there will be some useful additions in that, though I don't know if a bass amp will be included. If all else fails I do have a fully licensed version of Cubase Elements which I can upgrade to the latest release for £10 however, I am finding Pro Tools much easier to use than Cubase. I'd love to do this. I watched a number of videos on best ways to record bass and it would appear the favoured approach is to take both a DI and a Mic'd signal and blend them for the final mix. I do have an AKG kick drum mic I could use but because I'm doing my recording in the evening I can't play through an amp at any volume so recording via mic is a bit of a no go. It has to be either direct into the audio interace or through some sort of DI solution first. I think I will take a similar approach, in fact my guitarist came round this evening (in an acceptably socially distanced manner) and recorded the guitar tracks for 3 songs he has composed. He played into his pedal board and Boss Katana amp with his usual settings and we recorded in PT via the Rec Out jack into my current audio interface. I can now do some final tweaks to EQ and add some compression where I need too. I was also thinking of picking up something like a EBS Microbass II or Tech21 Sansamp and using that in front of the audio interface for the bass parts. Although last night I did get some alright sounding recordings direct in from the bass with my active Jazz bass.

Gutted - I was waiting with genuine anticipation as to how it was going to work out with Mike. Do you think it's cold feet?

Hi Guys, I'm very interested in this thread. I've decided to try and learn Pro Tools. After installing the free "First" version yesterday I have spent the past two evenings working with a little 1 minute demo recorded by an guitarist I known on his iPhone and turning it into a full mix. Yesterday I was working with my Sandberg P but I could not get a recorded tone I liked. The free edition of Pro Tools doesn't let you use 3rd party VSTs so no Amp / Cab aims so my bass track is direct in via the audio interface. Any tips on getting a great bass sound from a dry DI in without the use of VSTs? Or should I use some sort of pre-amp for some tone shaping before the AI? Other option maybe to mic up the amp.

I've watched the video a few times now "trying to get it". The drums are good and Rocco does a great job of keeping in locked in and leaving plenty of space for all those busy fills - didn't love the parts he played with a chorus (I guess?) effect. I didn't even mind the dancers, they added some interest to the video. What I couldn't get was the guitar part - to me it just sounded awful.

Pure Blues arrived today and I fitted them to my VS4 this evening. Really liking them so far, great tension and sound "played in" straight after fitting them.

I've recently switched to Mogami for both my bass and amp speaker leads. Perhaps a few pounds more than some other brands but far cheaper than anything by Tsunami, Evidence Audio, Vovox etc. Previously I used Planet Wave American Stage cables. They were good too and come with a life time guarantee. I've used designacable for speaker cables for my studio monitors, they don't get much abuse but seem to be well made, and were pretty good value too IIRC.

It's a hell of a name to live up too.

Is @Silvia Bluejay the advertised anti-intruder device? Does @Happy Jack keep her in that box ready to leap out at unsuspecting ne'er-do-wells?

You might need to change your name to Mandy to fit in.

And let's be realistic, you can't have two Andy's in the band!

In fairness is outro solo was pretty good but I didn't like what he did on the first half of the track. Thought the other guys did much better at blending with the bass. Though I'm looking forward to @Dad3353's mix - I am wondering if mixed alongside Mike it might somehow just work.

A bunch of Porcupine Tree and Steve Wilson tracks. Colin Edward's is giving me Wal gas and Nick Beggs tone on Luminol is fantastic too for this style of music.

Actually! @AndyTravis Have you tried mixing Andy's track with Mike's like you did with Maurizo ?

And she can do it whilst playing the harp..

Lala Hathaway's performance with Snarky (Michael league on bass) often does the rounds - it's the infamous one with the her singing the two notes at the same time towards the end. I had to google the correct term for it and found this video. I can't sing one note in key let alone two at the same time.

Just like Frusciante and Klinghoffer 😁

Wow, that mix sounded awesome.

^^^ this Or Susan with Tim Lefebvre laying down the groove Oh and Tracy Chapman though I couldn't name a bassist.

I just had another listen (those funky bass grooves have me hooked)... I reckon you are on to something with getting them both. I really like what Mike did in the second half of the track but he's very much sitting back in the mix and supporting. Maurizio however was very present with his solo's and layering. They could complement each other nicely. @Dad3353can you share that mix of the two together? My only thing with Maurizio's take is he's obviously taken a lot of inspiration from the Chili's. The first part of the track had me thinking of One Hot Minute and the 2nd Stadium Arcadium.

Hi Mods! Can I change my username please? I've started frequenting Guitarchat too since I'm also learning some Acoustic guitar I'd like a less bass specific username. If that's OK please PM me for details. Thanks

It's Frusciante vs Klinghoffer. Just listened to both recordings back to back and they are both great IMO. I'm looking forward to hearing how Mike does at his audition