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Hey, Larry.

Sounds good overall. In the interest of polishing the mix, here are a couple of things I noticed. I'm in my office studio at the moment, which has reference monitors and acoustic treatment. While it's not my main control room, things usually translate well enough to trust.

The rhythm guitar level is significantly hotter than bass & drums. It's difficult to tell because of the guitar, but the bass might want to come up just a touch to balance with the drums.

Bass / low frequencies aren't as directional as higher ones, so I don't think it buys you much in terms of panning it. I've always kept mine dead center. It won't get in the way of your vocals as most humans don't sing in that range (although that would be a neat party trick).

I think rather than turning up the solo, if you bring down the rhythm you might find it sits in the mix okay.

Hope this helps. Keep rockin, man.

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I tried another "less is more" approach by using single tracks on guitar and bass, and only a subtle delay on guitar just for a bit of atmosphere. I panned guitar and bass off center to give room for a center vocal. This is my first attempt to polish a mix. I'm not sure if I like the tone used for the ending solo because I went softer than usual. I used the TD - Jer Can profile for rhythm (SD Pegasus) and lead (SD Custom). Eb tuning.

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Hey there. One thing I'd say is that your work on timing has paid huge dividends from tracks not that long ago. There's still work to be done but it's now really beginning to come together in a much more professional sounding way.

For me I wouldn't par things down too much. Even though many bands have only one guitarist if you pay attention to their studio tracks they'll often pad things out (in the case of Def Leopard a bit more than was feasible to play live till they got Campbell). So check out the tracks of the artists you love and don't be afraid of some studio experimenting.

Well done Larry , bass is more prominent than the last one, good thing ! That must be hard for the timing to play rhythm parts with such delays ?

Hej Larry,

Your best one so far!
I'd like to echo Per's comment on the timing and Chris' comment on the level of the rhythm guitar. Looking forward to following your further development.

Cheers,

Mats N