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Hey man! On first place thanks for your time and suggestions aswell, honestly this song has been a pain in the a** to mix haha I still have a lot to improve honestly. The original song has a lot of elements and layers on each instrument so it was not easy to emulate. Also, I mix most of the times with my headphones so for the next time I´ll keep it in mind to use diferent outpouts Thanks again for your answer and time man!!

Good evening. I'm sorry, but the best I can do is what is sometimes called a 's*** sandwich', so... Well done on the video front; it's not easy to get all the elements synced up, with multiple views. Good work , there. What's 'less good'..? The mix. I listened through monitors, then with my headset, and had to compare to the original (I don't know the band or the track...), and your mix doesn't fare too well in comparison. There's a wall of low-end mush clouding it all, taking all the 'snap' out of the drums and solo spots (I couldn't distinguish cymbal hits at all...). It's been multi-tracked, and the result is far too dense, with complete loss of detail. A great pity, as the playing is very good (to judge from the video shots, not from the sonic result...). The ultra-low tuning is not doing you any favours, without some delicate filtering and EQ to be able to 'place' everything in its sonic space. The energy is there, the vocals that do come across are convincing; you can all play, no question, so 'Well done' on choosing and realising such a song. Take the stem tracks back for a re-mix, breath some clarity into it all, thin out the mush and retrieve the 'snap', I'd say. Disclaimer : I'm a drummer, and old, so my hearing is no longer top notch. In this light, get other opinions for a balanced view. Thanks for sharing; hope this doesn't come across as being cruel; you're doing well.

OK, I am more used to SS and hybrid bass amps, that's where the idea came from. I've seen the power soaks somewhere - I'll investigate. Many thanks.

I wouldn't recommend doing this; valve amps are a bit different to solid state, notably in their output construction. The valves drive their load (the speaker...) through a transformer, to convert volts to amps, and rely on the correct impedance to work properly (this means to not go up in smoke...). Most high-power valve amps have a multi-tapped transformer, to allow for different speaker/cab loads; it's important to respect this when connecting cabs. Your Fender doesn't have this type of transformer, and would only be comfortable (that's to say : safe...) with an 8 Ohm load. It's possible to unplug the built-in speaker and connect another cab, but it must be an 8 Ohm cab. You may change the speaker, but only for an 8 Ohm one. You should not use the amp with no speaker connected; valve amps do not like to run unloaded; the output transformer would probably 'fry'. What solutions, then..? I've a 'budget' solution and a slightly less 'budget' one. In the old days, we used 50 or 100 W amp heads, often with 4x12 cabs. These tended to be excruciatingly loud if cranked to get 'that' tone; far too loud for the safety of our ears. We would lay the cab flat on a carpeted floor; this absorbed the worst of the row. Try that, then, with your combo and see if the resulting sound is what you're after. The more technical solution is to use a 'power soak'. This is a dummy load which respects the needs of the amp, but absorbs some of the power, leaving less for the speaker. Some are fixed, others variable, and so act a bit like a volume control, whilst respecting the 'cooking' of the output valves. Here's the Thomann range; that's the 'correct' way to tame a valve amp with no risk of generating 'magic smoke'. It is important, nevertheless, to respect the impedance requirements of the amp, and only use an 8 Ohm soak. Hope this helps. Douglas Thomann Power Soaks ...

It certainly puts the kibosh on the 'tone wood' debate. I will never understand why anyone would want a sound like that. Not a fan, obviously.