| Sorry Nathan. I don't know of any specific pick ups. I can ask some of my bass playing buddies though.
I usually do the usual for jazz drums. I try have the overheads do the brunt of the work, but I like to have 421s or Audix D2 there on toms to pick up detail if I needed it. But then again I'm not doing 2 track recording. The vibe sound and TIME in jazz is in the cymbals. I like Royer 121s on those. On kick I like the ATM25. Snare I use the ubiquitous SM57.
As for bass? I haven't found that mic that does it for me yet. I've used U67, U87, 414, ADK-tube 51, AEA44c. If you don't have to worry about bleed this is the mic to use. Great bass response and a really great ribbon mic. I like the mic up around the fingerboard and avoid boomy proximity effect by staying away from the sound hole. Where possible I use omni but I've had to use cardiod to reject everything in back. Where I record now I put the bass player in very large isolation room that has a big glass window. THAT works wonders. I just have to convince him that this is a compromise worth talking; not being close to the cats vs better and more controllable sound. |