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Originally posted by henryrobinett
Sorry Nathan. I don't know of any specific pick ups. I can ask some of my bass playing buddies though.
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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. |
Tonight I recorded a terrific bassist named Kengo Nakamura, and when he found out the gig was being recorded he pulled out his own mic-- an RE-27. I was skeptical (especially regarding leakage problems) but it turned out to be terrific-- good definition and plenty of bottom end.
I would have have never thought of a dynamic cardioid and would have used a U-47 if he hadn't been so enthused about his RE-27, and I'm glad I tried it.
Rich