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funkmyer · 27th July 2010

The tone is pretty decent for being unprocessed. It is very true that a lot of the tone comes from the player's fingers, so def keep that in mind. You might also want to blend a DI and mic'd bass amp as the amp can give the sound some more low midrange punch as well as some high frequency attack. Using a nice tube pre/di and not a sterile little DI box will do wonders for the sound too as well as slapping a nice SSL channel/compressor on there. I've gotten insanely chunky bass sounds with the following signal chain:

Fender P ('66 w/LaBella nylon flatwound strings) -> LA610 Mic Pre
-> Thru -> Tube bass combo amp -> AKG D12E -> Apogee Rosetta (Mic track)
-> Apogee Rosetta (DI track)

Good luck!

27th July 2010	#24
funkmyer Gear Head Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 31	The tone is pretty decent for being unprocessed. It is very true that a lot of the tone comes from the player's fingers, so def keep that in mind. You might also want to blend a DI and mic'd bass amp as the amp can give the sound some more low midrange punch as well as some high frequency attack. Using a nice tube pre/di and not a sterile little DI box will do wonders for the sound too as well as slapping a nice SSL channel/compressor on there. I've gotten insanely chunky bass sounds with the following signal chain: Fender P ('66 w/LaBella nylon flatwound strings) -> LA610 Mic Pre -> Thru -> Tube bass combo amp -> AKG D12E -> Apogee Rosetta (Mic track) -> Apogee Rosetta (DI track) Good luck!