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Originally posted by ozraves
One of the other Gear Slutz members helped design or test the A Designs REDDI (as in "red DI") and reports its the best bass DI ever (or some other sort of big statement like it). I'd tend to believe it given the nice bass image from their preamps. I don't know when the REDDI is coming out. But, I'd keep it in mind.
Steve
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Tis I. Love the Reddi. Spent a crapload of time shipping prototypes all over the place doing revision after revision after revision. Quite frankly, I was a total pain in the ass. I'm suprised they put up with me. It's like a Demeter Tube Di (used to be my fav) with more range and lower noise. Thus far, it's won every blind test I've given to every engineer. While it is great on bass (the president of the company is a bass player) the differences are much more noticeable on electric guitar DI'ed stuff, esspecially with Strats. It's also built like a tank. I'll post a pic when I get back to my homebase to back that claim up.
Back to the orignally poster, I never really thought Sublime's bass sounded 'tight'. It's all sub, like something you'd hear on a Steel Pulse record. I would suggest recording the bass as flat as you can through the Avalon, which I also love, and in the mix try multing the bass:
Tight bass: DBX160xt (on the Fender, play close attention to the 1K range)
Low sub bass: RNC -> Pultec / DBX120 Subharmonics Synth (do NOT even bother with the Ultrabass Berhinger unit unless you want all sub. It doesn't play well with other signals...) Check your phase against everything else in the mix. A lot of people fail to do that. And that's another great spot for the IBP mentioned.