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Old 16th May 2008, 07:27 PM   #1
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Guitar combo advice for tracking Bass

Anyone get good results tracking the bass through a small guitar combo. What are you using?
Years ago I did a session and the engineer mic'd up a small fender guitar combo + a DI and it sounded huge. Wish I could remember the model. It was solid state with one 10" speaker and it added some serious grind alongside the DI track. Surprisingly, it didn't lack in the lowend either.
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Anyone get good results tracking the bass through a small guitar combo. What are you using?
Years ago I did a session and the engineer mic'd up a small fender guitar combo + a DI and it sounded huge. Wish I could remember the model. It was solid state with one 10" speaker and it added some serious grind alongside the DI track. Surprisingly, it didn't lack in the lowend either.
I'm a big fan of the small combo for bass. Most of the weight comes from the DI anyway and you get a nice tight midrange punch and much nicer distortion (if you want it) from a guitar combo. I always liked the bluesier sounding cabs like Marshall or Fender for that, the newer "metal" ones are a bit spiky for bass I find.
On that note Bassman combos for guitars sound wicked too!
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