Comments on: Recording a Vintage Bass Track

By: admin

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:07:07 +0000

If you have both available record a track with both and either compare or combine the two. I think that the Tech 21 box is great and passes signal nicely. The question is obviously how good does the bass sound? I’m not crazy about Behringer stuff, but again, the bottom line is how does it sound? A good bass shouldn’t need a lot of drastic eq…if anything, maybe dip the bottom below 50 cycles. I prefer to use more direct signal and use an amp more for size and “air.”

Thanks for the question and have fun,

By: Rick - Learn Electric Guitar

Rick - Learn Electric Guitar — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:15:29 +0000

If you had to choose between an SM7 with a Behringer BX1800 or going direct with a tech 21 direct box what would you do for a quick recording for a friend?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:13:00 +0000

Great stuff!

One thing to consider, putting the sponge under the strings can move the intonation(not tuning) of the instrument off. So if you need to play any higher notes, they’ll probably be off.

My solution is to just leave the sponge on one of my basses and adjust the intonation appropriately.