I have very little experience recording bass guitar. Most of the bands I have recorded in my short career haven't had a bass player and the one that did asked me to "make it sound like korn" - not a good learning experience.

I'd like to get a nice, slightly overdriven tone without losing low end. So far I've taken the same approach as i do with guitar- stick a 421 on the amp and run it right into the board. any tips? what do you guys use to get a good growly bass tone? I just want to try out some new techniques.
thanks!
-mike

i usually use a mix of a beyer m69 or an sm57 along with a beyer m380.

distorted bass direct always sounds like complete shit to me

Use the search. Lots of shit about this topic.

use your fuckin' eyeballs.

front page in the tech room. "bass distortion: 1,2,3,4."

damn.

use your fuckin' eyeballs.

front page in the tech room. "bass distortion: 1,2,3,4."

damn.

Little Atlas Heavyweight wrote:use your fuckin' eyeballs.

front page in the tech room. "bass distortion: 1,2,3,4."

damn.

Say it again !