On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 09:40, Anahata wrote: > On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 03:58:39PM +0200, caffeine wrote: > > I know that using a bass on a guitar amp would > > blow the thing off, but I don't know if it's just the guitar amp speaker > > which is not suited for such frequencies > > It's the speaker, and it's only a problem if you turn it up loud, plus > you won't get very much bass out of it! > > > problems might arise with the > > output (ATM this would be my stereo > > Again a domestic stereo will not sound right as a bass amp, but if you > keep the levels sensible it won't break anything. > > When you're recording you need to consider whether the pure signal from > the bass guitar is what you want to record. With any type of electric > guitar the speaker is part of the sound and it's common to use an > amplifier and put a mic in front of that. The direct signal has a > distinctive 'clean' sound which may or may not suit the type of music > you want to make. I actually run the bass directly into an Art tube mic pre, then into an HHB Radius 3 FatMan tube compressor (bass 2 preset), then into the sound card input. The sound is great. With the FatMan at bass 2 you can use a pick without it sounding too much like a pick (I'm a guitarist - I need a pick for really fast bass licks ;-) Jan
