I've personally never resorted to that....can't remember a situation that I saw someone else do it either.
Generally I'll do things like ride the whole kit up for the downbeat of the chorus, ect.

I have never ducked a bass behind the kick but I have gated a bass off the kick. Only when a bass players timing is so horrible that there was no way he was going to play in time. (Best solution would be “get a good bass player!”). I keyed the gate to open with the kick and set the release to the proper duration and "voila!", instant talent. ........ Fats
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Cool, I've also just (in digital) zoomed up the waves for the bass and kick and then visually bumped the basses wave file on over until it lined up perfectly. Of course you can always cheat and lay down a new bass track if he left his gear in the studio lol. ;)

My buddy Peter Stanley used to tell clients "O.K.! You have one more chance, then I'm gonna come out there and play it!"
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Tannoy, Dynaudio, Blue Sky, JBL, Earthworks, Westlake, NS 10's :D , Genelec, Hafler, KRK, and PMC
Those are good. …………………….. Pick one.
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