Hi all!

I'm saving up for a new microphone for recording bass cabinets and need some advice...I've seen people use all kinds of microphones on the net from ribbon mikes, condenser mikes, dynamic mikes to regular kickdrum mikes. But what would be a good choise for this? A Sennheiser 421? A Shure b52? A combo with a sm57?

Thanks for any advice!

Hey all, looking for a decent, light-weight single bass cab to compliment the svt-3 pro head i'm making payments on. I gig tested the head, it's nothing more, or less, than i need. It will be used on gigs (usually 100 person capacity), and in the studio i work at. Even though i will go D.I in both cases, i will mic the cab in the studio for some of that sound if needed.

I have an Ampeg 12inch SS bass amp.

The speaker is shot.

Any suitable replacements for under 80 $USD?

Just curious if anyone else has tried an Audix D6 on a bass cab yet. I bought one awhile ago for my drums but we were tracking bass, so I threw it up on a 4x10 cabinet and man... I thought it was really nice! It blew away the D4 I was using, at least in my opinion.

those are my options,

- Kalki Vishnu

I've taken just the DI channel forever and I've just started Micing the bass cab and blending the DI. I was just curious as to any particular technique for Micing the bass cab. How close should I be micing? What mic? Large Condensor or dynamic? The mics that I have to choose from is:

I was just wondering what a good mic to mic a bass cab was. I have a Shure beta 52. will that do the job. if not i could use some suggestions. thanks, jeremy