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(BLCKOUT420) wrote:

I'm starting a project next week that has a stand up bass. The girl that plays
it uses the slap bass method.Last time around, I mic'd it with a RCA 77D aimed
at the sound hole, and an MC012 aimed at the slap spot. Got decent results, but
I'd love to hear any other ideas. Its really a hard instrument to capture!

For a bluegrass bass player, I used a Behringer ECM8000 parallel to the
fingerboard, about 12 to 18" out, with the nose pointed straight down at the
floor, and even with the point where the neck joins the body of the bass.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/