On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 04:57:21 +0000, 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!

How do you mean 'slap bass method', was she hitting the strings with her
thumb and having them hit the fingerboard like on a bass guitar? I bet
that has some serious peaks!

The best standup bass sound I ever got was with a jazzish band, all
playing in the same room. The bass pickup was plugged into his little
combo that was mic'd with a d112. But the majority of the bass sound
coming from the drum overheads! The drummer played real quiet on that
track, and everything just fitted together.

For the rest of the project we recorded it as an overdub, micing it in
more conventional ways. I tried using the combo and a stereo pair in the
same way as before, but never got that sound again.