Grant wrote:

*snip-o-roony*

When attempting to mix these down, I found that the bass track had an
incredible amount of annoying string squeaks and fret buzzes in it. I
had to apply pretty heavy EQ (bass boost, mid and treble cut) to make
that junk less audible in the mix. Our bass player points out that you
never hear all of that in the live sound from the bass amp, because the
amp/speaker don't reproduce higher frequencies very well. That may be
true, but I'm wondering how much of what I'm hearing is just intrinsic
to DI recording of bass, and how much is a function of the bass guitar
itself and/or the player.

- Grant

I used to myself loath having to use DIs, but there are good DIs just
like there are good basses and good bass players. It comes down, again,
to the level of playing of the bassist, the maintenance of the gear, and
the quality of DI. There are some great DI's that are quite inexpensive
that come to mind like some of JDI's stuff.

And just a side note, not only is having good gear important, but
knowing the amp/cab/bass is important to. I play different when i'm
going through my SVT as opposed to my 25watt Fender practice amp. Both
sound just as good for their own specific applications.

Roach