This can be a good approach but frankly I wouldn't bother unless it was a very good, high quality channel strip.
But most bass players are not going to drop the cash to get something actually good like an API, BAE, Neve, etc.
Tell ya what though, when you buy the GOOD ****, it doesn't depreciate and a line of people will be waiting to buy it should you want to sell it.
About 15 years ago I dropped a lot on some quality mic pres and they are all worth 30% more than I paid for them. They also sound amazing.
If you are talking about the Prosumer stuff from ART, Presonus, etc. you might as well just get a Sansamp RBI and be done with it frankly.
I have a Presonus Digimax LT (which was an $800 pre when I bought it used for $400) that is pretty good but it dates from the era of Presonus when they were not trying to build things as cheaply as possible.
I bought it for and only use it on toms, it has a lightpipe digital out that can interface into my system. I only used it when I needed to track more than four toms (which is not very often).
If it's just tracking four toms or less, I use a four channel John Hardy M-1, which just crushes the Presonus, no contest but it was also a very expensive piece.
Bottom line, you are not getting any special recording mojo from a cheap channel strip, especially the ones with fake toobs in them.
Analogeezer
