Hartke in recordings-

[Music_for_life]

Are hartke cabs capable of good recording???
Did David Ellefson for example recorded any Megadeth album with Hartke cabs..
Any more pros that use Hartke cabs as a choice for recordings??

 

[The_Holy_Grail]

Junior used them for Peace Sells up until Youthanasia I think, then he went to Ampeg.

 

[Son of Bovril]

I think you will find that most people don't use cabs at all for recording

 

[vbchaos]

As far as I remember Ellefson used Peavey back in the time and went over to Hartke when he came back to Megadeth in 2010 (same moment Franko Bello of ANTHRAX got his Hartke deal afaik). I remember a video of Junior at NAMM 2008 where he was demo-ing stuff at the Peavey/Trace-Elliot booth. Never heard of him using Ampeg.

But, since he has Hartke-Stacks: I don't think he uses Hartke gear for recording at all, just a very good DI and a very good pre-amp. Anything else would suprise me, regarding the studio videos Megadeth posted over the last years.

Nevertheless I think their cabs are suitable for recording. Sure, why not? It's toying around with microphones and position, but why not? I can imagine the hydrive cabs can add some nice colouring to the tone.
I always record DI pre-effect, DI-post-effect and a microphone on the cabinet.

 

[rolleharris]

Jr used Hartke cabs on So far so good, Rust in Peace, Countdown, 13 and Super Collider. But if the bass sound are 100% Hartke or blended with DI i dont know

 

[BrentSimons]

Muzz Skillings from Living Color used a GK 800RB and a Hartke 4x10 for Cult Of Personality. I hope this helps,
Take Care,
Brent

 

[lfbassguy]

He did use a hi drive cab mic'd on the new album.