Is a DI signal enough for good low-end?

[Funky Maple]

I recorded my bass parts with a jazz bass - 75% neck 100% bridge 100% tone, DI through a Universal Audio pre-amp with a tad of compression.
Yesterday the engineer said he's going to re-amp the guitars and I remembered a lot of bass players mic a cabinet to go with the DI signal for a fuller sound, which I didn't.
I'm mainly worried my bass will be heard but not felt (happened on previous recordings). Is it worth it to pay extra to have the engineer re-amp the bass as well or is the DI signal carrying decent lows?

 

[Frank Tuesday]

I recorded my bass parts with a jazz bass - 75% neck 100% bridge 100% tone, DI through a Universal Audio pre-amp with a tad of compression.
Yesterday the engineer said he's going to re-amp the guitars and I remembered a lot of bass players mic a cabinet to go with the DI signal for a fuller sound, which I didn't.
I'm mainly worried my bass will be heard but not felt (happened on previous recordings). Is it worth it to pay extra to have the engineer re-amp the bass as well or is the DI signal carrying decent lows?

The DI will have plenty of low end. If you're unhappy about the way the bass sounds IN THE MIX, ask about options to get a sound you and your band are happy with. Re-amping is one option, but there are many more.

 

[silky smoove]

A DI signal will be full range. A mic'd cabinet will not be as full range. Depending on the mix it may be preferable to have one, the other, or a mix of both. More often than not a DI signal will be just fine, and in fact will likely sound great in the context of the mix. This assuming the engineer knows what they're doing

 

[Mushroo]

The vast majority of bass tracks are recorded with a DI. It is the industry standard. You'll be fine.

If you want a "darker" sound (more bass, less treble) you can accomplish that with your pickup and tone controls on your bass. (Generally speaking the "bassiest" setting on a Jazz bass is neck pickup 100%, bridge 0%, tone 0%.)

But the engineer can do that in the mix.

 

[hbarcat]

Reamping a bass track that was recorded with a DI (especially a high end unit like UA) seems like a luxury, unless there is a very specific sound you're looking for. And unless that sound is exactly what you want, I wouldn't pay extra for it.

 

[jollygiantchris]

You can do quite a bit with a DI run through a decent preamp with a touch of compression. As far as how it will sound it kind of depends what kind of music you are doing, you didn't say, there's some styles you'd definitely want more color and some where that's the sound that is expected. Generally speaking, that tone will fit in and sound good in almost any music.