What is your favorite bass cab mic?

[bchamorro]

What is your favorite bass cab mic?

 

[projectMalamute]

EV RE20

 

[anderbass]

Sennheiser 421u5 / 441.

 

[RevGroove]

Audix D6

 

[lambro]

I've used an Audix OM-1 (original) for loud cabs with great results and then anything at studio volume, a Lawson LDC

the 421 would be a good choice too, not a newer one though

 

[Basshappi]

Sennheiser 421
ElectroVoice RE20
Shure SM57 (used these live more than any other mic and has always served me well)

 

[bluestarbass]

fet 47
d12/d112
421
re-20
k2

depends on the situation, fet 47s are by far my fav though.

 

[Phalex]

The big one with the green stripe.

 

[keb]

Sennheiser 421 has done me good. I seem to remember using an RE20 at some point too in years gone by.

 

[projectMalamute]

The big one with the green stripe.

yeah, that's the D112. Popular choice for sure.

 

[Inflin]

Neumann U87. Love them.

The D112 is awesome too, and a hellava lot cheaper...

 

[newfuture]

in order:

a good DI.
U47
apex 460
many mic's that sound good on toms work well on bass.
ditto that for kick mics. I'd omit the d112 from this list because I don't care for it's presence rise, but YMMV.

 

[Interceptor]

SM58

Stumbled into by dumb luck. I was recording a set of scratch tracks on a song we were working on, and used a SM58 for the simple reason of it was the first mic I saw when I opened the locker. Funny thing is, we were only trying to capture a couple of different tempo approaches, tone was not in anybody's thought patterns. When I heard it on playback, it was the tone I've been hunting for!

 

[smogg]

4 string bass: shure SM 57
5 string bass: shure beta 52

 

[william3]

Shure Beta52
Audix D6 or D4

 

[DanielleMuscato]

+1 to Sennheiser 421 esp. live

Shure KSM44 is also great
Shure SM7 is very underrated for bass
Royer 121s are wonderful but pricey