Re: Best Tube/Hybrid Bass Amp Head that is lightweight?
That's no tube but there is one big plus for Ampeg Portaflex. If you want the fundamentals for your style it will deliver and it's tiny. I was the producer of this album, we used the smallest Portaflex and it was phenomenal:
He is that:
http://www.ampeg.com/products/portaflex/pf-350/#
Cab was its factory matching one. I recorded both the DI and 2 mics, SM57 and B52 by Shure. DI adds oomph mics give grit.
If you drive it low considering costs it may be worth trying the EHX 44Magnum. Okay that's a mini guitar amp but we could get some quite decent results driving different 2x10" cabs, master volume style. It is quite tube-y considering response. That's a G&L L-2500 directly into the lil' soapbox.
Rec method was the very same as I did with Visioned Frailty it's just the cab that was different. This actual one is an experimental lightwheight 1x10" one built by a friend of mine. It was sweet but it was very tricky to find the right spot as it was so small. Final tracks required some phase adjustment.
Nicia's new demo was recorded with the EHX too. It is an Ibanez SDGR305 through an open-back 1x12" guitar cab with a single T75 and it's not driven hard, bass was recorded around speech volume. One B52 mic + a DI track (and a lot of synths so bass is not so obvious but never mind haha) and it worked like that:
That's no tube but there is one big plus for Ampeg Portaflex. If you want the fundamentals for your style it will deliver and it's tiny. I was the producer of this album, we used the smallest Portaflex and it was phenomenal:
He is that:
http://www.ampeg.com/products/portaflex/pf-350/#
Cab was its factory matching one. I recorded both the DI and 2 mics, SM57 and B52 by Shure. DI adds oomph mics give grit.
If you drive it low considering costs it may be worth trying the EHX 44Magnum. Okay that's a mini guitar amp but we could get some quite decent results driving different 2x10" cabs, master volume style. It is quite tube-y considering response. That's a G&L L-2500 directly into the lil' soapbox.
Rec method was the very same as I did with Visioned Frailty it's just the cab that was different. This actual one is an experimental lightwheight 1x10" one built by a friend of mine. It was sweet but it was very tricky to find the right spot as it was so small. Final tracks required some phase adjustment.
Nicia's new demo was recorded with the EHX too. It is an Ibanez SDGR305 through an open-back 1x12" guitar cab with a single T75 and it's not driven hard, bass was recorded around speech volume. One B52 mic + a DI track (and a lot of synths so bass is not so obvious but never mind haha) and it worked like that:
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