He sounded like an old Chrysler 300 starting up on a winter day

[Basvarken]

The best luck I have with recording bass is to put the player in the room with his amp for a few

minutes to get his sound. Then I mic his amp...put him in an iso closet, and mic his strings with a

condenser mic to get the acoustic attack. Putt the mic on the strings, right at the pickup end of the

fretboard. Blend a LITTLE of this in with the direct / cabinet sound.

I do believe that is what he said Bret

[Happy Face]

  I think his point was that the bassist's overall "perceived sound" includes those subtle artifacts (that extra zing coming from the string noise, etc..), and by blending that in he can recreate that perceived sound once the bassist is done tracking and back in the control room.

Almost like the aim is to satisfy the bass player enough so he can mix in a good sound....

[nofi]

the violent femmes like the zing and other natural sounds that are a result of playing acoustic instruments. they keep all those sounds audible.

[Pilgrim]

That's one of the characteristics of OVER-engineering: removing the noises that come with real life.  It's a symptom of what makes so much music suck.

[Freuds_Cat]

I do believe that is what he said Bret

Yep you are right mate, I stand corrected. I guess I read through it a little to quickly.