I got my JDI. I used it two nights ago strictly before the amp, plugged in the conventional way of Bass->DI->Amp. Sounded great with acive pickups. It had very clean lows and highs. Last night though, I used it plugged inline with my speaker. Very nice. Exactly what I wanted in my bass recording. I think I might be giving up mic'ing bass guitar speaker cabinet now. It feels so good to have a huge amplifier and huge tubes in front of the recording. The combination of tones on the guitar and the amp really compliment each other. I can see using the DI either way though depending on the player. Maybe some players need the microphone more than the speaker, some will need to plug straight into a DI. IMO my bass playing lends itself to the sound of the amplifier.
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