The best luck I have had is using a large diaphram condensor mic such as a AT4033 or a Rode NT1 on the cab. There is something about the large diaphram that works so well for me on bass. I have tried direct but I just don't like the sound usually. Sometimes I use two mics, like a 57 for the upper mid punch and a d112 for the low end. I like the d112, but the one thing annoying about that mic is that it tends to make certain notes louder than others due to the extreme low freq bump. I also tend to compress bass to recording, definitely helps in getting the highest bit depth when recording.
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