Deep thoughts for deep sounds

A lot of sound engineers record the bass by plugging it into a DI and work with that sound. Some sound engineers prefer the miking method. We did both.
We always like the strumming sound with our string instruments and therefor we had no other choice but to mike the bass amp. We miked the amp using the bassdrum mic from our drummic kit. The amp we used could be a little tilted, we did that and then we placed the mic slightly to the right of the cone but pointing to it.
However, this particular bass amp, Ibanez Soundwave 100, had an option to DI it as well as there was an XLR direct out port. At first we thought to use either one of them to look which one sounded better. Well, too bad. They both sounded great.

Now we decided to use both of them simultaneously, but I'll get back on that when we get to the mixing part. That's it for bass already. Press record and play.

Note :
If you try to use a bass-distortion pedal it totally messes up the sound while recording through a DI. You get a big, fuzzy, distorted and relatively high buzz in stead of a deep distorted bass sound. It is recommended if you want the true distorted bass sound as it appears on other recordings, you have to mike the bass amp. If you have an effect unit on bass which produces an analog sound, you can DI that. On other sounds I haven't got a clue, but these things were noticed during our recording session.