Thoughts on using D.I. out on TSL100 for recording?

Cadorman said:
Thinking about using the D.I. out on my Marshall TSL100 into my interface for recording bass. Any reason not to do it? Just trying to avoid buying a bass amp if I can get away with it.
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Good question. Short answer; shouldn’t be a problem. Bear in mind that your guitar amp has a guitar eq on board. The frequency selections may not be the best for bass, so a neutral setting may be the way. If you’ve got a good eq pedal, like the 10 band MXR or something, you may do well with something like that in the chain.
I use an Orange Tiny Terror occasionally, for gritty stuff. I like it a lot through a bass cab. It has a single tone knob...I keep it at around 10:00 for bass.

Edit: do not play your bass through a guitar speaker cab at high volume for any extended periods of time. Bad juju will ensue.
 
Cadorman said:
Thanks Don. I do have the MXR 10 band in the loop. I'm planning on getting a small bass cab at some point to play through, maybe a 1 x 15.
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I have an old beater combo cab, with a dead head that’s been pulled...works well for me for experiment duties....
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Takes what I throw at it, and keeps chugging along. I think it’s rated at around 100-140 watts @ 8Ohms.
 
mcblink said:
I have a TSL100. I've never used the DI Out on it though. I just wanted to say I have one :pound-hand:

This amp is known to have issues. Not sure if the DI Out has any known problems that can arise or not. AMS would though.
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Yeah, I know about the traces leaking voltage on the main board causing bias drift. Mine is still rock solid. BTW, everyone should have a TSL100 (there, I just made the price jump on them)! Awesome amp for the money.
 
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