Michael League

Used for the upright bass on David Crosby's Lighthouse, as stated by mix engineer Fab Dupont in this December 2016 Sound on Sound interview. League can be seen recording with the mic here.

Electric and upright basses were tracked quickly, one-take style, by Michael. It went so fast that I am not 100 percent sure what gear we used. I’m pretty sure the electric bass went through the Apollo Twin rig into an Ampeg amp that was lying there. For the upright, I can tell from pictures that I used my usual two-microphone system, with a large-diaphragm cardioid condenser in front of the beast and a small-diaphragm omni shoved in the bridge. In this case I used one of their ELA M251s and an AKG C451, but I vaguely remember they only had a cardioid head. I also remember that, for fun, I added a Coles ribbon next to the 251. I ended up using a blend of all three during the mix.

Used for the upright bass on David Crosby's Lighthouse, as stated by mix engineer Fab Dupont in this December 2016 Sound on Sound interview. League can be seen recording with the mic here.

Electric and upright basses were tracked quickly, one-take style, by Michael. It went so fast that I am not 100 percent sure what gear we used. I’m pretty sure the electric bass went through the Apollo Twin rig into an Ampeg amp that was lying there. For the upright, I can tell from pictures that I used my usual two-microphone system, with a large-diaphragm cardioid condenser in front of the beast and a small-diaphragm omni shoved in the bridge. In this case I used one of their ELA M251s and an AKG C451, but I vaguely remember they only had a cardioid head. I also remember that, for fun, I added a Coles ribbon next to the 251. I ended up using a blend of all three during the mix.

In this video (timestamp 3:20), Michael League is introducing this bass among others.

At the 3:20 mark in the YouTube video "The Legendary PAWN SHOP P Bass! (Bass Tales Ep.16 w/ Michael League)" by Scott's Bass Lessons, Michael League is seen introducing the Nik Huber Rietbergen guitar among his collection.

In the pictured Instagram story, Michael League is shown producing music for Moroccan artists using Avid Pro Tools as the digital audio workstation (DAW).