Ron Carter

Featured on Carter's official Applied Microphone Technology artist page.

An original D.I.S.T. 112 is visible in this photo of Carter from the official Epifani website.

Mentioned in this October 29, 2007 TalkBass.com forum post.

I guess this is for true bass dorks only, but did anyone see the new Bass Player where it's written that RC uses an Acoustic Image Clarus 1 and an Epifani UL-110. I'm wondering, does he still endorse the GK MB?

Used on A Tribe Called Quest's "Verses from the Abstract", as stated by recording engineer Bob Power in this October 2, 2011 Electronic Musician interview.

The Low End Theory is noted for introducing people to the connection between hip-hop and jazz. Legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter played on the song “Verses from the Abstract”; what was it like to work with him?

Let's start with an engineering tip: If the musicians are good and studio-savvy, always ask them what they do and what sounds best on their instrument. They know how they sound best, and if you do that, they'll play better and make you look very good as a recordist.

I said, “Ron, this is how I'm going to record you; is that okay?” I was going to compress him a little with my old Neve 2254E, but he said, “no compression.” So I just put my old Neumann U47 on him, and he loved it and sounded great.

This was restated by Power in a more detailed account for Electronic Musician Presents the Recording Secrets Behind 50 Great Albums (2012).

Do you remember what you used to record guest bassist Ron Carter on “Verses from the Abstract”?

Yes, very well. It was a very funny evening when we recorded him; Tip, Ali, and I were all slightly terrified. At times, Ron can seem like a very prickly fellow, so, because of his stature, I made sure to converse with him in the booth both about how I was planning to record him and to see what he was comfortable with. I ended up using a Neumann tube U 47 and took his pickup direct, as well. I'm pretty sure I used some stand-alone Neve mic pres that were in an outboard track and then balanced them on faders on the 4064 G console, bussing the combined signals to one tape track. I had planned on using a Neve 2254e compressor/limiter on him—a piece I was very familiar with. But when I asked him if he was comfortable with that, I got the quickest and most resolute "No" I've ever heard.

Visible in this photo of Carter from the official Epifani artists page.

Visible in this photo of Carter from the official Epifani website.

Recalled in this December 21, 2005 TalkBass.com account of the "Amps, Amps, Amps" clinic at David Gage's bass shop in Manhattan.

I did attend this clinic. Basically he tried out several different amps. He played the same etude and walking bass line for each. He uses a realist. He used his rig first. Its a clarus (dont know what model) with a flite 112 cabinet on a stand. It was a little less then eye level, his eye level. He says he can get his sound out better that way. He started using this setup since the last ISB convention.

Featured in this ad on the David Gage website, locatable at the The Reaslist brand page and the Copperhead product page

Featured in this April 25, 2016 YouTube video by Realist Acoustic.