[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1368173811' post='2073969']
DI your bass.... then your sound is only being coloured by the strings, your fingers and FOH.
All amps and cabs colour your sound to a degree. Some a little some a lot. That's good; all you have to do is get the sound that you like from the whole signal chain.
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Through the PA it is then being 'coloured' by the PA rig , desk , crossovers , amps , compressors etc etc.
If you want to hear your bass totally uncoloured , don't plug it in !