[Calvin]

Any powered DI will give you a better sound than a regular non powered DI. Even the Behringer Powered DI is better than any whirlwind stuff. The Sansamp DI is pretty good for a basic tone. If you have the waves bundle I usually throw my bass sound through a Rcomp and a Rbass. I really like the ultra low tone that you can get from a Rbass. However I don't really think anything beats a live bass tone coming out of an amp and speakers since they are deffinately a tone factor. If you use the PSP bundles the mix saturator is very good on bass as well. Although I will say that I am not at all a fan of Musicman basses. I tend to think that they are only good for one style of music where a trully good basist needs to be able to get a great tone no matter what style of music they play.