Trying to record bass guitar at the moment and really having to boost the input fader just to get it to the right level, which is causing a load of hiss. Can anyone recommend a good, cheap DI box?
Behri Vtone BDI.
It's quite cheap, fairly robust and versatile. There are many better tube based bass DI/pres out there & you can get that sort of info from those in the know on this site but this is cheap & good.
If you're going into a computer, don't worry about turning it up so much at the recording stage. Hit it with a compressor and/or amp sim later, and you might get the punch you want during mixing.