Where do you play at on the bass?

[jdbutz]

Do you play close to the neck, over the pickup, close to the bridge, or various places?

[Randy13]

Over the pick ups normally. But I just play where ever my hand decides to play.

[phat daddy]

I play anywhere that sounds and feels right for the groove I'm laying down, but I do favor the bridge pickup for my right hand over the neck pickup. It just sounds a bit funkier to me and offers greater resistance so I can dig in and pluck harder. I also palm mute, play over the neck pickup, just beneath the fingerbaord, and in between the pickups as well.

[Chipsonfire]

It really depends on the song. I tend to favor up towards the neck, but I'm teaching myself to expand where I play for different tones.

[skaliwag66]

close to the neck. i play a viola and it sounds best right between the fretboard and neck pickup.

[magnusdeus123]

Just between the fretboards end and the neck pickup . Gives the most rounded earthy tone , and lack of most treble noise .

[El-Bob]

depends on the song, for iron maiden i'm right close to the neck, for heavier stuff i tend to pick near the bridge, and for other songs I'll be right over the pup.

[PUCKBOY99]

In general, over the pickups....'cause I rest my thumb on top of the neck pickup

But of course that changes for popping.

[RickenBoogie]

All over the place, on purpose. Sometimes even over the neck on up towards the 15-18th fret.

[Funkus Barfucal]

Originally Posted by PUCKBOY99

In general, over the pickups....'cause I rest my thumb on top of the neck pickup

But of course that changes for popping.

+1

[BassChuck]

All over the place. Slow ballads I'm up on the neck, fast songs close to the bridge. This works out great for tone and technique.

[Williamsburgjim]

..mostly over the neck pups, but depending on the song I'll have to move around. For instance, a Stevie Ray blues tune requires a 'playing over the neck' tone, while a song like 'Black Velvet' requires 'playing at the bridge and the treble turned-up' tone.

Someone said tone is in the fingers/hands..there's a lot of truth to that. ..bending notes, slapping, ghost notes, hammers, pull-off's, etc. all contribute to that tone too, in some way.

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[trtrzenified]

Depend on what sound i want. I usually play nearer to the neck if i have to slap and pop too, but really it just depnd on what sound i want.

[roflol]

near the bridge pick up rly

[StanFan]

Originally Posted by Randy13

Over the pick ups normally. But I just play where ever my hand decides to play.

+1

I usually don't pay attention to where my right hand is positioned.

[Ibanezzer]

I used to play only at the neck pickup, but recently switched to only using the bridge to try out a new sound. So far I like.

[shostkontrabass]

I also used to use primarily the neck pickup, but nowadays I rest my thumb on the bridge pickup (I have old Ibanez pickups with a handy indent on the side that is really comfortable for my thumb) and play close the the bridge. I save closer to the fingerboard for thumbing and when I want more of a mellow, rounded two-finger tone.

[CrazyArcher]

Usually over the PU, sometimes close to the neck for rounder tone.

[ReinholdsB]

In finger style over bridge pickups for jazzy sound and over neck pickup in some funky stuff. When I play with fingers I like to do it hard - so it sounds like pluck.
When I slap I play near neck but I don't touch fingerboard with my thumb.

[exflavier@gmail]

between the pups and the bridge. finger or pick. i can't rest my thumb on the pick up. advocate for the floating thumb.