question on string choice

[Kuark]

I am new to bass and I was looking at

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/..._ver3_btab.htm

I see tabs with alot shifting and is there any difference in the sound you will create if you were to play the 7th fret B on the E string as opposed to the 2nd fret B on the A string. Or is it all just about finger placement? (this question isnt necessarily just about that note but any note)

[two fingers]

There is a difference. To me, playing higher up on the fret board makes the note "rounder". That's not a good or bad thing, just different from the tone in the 1st position.

And welcome to the forum!!!!!!!

[mambo4]

Fretting so that more string length is vibrating creates more overtones. To me it has more of the sound of the string, a more agrressive bite. Plucking the same note further up on a lower sting will produce the same pitch, but with more fundamental and less over tones, closer to a pure sine wave tone. To me this has a more fat, thick bassy sound.

you can hear the difference easily yourself, try this:
Play E on the D string, 2nd fret
Then
Play E on E string, 12th fret.

should be obvious once you hear it.

[Kimpini]

Originally Posted by mambo4

Fretting so that more string length is vibrating creates more overtones. To me it has more of the sound of the string, a more agrressive bite. Plucking the same note further up on a lower sting will produce the same pitch, but with more fundamental and less over tones, closer to a pure sine wave tone. To me this has a more fat, thick bassy sound.

you can hear the difference easily yourself, try this:
Play E on the D string, 2nd fret
Then
Play E on E string, 12th fret.

should be obvious once you hear it.

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