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Is it common for a 5 string bass to have a high B?

Not that common. Normally 5-string basses will have a low B. Giving B E A D G. The other option is to have a high C. Working on the premise that every string is a P4 from the next. Giving E A D G C. ...
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My B string on my bass keeps hitting the pickup

Can you adjust the pickup height? That would be my first adjustment, assuming the rest feels right while you're playing it. Any other adjustment would change how it plays. Dropping the pickup back ...
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Low tuning recording

There's a difference between having a note or sound that is periodic at a given frequency (viewed in the time domain), and that note or sound having energy at that frequency (when thought of as a '...
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Where should I put my thumb when playing bass guitar?

The most conventional sounding answer would be to rest it on the thumb rest... Seen in the picture above! As leftroundabout points out in the comment, not many basses actually have thumb rests, ...
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Where should I put my thumb when playing bass guitar?

The thumb is another available digit with which to play notes! You're hardly going to pluck the pup! A lot of players (inc. me) will rest thumb on the lowest string, but it doesn't actually have to ...
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Low tuning recording

The harmonic contribution of the bass guitar is not at 27.5Hz. 27.5Hz is mainly shaking you up. Now there are organ pipes at those pitches with a strong fundamental and few overtones. But they are ...
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Double basses - C extension v 5 strings v neither

Five-string basses in orchestra would be tuned BEADG (from low to high). Another option, which would be used more for solo work, would be EADGC, with the fifth string being an additional higher string ...
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Double basses - C extension v 5 strings v neither

I can't can't speak to double basses, but as for bass guitars Answers on 5 strings bass guitars are also welcome. I get the impression that the extra string is more commonly B on these. A 5-string ...
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Where should I put my thumb when playing bass guitar?

Check out this YouTube, I found it very helpful. I'm a long time guitar player that started playing bass a few years ago. In the last year I've gotten more serious ...
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