Bass guitar contemplations

[dave.king1]

I would have thought you could go with either a low B or a high B with a 5 stringer, bear in mind that the ear don't hear much below a low B on the bass guitar.

When you are mixing anything below 40Hz is usually just mud that you feel rather than hear and it takes away headroom, I hi pass all tracks at 40Hz for that reason

[Zandit75]

I would have thought you could go with either a low B or a high B with a 5 stringer, bear in mind that the ear don't hear much below a low B on the bass guitar.

That might be less confusing having a high B instead of a low one. Would that lead to less tension on the neck?