Thanks for the replies guys, and to Les for the PM.
As for the tuning, I've got an electronic tuner so I use that rather than my ear, but my question was if I tune say the low 6th to an E, I can then keep tightening it through the notes back to an E.
So how do I know which E is right? (the loose one or the tight one?!)
(I obv know nothing about music so totally dependent on the electronic tuner)
cheers
Yes, you can keep tuning to the next E.
The one you want is the first E you come to that seems to be about the right tension. Ehe E before that will be so slack it will almost hang below the fretboard, and the tight one will sound like it's going to snap.
It reminds me of that Yorkshire man who's wife died. he aske the stone mason to put this inscription on her headstone:
Lord, she is thine.
When he went to visit the grave, the inscription read:
Lord, she is thin.
The bloke goes back to the stonemason and gives him a right bollocking. "You forgot the E you daft sod, you forgot the bloody E"
The stonemason promises to put it right. The next time the bloke visits the grave, the headstone reads:
E Lord, she is thin.
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