Thread: Do you tune from e to E or E to e
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Old 04-29-2021, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by raysachs View Post
I start with the biggest strings and work down to the smallest. Figuring that big strings pull more on the neck, so if I go from E to e, the strings may or may not need any fine tuning once I'm done. But if I start with the small strings, by the time I've tuned the big ones, the odds are very good that I'll need to fine (or not so fine) tune the small ones again to compensate for the changes in tension on the neck from the big strings.



Seems amazingly logical to me, so I'm sure someone will explain in great detail why I'm totally wrong. That's cool - I'm here to learn...



-Ray

Then I’ll learn right alongside you, Ray, because I do the same thing you do for the same reasons.
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