Tuning Tips
Lee
your pinky finger. The B string has a tendency to be a bit sharp and you may
need to tweak it a bit.
Always re-tune by pulling the strings to stretch them (they will go flat)
and then tune them up to pitch. This will eliminate any slippage that may
occur when you start to bend the strings.
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Chuck
>After you tune your guitar, play an A chord barring the B and E strings with
>your pinky finger. The B string has a tendency to be a bit sharp and you may
>need to tweak it a bit.
Not true if your guitar is a quality instrument and properly set up.
Of course, that would assume the picker is not pulling the string[s]
sharp when he chords.
>Always re-tune by pulling the strings to stretch them (they will go flat)
>and then tune them up to pitch. This will eliminate any slippage that may
>occur when you start to bend the strings.
Why stretch the strings to detune them? Just back off the tuner till
the string is about a half tone low and then bring it up to pitch.
Pat Reynolds
I think he might be referring to the routine of *stretching in*
strings when they´re new, a common practice which takes the extra
slack out of the strings and prevents them from constantly detuning
when new.
Chuck
>I think he might be referring to the routine of *stretching in*
>strings when they´re new, a common practice which takes the extra
>slack out of the strings and prevents them from constantly detuning
>when new.
That is possible. And, I considered it before I replied. However, the
fact that he used the term "retune" in the way he did convinced me
that was not what he meant.