Originally Posted by: ddiddlernumpty had tuned an octave high

Thanks for the identifying smile you brought in your self-deprecating humour ddiddler Pleased for that you got it sorted quickly courtesy of Google. Revealed through self discovery, the way you're sure not to forget.

We've [u]all[/u] done it or similar at one time or another, characteristically usually tuning an octave low on one of the lesser gauge strings in being cautious/afraid to overtighten from our unfamiliarity with the process through inexperience.

Undoubtedly a common enough noob mistake until having changed strings a few times with regular frequency. Could have been even more annoying. B or high E overtightened ...."twang" => five new strings fitted ...and a broken one. = [

Seen it done, almost done it myself in early days. = ]