Well had some fun.

Thanks Christopher

Lesson learnt re terminology. I should have known that so lazy on my part. [br]Almost up the next E and wondering if I might have to do the same to the A when the string gave way.

Not so much a break as an unravelling of the outer wind.

So string change went fine with slinky 9s.

E and A wound tight and D snapped. [br]So swapped a 24 from the 9s with a 22 from an 8 set and started again[br]GBE sound relatively alike trying manual tuning

Can't quite get my head around EAD manual tuning

go higher on E and it does go higher than the A

So had fun playing around.

Go a couple of steps higher on one string but bring the next string down and hey presto they match as open strings.

I now know I'm in the ballpark and reset the strings back up and down accordingly.

Everything in step going up the strings

I still feel the low E sounds low and 8th fret and 3rd fret of A don't match up. A sounds higher.

but I've taken E to G and A down to G and they match so that's where I am.

New strings and a better handle on my tuning tensions.

Thanks again