Five strings!
Argh...Okay don't tighten the strings so much
. The Stick is not like a guitar. Find the place where the string is too squishy to play but somewhat taught
. It should clear the frets but still be a little loose.The tone you want is an octave above that
.
If you have a guitar tuner some of the base notes might not register so look at the tuning charts
on the link below and you should be able to find notes you can match.
http://www.stick.com/instruments/tunings/In 'Classic' tuning;
if you can find the D on the fifth fret (second string from the edge on the bass side) on your guitar tuner then you can match that to the big bass string in the middle on the 2nd fret
where the dot is
.
A better solution is to check if your tuner has a option called "Chromatic" and switch
from guitar to 'chromatic' then all the notes should register.
Good luck...
jRj