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== Attack Pitch vs. Sustain Pitch ==
You may notice on a good tuner that tracks the pitch quickly and precisely, the initial attack seems to often have a sharper pitch than the sustained note. So, which one do you tune to? I like to tune to the attack pitch - since I play faster-paced music generally, it is more representative of what pitch I'll be at most of the time. Also, if I do sustain a note, adding vibrato gets it right back to being in-tune.
If you have a light attack and play slower, with longer sustained notes, you may want to tune to the sustain pitch instead. Or you can always just tune to between the two, which should minimize how out-of-tune you are at any moment. The difficulty there is getting each string equally in the same position between the two, so that all the strings are nicely tuned to each other.
== Bending and Nut Issues ==