For 5 string basses its standardly tuned in B E A D G for 6 strings theres one more higher string for 7 strings theres andother higher string and for 9 strings theres another higher and another lower but for 8 strings, is there a string lower than B or would you have to get a 9 string for that?
You can string them either way. Some string them BEADGCFBb, some F#BEADGCF, and some BEADGCEA. I have seen people with five, six and seven stringers with a low F# string.
i know they can be tuned either way but regularly is the new string that comes on an 8 string a big string or a little one
dont forget that when you hear people talking about 8 strings many times theyre referring to a bass with EADG tuning with octave strings {}