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i just talked to a mandolin player about this last night (he just started playing banjo). I tuned the banjo head for him and asked him where the bridge needed to be. He told me, that the bridge is in the correct position when you get each string to be perfectly in tune with it's octave.
get you a tuner (which i assume you already have) and adjust it accordingly. for more specifics, id have to ask him again
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My problem is that when I adjust every string, the strings get too stressed (on the shortest part), although the part from the bridge to the first fret is still fine...