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06-04-2009, 01:13 PM
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The title pretty much says it all. Any recommendations?
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06-04-2009, 01:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Nashville | | | I have the PT1 Intellitouch tuner. It works well if the room isn't too noisy. If you are playing with a pickup, I'd suggest using a pedal tuner of some make.
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06-04-2009, 01:49 PM
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06-04-2009, 01:50 PM
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06-04-2009, 03:37 PM
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06-04-2009, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX | | | Sabine recently got in the game with their "Zoid". Best one I've used - I've had Intellitouch, Meisel, Planet Waves, and a handful of knockoffs and the Sabine beats them all hands down...
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06-04-2009, 05:16 PM
|  | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | Meh. This one is the best and most accurate. Not to mention cheap! Serious! |
06-04-2009, 06:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX | | Indeed, but where do the batteries go? (see thread title  )
Also, you'd need accessories with a tuning fork - like a giant binder clip to clamp it to the bridge, and some headphones...
Heh, heh just messin' witcha, hdiddy
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06-04-2009, 06:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tucson Arizona | | | Peterson is the best I think but costly |
06-04-2009, 06:43 PM
| | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CPike  Indeed, but where do the batteries go? (see thread title )
Also, you'd need accessories with a tuning fork - like a giant binder clip to clamp it to the bridge, and some headphones...
Heh, heh just messin' witcha, hdiddy
Chris | no no NO!!!! You need to go buy a big metal clamp... one that goes around your head and screws down on your temples. That way when your ring the fork, you can touch it to the vise and hear the tone rattle your brain whilst helping you with your headache. 
But seriously, IME, I tune faster with a fork instead of dicking around with an electronic tuner. Also forces you to have better intonation. The only ones worth any salt are the contact type (Intellitouch, etc) since you can use them in noisy environments. Went to a Charnett Moffett workshop recently and he too is a bonafide tuning fork user. |
06-04-2009, 07:18 PM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | I like the Peterson StroboFlip. I also have the intellitouch but I find that it's not as accurate as the Peterson. |
06-04-2009, 07:36 PM
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06-04-2009, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX | | | Ha ha, hdiddy, you out-wiseassed me! Well done, sir!
Of course, a high-end strobe tuner will be the most accurate - but impractical for two reasons. First, they (and other non-clipon varieties) require a microphone or separate wire attachments to sense the vibrations. The clipons are smaller and more convenient. The accuracy standard is impractical because your bass will fluctuate it's tuning in minute amounts during the rehearsal/performance/gig/practice session. Getting PERFECTLY in tune at the start of playing is no guarantee that you will stay in tune, or that you will be in tune with others. From this standpoint, the accuracy of a small clipon tuner is "good enough", because you will often need to make some type of adjustment after you tune. Oh, and clipons are cheaper, too - wait, that's three reasons...
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06-04-2009, 10:08 PM
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06-04-2009, 11:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CPike Of course, a high-end strobe tuner will be the most accurate - but impractical for two reasons. First, they (and other non-clipon varieties) require a microphone or separate wire attachments to sense the vibrations.
Chris | My Strobe tuner came with a clip that works very well. |
06-05-2009, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by altruego My Strobe tuner came with a clip that works very well. | Which brand/model do you have? |
06-05-2009, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by CPike Which brand/model do you have? | StroboFlip, but I think the VS-1 has the clip on mic also. I actually just plug it directly into the Realist, works like a charm. It really exposes the inaccuracies of the intelli.
I also prefer to use a fork, but it's difficult in a noisy environment. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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