Best electric tuner for an upright bass - Page 2

jweiss · #21 06-05-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sevenyearsdown

http://cgi.ebay.com/!-eNote-CHROMATI...QQcmdZViewItem

I have one of these - works like a charm

I picked up one of these based on recommendations from people here on Talkbass. I am amazed at how well it works. I compared it to several other tuners including a Peterson strobe tuner and it was spot on. Given the price, it's a no brainer.

Just clip it on the bridge and put it in chromatic mode.

Bassmanslim · #22 06-08-2009, 06:51 PM

Seiko STX-1. I've tried the IntelliTouch tuners and they just flip around. Great for violins. The Seiko STX-1 clip stays where you put it and is very easy to read.

Bill Bentgen · #23 06-09-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DallasStrings

You can't go wrong with a Korg CA-30.. They are cheap and I can use mine to tune without a pickup while the brass are warming up on stage before a symphony rehearsal..

I'll add my vote for the CA-30. You can get it for @ $17.00. I got a Korg clip on mike for an additonal $7.50. It picks up the low B on my 5-string really well.. Almost every bass player I play with in the Northern Virginia/D.C. area uses this tuner. I know at least a couple of the National Symphony guys use it.

altruego · #24 06-09-2009, 12:26 PM

A word of caution about the clip on tuners...
We noticed at rehearsal that we weren't in tune with each other.
We tested the clip on tuners with a pitch fork and there was a significant amount of variation in them. The strobe tuner was right on the mark.
The interesting thing is there were two "TuneTech" clip on tuners. They agreed with each other on the pitch (both being flat the same amount) but they did not agree with the pitch fork or the Intellitouch tuner.

hdiddy · #25 06-09-2009, 01:26 PM

Another reason why the tuning fork won't fail on you.

**Damon Rondeau** · #26 06-09-2009, 03:10 PM

...and then along comes a guy like Ray Brown, who I believe insisted the pianos on his gigs be tuned to something like A=438.

Gary Lynch · #27 06-09-2009, 07:35 PM

Well, whatever is used, everybody has to be on the same page with the same pitch. I always get bugged when someone insists on tuning their instrument by ear thinking they are right on. But then no one else is tuned exactly to them.

I have a Peterson strobe but really like my tiny clip on Meisel tuner. It seems to work well. I did not have as good of luck with the Intellitouch model.

CPike · #28 06-09-2009, 10:34 PM

I know the guy who invented the IntelliTouch, and he is a bassist. He told me the software was designed for a plucked string envelope, not a sustained bowed sound. He clips it to the pegbox cheek on his bass and tunes by plucking only.
Chris

juuzek · #29 06-16-2009, 09:54 AM

Do you have an iPhone?

http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?category=150

Michael Eisenman · #30 06-16-2009, 01:44 PM

That is too cool. I'm getting it.

Tonight I'm going to start a thread for folks to list iPhone/iPod apps that are useful to players.

Bijoux · #31 07-03-2009, 12:54 AM

I have the intellitouch PT-1 which is pretty pricey and doesn't work so well.
so I just got an inexpensive meisel for $19, same concept, (clip on), and it works great even in noisy rooms.

B String · #32 09-10-2009, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Paget

or this one..
http://kcstrings.com/eshop/product_i...599c92b205092a

+1 I've been using the Intelli imt600. Just a chromatic
version of the imt400. Does a great job and is small enough to
leave on the bass. Don't cha just love technology?!

Phil Rowan · #33 09-10-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Lynch

I have a Peterson strobe but really like my tiny clip on Meisel tuner.

I use the Meisel tuner as well and dig it quite a bit. Been meaning to pick up a tuning fork or two though to keep in the bag.

longfinger · #34 09-11-2009, 09:13 AM

Once you have your tuner, do you all tune via pizz, or with the bow?

I notice that with the bow, I might push the note a bit sharp when I apply bow weight or pressure to get more volume. It's hard to hear it, but the tuner does pick it up. (5cents or so sharper than the open string with pizz.)

Does this happen to you?
What do you do?

Marc Piane · #35 09-11-2009, 09:30 AM

I mostly tune by ear but in loud venues I sometimes do the tunes thing. For me I've found the most success by playing pizz and letting the note settle for a sec. It'll start sharp. I've also heard of guys plucking the string up near the nut when tuning. That way the string doesn't vibrate as wildly.

oh and I use a Korg CA-30 too. Cheap and effective. I end up tweaking my tuning over the night based on what I hear around me so I'm really just looking for a tuner (or tuning by ear for that matter) to get me close.

Phil Rowan · #36 09-11-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by longfinger

Once you have your tuner, do you all tune via pizz, or with the bow?

I notice that with the bow, I might push the note a bit sharp when I apply bow weight or pressure to get more volume. It's hard to hear it, but the tuner does pick it up. (5cents or so sharper than the open string with pizz.)

Does this happen to you?
What do you do?

Where do you keep the tuner when you're using it? For a non-sympathetic vibrations tuner, I put my bass rag on the bridge and rest the tuner there.. and I only use up bows for this (same w/ harmonics).