39.99 tuner, better than pitchblack?

blendermassacre · #1 01-20-2010, 03:54 PM

The tuner I ordered from GFS came in today. I have to say that I'm impressed. It's got a pretty heavy metal box. The display is bright, and it tracks really well. According to the website, it said it went down to low A, but I got it to track down to F#. You can also tune it to flat, if you so choose. Away with pics (sorry they're slightly blurry)

in the last pic, the led is blue as well as the note, however the tracking LED is green, but goes from red to yellow to green to yellow to red. I tried to shoot a video, but holding a camera, tuning, and plucking strings requires one more hand than I have

bgmww · #2 01-20-2010, 04:16 PM

looks cool.. here´s a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1tVBXxQsA

Spacelordmother · #3 01-20-2010, 08:56 PM

If you can manage to get some video, I'm sure that everyone would like to see how fast it tracks.

When I decide that I need a tuner again, this will be the one I'm getting.

blendermassacre · #4 01-20-2010, 09:09 PM

I'll try to get my wife to help me out tomorrow night. It really tracks well. Personally, I like the blue LED in this one as apposed to the red in the pitchblack. I'm beyond shocked about what my39.99 plus shipping got me.

Lync · #5 01-20-2010, 09:20 PM

Did you buy it from the website? Looks like they are out of stock until mid-Feb...

heath_r_91 · #6 01-20-2010, 09:29 PM

very interesting!
+1 to the video request.

blendermassacre · #7 01-20-2010, 09:30 PM

guitarfetish.com, yes. If so, I'm more than excited to have one.

Gearhead43 · #8 01-20-2010, 09:35 PM

Hopefully it won't suck down batteries as fast as the Pitchblack. I love the function of the Pitchblack I have, but am afraid not to replace the battery after every gig. The battery dies pretty fast with normal practice / gig use.

blendermassacre · #9 01-20-2010, 09:38 PM

I'm sure it does suck batteries. The LED's are super bright. Mine's on a one spot, so it doesn't bother me. However you can buy a lot of batteries for the difference in price.

Getaway Driver · #10 01-20-2010, 09:48 PM

well holy crap. at that price i might actually buy a tuner instead of looking at them and saying to myself "i should get one sometime...".

bgmww · #11 01-21-2010, 08:09 AM

Where did you get it ? It´s not on Ebay and there is no "ORDER" button on GFS site

VIDEO -------------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1tVBXxQsA

gjbassist · #12 01-21-2010, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bgmww

Where did you get it ? It´s not on Ebay and there is no "ORDER" button on GFS site

VIDEO -------------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1tVBXxQsA

Probably because they are sold out until mid February. Bummer I want one too!

This looks like a great deal for a nice tuner.

stflbn · #13 01-21-2010, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bgmww

looks cool.. here´s a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1tVBXxQsA

Heh... gangsta wanna-be. Apparently it's ok to not tune the note you're playing when demo'ing a tuning pedal. LoL.

Note goes flat... "that's normal, all pedals do that."

Ummm... turn the tuning knob maybe mr. little gangster.

jaywa · #14 01-21-2010, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Gearhead43

Hopefully it won't suck down batteries as fast as the Pitchblack. I love the function of the Pitchblack I have, but am afraid not to replace the battery after every gig. The battery dies pretty fast with normal practice / gig use.

Really? I've put at least a dozen gigs on my Pitchblack since I bought it and it's still on its 1st battery.

gjbassist · #15 01-21-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by stflbn

Heh... gangsta wanna-be. Apparently it's ok to not tune the note you're playing when demo'ing a tuning pedal. LoL.

Note goes flat... "that's normal, all pedals do that."

Ummm... turn the tuning knob maybe mr. little gangster.

Yeah, I like how he threw a couple of swear words in there to improve his street cred.

cloclo · #16 01-22-2010, 12:30 PM

http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune.asp

**grygrx** · #17 01-22-2010, 12:48 PM

Tuners go in misc.

rfclef · #18 01-22-2010, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jaywa

Really? I've put at least a dozen gigs on my Pitchblack since I bought it and it's still on its 1st battery.

Am I the only person who plugs his Pitchblack into a Onespot with the rest of the pedals? I don't use any batteries...

blendermassacre · #19 01-22-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rfclef

Am I the only person who plugs his Pitchblack into a Onespot with the rest of the pedals? I don't use any batteries...

I'm doing the same. I accidentally leave my tuner on in my basement way too often to pay for batteries.

jaywa · #20 01-22-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by blendermassacre

I'm doing the same. I accidentally leave my tuner on in my basement way too often to pay for batteries.

Unplug from both ends any time you're not playing and you shouldn't have that problem.