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12-19-2009, 06:20 AM
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OK, so my nephew put a "pedal tuner" on his christmas list (he's a new bass player  ). I don't want to break the bank, but I don't want a crap tuner for him either.
I currently use a Boss TU2 (and I love it), but $99 is a little higher than I want to spend, especially since I don't know if he's going to stick with playing long term.
I was looking online at the Behringer TU300, it's a fair price, and has had some decent reviews, but I thought I'd ask some guys/girls who actually play bass & have maybe tried this tuner, what do you guys think?
Is there a better alternative in the $30-50 range?
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12-19-2009, 07:43 AM
| | | | Get him a Pitchblack. Cheaper than the Boss and well worth the extra cash. |
12-19-2009, 08:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ribwich, ZF | | Pitchblack has a rebate going right now, if you combine it with one of the many 10% to 20% discounts from all the online retailers coming in daily, that $90 tuner can get as cheap as $62. http://www.korg.com/services/downloa...ack_Rebate.pdf
If he doesn't need a pedal, the Korg GA-30 is still the best tuner around as far as I'm concerned. $20 and works great.
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12-19-2009, 09:16 AM
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$45 at MF. |
12-19-2009, 10:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Germany | | I use a Ibanez LU 20. It's not True Bypass, but only about 40€ (~60$).
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12-19-2009, 10:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NNJ/NYC | | | +1 on the PitchBlack.
Assuming your nephew doesn't have some sorta powerbrick or something... the PB will power up forever on a Duracell 9v battery. Plus they're easy to read and very accurate... and they look kewl too, so it'll earn you extra kewl Uncle points. |
12-19-2009, 03:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Eastman, GA | | | Although not a "pedal tuner", I have been using the Sabine STX1100 Chromatic AutoTuner For years now.
IME they work great. Never had a problem with them. I have two. One is probably around 15 years old and still going strong.
Plus, the price is hard to beat.
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12-19-2009, 08:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Springfield, MA | | Modtone's new pedal tuner looks pretty solid and it's affordable. http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-MOD-MTCT
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12-19-2009, 08:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Atlanta, Georgia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerotic  Get him a Pitchblack. Cheaper than the Boss and well worth the extra cash. | +100... keep it if he doesn't want to play.
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12-20-2009, 12:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Regina, SK, Canada | | | pitchblack hands down! I just ordered mine, hope it will come here on Chridtmas!
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12-20-2009, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by AndrewTaran pitchblack hands down! I just ordered mine, hope it will come here on Chridtmas! | Makes two of us 
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12-26-2009, 08:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Madison, WI | | Thanks for the suggestions guys!
I actually went w/ the Pitchblack, and gave it to him yesterday......Epic Success!! He was so happy!
After dinner we opened it up & tried it out on one of my basses, worked great, then he showed me a new lesson he was working on......  For only playing 4 months or so, this kid has some chops....look out uncle...(I better go practice RIGHT NOW!)
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