3500 for a STROBE TUNER

[garmenteros]

So I was browsing the for sale / clearance section of musicians friend when I came across this...

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Peterson-Strobe-Center-5000II-Tuner?sku=210015

3500$ for a tuner. Tell me this is a misprint, an extra 0. AND STILL at 350 for a tuner it sounds ridiculous. Can someone enlighten me as to the benefits of a tuner like this... Studios came to mind...

But I've recorded in about 4 different studios, and been to probably a dozen or more and never have I encountered a device like this. Most of them had rack tuners... korg usually... and a couple of behringers... and a fender... but these are 100 120 dollars tops...

What benefit does this have over some of the tuners I mentioned above...

 

[Happynoj]

Is that thing 4 rack spaces?

 

[Floyd Eye]

That is not really for players. It's for luthiers. If you want a strobe tuner get one of these.

http://accessories.musiciansfriend....oStomp2-Pedal-Virtual-Strobe-Tuner?sku=210079

 

[FromBeyond]

Haha, one of those reviews is hilarious..

there are alot better tuners than this!
Posted by guitar master from Philidelphia, Pennsilvania on Oct 12, 2007
Experience w/product: I have used it
Reviewer's Background: active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: arena rock, punk
This tuner is very hard to use, so I do not reccomend it for guitar players.

I wonder what the guy means by that

 

[bongomania]

Back in ye olde dayes, strobe tuners only came in that large and very expensive format, and they were the only super-accurate tuners available. Everything else was much less accurate. So a guitar tech would invest in such an expensive tuner because it would be a way of ensuring the best intonation jobs, which would get them repeat business.

Times have changed. Now you can get a SR Turbo Tuner with super high accuracy for $130, or a Strobostomp if you want to overpay, or even a VST strobo for your laptop, and get equally good results.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

We had one of those in our high school band. I'm sure they're still using it.

But I downloaded a $10 app on my iPhone that does the same thing.

 

[blendermassacre]

If you look over to the right, they have a couple of $600-$800 dollar models too.

 

[Rockman]

The thing with this is it doesn't just tune the fundamental, you can also see how in tune all the harmonics are. Basically its useless for a string player, but for a brass player or someone looking for 99.9999% accuracy these things are the way to go.