Just bought my 6th TC Polytune pedal. I have a sickness.

I know this is an old post, hoping to ask a question about these tuners. Between the poly two and the poly three, does the poly three still track for bass even without a dedicated bass mode? I like the poly three for the buffering aspect and I’m looking at a good deal on a mini. Thx!!

 

IME it tracks just fine.

 

I use the 3 mini, mostly in strobe mode, and it tracks perfectly

 

Pretty quick? I have an older boss Tu-2 tunes great but slow to react and the visual looks smaller that the TC as well.
Thanks.

 

Super quick, way faster than the old tu2 I had, as well as being more accurate.

 

Polytune 3 mini purchased! Thanks for the feedback all!!!

 

TC tuners come with their buffer. don't they? is that buffer any good?
I've been thinking about getting a buffer for a long time...

 

3 comes with a buffer which you can turn on of off, earlier models don't.
the buffer adds some highs and hi-mids, to some tastes the hi-mids might sound a bit synthetically, to some just very nice. if you've played a TC BH or BG amp, you're already familiar with this character.

 

Hoe does the buffer add anything...a buffer should just avoid you losing stuff. No?
If the buffer does stuff beyond being a buffer...not for me.

Thanks fopr the info tho!

 

not really. two factors here:
1. different buffers have different input impedance and thus can sound very differently
2. some buffers try to compensate for the 'lost' frequencies, amplifying them

I recall using a BonaFide with my archtop guitar and I swear that the sweet hi-mid I got was a TC sound, not the guitar's tone. it's been some years since then and I never heard this tone from this guitar again. in the time that happened though, I didn't mind that tone.

 

Aahh...I was aware of '1.' and would expect that, hoping for a really high input impedance( I have 3 meg on a preamp i have)and a very low output impedance...(right?)
I was unaware of '2.' and would run from anybuffer doing that. run quick i would( and I have a strict policy of not doing anything remotely resembling sports)...

Thank you for this info!
will write to TC now in the hope to find out for sure.

 

I don't know if a PT will track a low B in guitar mode, but It will do a 4 string bass in non bass mode. I haven't experimented with this heavily. The reason I know is that I got my original PT tuner years and years ago and just plugged it in as started using it. I stumbled upon the setting for bass when I breezed thru the instruction book prior to storing the box and what-not that came with the pedal. - I try to keep all that comes with gear that I buy in case I want to sell it later... I'm not sure if it works better or not in bass mode, but I own a bass and use it for bass, so...

At any rate, PT gets my vote for a great tuner, I own 2 of them.