I keep it on the headstock in case I need it. I prefer not to have anything in my pockets when I'm playing because it looks better when there is a picture and you don't have the shape of your keys/phone/wallet/tuner there.
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leave clip-on tuner on while performing?
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Apparently they do make it.
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These are just the major companies, there are many others making pouches.
I have also never seen them before, guess I will be looking next time at the store.
Delivery only in my neck of the woods...
I forgot about Spooner. Never heard them, though.
I do love a rock bio. I just finished reading the Robert Pollard biography. Black Postcards by Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500/Luna is a really good one, as is Bad Vibes by Luke Haines of the Auteurs.
I don't necessarily have to be a big fan - or even a fan - to enjoy the book (Bad Vibes is a good example), but I kind of hated Ministry. I liked a few songs okay, but it seemed to me that Jourgensen was trying waaaay to hard. That's not to say that I wouldn't find the book interesting, though. I have been meaning to finish the autobiography of Stephen Morris of New Order. I might consider the Jourgensen one after that...
I have a TC Electronics UniTune (best headstock tuner bar none). I have it on the back of my headstock, barely visible to the audience and I check tuning a few times a set just to be sure. All my basses seem to stay in tune well but I just like the reassurance.
I just read Mark Lanegan's autobio - it's really good. The other really interesting one was Bob Mould's from a few years back. Like Keef's, these guys have rare and even disturbing lifestyles and they demand a certain amount of open-mindedness from the reader, but they make for entertaining reading, and I like when they tie a story into a song and album. Billy Joe Shaver's autobio was predictably a bit more conservative, but interesting nonetheless. I have the Gang of Four and Motorhead books awaiting me.
I loved the Screaming Trees when I was in high school. Mainly Buzz Factory - I wasn't crazy about the earliest stuff and I didn't like the 'grunge' sound they ended up developing.
I just bought the Bob Mould bio for my Kindle after reading your comment. I am about to start reading it. Thanks for the recommendation. I got one of his vinyl box sets for xmas, so this is a good fit. I find that whenever I read one of these books, I want to listen to the band/artist a whole bunch.
I just ordered a UniTune for my acoustic guitars, mandolin and banjo. Everything that I read said that it is among the top clip on tuners. I’m looking forward to using it.
I ran across this pic today. Apparently it doesn’t bother Leland Sklar.
Oops I found another... he played a few stages. With a couple of bands. Might be a fat finger of sorts...but it’s still sumthin clamped to the headstock.
Oops I found another... he played a few stages. With a couple of bands. Might be a fat finger of sorts...but it’s still sumthin clamped to the headstock.
Recently I bought a Snark Super Tight HZ specifically for the Hertz function, which won't work on a 0.107" diameter string tuned to B0.
It recognizes the note fine, but won't display Hertz below D1. Yeah, I realized the string-tension is the issue.
Those both look like tuners. Mr. Sklar probably cares more about being in tune than what someone thinks about something as trivial as a tuner hanging off his bass.
Edited to add, nice photos of a bass icon. Thanks for sharing them.
Many of my gig pics have the tuner visible on the headstock. Many of my gig pics do not. I try to remember to remove it, but...
If you had a bass that actually stayed in tune you would not need to leave a tuner stuck to it. 
Yeah ,seems most working musicians don't see what all the noise is over a tuner, most of my band mates leave them on during gigs. I've got bigger worries then if a tuner is on my headstock.
'working musician' is where it will be seen the most
I wonder what non-musicians think it is.
I'm reminded of when a prominent figure was faking playing an acoustic guitar.
There was a capo on the whole time, so his fretting hand meant nothing.
Fooled a lot of people!
I wonder what non-musicians think it is.
I'm reminded of when a prominent figure was faking playing an acoustic guitar.
There was a capo on the whole time, so his fretting hand meant nothing.
Fooled a lot of people!
That is a tuner clipped near his tuners on both photos.I ran across this pic today. Apparently it doesn’t bother Leland Sklar.
Oops I found another... he played a few stages. With a couple of bands. Might be a fat finger of sorts...but it’s still sumthin clamped to the headstock.
I honestly don't think non-musicians don't care or even know the difference. Heck, even my wife looks at bands and says, " which one is the bass?"
