Quick and accurate tuner for 5 string!!

[Guest043]

IME any tuner ever made will tune a low B perfectly & quickly if you hit the harmonic on the 12th or 5th fret.

+100.

 

[homsar]

Does anyone have experience with the Planet Waves pedal tuner?

Mine died after 8 mos. I'm looking through this thread for ideas on a replacement.

 

[Kraken]

I always tune all strings by harmonic on 12th fret.
As was said above, any tuner can handle it and it is as accurate as tuning the open strings.

Assuming your intonation is set up correctly

but I've just got one of the Korg PitchBlack stomp box tuners and it does the low B and even down to A nicely!

 

[Vic Winters]

Korg Pitch Black. $10 cheaper than the Boss, more accurate and true bypass. Not to mention it looks cooler too.

 

[thehangingmist]

i think its been asked before but can the korg pitch black pedal tune silently?

 

[Kraken]

i think its been asked before but can the korg pitch black pedal tune silently?

yes

 

[pasta4lnch]

Does anyone have experience with the Planet Waves pedal tuner?

Say to compare to the Boss pedal?

I got one of those little "strobe" tuners free w/ a pack of guitar strings. I thought it was a joke until I tried it out. I wouldn't rely on something that small for live, but in the studio it is really good. accurate! I've been meaning to get one for bass . . .

To the OP I use boss tuners. both the pedal and the popular other one. I HATE them both! tracking sucks! the mic BLOWS for acoustic.

I tried the peterson and thought it was a bit too much info, and couldn;t get the thing to "stay" on tuned. I really don't care how much my instrument is out of tune, only about when it IS in tune . . . but that's me

 

[thehangingmist]

yes

alright great!

 

[bongomania]

I tried the peterson and thought it was a bit too much info, and couldn;t get the thing to "stay" on tuned. I really don't care how much my instrument is out of tune, only about when it IS in tune . . . but that's me

But you do realize that "how much you are out of tune" is exactly the same as "how much you are in tune"? I guess you mean as long as you're in the ballpark, you don't need to fuss with the fine tuning; a lot of players will agree with that view.

The reason you couldn't "get the thing to stay on tuned" was because your instrument was not staying in tune, or your intonation was off. Lesser tuners just don't tell you that, which is probably comforting.

 

[Sparkdog]

Does anyone have experience with the Planet Waves pedal tuner?

Say to compare to the Boss pedal?

I have both, the Planet Waves is OK, but it emits a buzz when I use it on my pedalboard. What I mean is, If I'm going straight into the pedal and an amp it works normally, but if I go out of the pedal and through other pedals before going to the amp it has an audible buzz that comes through the speakers as I'm tuning.

No big deal, but a little weird. It's fast though and has no problem with the B string. It's also true bypass when it's off, which I like.

The Boss is good too, seems to be a little more accurate, but not quite as fast as the Planet Waves. It's dead quiet on my board. Weighs a lot less too if that's an issue for you.

 

[dubsymmetry]

Does anyone have experience with the Planet Waves pedal tuner?

Say to compare to the Boss pedal?

I had the planet waves tuner and it works so-so, but I definitely couldn´t read it in bright sunlight, outdoor gigs inpossible.

I haven´t tried the boss.

I now have one of these 20.- clip-on tuners on my headstock, to save pedalboard space also, and it works so-so, but on the low B I need the octave harmonic most of the time.

btw, it doesn´t matter if your fretted bass is intonated correctly or not, the octave harmonic is always one perfect octave above the open string, right?

 

[bongomania]

Well, it's true at least that harmonic pitches on an "open" string are not affected by fret intonation...

 

[blockhd]

Korg dt-10 is super fast, handles B like a charm