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rack or floor tuner

#21
jblmusic1994 said:
Unless some has perfect pitch, it will be difficult to tune completely by ear.. Tuners guarantee the most accurate tunings. Even if you have a great ear and are given some initial pitch to tune your instrument, you will more than likely be tuning your instrument with your inner sense of just-intonation rather than even-tempered intonation (which is required to play in multiple keys)
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#25
i'd also like to put forward my vote for the rack tuner (fender rt1000). in the past i used to have my 2u rack with amp and a whole lotta pedals including a line6 wireless and boss tu-2, but as much as i love stomping on pretty little boxes, for me it's about convenience and more floor room for variable effects and combos!

when i happened find a furman power conditioner for super cheaps, i realised that i could just run all my power into the furman unit and use one power cable to the wall. i could get rid of the essentials on pedalboard to make room for more effects at the cost of a heavier rack! it was a no-brainer for me, though if you a) don't have a rackmount amp or b) like a lighter setup, it's then a no-brainer to stay with a pedal tuner!

i don't notice any tone suck either, but it comes first in my chain so i probably wouldn't be able to tell anyway ;)
 
#30
HunterBurgan4Me said:
I can't see why you would put something as simple as a tuner in a rack
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^^^This...although to be honest, I also don't know why anyone would put something as simple as a tuner in a stompbox either. Though I guess it's nice to have a Mute switch...

With one annoying exception* none of my basses are so sucky that they need to be retuned mid-set. I've been using handheld tuners for >25 years. Tune up before the first set, tune up before any subsequent sets, done. Why have it anywhere in your signal path if you don't need it?


*(That one exception? It doesn't get used on gigs!)
 
#31
Roscoe East said:
^^^This...although to be honest, I also don't know why anyone would put something as simple as a tuner in a stompbox either. Though I guess it's nice to have a Mute switch...

With one annoying exception* none of my basses are so sucky that they need to be retuned mid-set. I've been using handheld tuners for >25 years. Tune up before the first set, tune up before any subsequent sets, done. Why have it anywhere in your signal path if you don't need it?


*(That one exception? It doesn't get used on gigs!)
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My basses aren't sucky but I do like to be sure that when I drop tune mid set that what I hope is a D actually will be.
 
#32
I wish there were more "desktop" tuners. I don't use a rack, but I also don't use a pedalboard. I just want a tuner I can throw on top of my amp and see from across stage, that's battery powered (with a long battery life,) and that's small enough to fit in the head's bag. What I use now is a Planet Waves PWCT07, which satisfies everything except the battery life.
 
#34
Roscoe East said:
^^^This...although to be honest, I also don't know why anyone would put something as simple as a tuner in a stompbox either. Though I guess it's nice to have a Mute switch...

With one annoying exception* none of my basses are so sucky that they need to be retuned mid-set. I've been using handheld tuners for >25 years. Tune up before the first set, tune up before any subsequent sets, done. Why have it anywhere in your signal path if you don't need it?


*(That one exception? It doesn't get used on gigs!)
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I always tune before I go on stage (and often inbetween songs just to make sure) but I mostly use my pedalboard tuner to go into alternate tunings. I'm in a metalband and my guitarist writes about 70% of the songs and melodies he does using an open string. And he writes brilliantly. He just doesn't adapt brilliantly. So while i'm able to shift my bottom B string to C or A and still be able to play on the rest of the strings he uses either a capo or another guitar.
 
#35
jasonbraatz said:
I wish there were more "desktop" tuners. I don't use a rack, but I also don't use a pedalboard. I just want a tuner I can throw on top of my amp and see from across stage, that's battery powered (with a long battery life,) and that's small enough to fit in the head's bag. What I use now is a Planet Waves PWCT07, which satisfies everything except the battery life.
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Ahh, their Tru-Strobe Tuner, the best I have found for the reasons you list. I get great battery life, though I don't leave it on all the time. :-)
 
#39
Berger912 said:
Ever try the turbo tuner st120. It is the most accurate tuner you can buy for under $200 and it works on batteries or DC. I use it t do my intonation, accurate to .02 cents.
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+1
I have a Peterson Strobostomp that I found somewhat precarious at times, so I bought a Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200. It’s smaller, lighter, easily as accurate as the Strobostomp if not more so, and works without problems. I now use only the Turbo Tuner.

While I’ve had problems with the Strobostomp’s battery compartment door coming off, accessing the battery on the Turbo Tuner requires unscrewing the back plate of the unit, so I guess it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other in regards to battery hassles. You don’t need to use a battery of course, so this might be a moot point for you.
 

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