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Tuner Rant

#83
I used a Korg rack tuner for years, and then finally got a Boss TU-3 a couple of years ago. Downsized and decided to leave the rack tuner in the studio.
Also realized I needed to have a mute function for quick stage tuning - was never an issue until we played a gig on a cold stage one frigid January night. Sounded way too unprofessional to not be muted and try to retune.
 
#86
John E said:
I'm curious as to the quality of the pedal tuner that is built in to the new Shure wireless pedal receiver. Has anyone had any experience with this unit?
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Formatting was screwed up so it was all but unreadable but here is a post on this thread from page one:
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currently I'm using the tuner On the shure glxd wireless and it works good enough for me. Not using any tunings below low b except for one song in aeadg right now. It's actually a great wireless system that just happens to have a tuner. If your curious what it looks like check it out.
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#88
And then there are guys like these who claim to play bass:
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#92
I've been using a Boss TU-80 for years. It was about £25 from my local guitar shop. It's been stood on, thrown about, dropped etc and it's still solid. Very stable and easy to use for guitar, bass, and acoustic. I hardly have to change the batteries and I think it's true bypass. The metronome is nice too.
 
#94
If you're a professional musician, buy a professional tuner. Period.

Few things are more annoying than being on stage with someone who plays out of tune, or who tunes loudly through the amp during a show.

Better yet, buy two. Then get a small storage box to keep in the trunk of your car. Put the spare tuner in there, along with a pack of 9v batteries, extra power and instrument cables, extra strings, a set of tools, etc.

If you do recording sessions, or if you do your own setup/intonation jobs on your instruments, get a Peterson Strobe tuner.
For the live rig, a Boss TU-2 or TU-3 is the way to go. The TC Polytune is also fine. There's a Planet Waves strobe-style tuner.

If you're not a professional musician, and want to go the cheap route, consider this: if you're gonna spend $20-30 on five crappy tuners, why not spend it once on a good tuner?
 
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#95
Your desire for the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner is spot on, and I would pursue that purchase. I have had both models they offer, and prefer the pedal version as its easier to discern the readout. Other than that, I use the Peterson 490 'on the bench' to intonate, but the Turbo is good enough for this work too. I have had the Boss's etc. over the years. Turbo is the better and more durable of these smaller types.
 
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#97
In the 60's, the keyboard player gave us the note. Later years went through cheap plastic Boss's. Then TU pedal which is fine, just wish I could erase that strobe mode. Indoors I often use the Snark with a larger display (works ok). We play a lot of outdoor shows, and for me, the Snark is useless there, the LED display just disappears, so I drag out the Boss pedal. I've also enjoyed using Cleartune on my phone sometimes...mainly to embarass the guitar player into tuning his guitar.
 
#98
I (and my bassist, guitarist, and banjo-ist) all use DaTuner lite. Android app and who forgets their phone these days?

Also, this part of the description makes me laugh:

"DaTuner converts the fundamental frequency to the nearest note and error in cents for quick and easy tuning of your guitar, ukelele, violin, bass, cello, mandolin, piano, harp, saxophone, Ducati timing belt, harmonica, kazoo, you name it."

Finally! We can tune harmonica!
 
#100
BadJazz said:
I (and my bassist, guitarist, and banjo-ist) all use DaTuner lite. Android app and who forgets their phone these days?

Also, this part of the description makes me laugh:

"DaTuner converts the fundamental frequency to the nearest note and error in cents for quick and easy tuning of your guitar, ukelele, violin, bass, cello, mandolin, piano, harp, saxophone, Ducati timing belt, harmonica, kazoo, you name it."

Finally! We can tune harmonica!
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It's about time! My kazoo always plays flat. :laugh:

I got tired of the lack of response with headstock tuners, especially on bass. Hit the string, then wait... and wait... and wait... :sleep:

Finally upgraded to the PolyTune (selected primarily because of the opinions I read here) and absolutely love it. :woot: A good plug-in tuner should be in every bass player's kit.
 

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