Tuners too sensitive?

I currently use a TC Electronic PolyTune 2 and it works quite well and does a pretty good job even on an open low B.

 

Not a tuner expert and not familiar with the units you mention, but I have a similar problem when I try to tune while the radio's on. So maybe it ain't the tuner as much as something else in the environment ?

 

The problem you're experiencing is not that the tuner is too sensitive, it's that it doesn't track well.

Try a TurboTuner or a Peterson.

Plus the Korgs tend to be very inaccurate tuners compared to a number of other tuners.

 

I was just praising this guy in another thread. Just got it in the other day ordered online. So far I find it extremely easy to use accurate and visible, I don't expect a tuner to do much more. I've owned from korgs, boss and little snark trolls and this guy wins. Haven't experienced any pitch sensitivity where it has trouble registering like some other dig tuners

 

Where do you pluck your strings to tune? Some guitar tuners do not pick up the bass frequencies well. I find most will work with basses if you tune with harmonics. Even then, some tuners just do not work with bass. You are not expecting too much out of a tuner, you are just using a crappy tuner. I use Polytune but the BOSS TU-3 is another good and cheap one.

 

I'll concede that *some* Korgs are inaccurate (like the GT-3 I had way back in the day), and some are completely worthless (like the Pitchclip), but I use a Pitchblack+ and have never had a problem. My basses and my guitar never sound as much in tune as they do when tuned with the Pitchblack+.

Peterson = gold standard
I'll look at the TurboTuner if my pitchblack+ croaks.

 

I generally use the tuners in the Zoom pedals but some times use a GoGo headstock tuner and don't have any issues. I do sometimes tune to the octave harmonic for speed. I find tuners so much more convenient than tuning by ear, I am old enough to remember gigs before there were affordable tuners available and i was the only person in the band that could actually get instruments in tune.

 

Got a boss tuner and a snark, and they track just fine.

 

Used a Korg Pitchblack for years, never had an issue with it - always sounded in tune, and it settled easily on the note. Not erratic at all.

For size reasons, switched to a Polytune Mini. Again, no problems at all, as yet.

What you're describing definitely isn't something bassists need to settle for. Fwiw, I use a four string so no low B or anything, and tend to use a pick, towards the bridge.

 

The only problem I've ever had is tuning (1) notes at low C (i.e. E string detuned 2 steps) or lower (2) using low-tension strings (3) while using a pick. The Pitchblack did not handle those occasions well for me, but generally it handled even the lowest notes fine if I plucked with my fingers.

I picked up a Sonic Research Turbo Tuner to replace the Pitchblack and it tracks all notes perfectly, even down to low C in the situations mentioned above.