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Which tuner?
- Thread starter mldavis
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TU2 is +/- 3 cents
http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails.php?ProductId=122
TU3 is +/- 1 cent
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Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200
Accurate to +/- 0.02 cents
http://www.turbo-tuner.com/pages/manual-st2.htm
Seriously, if you intend on ever doing your own set ups and intonation, the only way to go is a Turbo Tuner or the Peterson. Why not have it on your pedal board?
Buy once, cry once. It'll last for decades.
I even bought a second Turbo Tuner - unbeatable used price, keep it in the gig bag if I leave pedal board at home (jazz gigs).
http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails.php?ProductId=122
TU3 is +/- 1 cent
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Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200
Accurate to +/- 0.02 cents
http://www.turbo-tuner.com/pages/manual-st2.htm
georgestrings said:
Double ditto.TXLawDawg said:
Seriously, if you intend on ever doing your own set ups and intonation, the only way to go is a Turbo Tuner or the Peterson. Why not have it on your pedal board?
Buy once, cry once. It'll last for decades.
I even bought a second Turbo Tuner - unbeatable used price, keep it in the gig bag if I leave pedal board at home (jazz gigs).
That much is true if you are needing a tuning reference on stage as a performer tuning your own instrument, it is nice to have a high level of accuracy in the tuner but as a stage tuner you shouldn't have that need for that level of detail. Off stage, or as a guitar tech, I'd agree that high accuracy could help
Korg Pitchblack mutes when pressed, I think it is true bypass but not sure. And yes it has a power out, I used it to also power my Boss DD-7 delay.
TC Polytune is true bypass so it does not hurt your tone like some others. It also mutes, and has a power output to power other pedals.
IIRC, the TU-3 is buffered, the Strobostomp, Pitchblack, Turbotuner, and Polytune are all true bypass - all can be set up to mute, or not...
- georgestrings
Don't know if the internals are the same as the poly tune 2 but if you don't care about battery use the mini is awesome. Fast, accurate and small.
I had a boss tu2 and tu3. When the the tu2 came out it was one of the first solid tuner pedals so not all lot of choices. The tu3 was an improvement over the tu2 but I've found with both the response times are really slow and it just takes too long, especially in a gig context to see if you're in tune. I'm reminded of that at a weekly jam where the house bass setup has one.
Another option to condsider is the zoom ms60B. For the price of many standalone tuners you get a very usable built-in tuner/mute and a while range of useful effects.
I had a boss tu2 and tu3. When the the tu2 came out it was one of the first solid tuner pedals so not all lot of choices. The tu3 was an improvement over the tu2 but I've found with both the response times are really slow and it just takes too long, especially in a gig context to see if you're in tune. I'm reminded of that at a weekly jam where the house bass setup has one.
Another option to condsider is the zoom ms60B. For the price of many standalone tuners you get a very usable built-in tuner/mute and a while range of useful effects.
I have a Turbotuner ST-200 and having checked the manual, I cannot find reference to it being able to be switched from muting the sound to not muting the sound.
Here's a link to the manual: http://www.turbo-tuner.com/media/ST200_Manual.pdf
^ My Takamine has an onboard button to choose: unmuted tuning, muted tuning, and normal (tuner off). So good and incredibly handy.
I wonder why they don't make a floor tuners that do that. Or DI's with a mute switch.....
I wonder why they don't make a floor tuners that do that. Or DI's with a mute switch.....
True only 1 input for powering the pedal itself. The larger Polytune has the extra power jack like some of the Boss pedals. Technically it's not really powering another pedal, just passing through the power from whatever power supply it's plugged into. TBH, I've never found this very useful. If I want to power multiple pedals, I use one of those daisy chain connectors that sell for about $10.
Is there a tuner with the capability of being active whether it's muted or not (i.e. always on)? Currently I have a Pitchblack plugged into the tuner out of my volume pedal, so I can tune while playing or while muted.
Just wondering if there a way around this so I can take the huge volume pedal off my board. Considering an A/B box with "B" going to the tuner (with nothing plugged into the tuner output) and "A" going to the rest of my board.
Just wondering if there a way around this so I can take the huge volume pedal off my board. Considering an A/B box with "B" going to the tuner (with nothing plugged into the tuner output) and "A" going to the rest of my board.
