Like honestly, $75 for a tuner? I've got a free app on my phone that works 90% of the time. I get it works as a killswitch and all, but why $75?
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Why are tuner pedals so expensive?
- Thread starter Danilixo
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Well worth it so you don't look like a schmuck live tuning on stage and/or can tune unless everyone else goes silent.
Because people buy them at that price.
How much was your phone?
Yeah, but my phone came with a level. Every time we go out to eat, I throw it on the table, adjust with a crescent wrench, then take $4 off the bill.
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Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
You can get them for less than $75...i picked up a new Korg Pitchblack Mini for about $50 on prymaxe a few weeks ago. Money well spent. As for why pedals cost what they do...get a schematic, find and buy the components, buy the casing, solder the circuit board together and after that decide if $75 is a fair price.
My tuner does more than tune.... it's a buffer at the beginning of my signal chain, it has a second out so I can run a clean as well as an effected signal, it's a mute and I tune more than once a show, so having it on my pedal board is convenient.
Because they are the most important pedal.
Someone is buying them...though not sure why. I would not, but of course I have an amp and wireless system that both have the tuner built in.[/QUOTE]
Maybe ask yourself why aren't more complicated non-boutique pedals much more expensive than simple tuners? Supply and demand.
I have never thought twice about paying $100 for a tuner but a $129 effect pedal I will hem and haw for weeks or years because I don't really need them.
More people need tuners so they charge more because more people demand them. And since they make and sell more tuners, they are much cheaper to produce- economies of scale for the maker. They can charge less but the demand is strong enough to charge more, even though you can buy a clip-on for 10 or 15 bucks. Like others have said, they charge more because they can. Next time you sell a bass, knock $100 off the fair market price. Will you? Nope. Why? Because you will sell if for every penny of what the market will pay you.
Speaking of boutique pedals... is any boutique maker actually selling tuners for $250 and up? That would be funny and I'm wouldn't be surprised ifnits being done!
I have never thought twice about paying $100 for a tuner but a $129 effect pedal I will hem and haw for weeks or years because I don't really need them.
More people need tuners so they charge more because more people demand them. And since they make and sell more tuners, they are much cheaper to produce- economies of scale for the maker. They can charge less but the demand is strong enough to charge more, even though you can buy a clip-on for 10 or 15 bucks. Like others have said, they charge more because they can. Next time you sell a bass, knock $100 off the fair market price. Will you? Nope. Why? Because you will sell if for every penny of what the market will pay you.
Speaking of boutique pedals... is any boutique maker actually selling tuners for $250 and up? That would be funny and I'm wouldn't be surprised ifnits being done!
If you don't need accuracy and quality, you can get a tuner for far less than $75. If you are playing live through on then you want it to be accurate and noise free, some folks will also want the other features like true bypass and muting. If you are recording, you want your tuner to be accurate (rack mount tuners are even more than $75). If you don't care about any of that stuff, then you can go with the 90% accurate phone 
Or you can go with a cheap clip on tuner.
Or you can go with a cheap clip on tuner.
You answered your own question. I need my tuner to work 100% of the time.
Yeah, I just have a hard time knowing where to begin with this. It's like you picked a random price. Sure, some tuners cost 75. Some cost 300. Some cost 15. Or 5. It just depends on the accuracy and features. I summed it up above as "yawn."
Just get one of these. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acce...4244174-sku^210013000000000@ADL4MF-adType^PLA
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