Zoom B2 tuner or Boss Tu-3 tuner?

[glenb73]

I need to get a new stomp box style tuner. Boss Tuner is $99 but for the exact same price I could get Zoom B2 which has the tuner , and a million other features. So should I just get the Zoom and use the tuner, and then later down the road I could start using some of the effects as well? Or maybe I should get the Behringer tuner which is about only $20? What do other people do?

 

[StyleFreaK]

99 bucks for a tuner imo isnt worth it one bit ...

 

[jabsys]

Zoom is the way I'm going, for the tuner, the ability to be able to quickly change eq & volume depending on if I'm playing with fingers or pick and the drum loops. The effects are just an added bonus for me.

I couldn't imagine spending $99 on just a tuner.

 

[Jayhawk]

Korg Pitchblack ... someone had to say it.

 

[bassbrad]

I'd say the B2 because it brings so much more to the game. I like the tuner, works well on 4, 5, 6 string basses and guitar too.
You might want to add a bypass pedal cuz hittin both those buttons can be challenging, at least for my foots.

 

[kraigo]

Korg Pitchblack is the same price. I'm sure that Peterson (et. Al.) are even nicer, but Korgs handle the low B well and latch on to the pitch quickly. The last Boss I tried couldn't handle a low B very well at all.

A Google of Stompbox tuner shootout turned this up: Invalid Link Removed

It's a bit old. I have the DT-10 as well as the first poster and it's served me well. The Pitchblack is its successor.

 

[Gadgetjunky]

The B2 is very cool and tunes very well. Plus it will tune on bypass and mute, then you have all the fun fx, eq, etc.

 

[Floyd Eye]

TU3

 

[ksandvik]

Zoom B2's tuner works really well. Anyway, for a dedicated tuner I would use this rather than a TU3:

DAddarioPlanet Waves » Instrument Accessories > Tuners/Electronics » NS Mini Headstock Tuner

You could get them for about $15.