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Dave Hopping


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Post  Posted 19 Oct 2023 9:23 pm    
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I've been using Boss TU-12 tuners time out of mind, and one of my two has bitten the dust. TU-12s have been out of production for a very long time, and although I don't like change I'm going to have to source something else that reads in hz and preferably isn't a stompbox. Recommendations?
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Ian Rae


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Redditch, England
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2023 12:25 am    
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Free phone app called Cleartune
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2023 6:38 am    
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Peterson Strobe Plus HD with the tempered tunings. Very Happy
Erv
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Doug Taylor


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Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2023 7:39 am    
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I just bought a used tu12 not long ago from guitar center I think

Here is 1 listed there and if you do a search should find more

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/BOSS/TU-12H-Tuner-Pedal-119221861.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=CjwKCAjwysipBhBXEiwApJOcu5ucDZp-qB8okoN1alvy5IvVNP39lQgYctKTYM5t9ZTg8E292JjfMxoCcm8QAvD_BwE
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Dennis Detweiler


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Post  Posted 20 Oct 2023 7:53 am    
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Ivan Posa

 

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Hamilton, New Zealand
Post  Posted 21 Oct 2023 2:31 pm    
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Peterson StroboStomp HD. I use the SE9 setting. works perfectly.
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J D Sauser


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Wellington, Florida
Post  Posted 22 Oct 2023 3:34 am    
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I've been using the "KEY TUNER" App on my iPhone now for about 3 years.
I've never had such a precise interface.
And it's free and doesn't bother me with advertisements.

... J-D.
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Dale Rottacker


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Post  Posted 22 Oct 2023 7:39 am    
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J D Sauser wrote:
I've been using the "KEY TUNER" App on my iPhone now for about 3 years.
I've never had such a precise interface.
And it's free and doesn't bother me with advertisements.

... J-D.

JD, what settings are you using with this... I just downloaded to try it out
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J D Sauser


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Post  Posted 22 Oct 2023 9:11 am    
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Dale Rottacker wrote:
J D Sauser wrote:
I've been using the "KEY TUNER" App on my iPhone now for about 3 years.
I've never had such a precise interface.
And it's free and doesn't bother me with advertisements.

... J-D.

JD, what settings are you using with this... I just downloaded to try it out


I got it set A=440 and Equal Temperament.

I must say that since I don’t have E9th anymore, I tune my PSG C6th up “straight” first and the ever so slightly adjust some strings, typically raising my C’s almost 5 cents and lowering my E’s as little as possible. I seek to get an similar speed of acceptable beats going as fast as you could say “whua-whia-whua-whua…”

IF I were to play non pedal or E9th, I would still keep my tuner ET/440 since I know the cents-spread I would need for minor 3rds and Major 3rds.

But to each it’s own.
Besides using it, I haven’t fiddled with rhe settings but I doubt you could make it learn Jeff’s tuning chart.

Put your phone on it’s side (wide screen) and if the tilt-screen function on your phone s enabled, it’ll make readind the cents on the top “micro-meter”-scale even easier.

Keep in mind that tuners “look” for overtones, to show a more precise reading, so don’t over-pluck and give each note the time to be analized to a stable finding.


Fun, huh?… JD.
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Those who produce Tablature did never use it.

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Tommy Mc


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Middlesex VT
Post  Posted 23 Oct 2023 9:25 am    
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Unless you tune every string straight up, a tuner that has the offsets programmed in is the way to go. Peterson StroboPlus HD does this and more.

There are a few phone apps that let you program custom offsets. I use gStrings as a backup to my Peterson. It's very simple to set up a customized tuning. If your phone has a headphone/mic jack, Peterson makes an inexpensive clip-on adapter, allowing you to use your phone app in noisy environments. If your new phone doesn't have a jack, it's an opportunity to repurpose an old one.
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Dave Hopping


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2023 9:07 am    
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Well, I unearthed my 1979 Korg WT-10 and it(amazingly!)still works, so I'll use it at home until I can find out for sure if I can navigate the learning curve on the Strobostomp. My other TU-12 still works fine, so it'll do for the gig.

Many thanks for all the ideas and opinions!
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David Wisson

 

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Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2023 8:03 am    
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Hi All I use a Korg LCA120. I have all of the strings & pedal settings programmed in so I just tune straight up Zero for them all. Saying that I only use it when I re string the guitar. My Guitar lives in the music room so tweak the odd string once in a blue moon Dave Smile
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Larry Hopkins


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Lubbock Texas USA
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2023 9:33 am     Tuners
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Hi Dave ,sent you a pm
Larry
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Dave Hopping


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Aurora, Colorado
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2023 9:41 pm    
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hi Larry-
Got it and responded Very Happy
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Samuel Phillippe


From:
Douglas Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 1 Nov 2023 1:58 pm    
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Ivan Posa wrote:
Peterson StroboStomp HD. I use the SE9 setting. works perfectly.

have to agree.....best tuner I have owned. Use it for all my guitars on the respective settings.

Sam
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