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Topic: Tuner Recommendations? |
Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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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
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 20 Oct 2023 12:25 am
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Free phone app called Cleartune
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2023 6:38 am
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Peterson Strobe Plus HD with the tempered tunings. 
Erv |
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Doug Taylor
From:
Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA
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Dennis Detweiler
From:
Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 20 Oct 2023 7:53 am
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Sonic Research Turbo St-200, most accurate, programmable and a rotating light.
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Ivan Posa
From:
Hamilton, New Zealand
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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
From:
Wellington, Florida
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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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A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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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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Was it JFK who said: Ask Not What TAB Can Do For You - Rather Ask Yourself "What Would B.B. King Do?"
A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
I say it humorously, but I mean it. |
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Tommy Mc
From:
Middlesex VT
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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
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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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
From:
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
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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  |
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Larry Hopkins
From:
Lubbock Texas USA
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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
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 30 Oct 2023 9:41 pm
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hi Larry-
Got it and responded |
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Samuel Phillippe
From:
Douglas Michigan, USA
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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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