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Topic: What non-rackmount tuner are you using? |
John Neff
From:
Athens, GA
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Posted 27 Mar 2003 2:03 pm |
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I just had my second TU-12 quit on me, and am in the market for a tuner. I wish BOSS built the TU-12 the way they do the TU-2(?) or their foot pedal guitar tuner, with a metal casing. Anybody raving about their chromatic tuner? I like having a needle but would give anything a try, aside from going the rackmount route.
Thanks in advance
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Gino Iorfida
From:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2003 2:24 pm
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| I like the Korg DT-3. Auto-chromatic, accurate, small enough to sit out of your way ont he pad of a S10/DB (or whereever), and reasonably priced. |
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2003 2:53 pm
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Peterson VS-1. Check Peterson website thru the Links (above). Paul Warnick is test driving a newer model.
It is a Virtual Strobe tuner. Useful for all musical instruments as well. About $200. You will never need another one.
Try a search on Peterson. |
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LeRoy Sawyer
From:
Walton, NY 13856
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Posted 27 Mar 2003 3:53 pm
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Jeff,
I have a Peterson 490 Auto Strobe. You can check all the strings; pedals and knees in less than two minutes. You can even change a complete tuning in less than ten minutes. It is accurate to 1/10th of a cent. I had a Korg WT-12 Chromatic for thirty years and it went south. A true strobe in the only way to go.
Roy
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Sam Minnitti
From:
New Rochelle, NY
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Posted 27 Mar 2003 4:55 pm
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Peterson VS-1 |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2003 6:05 pm
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| I tried a VS-1 today, it does a nice job. I am in the market for a new tuner and wanted to test drive this one. I am going to wait and the get the newer V-SAM. It will allow (at least I think it does) custom setups for tuning. I am waiting for a call back from Peterson on that issue. I want a tuner that I can set up with the U-12 settings that are on Jeff Newman's web page. I used those settings with the VS-1 and am pleased with the results. It would however be easier to have these tempered tunings stored to memory, tuning would be much faster and you would not need the chart as a reference. The new unit is scheduled for delivery 5-1-03 at Musician's Friend. |
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Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2003 8:59 am
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| I love my Seiko ST-757 digital tuner. It shows the readout in an LCD version of an analog meter AND gives you the numerical readout of pitch in cents (hundredths of a half step). |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 5 Apr 2003 3:47 pm
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VS-1. Bought it about 2 weeks before they announced the V-SAM. It's an excellent tuner, but being able to store the presets is a feature I would find valuable. The VS-1 works as advertised. Extremely accurate and precise.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 2000 Fessenden S-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 5 Apr 2003 5:04 pm
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Seiko ST747 has worked well for me,$30/$35 price not bad either.
BF
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2003 5:49 pm
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I have a Zoom 506 II bass pedal that has a nice tuner. It works something like a strobe
does. I'm not saying that it's as good as a strobe because I've never used one but a friend has one and loves it. The Zoom tuner is chromatic and you can calibrate it with a push of the button.
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 5 Apr 2003 11:33 pm
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| I'm gonna get me a Peterson 490 auto strobe. Then I can change the tuning on my ZB in ten minutes! |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 6 Apr 2003 8:10 am
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very small Korg CA20 chromatic tuner.
gets the job done.
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LARRY COLE
From:
LANCASTER, OHIO, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2003 8:23 am
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OK, here is the one to use. KORG AT-120. It has the largest meter that I have seen on a hand held tuner and it folds over to close and protect the meter. It is auotmatic wnitch makes it a breeze to setup pedals and levers. It uses 4 AAA batteries and they last a long time. The bad part is the price. I paid $220 a couple of years ago and had to order it. Stores that carry band instruments sometimes have them in stock. I use a stand for my Nashville 400 beside me and the tuner opens up flat and sets in the corner of the grill and I use the second out of a Goodrich pedal to the tuner so I just turn the volume down on the amp to tune and sometimes if I can't hear good I will turn it on to check the pitch while I am playing.
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Playing For JESUS,LC. WILLIAMS U12, SHO-BUD PRO1,CARVIN TL60
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2003 5:33 pm
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| very small Korg CA20 chromatic tuner. |
I've got it, too. And it's cheap. $19.95 (I've heard it can go for less).  [This message was edited by Bill Llewellyn on 09 April 2003 at 01:40 PM.] |
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Jerry Brightman
From:
Ohio
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Posted 7 Apr 2003 9:59 pm
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You may also want to consider looking at the new Boss TU15...It has a LCD readout in addition to the needle...
Jerry
http://www.allsteelguitar.com
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2003 10:03 pm
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This is the only one for me>
Ricky |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 8 Apr 2003 8:36 am
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Hey John,
I just ordered a Boss TU-2 myself. Small, works good, you can keep it in line and the mute function comes in very handy on stage.
Bob[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 08 April 2003 at 09:36 AM.] |
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Gerald Menke
From:
Stormville NY, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2003 1:23 pm
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| I would like to recommend the TU-2 as well, why Boss waited so long to make a pedal tuner I can't imagine. I also find the mute function very useful, now if only I could use it in some remote control sort of way to mute loud conversations in New York bars, too loud guitarists, harmonica players.... |
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Shaan Shirazi
From:
Austin, TX, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2003 12:09 pm
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For some reason most every musician I know who uses is BOSS TU-2 is a good musician. Almost every poor musician I know either uses a different brand or none at all. I was once in a band where the two guitarists SHARED a tuner so you know it wasn't in their signal path, God they sucked.
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The Pickin' Paniolo
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 9 Apr 2003 1:26 pm
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Shaan, if I buy the Boss tuner, do you think I might become a better player?  (I wish!!) |
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Randy Pettit
From:
North Texas USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2003 6:59 pm
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| Still using the Boss TU-12 I bought in 1984. What can I say? I'm a skinflint. |
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MALCOLM KIRBY
From:
Crofton, KY USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2003 7:13 pm
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LARRY COLE
From:
LANCASTER, OHIO, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2003 3:28 am
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Malcom, I am not alone. I wes scared. Maybe it's a Ky thing, thats where I'm from.
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Playing For JESUS,LC. WILLIAMS U12, SHO-BUD PRO1,CARVIN TL60
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Shaan Shirazi
From:
Austin, TX, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2003 5:54 am
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Bill, it couldn't hurt that's for sure. The only drawback I can see with the TU-2 is that it in the dark it's great but if you ever have to play an outdoor daytime gig you can forget about seeing the display. Luckily, I have a TU-12 as a backup that solves that problem except you can't cut the signal to tune on stage, oh well.
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The Pickin' Paniolo
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 10 Apr 2003 6:31 am
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| Actually, my CA-20 setup is kinda like the Boss pedal in that I built myself a cutover toggle switch box which is mounted on one leg of my steel. When I need to tune, I flip the switch and the steel output cuts away from the amp and goes to the CA-20 tuner instead. Works really well. (I don't think too many people would want to go through the trouble of making a cutover switch, though.) I would also guess the accuracy of the two tuners is roughly the same since they all use a quartz crystal as a frequency reference, and these are accurate to something like 0.001%. One thing I don't have is a convenient place to put the tuner! |
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