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Richard Sinkler


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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Post  Posted 11 Jul 2010 10:30 pm    
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Has anyone encountered the following:

My fairly new Stroboflip tuner, tonight, started displaying the E strings on my guitar with the little triangle pointing up that is supposed to mean the note is way flat, even though they sounded in tune. I chased this for a couple of hours before I determined I was in tune and the tuner was displaying this in error. I could tune the string all the way to an Eb or F and the triangle was still there when tuning back to an E. I never had this problem when my VSAM tuner was working. Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Sad Sad
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Billy Murdoch

 

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Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Post  Posted 11 Jul 2010 11:44 pm    
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Can't say I have noticed this on My tuner Richard.
Was the strobe rolling or stationary? That is what I look at when tuning.If it is rolling down,You are flat,if rolling upward You are sharp.
I guess You already know this.
Best regards
Billy
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Michael Eastman

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2010 10:27 am    
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Richard,

There are usually 2 places you'll see the ^. The one to the left of the strobe indicates sharp/flat. The other denotes that you are at "High E". This arrow is next to the "E" note designation. As long as the strobe is flat, you should be good.
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Richard Sinkler


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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2010 12:06 pm    
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The strobes functioned correctly. I need to re-read the manual. I forgot about which arrow meant what. I was seeing the arrow to the right of the note name. If it means high E, why was it also showing when I was tuning my 8th string E? And, I have never seen it appear before. I've had the tuner for a month or so, so I just need to get used to it.

Thanks for the info.

This could probably get locked up now.
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Lynn Oliver


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Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2010 1:22 pm    
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Sometimes it will lock onto an overtone rather than the fundamental, so that is probably why it displays the high E arrow.
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Tim Heidner

 

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Groves, TX
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2010 3:11 pm    
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What do the little numbers next to the note mean? Couldn't find anything abut it in the manual...
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Lynn Oliver


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Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2010 3:19 pm    
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That's the octave number from scientific pitch notation. The lowest C on a piano is C1, the next is C2 and so on. The lowest note on a guitar is E2 and the open first string is E3.
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