grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
I've had my 5-string bass guitar since 2005 and done lots of recording and live work with it. I went over to flat wound strings some years ago, and I've noticed over the last 9 or so years that when I tune it using a tuner, the E, A, D and G strings are wonderfully in tune, but when the B is showing on the tuner that it's in tune, aurally, it sounds out to me. The E at the 5th fret does not sound in tune with the open E.
When I tune it by ear to get that low B in tune, the actual tuner is showing that it's way out of tune. But it sounds perfectly OK to me and never sounds sharp or flat when I'm playing.
Has anyone ever experienced this ? I still find it hard to believe my ears are better than an actual tuner.
When I tune it by ear to get that low B in tune, the actual tuner is showing that it's way out of tune. But it sounds perfectly OK to me and never sounds sharp or flat when I'm playing.
Has anyone ever experienced this ? I still find it hard to believe my ears are better than an actual tuner.