Stage Tuners

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The second your finger hits fret you are out of tune farther than that, but hey if it makes you happy, it can't be that bad
 
Big Kenny said:
The second your finger hits fret you are out of tune farther than that, but hey if it makes you happy, it can't be that bad
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I'm gonna take a guess and say you have never tried one. I was skeptical too, then I took the plunge, will never look back. I'm a fan of Robert Fripp and he now swears by his Strobostomp too, claiming that no tuner does as good a job and I guess he's an ok player with a decent ear. YMMV
 
You are correct thir! Never tried one, seems pricey, you may be 100% correct but it would cost $200 to find out.
 
I'd just like to add that while my TU-2 can be dead-on accurate, my current guitars are all out of whack so, I use the TU-2 to put me in the ballpark of "in tune" and use my ears to do any fine adjustments. Tuners are great, but you should have good enough ears to hear the difference between in and out of tune. If your tone deaf, it's a wonder you're a guitar player. For $200 you could get a couple of pedals rather than just one. As previously stated, Boss is the boss!
 
sleeper42 said:
Now I'm considering an ampless setup, running everything through the Line6 Pod with a Floorboard...maybe.
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Stepping into the land of forgotten tone. Better start handing out free earplugs at the door. :eek:
 
sleeper42 said:
...running everything through the Line6 Pod with a Floorboard...maybe. I probably would just use the Pod's tuner at that point... it would be hard for me to sell the TU2 though.
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Keep the TU2... The line six gets you in the ballpark... but only somewhere out in right field (sometimes in the bleachers) :D
 
Big Kenny said:
On your piano? Man, you're good!
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hee ...... on guitar man.

I haven't tried a TU-2 on piano but I'm positive it wouldn't cut it for that. But for a stage tuner it's cool ...... best thing about it? No matter how bright the sunshine is ..... you can still see it.
 
Yossarian said:
Any suggestions on a stage tuner? And is there a stage tuner that has different settings... I know the cheap Dan-o-lectro doesn't let you change anything.
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Trust me, I've been trying for years and there's just no way on earth you can tune a stage
 
LemonTree said:
Trust me, I've been trying for years and there's just no way on earth you can tune a stage
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Or a fish...
 
I have the cheap Fender pedal tuner. It tunes fine, but beware it is very noisy when on. I use a dedicated effects loop to keep it out of the main signal chain and prevent noisy digital junk from being injected into my signal.
 
Okay, I put a Strobstomp on the fridge with a Fathers Day reference, Lord knows I can't afford one.
 
I have a really old Korg tuner which they don't seem to make anymore. It is an automatic chromatic with a little arc of fine LEDs that emulate a needle. It has bypass, too, but I don't use it. I use a Boss volume pedal with a tuner out (which I think is necessary no matter what tuner you use). What I like about it, is that it is small, but big enough i can see on the floor, and the damned batteries last forever. I took the battery out of my wireless at the end of the 4 hour gig and put it in the tuner, and I bet it's lasted 8 months or a year since I did that.

The tuner out thing on the volume pedal is cool because you can tune without signal to the amp, or WITH it. The chromatic tuners can tune you up perfectly to D# instead of E if you can't see the note indicator with your beer goggles on. If I have any doubts, I can turn it up and ear tune it close, then fine tune it to the meter. This is like dropping the Es to Ds for slide and back.
 
chris-from-ky said:
I'd just like to add that while my TU-2 can be dead-on accurate, my current guitars are all out of whack so, I use the TU-2 to put me in the ballpark of "in tune" and use my ears to do any fine adjustments. Tuners are great, but you should have good enough ears to hear the difference between in and out of tune. If your tone deaf, it's a wonder you're a guitar player. For $200 you could get a couple of pedals rather than just one. As previously stated, Boss is the boss!
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I'm not sure why you would want to waste time getting in the ball park then tuning by ear(which by the way, people in the audience don't want to hear) when you can get it done accuratly and quicky while being quiet. But to each their own i guess...
 
krimson said:
I'm not sure why you would want to waste time getting in the ball park then tuning by ear(which by the way, people in the audience don't want to hear) when you can get it done accuratly and quicky while being quiet. But to each their own i guess...
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My comment was to discredit my guitar's setup ie: action, intonation, etc. The TU-2 can be and is dead-on accurate (when your guitar is in proper condition). I just (in my current situation) don't use it that way exactly.
 
chris-from-ky said:
My comment was to discredit my guitar's setup ie: action, intonation, etc. The TU-2 can be and is dead-on accurate (when your guitar is in proper condition). I just (in my current situation) don't use it that way exactly.
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If the TU-2 was dean-on accurate, there would be nothing left to fine tune. Its not your guitars problem, its the tuner.

+1 on the Strobostomp, once you try it you'll realize the difference. Test drive it! Buy one, then tune up using your TU-2, then plug into the StroboStomp. BAM!
 
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