What is this thing?

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it's an upside down one of these:

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Now I'm curious - what the hell is it? My guess is that it's a guitar tuner of some sort... just a guess. Is it from the 1966 LaFayette catalog?

Poke it with a stick and see if it moves!

Nobody knows?

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At first i thought it was some type of preamp. Then a ridiculous looking tuner.
Now I have no clue.
I dont even know why I want to know what it is.
I just know that I need to.

:cool::D
 
The red light looks like it could possibly be the strobe part of a tuner.

You'd think those guys could afford a new one from Musician's Friend... times are tough. :(
 
hmmm...my first guess is that it is a preamp of some sort. A lot of folks don't care for the onboard distortion on the Roland JC-120, so that may be a preamp for OD/Distortion. I'd guess the top two knobs are Gain and Volume and the bottom set are tone controls.

2nd guess...Lot's of alternative/artsy folks like the JC, so it could be an effects/modulation box. I don't think it's a tuner because there are so many knobs on it.

What do we win if we guess right?? :D
 
............ hang on..I'll find it.


Looks damn close to a Peterson 420 Strobe Tuner.
 

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Ladies and Gentlemen I do believe we have a winner! :)

Congratulations TeyshaBlue! You've just won a lifetime supply of

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golly guys ...... com'n ..... it's a strobe.

I know I'm a piano tuner but have strobes really died away so much that people don't recognize them?

Holy crap I'm old ............ next stop ........................... death!

Well shit ........ I need a beer.

:(




ah .......... better!

:drunk:
 
Now that Teysha led the way, a quick google search shows a 520
 

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kcearl said:
i cant believe he's tuning up in the doctors surgery....
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Speaking of which, just send one to the Doc.....
Dr. Varney said:
Honestly, I'm getting a bit dissapointed with half the VST plugins I download, thinking/hoping they will answer problems for me for $0.

Of course, I can't tell if it's the VST or something I am doing wrong but...

When I plug my guitar into my tuner, it just works.

When I plug through into tune-it VST, it seems to be indicating a B when I am clearly hitting the E string. My real tuner says it's an E and the online guitar tuner at Gieson is telling me I'm hitting an E - so why would this VST be playing up so badly? It's just a tuner! I wouldn't have thought it were rocket science!?
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And for anyone interested in non essential information, just have a gander at page 26 of this obscure catalogue.......
 
I thought it was a toaster.

You know how guitarists are about crumpets while they're gigging... :laughings:
 
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