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Location: Southern California | Can someone explain to me how an electric tuner works, how much one should cost, & what's some good (affordable) ones that you'd recommend.
I can easily tune the guitar to itself, & I do have a pitch pipe, but I'm just not sure it's really at the right pitch. I know in the past I've thought it was & then had a guitar shop tell me it wasn't. I would really like to be able to get it right. |
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Location: Southern California | by the way, I saw an electric tuner/metronome at Target, can't remember the brand though, does anyone know if it would be decent, it was $20. do you have to plug into it or something?? I don't have a chord..............I'd have to get one.............. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I think they sense the vibrations of the string. Try a Korg. Should be about $15. You can plug it in or use the microphone that's built in. |
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Location: Vermont USA | I second the Korg
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Location: Southern California | thanks! I'll look for it. |
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Location: Tennessee | Here's the one I bought for my son to take with him over to the sandbox. It works fine and remarkably survived the harsh conditions. I bought it at the local Mom and Pop for less than $25. Korg CA-30 |
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Location: Illinois, U.S.A. | Finally, an answer everyone seems to be in a-korg about. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Korg CA-30. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Korg here too... |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | An electric tuner works like your brain, if you have perfect pitch.
You can buy a korg for about 15 - 25 bucks |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | ...and me...Korg GA-30. Only put one battery in it in eighteen months and it takes a beating cos I usually keep it in my guitar case where it gets thrown around a bit. Hasn't missed a beat.
Think it was about $25 Australian which is probably around $15-$20 US.
Most of 'em will plug into in electric or acoustic/electric and for a lot of us they're indispensable. They're also easy to use and I'm sure someone at your local music store will be able to give you a demonstration. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | BOSS TU 80..incl. a Metronome
http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/PRODUCTS/EN/TU-80/
Vic :)
..around 30 Usd... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I got a really neat Planet Waves Strobe-tuner. It came FREE when I bought 5 sets of D'addario EJ15's. It is the size of a big guitar pick. It has two LED's that shine on the string at the 12th fret. When the lights stop moving, the string is in tune. If you see one of them, snag it. It really works well.
(It'll only tune 2/3 of the strings on a 12. You gotta fake the Octaves) |
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Location: Arizona | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
I got a really neat Planet Waves Strobe-tuner. It came FREE when I bought 5 sets of D'addario EJ15's. It is the size of a big guitar pick. It has two LED's that shine on the string at the 12th fret. When the lights stop moving, the string is in tune. If you see one of them, snag it. It really works well.
(It'll only tune 2/3 of the strings on a 12. You gotta fake the Octaves) I've got one of those as well and really like it. I use it a lot these days, and it's especially good if you need to tune in a noisy environment (like, when somebody else is tuning, or whatever).
But for general use a Korg electronic tuner or similar is definitely worthwhile, and is actually a little easier to use. If one has the option to choose between a guitar tuner and a full chromatic tuner the chromatic (usually an extra $5 or so) can be a lot more useful in the long term. |
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Location: Germany | If you want to use your tuner also in a noisy environment you get the best result from a tuner which is attached directly to the guitar. The KORG AW-1 is quite expensive but is the best tuner I've ever had.
KORG AW-1
Karl |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I, too, bought a Korg some five years ago and it still has the original battery. I keep a very light weight coiled cord hooked to it and store it the gig bag. Great for off-stage tuning. On-stage, I use what's on the pedal board (currently a Fender PT100) and tune constantly between numbers. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | For playing out, I wouldn't be without my Boss TU-2 :
Bright and easy to read. Tough as nails. Automatically mutes the output when you step on the pedal. Dead nuts accurate.
But then on my "O" I use the on-board tuner. |
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Location: NJ | I'll "second" the above.
The only drawback is using it in bright sunlight . . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Have to agree with the TU-2, once you get above the $25 Korg's the next stop is the TU-2.
(Let me add, that this is just based on my experience, and your experience may vary) |
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Location: Southern California | I went today & this what I got. They didn't have the Korg Ca-60. The guy demod this one & one other one & I really liked the BOSS, plus it's got a metronome too.
Just as I suspected, my guitar was flat! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Fishchick,Good Choice..!!...I`ve been using such one for several yrs.,it has been tossed about,still works,I experienced some difficulties tuning the high E (under noisy conditions),it comes very close,but the needle may quiver a bit,than just tune from B to E as you normally would,many tuners have a problem with the high notes due to the build-in mic.,no problems at all when plugged in ,..using the metronome will help you to improve,..all in all a nifty li`ll companion.... :)
Vic
Congrats !! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Solid Top aka Enfant Terrible:
Fishchick,Good Choice..!!...I`ve been using such one for several yrs.,it has been tossed about,still works,I experienced some difficulties tuning the high E (under noisy conditions),it comes very close,but the needle may quiver a bit,than just tune from B to E as you normally would,many tuners have a problem with the high notes due to the build-in mic.,no problems at all when plugged in ,..using the metronome will help you to improve,..all in all a nifty li`ll companion.... :)
Vic
Congrats !! Duh... Thanx! I got a cheapie tuna that alway does that on the High E. Then I got another tuner that did the same thing!
Thanx for the education! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | " I got a cheapie tuna that alway does that on the High E. Then I got another tuner that did the same thing "
Arthur,the Solution..:..
Buy a 300 dollar Condensor Mic., incl. powersupply, plug into tuner,works like a charm,..Studio Condensor mic.s cope very well with High Notes... ;)
Vic
..a NEUMANN M-149 would be even better..for a mere sixthousand dollars..plus a Pre-Amp.,may I suggest a Gyraf Gyratec 2..for just threeandahalfthousand..it`s only money.. :) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | OR!
Carry one of my Plug-in Geetars down to Apple Music, tune it with one of them fancy TU-whachmacallits on display...
Carry the guitar back home, and tune everything else to it! :p
Hobo-Tech-Support! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | " Carry one of my Plug-in Geetars down to Apple Music, tune it with one of them fancy TU-whachmacallits on display...
Carry the guitar back home, and tune everything else to it! "
Hobo-Tech-Support! "
That sounds like WORK..!!!.. :rolleyes:
Vic
..does not do justice to the hobo-thing.. :( :rolleyes: :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Totally OT-- Point of information-- Hobos Work!
The original phrase "Hobo" referred to "Hoe-Boys"
The man with a Hoe over his shoulder, and his belongings tied in a bundle hanging off it.
Go up to a farm-house and offer to work for some grub and maybe crash in the barn.
Then catch the next train looking for Greener Pastures and Work! (There was a Depression goin' on)
Old Hobo told me, back in the seventies--
"There are three kinds of Street People; Hobos, Tramps, and Bums.
Hobos ride the Rails, and they Work!
Tramps hitch-hike and panhandle, although they might ride the Rails, and they might Work... They might even travel in an old Car.
Bums don't go anywhere, and they Don't Work! You can come back three years from now, and that bum will still be on that same corner!"
Just my defense of Honorable Men with an Honorable Calling...
(None of that applies to the FTRA, or similar modern-day folks who claim to be Hobos) |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Originally posted by fishchick72:
Just as I suspected, my guitar was flat! I thought you played an Ovation |
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How does an electric tuner work?