• From: Here, there, everywhere!!!
  • Registered: 2007-12-27
  • Posts: 5

Topic: What kind of tuner?

Hey everybody, I was just wondering what kind of tuner that you use. I just got my guitar and I need a tuner, my step dad said we would go to guitar center to get a tuner for me. I was thinking about getting a Korg CA30 Chromatic Tuner. Also, should I get some peddles if my amp has some pretty heavy effects? If so, what kind? Thanks for the help guys your really helping me learn guitar!

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  • From: UK
  • Registered: 2007-09-16
  • Posts: 369

Re: What kind of tuner?

I use a BOSS TU-80 tuner. Costs about £17, and it has a metronome built in as well. It can tune anything.

  • From: Cincinnati, OH
  • Registered: 2007-07-16
  • Posts: 282

Re: What kind of tuner?

I love my Hartke--about $18.  The needle doesn't keep wavering all over the place--when a string is in tune, it sticks.
Concerning effects, personally I'd consentrate on learning how to play the insturment before buying a ton of toys!  Once you get a little deeper into it, you'll have a better sense of what effects would be the proper expression for your music.

  • From: Nottingham, UK
  • Registered: 2006-08-08
  • Posts: 690

Re: What kind of tuner?

Intellitouch PT-2 works on nearly everything, electric, bass, acoustic... only a real thick classical headstock could wrongfoot it.

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  • Registered: 2007-01-29
  • Posts: 533

Re: What kind of tuner?

Lots of great stuff out there to choose from. I have a Seiko clip on tuner that I use for my acoustic guitar and mandolins...it can sense the vibrations and tune in a noisy environment or can use a built in microphone. For my electrics I have a Boss TU-2 pedal...as Tibernius mentioned, it can tune anything that you can plug into it...bass, guitar, 12 string, mando, etc... it has several modes but the one I use most often is the mute...I can tune with the amp muted and click everything back on!

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  • From: Frederick, MD
  • Registered: 2006-12-28
  • Posts: 851

Re: What kind of tuner?

I use the built in tuner in my KORG PX4D "Pandoras Box".
If that's not around or the batteries are dead and I don't have my power supply, I use my Planet Waves S.O.S. Guitar Tuner.
It uses LED strobes to find the right resonant frequency of the correctly tuned string.

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  • From: Texas
  • Registered: 2007-11-13
  • Posts: 51

Re: What kind of tuner?

The guitar shop near me uses a Korg CA30 so I bought one. I like it.

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  • From: UK
  • Registered: 2008-01-06
  • Posts: 5

Re: What kind of tuner?

cytania wrote:

Intellitouch PT-2 works on nearly everything, electric, bass, acoustic... only a real thick classical headstock could wrongfoot it.

That's strange you should say that about the Intellitouch and Classical guitars. A friend of mine, an excellent Classical player, uses an Intellitouch all the time. He owns a Ramirez.

When we duet (I play Jazz) I never found him out of tune. Me, yes despite my Intellitouch, but not Auld Tom!
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There is no such thing as a 'wrong note'. There are merely notes played in the wrong place.
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