MrNylon Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Do you have a favorite electronic tuner? After trying out a few electronic tuners, I'm settled in with the BOSS TU-80 Tuner & Metronome. It's light, compact (pocket size), and most important, it's good for accuracy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Peterson Virtual Strobe, mines about 15 years old now? rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 The ol' trusty Boss TU-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Boss TU-3 here - at least for the electrics. I haven't found anything I really like for the acoustics yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc3c46 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 TC Electronics Polytune : Fast and easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauloon Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 TU-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 TU-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Boss TU. IT seems to be accurate and I like that it mutes the signal . Had a Peterson strobe in the 70's. Would like to get one again someday. Perfect for setting intonation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 In my rig I have a GFS pedal tuner: I use it on bypass mode so when I tune I shut off the signal. I don't like tuning noise to go out live during a gig... I have a Korg CA1 that I used religiously before getting the pedal tuner: It never let me down and still works flawlessly. Back in the day the tuners were made by Seiko, Casio, and other electronic equipment manufacturers and had actual needle meters on them I think one of the first I saw was a Seiko and all of them were really expensive... I think the Boss TU models were the earliest lesser expensive ones I saw and I still have a Casio (I think) that used led lights with 1 green led light in the middle of a fan/arcing-array of red ones. It was set to A-440 and was programmed for standard tuning and it had another led for each of the string notes; E, A, D, G, B, & E (or possibly all the notes of the spectrum with the guitar string notes somehow highlighted) it would light up the string note indicator led light you were tuning and the red led lights on either side of the green led light would tell you which way you have to tune; up or down. It works flawlessly to this day and I gave it to my daughter and it's relegated to her take to school guitar tuner for band... I cannot find any pictures of it online and clearly it's no longer in production. It's at my daughter's school right now so I cannot retrieve it for a digital pic. I believe I bought it during the 1990's and it runs on a 9v battery and has no A/C adapter port and only runs on a battery if memory serves correct. It was black and square with a little plastic bevel screen over the led lights on one edge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I love the Snark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Peterson Virtual Strobe, mines about 15 years old now? rct ^-- same for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I currently have the Boss TU-3 pedal tuner. I used to have a nice Korg rack tuner when I used a rack setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I have a TC Electronic Polytune pedal and a Boss TU-15 that I use for my acoustics and dobro or when I have an electric unplugged by the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dog Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I use the Peterson Stomp Classic strobetuner! and I have the Peterson strobe clip on for my acoustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I have a Polytune on my board and a Peterson V-SAM at home for tuning (it has a tone generator for tuning non electric instruments) and setting intonation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1963DaveG Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Back in the day the tuners were made by Seiko, Casio, and other electronic equipment manufacturers and had actual needle meters on them I think one of the first I saw was a Seiko and all of them were really expensive... I think the Boss TU models were the earliest lesser expensive ones I saw and I still have a Casio (I think) that used led lights with 1 green led light in the middle of a fan/arcing-array of red ones. It was set to A-440 and was programmed for standard tuning and it had another led for each of the string notes; E, A, D, G, B, & E (or possibly all the notes of the spectrum with the guitar string notes somehow highlighted) it would light up the string note indicator led light you were tuning and the red led lights on either side of the green led light would tell you which way you have to tune; up or down. It works flawlessly to this day and I gave it to my daughter and it's relegated to her take to school guitar tuner for band... I still have my good OLD Seiko Quart Guitar Tuner...she's old but she is reliable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Planet waves Strobe tuner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Vonnegut Fan Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Snark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidRamey Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Boss TU-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarusvt84 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 snark doesn't seem very accurate (hate mine)....Planet Wave strobe too accurate (and hard to intonate with it)...love my son's built in tuner on Line6 HD500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I still have my good OLD Seiko Quart Guitar Tuner...she's old but she is reliable! Ha,, me too. I think I bought this early to mid a 80s. Still works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkolo Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Peterson Stroboclip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkolo Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Peterson Stroboclip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 The Red Snark and a now-vintage Korg DT-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I love the Snark. same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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