Any company make a tuner, that you can see the display indoors AND Outdoors in Bright Sunlight?

[charlie brown]

My tuner is great "indoors," but out in bright sunlight, you can't see squat!

 

Does any company make one, that all information is visible, indoors and out,

or one that you can alter the display, accordingly?

 

CB

[capmaster]

Have found these two here at Thomann but found out that the MUCH cheaper Planet Waves is no longer available at Sweetwater, so perhaps you will have to research where they still have them in stock. However, the expensive Peterson includes a DI box which would be useful at least for me:

 

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TunerStrobe

 

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StompClassic/

[Guest Farnsbarns]

I have a Planet waves trustrobe and have used in bright sun without problems.

[Karloff]

thats a great question, my boss tuner, i cant see at all outside...

[L5Larry]

I had the same problem with my $250 rackmount digi tuner. The answer for me was the $30 Fender PT-100. Very bright easy to see LED display.

[Riffster]

Try a TC Electronic Polytune.

[surfpup]

Try a TC Electronic Polytune.

 

I'd second that. I have not used mine outside but it is VERY bright.

[quapman]

Never had a problem seeing my old analog display on my seiko quartz tuner in any situation.

[Ryan H]

The TC Polytune has an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of the display to be most visible in the environment it's in.

 

-Ryan

[brundaddy]

Either use shadows or an analog tuner with needle gauge. I don't like needle gauge tuners. In my experience, I'd tune my 2 guitars (primary & backup) using my Boss TU-2 (shaded by my leg) before the set and switch if tuning gets out of whack. A "New York reload," so to speak. Shading the tuner with my leg has always worked IIRC.

 

A headstock clip-on might work - just orient the guitar so the tuner is in the headstock's shadow while tuning.

[charlie brown]

I have the Boss TU-2, and was reading that the TU-3 has a much brighter readout, but

it looks to be the same sort of indicator. So, I'm not sure I'd gain much, by upgrading.

I may just make a little "hood" for it, for outdoor purposes. But, I'll check out the

recommendations, you've made, and see how they work.

 

Thanks, for the interest and input!

 

CB

[L5Larry]

Try a TC Electronic Polytune.

 

How about listing cost on your recommendations (note my post above). I don't know about you guys (and gals), but cost does figure in to anything and everything I buy!

[Tman]

My Korg pitch black is a floor stomper and is great in any light.

[badbluesplayer]

Yeah. My TC Polytune works great outdoors, although I'm not sure if I've used it in direct sunlight. It has a light sensor and adjusts the output accordingly. It's $89.00.

[Riffster]

How about listing cost on your recommendations (note my post above). I don't know about you guys (and gals), but cost does figure in to anything and everything I buy!

 

Sure cost matters but features differ hence my simple advise of looking into it, the Polytune version 2 is $89-$99 and well, it does that useful and cool thing where you strum all strings at once and you see which ones are out of tune and just focus on those rather than going string by string.

[Kaiser Bill]

Both my Peterson and my SNARK work great outdoors. Snark is very inexpensive, and is as accurate as my $70 Peterson.

[krock]

I agree with the others that the polytune is very good. I have owned both versions and the V2 is most definitely the brighter and can also dim for use in the dark so you're not blinded