good tuner for my les paul

[invasion]

Ok I was adjusting my intonation last night and my tuner is really bad it jumps all over the place. So enough is enough, recomend me a really good stable tune. The one I have now is a Seiko SAT800.

 

cheers

[KX36]

Are you sure it's not the bridge at fault, there's a lot of movement in the saddles on an Epiphone, if you lift the string off the saddle, you'll see how much you can move each one backwards and forwards with your finger without adjusting the screw; that can mess up your intonation. When I intonnate, I always push the saddle with my finger in the same direction before putting the string back onto it. Nuts are also a common place for tuning problems, tuners tend to be OK unless they're damaged, but I don't know about your brand of tuners.

[The.Traffic.Lights]

Are you sure it's not the bridge at fault, there's a lot of movement in the saddles on an Epiphone, if you lift the string off the saddle, you'll see how much you can move each one backwards and forwards with your finger without adjusting the screw; that can mess up your intonation. When I intonnate, I always push the saddle with my finger in the same direction before putting the string back onto it. Nuts are also a common place for tuning problems, tuners tend to be OK unless they're damaged, but I don't know about your brand of tuners.

 

KX36, the guy's talking about a guitar tuner, not about the tuning machines. Just to avoid confusion, otherwise I cannot recommend anything on the topic, as I don't have a vast experience with GOOD tuners.

[invasion]

Are you sure it's not the bridge at fault, there's a lot of movement in the saddles on an Epiphone, if you lift the string off the saddle, you'll see how much you can move each one backwards and forwards with your finger without adjusting the screw; that can mess up your intonation. When I intonnate, I always push the saddle with my finger in the same direction before putting the string back onto it. Nuts are also a common place for tuning problems, tuners tend to be OK unless they're damaged, but I don't know about your brand of tuners.

I just had a look and I see what you mean You know this is going to mean me getting new bridge I hate things like that I cant belive how much play in it. Are the Gotoh tune o matic bridges better than this being a new design and everthing?? what would you recomend??

 

My tuner was £20 and I think it is bad to be honest I used to have a korg one years bake with a real needle pointer (this one is LCD)

That was stable I think.

 

Will get a new tuner anyhow, just incase that is compounding the problem. Stoboscope tuners are they the best type to get ??

 

Thanks

[invasion]

I see...I didnt think people would think I ment tuners

 

Chromatic guitar tuner

[Gordy01]

I have a Korg DT-7. They are accurate to within 2 cents.

The human ear can hear anything more than 4 or 5 cents, so getting within that is essential for setup purposes.

[Swoop]

I just got a Korg Pitchblack pedal tuner. A fair bit pricier than your typicla hand held chromatic tuner, but well worth it. It's very accurate and easy to use, and should last you a lifetime.

[KX36]

I see...I didnt think people would think I ment tuners

 

Chromatic guitar tuner

 

 

Tuner... Tuners... I misread. Well I was working a 12.5 hour day in the hospital, what do you expect. hehe

[AS90]

Whatever you get, get it in pedal form, much easier to use between songs.

[amx05462]

i use an old korg gt-6 with a sweep meter like a vu meter.

its dead on. i tryed some of the newer ones there crap. and anything that works off leds isnt good enough. you may find one on ebay used there not made any more but any of the ones in that model range is a good tuner. theres a new version of it out but im not sure how good they are.