Grangur Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Korg TM-40 Zoom B3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) A Snark clip-on. An original first edition TU-2. Oh, and my mates harmonica. Edited November 5, 2015 by Jazzneck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Five, of which only two ever get used - the two Snark clipons, one to stay at home and one in the gigbag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Pitch black One in my multi amp A clip on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 More than I thought! Korg Pitchblack is my main tuner, another Korg I bought when I first started playing again, a cheapo effort I got with a guitar at a car boot, and a clip-on on my acoustic guitar. I swear by the Pitchblack, great bit of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Zoom B3 Polytune iPhone app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1446737751' post='2901903'] ... Boss TU12 (bought in 1983 and still going strong) ... [/quote] I have a TU12 bought second hand in 1990 (£6) ... and still going strong. Before 1990 I was using either a tuning fork or a harmonica. Plus ... Boss TU2 Mooer Baby Meisel clip Takamine B10 has built in tuner. TC BG250 has built in.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 My basses hardly ever go out of tune. Then I just use my ears to tune up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyV Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Just the 2. A TGI 60 clip-on ebay cheapo (if I ever use it, it doesnt stay clipped to the bass) and a reliable Yamaha YT-150. Does the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I got an app on my iphone, cost a fiver I think. Anyway, I only tune the E string with it and do the rest myself by ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I've got 3. One on my Boss GT6B, a Korg clip on and a small pocket sized Korg tuner. Why I've got 2 Korgs I don't know because I don't rate them at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 3. Guitar toolkit on the ipad, Polytune on the (broken) iphone & the most regularly used one, my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1446751438' post='2902115'] [b]Guess I'm the only one that thinks those clip on tuners just look wrong![/b] Tuner built in to my FX board, tuner app on my phone, and same app on my tablet. [/quote] No you're not, think they look hideous. I seem to have four but I know that at least 2 of them were left behind by other people at open mic sessions when I was in the house band and they never came to pick them up,not even sure what manufacturer they are but they work. I have my Behringer tuner pedal for live gigs but because it's Behringer of course it will spontaneously fall apart if I actually look at it hence there is a cheap Korg backup in my bass guitar case. I don't take the Behringer to rehearsals and just do a quick tune up with the hand held Korg from the case. Edited November 6, 2015 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dincz Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Lots of support here for ears. Am I the only one who doesn't have perfect pitch? Korg GT-6J - ancient guitar tuner Zoom B1on Behringer Bass V-Amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I bought 2 cheap clip on ones for the road so to speak.. I also have a Seiko that I bought 10 years ago. It never seemed to tune properly, so i replaced it with a Yamaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 It doesn't matter how good your ears are. I defy anyone to be able to tune their bass and also ensure that they are in tune with the rest of the band while the PA is blasting out the in-between bands music. That's what electronic tuners are for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1446751438' post='2902115'] Guess I'm the only one that thinks those clip on tuners just look wrong! [/quote] I only use a clip on at home, never in public, they look hideous. (all my gear is packed away under the stairs at home, so a clip on is just for ease, and android phone tuners are abysmal in my experience) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I don't leave the clip on tuner on all the time... I just pop it on to tune then take it off again. Surely no-one leaves it permenantly attached to the headstock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1446802855' post='2902418'] It doesn't matter how good your ears are. I defy anyone to be able to tune their bass and also ensure that they are in tune with the rest of the band while the PA is blasting out the in-between bands music. That's what electronic tuners are for. [/quote] Beat me to it. Nothing worse than 2 guitars and a bass all trying to audibly tune up on stage anyway, whether by ear or not. Trust your tuner and do it in silence. If you are unsure a really short note from each string to check it's in tune after you've done it. Endless 'bending note' noises from the stage prior to the performance just looks a bit amateurish to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1446804156' post='2902433'] Beat me to it. Nothing worse than 2 guitars and a bass all trying to audibly tune up on stage anyway, whether by ear or not. Trust your tuner and do it in silence. If you are unsure a really short note from each string to check it's in tune after you've done it. Endless 'bending note' noises from the stage prior to the performance just looks a bit amateurish to me. [/quote] Off course you do have to trust your tuner and hope that it hasn't been moved from the reference point your band use (generally A=440). A previous Terrortone guitarist managed to accidentally alter theirs about a quarter-tone flat and played a whole gig that way. The sound on stage was terrible which meant the out-of-tuneness between the guitar and bass was only audible in a few locations and so I'd put it down to some freak of the acoustics. Our drummer who could hear the problem perfectly from is position on stage kept shouting at us to check our tuning, which we dutifully did, both being perfectly in tune with ourselves but horribly out of tune with each other. It wasn't until the next rehearsal that we discovered exactly what the problem had been. However the audience didn't appear to notice anything wrong and we picked up a really good gig review from that night! Edited November 6, 2015 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) I've only done that once and thankfully it was in rehearsal. I'd only recently got my Behringer tuner and for some reason I'd managed to switch it from normal tuning to flat. I needed a song in drop D but because the tuner was now in flat tuning I inadvertently tuned my E to C# instead of D but of course the other 3 were fine so it confused me for a few minutes. I haven't even checked if current band's tuners all use same reference but I'm guessing they must do as I have a reasonable ear and we all sound in tune together at the lower volumes of rehearsal rooms so i think we're fine. Edited November 6, 2015 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1446804727' post='2902436'] Off course you do have to trust your tuner and hope that it hasn't been moved from the reference point your band use (generally A=440). A previous Terrortone guitarist managed to accidentally alter theirs about a quarter-tone flat and played a whole gig that way. The sound on stage was terrible which meant the out-of-tuneness between the guitar and bass was only audible in a few locations and so I'd put it down to some freak of the acoustics. Our drummer who could hear the problem perfectly from is position on stage kept shouting at us to check our tuning, which we dutifully did, both being perfectly in tune with ourselves but horribly out of tune with each other. It wasn't until the next rehearsal that we discovered exactly what the problem had been. However the audience didn't appear to notice anything wrong and we picked up a really good gig review from that night! [/quote] I had a similar experience but fortunately only at a rehearsal. Using a clipon tuner on the bridge of my upright bass I had inadvertently tuned two semitones flat. Embarrassingly, and for a moment, I was accusing everyone else of being being in the wrong key. I did apologise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1446751438' post='2902115'] Guess I'm the only one that thinks those clip on tuners just look wrong! ... [/quote] I only use it on the bridge of upright to tune up when practising unamplified. Thats it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I only have one in my signal chain at a time but have quite a few around Zoom B3 Zoom G3 Zoom MS-60B Korg AX3000B Korg AX1500G Two or three Tanglewood tuners (I like these but they're obsolete now) Three or four cheapo tuners so I can stick one in every case One clip-on, good for use with the Variax guitar but an epic fail on the headless Sei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 If it's just tuners, then I have 4, 3 Korg (a DT-10, a Pitchclip and a small plug-in one), and a TC PolyClip. If you're including Amp Modellers as well, then there's a few more to take into consideration... A Guitar PODxt, a B3 & an MS60B. Ooops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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