Grand Wazoo Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeHbKAhHe_o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 we're all going to hell in a handcart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) Tells you when to change strings - now that will be fun among us bass players! It is a great piece of kit, better than those Gibson self tuning guitars. Edited December 11, 2015 by Mykesbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) This will lead to people being unable to tune a guitar, just as calculators led to people being unable to do simple arithmetic. /grumpy Edited December 11, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Ahhh maaaaaan, I left my mobile at home. Sorry guys, I just can't play the gig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) That is very, very cool! [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1449864551' post='2927679'] This will lead to people being unable to tune a guitar, just as calculators led to people being unable to do simple arithmetic. /grumpy [/quote] Assuming we are of a similar age and were schooled in the 70s and 80s, I take your point but modern calculators, which display answers as fractions and mixed numbers make children (and presumably adults) much better at arithmetic because factions are a more natural expression than messy decimals. Edited December 11, 2015 by colgraff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) I remember some ancient musos sneering when I first bought an electronic tuner saying that they were dumbing down music and I should tune by ear, but I found my ear improving by virtue of using the tuner. 30 years on I have close to perfect pitch, at least in the comfort of my home in front of my piano. Edited December 11, 2015 by colgraff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1449864989' post='2927688'] I remember some ancient musos sneering when I first bought an electronic tuner saying that they were dumbing down music and I should tune by ear, but I found my ear improving by virtue of using the tuner. 30 years on I have close to perfect pitch, at least in the comfort of my home in front of my piano. [/quote] Bah! OK then - what note am I singing now, Mr Smarty-Pants? *Sings note* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 It almost seems that having that to use your phone is the main selling point, whilst I see it as an unnecessary interface. Why not just have the whole thing in one unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1449866393' post='2927700'] Bah! OK then - what note am I singing now, Mr Smarty-Pants? *Sings note* [/quote]i only live 4 doors from you and I think you've just invented E# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) [quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1449868283' post='2927719'] i only live 4 doors from you and I think you've just invented E# [/quote] I was going to say Cb Edited December 11, 2015 by colgraff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1449867593' post='2927714'] It almost seems that having that to use your phone is the main selling point, whilst I see it as an unnecessary interface. Why not just have the whole thing in one unit? [/quote] When they do this, I'll buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Don't panic, lads; you're safe from the Devil for now. On the web-site, we see that basses (and db's...) are excluded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 So now I need 2 pieces of kit to tune up? I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1449864989' post='2927688'] I remember some ancient musos sneering when I first bought an electronic tuner saying that they were dumbing down music and I should tune by ear, but I found my ear improving by virtue of using the tuner. 30 years on I have close to perfect pitch, at least in the comfort of my home in front of my piano. [/quote] The digital tuners are great for me. My Korg Pitch Black has better ears than me. I remember when I had to use what we use to call a pitch pipe. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='blue' timestamp='1449883010' post='2927800'] The digital tuners are great for me. My Korg Pitch Black has better ears than me. I remember when I had to use what we use to call a pitch pipe. Blue [/quote] I forgot about pitch pipes! They were horrible. I have a Pitchblack rack tuner, too. I like not having to lean down and squint at it. I tried to find a picture of my first tuner but I can't. It was one of the Boss Chromatic Tuner series, the same shape as the TU-12, but it didn't have a needle on it, only lights indicating flat and sharp. It also had an option to tune between 440 - 445. I bought it in the late 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I remember pitch pipes, unfortunately! Who thought that they were a good idea? A tuning fork for one string and then tune to that was the smart way to go, not that anyone told me at the time. I must've gone onto tuning to records pretty quickly (it's a long time ago). The first electronic tuner was truly a 'Concorde' moment. Haven't looked back since, although I still tune to recordings if they're off, for learning purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I remember pitch pipes too - like a little, sh*t, harmonica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panamonte Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I'd forgotten about tuning to pitch pipes - the past is a foreign country and all that. I think mine looked a bit like this: [URL=http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/panamonte/media/Mobile%20Uploads/s007742a_gewa_maestr.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/panamonte/Mobile%20Uploads/s007742a_gewa_maestr.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymondo Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 In t' olden days I remember dialing my own phone number to get the engaged tone...... that was a G note......then I got them there new fangled pitch pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Going back to the days when the sky was still dark with pterodactyls, the favoured method of tuning was to use the piano. There was always a piano backstage at every venue. Of course the condition and tuning of the thing was variable to say the least, so some very interesting opening chords were to be heard across the land... and you got good at tuning up [i]during [/i]the first number, but hey... Edited December 12, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I had these bad boys, they came in a little see through, plastic case. [URL=http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/13C54830-F6BD-4639-A960-A16C7BF9F260_zpscittrkct.jpg.html][IMG]http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk344/ezbass/13C54830-F6BD-4639-A960-A16C7BF9F260_zpscittrkct.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 In my early pre war days we tuned with a Pitch Helmet.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) My mate just picked up a US Les Paul Junior guitar with hard case for £280 delivered on Black Friday. It comes complete with the G Force tuning system, where the tuning pegs turn themselves automatically to whatever tuning you have programmed, in a single strum. Edited December 12, 2015 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behlmene Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Nice, a robot tuner. Next we'll have one to play the intstument for us too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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