![]() You can't ever go wrong with a tuning fork, though. Mine has also been dropped and stepped on several times at parties and such, but it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'!! For travel, I just bought one of the new intellitouch mini tuners- I had never used one of the clip style tuners before, and it works great so far. I have a boss TU-12, and it has been awesome for the last several years. However, it doesn't fare nearly as well as the Peterson in direct sunlight as I understand it (most tuners don't), which can be a consideration for musicians that play a fair amount of outdoor festival jobs. The aforementioned Turbo Tuner often comes up in conversation in this respect, and I'll probably give it a go at some point. I'm always looking out for an in-line tuner with the compact size of the BOSS TU-2, and the accuracy, versatility, true bypass, and outdoor visibility of the Peterson. The range of five string banjo has never presented any particular quirks as to tracking with a variety of tuners, that I've encountered. KORG Pitch Black is a tuner that electric guitar players seem to love, but I can't seem to get it to consistently track the low G course on my mandolins to save my life, so it got the boot for the live thing. Not even remotely close to the intonation tolerances of something like a Peterson, but it does track reasonably quickly with a variety of instruments, and it certainly stands the test of time as to bandstand abuse. I've done thousands of gigs with a BOSS TU-2, and it's a war horse for sure. Guitars, banjos, mandolins, high-string, 12 string, baritone, bass, capos, whatnot, it's a killer. I don't trust clip-ons for live, but I've already said that.įor in-line, I can't imagine a more comprehensive and accurate tuner than the Peterson StroboStomp. I've played but not owned several of the KORG clip-on tuners, and I do find them to be a notch above most. Even so, my experience is that they can be wonky on low E strings of guitars, acoustic or electric. Two different versions of Itelli's and an Intellitouch. I trust DI's, boosts, and in-line tuners, and controlling the parameters from my end. But then, I don't trust mic's and sound techs for live. If it's live, the only thing I trust is an in-line tuner with a mute function. I should preface by saying that I only use clip-ons for teaching and informal playing situations. Maybe.Īre there any defaults in using the same tuner for acoustic guitar, banjo, and mandolin?Some are better than others. If I ever find one that really works great I am willing to reconsider. It can get pretty easy to just let the machine tell you what to do and you never really learn to listen. In the end, your ear must be the final judge and a tuning fork forces you to listen and analyze. It seems a lot beefier (metal case) than the plastic case of the ST-122.įinal thoughts: I think learning to tune from an A fork is a great thing to do too. There are tuning machines laying everywhere in my "cave" and I always reach for the ST-122 if I can find where I laid it down last.Ī buddy of mine just bought the stomp box version (no mic!) that I have eyeballed enviously. Once you get the hang of "reading" the display it's a lot easier to use than the Peterson Strobostomp/VSAM/etc. One negative to the ST-122 is that it eats batteries at a pretty fast rate if you leave it on. I will admit that it doesn't seem to work very well with my banjo using the mic. I tune and repair pianos as my "day job" and I have tested far more expensive machines which don't outperform the ST-122. ![]() When you see them, and compare them to the cents scale, you'll see how coarse the display really is. There is a "secret" keystroke combination (which I can't recall at the moment) that turns on all the "needle-like" LCD segments of the CA-30 for testing that they all work. Those LCD segments on something like the Korg simply cannot display variations smaller than about 2.5 cents. ![]() I tune one string to the tuner and match the unison by ear. The ST-122 is the only tuner I have ever used which has a display accuracy sufficient to tune the unison strings individually and have them come out sounding together. The Korg gets handed around a lot when someone wants to borrow a tuner since some people kinda freak out when they first see those spinning LEDs on the Turbo Tuner. If I only had $20 bucks to blow on a tuner I'd get the Korg CA-30. The Turbo Tuner is a great tuner! Yes, I still carry a Korg CA-30 in my case, but the ST-122 is far superior. A tuning fork is also a great tool that never needs batteries.I second what Douglas said. Sticking to the cost limit in the post itself I would vote for the Korg CA-30 with clip on mic. Based strictly on the thread title I would vote for the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner. ![]()
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