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I like my Korg AW something because it uses AAA batteries.
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07-27-2022 10:55 PM
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I just learned a few months back to not use a pick when setting to a tuner. Use my thumb to lessen the attack and get a more accurate reading.
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Originally Posted by Bach5G
For recording, I've started using online strobe tuners, which show the exact frequency to 0.01 Hz along with the strobe display. Both StroboPro and TBStrobe are pretty good.
Last edited by nevershouldhavesoldit; 07-28-2022 at 01:35 PM.
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+1 For the TC clip on (Uni or Poly). The best.
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I purchased a Snark ST-8hz tuner perhaps a year ago and am very pleased with it. It sometimes takes a few trieals moving from the high E to B Before it picks up the string change but then OK. I have recently heard relatively strong criticism in general of these small clip on tuners but when I comprared it with a Peterson Strobe I have it was spot on. Very inexpensive too.
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I've been using a Korg Sledgehammer Custom 100 for a few years and I'm very pleased with it. The fact that it uses a AAA battery is a significant bonus.
Sledgehammer Custom 100 - CLIP-ON TUNER | KORG (Canada - EN)
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The TC Polytune Clip arrived today. It is much smaller than I expected, for some reason. The clamp is nice and secure although it sticks out and is more obvious that I really care for (one of the reasons I liked the D'Addario NS tuners was that they are really subtle visually). It seems to be well-made and feels pretty solid in the hand. After figuring out how the buttons worked for setting tuning mode, in standard mood mode it operates easily and accurately. The strobe mode is something that will take a little getting used to so, I have not tried that very much, although given I am using it with an archtop guitar with a wooden bridge I'm not sure that accuracy to 0.1 cents is all that helpful, anyway. The NS tuners were never reliable on the low E string on any of my guitars, the Polytune seems to nail that without difficulty. Overall tuning accuracy is noticeably better compared to the NS.
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Followed my own advice and bought a Peterson Strobotune clip on after liking their pedal board model so much.
It's not the cheapest. $80.
It's appears to be very well made.
Great clip.
Small size.
Don't know about battery life yet.
Works just like any other strobotuner. Easy to use. Accurate. Not overly fussy.
I would report downsides but other than price haven't noted any. Like it quite a lot.
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Originally Posted by Spook410
I bought the Petersen Strobe clip on at the advice of others. I have used it now for a number of months and it could very well be the best guitar related product I have bought that goes with a guitar besides the strings. I now use if for all repairs and intonation setting much better than the needle Krog I was using. This is fast and reliable. I was concerned at first since I do so much neck work and fret dressings, that not being able to see the actual number of cents off or on, it would be a problem. But now I see the amazing way it captures the note and no need for this in setting intonation. Of course, just using myself to play my own guitars it is great. Best cash I have spent period.
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Originally Posted by Spook410
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I buy CR2032 batteries in semi-bulk via ebay, rather cheap. Even if they're not the absolute best, no problem, they all go dead after use anyway, and an hour or so less isn't a big deal to me. They're small. light, and easy to carry. I keep a couple in the case I bought for the Peterson, just in case. I usually remember to turn the tuner off, and the battery lasts long enough, months for me.
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Until about 1990, I always used a blue steel A 440 tuning fork and then my ears. Then, I got in a situation where I had to tune my classical guitar backstage with a lot of choristers mingling and talking. Fortunately one of them had an electronic tuner in her purse, so I used that. I then went on a search of a good electronic tuner, tried lots of different ones, always had to tweak the tuning to my ears after matching them. Then I got a Peterson Stroboflip and fastened it to my music stand, first tuner that I didn't need to tweak, even my 12 string. Now I also have three Stroboclips kept in different cases, and may buy one or two more (of the newer design) for other cases. Having multiples prevents me from putting one down and "losing" it or searching through several cases to find where it is.
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Originally Posted by JohanAbrandt
(thats a deal breaker for me)
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I think there is an auto off, but it won't kick in as long as it's receiving vibrations. The TC tuner I have turns off automatically after 30 seconds, whether it's getting signals or not. That gets to be a PITA sometimes. That's way too soon, and I haven't found a way to change it. I haven't checked closely on the Peterson, because I turn it off manually, but it does stay on as long as it's on the guitar and notes are being played.
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Originally Posted by brad4d8
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
The StroboPro one would make a nice screensaver too, esp. on a computer with a bit more noisy fans
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The ones I've tried get all screwed up by the big band tuning and warming up. They pick up the loud horns vibration from my headstock. Maye I need to get one that is more isolated.
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Tuning forks are only approximate. They have to be hand tuned, by humans, and can only get close. They're intended to by used collectively, to get everyone tuned to the same pitch, somewhere near 440Hz. Back in the dim mists of the past, I had a pitch pipe, which is theoretically more accurate, but the pitch could be varied a little by the way I blew into it. It was just a single reed harmonica. IIRC they could be had in different pitches.
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
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Originally Posted by pingu
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The StroboClip is very sensitive. If I put it on my desk while on, it will pick up the vibrations from the amp when playing at low bedroom levels. It might have auto off, but I don't know for sure, because I haven't checked closely. It will remain on if it picks up vibrations, and it does that very efficiently.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
Ambient temperature has no measurable effect on high quality steel forks of sufficient mass. You can also buy scientific forks that are tunable with precision weights on the tines.
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I'm not going to argue. It's not worth the effort. Tuning forks are long obsolete for tuning instruments anyway.
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FWIW, the Peterson Stroboclip does turn off automatically. I just tried it, and although I failed to measure the timeout accurately, it's 3 minutes or less. It doesn't time out while in use, though, it only turns itself off after a period of inactivity, receiving no vibrations for the duration. I've looked on the Peterson site, and can't find any information on it, but it does have auto off.
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