chromatic tuner

David Doggett · Posted 6 Dec 2008 9:31 am

I've had two Boss TU-12s in a row develop a loose connection and quit. Anybody else had this problem, or did I just get two lemons?

Charles Davidson · From: Phenix City Alabama, USA

I have had my BOSS TU 12 for over ten years,use it almost every day,so far no trouble with it,may quit any day,if it does,will get another one.DYKBC.
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Robbie Bossert · From: WESCOSVILLE,PA,U.S.A.

Love my strobo-flip. I've had one or two of the Boss tuners as well. 6 Of one. I do like the Newman presets very much.

Robbie Bossert
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Gil Berry · From: Westminster, CA, USA

Am still using my Korg WT-10 that's about thirty years old. I've tried others but never found one I liked better. Wish to heck they still made 'em....

J PARKER · From: Meridian Miss

I have a old WT 10 that bit the dust and i sure like it but dont no where a repair place is so i bought a new $100 Korg and it seemsa to be ok. Jim

Ned McIntosh · From: New South Wales, Australia

The little Korg CA30 will get you started for notta lotta bucks. This is the one to go for if you are on a budget. It'll get you in the proverbial ball-park, but you will have to do some tweaking to get your guitar in tune with itself (very important!).

Boss TU15 is nice, but costa bit more. (I got one - like it a lot, but you still have to tweak just a little afterwards.)

Peterson Strobo-Flip great but costs plenty moola. Is reputed to suck tone if left in-line...so don't leave it in-line, OK?

Rolls Royce tuner is Peterson V-SAM. For billionaire steel-players only. (Are there any billionaires who play steel?)

Your tuning method is every bit as important as the tuner you use. There are a few different techniques, and it is generally agreed that a steel guitar tuned to concert-pitch sounds awful!
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Allen Kentfield · From: Texas, USA

I was never happy with a Boss, because they only (used to) read within 2hz. Only the Korg reads the 1/2 hz necessary to tune JI. The harmonic fifth of a note is 1/2 hz sharp of ET.

Al Kentfield
Jonestown, Texas

James Jacoby · From: Ohio, USA

I've been using the 20$ Korg GA-30 for several years now, and other than the fact that D# reads E-flat, have no complaints.Even though it's the same note, Being a lead guitar player as well as the steel , I hate E-flat with a passion!!! I can't vouch for how well it works for tempered tuning,(the GA-30), however, because I tune my steel(a Sierra U-12) to straight up 440. I've tried tempered tuning a couple of times before, and always went back to 440. Perhaps if I was a full time steel player, tempered tuning would work better for me.

James Jacoby · From: Ohio, USA

Boy, never use a computer without your glasses on!!!!! SCRATCH what I said about the "GA-30"!!!!!!!!!!! After I got done posting, I realized I was looking at the box for my Guitar/Bass tuner, rather than my "CA-30" chromatic tuner!! Also, I apologize for putting the dollar sign on the wrong side of the 20! I'm having "one of those days", I guess! Now I'm getting off of here before I mess anything else up!!!!

John McClung · From: Olympia WA, USA

To Charles Davidson: no the TU12 is naked, the top of the case tore off years ago. But that would solve the problem, funny I never thought of that! I'll see if Boss sells the carrying case separately. If not, a D2F case would take care of it.

I bought what seemed like a high quality D'Addario y-splitter cord so I could send my guitar to the signal path and a tuner without the tuner in-line. Despite that, somehow that still creates a bit of distortion, I have no idea why. Hosa y-cords from Guitar Center are even worse. So I'm back to plugging in and out of the tuner to tune, real drag.
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James Jacoby · From: Ohio, USA

Have you tried an A-B box? I've got a DOD-270 that works well for me. It's got a stomp button, so you can put it on the floor and hit the button when you want to tune. Beats having to plug and un-plug. I'ts 2 1/2" X 4 1/2" X 1 1/2".

James Jacoby · From: Ohio, USA

Have you tried an A-B box? I've got a DOD-270 that works well for me. It's got a stomp button, so you can put it on the floor and hit the button when you want to tune. Beats having to plug and un-plug. I'ts 2 1/2" X 4 1/2" X 1 1/2".

John McClung · From: Olympia WA, USA

James, I do have an A-B box, guess I'll try that. I'm trying to keep down the number of accessory boxes in my signal path, and clamped to a steel guitar leg, but guess that's sometimes impossible. Good idea!
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Tucker Jackson · From: Portland, Oregon, USA

John, why don't you just run a line from the 2nd output of your Hilton pedal to the Boss tuner? That's what I do...

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