Boss TU-2 chromatic tuner....

[Matt White]

My pedal board has a tuner................"You can tune a piano........"

[ELVIS]

Yeah, poorly... it's a sure bet if you checked it against a tuner it's all over the map.

Bullshit...

It's fucking simple...

[jhale667]

You are so full of it. Any serious musician uses a tuner, bro...sorry to break it to ya.

[ELVIS]

How the fuck would you know ??

[jhale667]

OK that was funny.

[ELVIS]

Anyway, it's not difficult at all to set intonation without a tuner and a tuner doesn't automatically equal 100% success...

[jhale667]

Anyway, it's not difficult at all to set intonation without a tuner and a tuner doesn't automatically equal 100% success...

It does mean you're going to be way closer to the ballpark, particularly when dealing with multiple instruments. Even a few cents off is unacceptable. In all seriousness no one would last 30 seconds on a tech gig without one.

[ELVIS]

I wouldn't want to be on a tech gig...

Guitarists are a pain in the ass...

[ELVIS]

I did try a couple iphone tuners that seemed to work good enough...

[jhale667]

The Stroboclip is accurate to 1 10,000th of a cent. Can't beat it.



Not a huge fan of the housing of the Strobostomp, but bet it works just as well.

[ELVIS]

I understand it's accuracy and usefulness...

But dude, I just now purposely adjusted the intonation way off on my bottom three strings and set them back (better than before actually) in a snap...

It's easier than I was even saying...

But on a gig of course you would need one because setting it by ear requires silence...

[jhale667]

I understand it's accuracy and usefulness...

But dude, I just now purposely adjusted the intonation way off on my bottom three strings and set them back (better than before actually) in a snap...

It's easier than I was even saying...

But on a gig of course you would need one because setting it by ear requires silence...

How do you know it's "better than before"? If you don't own a tuner what did you reference it against? Just sayin'.
Yeah, I mean if you wanna guestimate on your own time have at it, but for gigs, setups where you're charging people money, etc. - tuner's a must.

[vandeleur]

I've been to gigs when the guitarist has done a guesstimate on tuning and started a song and been such an arse he has stuck with it .
I don't care how good you are if your guitar is out of tune you pretty much suck .

[ELVIS]

How do you know it's "better than before"? If you don't own a tuner what did you reference it against? Just sayin'.

My ear, which is the only thing that matters...

I had a slight tuning issue on my B string that's gone now since resetting it...

I also corrected a slightly off low E string...

I recently did a saddle swap to Callaham bent saddles so I never really tried to get it perfect 'till now...

[ELVIS]

I've been to gigs when the guitarist has done a guesstimate on tuning and started a song and been such an arse he has stuck with it .
I don't care how good you are if your guitar is out of tune you pretty much suck .

Good reason to have your intonation correctly set, like me...