Boss TU-2 chromatic tuner....

[Seshmeister]

And anyway this is 2013, do people really use pipes?

If I don't have a tuner handy I use an app on my phone or online.

Back in the day it used to be the bass intro to Yankee Rose for concert tuning, Running with the Devil for a step down...

I've never used a tone pipe in my life.

I can't even think of a time I've seen someone else use one...

[Seshmeister]

I recommend the Korg thing BTW, it's solid.

Some tuners sometimes do a weird flutter around thing, it's worth paying a bit extra for something decent.

[vandeleur]

I felt flush and got that guitar toolkit for my iPhone . Tuners decent and it's got some other scales chords etc to play with .
And because its on your phone it's kind of always handy .

[Seshmeister]

I seem to mainly use it to find out the names of the funny chords I play...

[Kristy]

I wanna see someone properly set the intonation on a guitar with a pitch-pipe, too.

No one is talking about setting intonation. Pay attention.

[vandeleur]

It's good if your writing and you wanna play the chords in different positions .

[Kristy]

It's good if your writing and you wanna play the chords in different positions .

You're now talking jazz. You do realize that?

[vandeleur]

Lol your mistaking my laziness for ability

[jhale667]

I've got a TU-2 on my pedal board and a Peterson Strobo-Clip that is just frickin' awesome (they make a pedal version that's a tank as well). Totally easy to spot-check between takes recording w/o having to unplug or open another app.

Pretty sure the main difference of the TU-3 is that's it's got a display you can read under any lighting condition - ever tried to use a TU-2 at a daytime outdoor gig? Not fun; had to quickie-rig a paper and duct tape "shade" for it to be visible...it's that pedal's only drawback IMO. Otherwise fucking bulletproof, just realized mine's going on 10 years old.


The pitch-pipe bullshit got me thinking about a tech gig I did for a Hollywoo' nu-metal band at the Viper Room a few years back - for those unfamiliar, the place while near legendary, is so small there's an exit door next to the stage that remains in use during shows. Not good. So anyway, this band had two guitarists using 3 tunings. Each guitar had a backup. The bass player only had the 3, no backups. So 15 instruments total. That alone would be enough to keep you busy if they were all tuned to standard...but you have a letter/number system coded with the set list, identifying which guitars & bass in what tuning is needed next. Compound this with the fact that you have nowhere to set up your workspace save that side of the stage - by the door. Only it's December, and while it's 100 degrees because of all the people packed in there, it's 40 degrees outside. The door's opening every couple of seconds, and every time it does the rush of cold air causes ALL the necks to flex. I was tuning CONSTANTLY that night. Working around the bouncers and a steady stream of peeps coming and going from smoke-breaks stepping on me as I'm trying to work, and hand these dudes their guitars (in tune). What should have been an easy couple hundred bucks for a 30-minute set turned into a mini-nightmare. But I'd pulled the TU-2 off my board because my ancient Boss TU-12H wouldn't cut it for alternate tunings....that pedal saved my (then semi-professional) life that night.

And I'm thinking... yeah, let's see someone get through that shit - with a pitch-pipe....puh-leez, Troll.

[jhale667]

No one is talking about setting intonation. Pay attention.

The OP also said "bedroom guitarists need not apply" but here you are...

[ELVIS]

I've been playing bedrooms and bars for 35 years and never owned a tuner...

[LoungeMachine]

I've been playing bedrooms and bars for 35 years and never owned a tuner...

It shows....

[Seshmeister]

The pitch-pipe bullshit got me thinking about a tech gig I did for a Hollywoo' nu-metal band at the Viper Room a few years back - for those unfamiliar, the place while near legendary, is so small there's an exit door next to the stage that remains in use during shows. Not good. So anyway, this band had two guitarists using 3 tunings.

They sound horrific...

[ELVIS]

It shows....

Fuck off, dude...

I can set intonation without a tuner...

[jhale667]

Fuck off, dude...

I can set intonation without a tuner...

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