Do you tune by ear, or use a tuner ?

[Panamark]

just wondering, I can tune a guitar to concert E. (From memorising the
sound of the E) but how many of you guys use a chromatic tuner ?

I think those tuners are great.

But I dont have one.

I notice on the net now there are sites that give you the tones
for each string....

If you were on a desert island with a guitar, do you think you
could tune it to concert E ??

[Cathedral]

I don't need no stinkin tuner, lol.
I have one but rarely, if ever, use it.
I have E 440 implanted in my brain for some strange reason.

[manwiththedogs]

Originally posted by Cathedral
I don't need no stinkin tuner, lol.
I have one but rarely, if ever, use it.
I have E 440 implanted in my brain for some strange reason.

lol
If I dont use a tuner, I tend to go to A flat naturally.
Must be all those CVH albums...

[BrownSound1]

Depends on what I'm doing. If I'm just dicking around the house, then I just tune by ear. However, if I'm recording then I use my Korg rackmount tuner. Also, you've gotta have a good tuner to set the intonation of your guitars, in my opinion. The cheap ones just aren't accurate enough for me.

[Matt White]

I can tune to concert "E" by ear, but still like to use a tuner occasionally.

[tomballin]

For us bros with tinnitus, I never leave for the gig without it. Mostly play in E flat and never have any problem tuning by ear, until I have been playing for a while, then forget it.



I plug my tuner straight into a special input jack on the top of this signal processing board I use. Makes it nice because this jack by-passes all the effects, making it super easy to tune with my TU-12.

[ZahZoo]

I'll ballpark it with a tuner then tweek it slightly by ear... I think after 35 years of playing I've developed my own temped tuning w/ my ears.

[Soul Reaper]

I usually tune by a tuner but I occassionally try to tune by ear.

[Seshmeister]

I find it easier to tune by ear using playing a distorted chord.

Does that make me a bad person?

[Panamark]

I think its easier to tune distorted too, Sesh. More harmonics flying around.

[smaz]

My bass rarely goes out of tune, I only tune it once every few weeks. I check it by ear, make sure it sounds alright, but use a tuner when I'm playing properly (i.e. not to just myself in my room )

[GAR]

I had lost an A-440 tuning fork after a rehearsal, back in 83

[GAR]

I have a TU-12 tuner which I dig out on occasion for resetting the intonation after a string gauge change with a guitar that has a floating Floyd bridge, otherwise I'd ebay the thing off.

I also keep it as a spare battery holder for the wah pedal. Even with tinnitus I never had a problem picking E or A out of thin air.

[DeadOrAlive]

I use a tuner because well i cant tune by ear and not only that i like to tune my guitar in TONS of different ways... BTW what are the best notes for each string to get the CVH sound??

[Big Troubles]

I tune clean without a tuner now. But I still dont trust my ears so I re-check after tuning. Im usualy off a bit.