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  • Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

    In one sitting, I use one tuner for guitars and basses, and each are tuned to c# and E standard, sometimes Eflat standard. what tuner is best for this, Boss etc?

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    Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

    I currently use the Boss Chromatic Tuner and get great results. I typically only do standard E or Eb, but it's more than capable of getting other tunings.

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    • #3
      Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

      cool, that sounds like the tuner for me, thanks Mad-Max, I hate my tc polytune

      the polytune function doesnt work, and the algorithm keeps turning it on when I use it for single strings

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      • #4
        Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

        I love my Turbo tuner. It's just fantastic.
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        • #5
          Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

          I've been abusing a TU-2 for almost a decade. It is an immortal, reliable little tank. Tomorrow I will receive 2 new KORG tuners (a Pitch Black and a clip-on) that I ordered for a friend. I am curious about them as my tuner before the TU-2 was a magnificient KORG chromatic piano tuner that was sharp like a sniper. I can make a little A/B test if you like.
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          • #6
            Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

            probably, Peterson Strobe Stomp line.
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            • #7
              Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

              The Boss TU 3 is a pretty great tuner/power supply. It goes down 6 1/2 steps for guitar and 3 for bass plus has a chromatic setting as well. It is all around better then the last version TU 2 which I still have 15 years later on my travel/jam board but that will also do what you want.
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              • #8
                Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

                Originally posted by everdrone View Post
                cool, that sounds like the tuner for me, thanks Mad-Max, I hate my tc polytune

                the polytune function doesnt work, and the algorithm keeps turning it on when I use it for single strings
                And see, I was dead set on getting a PolyTune at one point, then a friend of mine was selling his TU-2 for 50 bucks, and I couldn't pass it up, and ever since I've been more than happy with my Boss. Not a single issue, and is really accurate.

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                • #9
                  Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

                  I use a hardwire, not the poly, the normal one. I know what notes are supposed to be what for each tuning, so it works fine. It is a little slow, and below B is gets slower. I don't remember TU-2's having that problem, can anyone vouch for a TU-3 tuning low A?

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                  • #10
                    Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

                    Originally posted by King IzzO))) View Post
                    I use a hardwire, not the poly, the normal one. I know what notes are supposed to be what for each tuning, so it works fine. It is a little slow, and below B is gets slower. I don't remember TU-2's having that problem, can anyone vouch for a TU-3 tuning low A?
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                    • #11
                      Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

                      thanks yall for the feedback

                      I read up a bit about the tc polytune before I bought, but it's merits did not ultimately shine through for me; that polytune function just does not work at all at any level for me and the algorithm just turns on the polytune mode automatically for like every other string I try to single-tune...

                      the tu-3 seems to be the tried and true and is the best selling boss pedal and I appreciate the positive reviews for it here. yet I am still fascinated by gas propelling for turbo tuner etc for their various merits... Ill prolly mull this over for a few months

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                      • #12
                        Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

                        Not sure it´s exactly what you´re after but the Korg pitchblack+ has dual inputs and you can set two pre-defined tuning modes per input to make multiple tunings easier.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Best tuner for using many different guitars and basses with different tunings?

                          I have two boards one has a Boss TU2 and ther a TU3. The TU3 is a bit brighter and easier to see outside. Personally the best tuner I have ever owned is a BOSS. TU12. I have this on my bench and use it to setup/intonate any instrument. The needle is very accurate
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