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What would you say it is? Deffo not the Dano pedal, though it is pretty. I think I am gonna get the Boss one.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

i have the sabine one, and little experience with others, but it's not terribly great. i think the korg is supposed to be quite good.

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

i like the boss tu-2, though regrettably it's not true bypass so it sucks a smidge off yr high end. fuck it though, it's affordable and works just fine.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think Roxy gives two shits if a smidge gets sucked off of the high end of her sound.

Get the TU-2. It can take a beating so when you stomp all punk rock with your bare feet you've no worries of smashing it into tiny bits. Also, it's really easy to read onstage and does that cool trick where it can power your other pedals with a little daisy chain if you like.

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 10 April 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

Uh, yeah. Not real concerned about high end in general. Is the Boss really affordable compared to other pedal tuners?

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Monday, 10 April 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

more big ups to the tu-2

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 10 April 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I don't know what they go for new... $100 maybe? Get one on ebay...

Thing is, the boss probably costs more than some of the others, but it's the most usable (really easy to see/read on stage, which the danos are absolutely not) and it will last more or less forever (which my akai pedal tuner absolutely did not).

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 10 April 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

Buffers in boss pedals are fine, the high end the tu-2 takes away is hardly noticeable in a band situation. You'd sound much worse out of tune then you would with it in your signal chain. Polvo/the Fall/etc excluded, of course.

― Jamey Lewis (Jameys Burning), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

The bypass function for tuning in silence is another cool thing about the TU2. It might not be true bypass, but I can't really tell any difference either way. The TU2 also tracks really well for down tuning and with a bass, which is something many pedal tuners do not handle all that great. The Boss probably costs 20-40 bucks more than other comparible pedal tuners, but it is well worth the extra cash. The TU2 will also run for a LONG time on a 9 volt, provided you unplug your cables when you are done.

That Peterson pedal tuner is probably more accurate, but I bet it is not as easy to read on a dark stage.

I'd put the Boss tuner easily on the list of the best musical gear that I have bought. It has been a very good thing to have.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

another shout out for the tu-2

(hey so you're not broke anymore, cool)

― kephm (kephm), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

No love for this little feller?

http://media.zzounds.com/media/brand,zzounds/lrg_DT10-e4b675f58b36fc23c5376540ae017e7a.jpg

Or this talented newcomer? Sweep and strobe modes, 80 bucks retail.

http://planetwaves.com/Resources/JDCPLW/Images/prodpics/pedal_tuner.jpg

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 03:27 (nineteen years ago)

No love. It ain't like fuzz pedals where having more than one is worth it.

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 07:14 (nineteen years ago)

It ain't like fuzz pedals where having more than one is worth it

Fuzz is the drug.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

the peterson strobostomp is supposed to be amazing (as amazing as a tuner gets i guess) but its like almost two hundred bucks. this planet waves looks pretty nice! they make the BEST straps...

― b mulvey, Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:45 (nineteen years ago)

another vote for the boss tu-2. i've beat mine up pretty good and it still works great. the daisy-chain powering of other boss pedals is a nice bonus too - kudos to blake from ril0 kil3y for pointing it out to me! had the thing for over a year and i had no idea.

― 6335, Thursday, 13 April 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

Getting a tu-2 TOmorrow! Tx for input, my hoves.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Friday, 14 April 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

Peterson's for real -- the rest are kinda toys. I have a Wittmann tuner built in to two of my basses.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24338352/detail.html

Bomb Scare On Bus Caused By Music Instrument Tuner
Posted: 11:23 am EDT July 21, 2010
Gwinnett County police say a thorough inspection of a suspicious package found on a transit bus reveals that the device is an electronic tuner for a musical instrument.
Discovery of the device, described as a black plastic-encased box with wires hanging off it with a small battery attached, prompted the bus driver to evacuate passengers and call police Monday afternoon.
The department's Explosive Ordinance Device Unit used a robot to remove the device from the bus.
The incident shut down traffic on part of busy Satellite Boulevard.
Ritter says the tuner probably was left behind accidentally by its owner, who will be allowed to reclaim it.

― grab you by the boo-boo and don't let go (kkvgz), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 18:37 (fifteen years ago)

http://home.epix.net/~joelc/gi-10.jpg

Probably not worth the cost or alteration to your guitar though if all you want is the tuning part.

― lowwave (S-), Thursday, 22 July 2010 01:18 (fifteen years ago)

i always thought the P. G stood for p4rallel gr4m hahahaha

― head gettin' bad boys (electricsound), Thursday, 22 July 2010 01:20 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

I need a tuner pedal that'll work well on bass and guitar and for gigs and preferably will let me detune/retune whilst playing as well as when not playing. Is the Boss still the best??

― he said, sexily, (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 13:48 (eleven years ago)

yes

― displayed in brackets (electricsound), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 23:08 (eleven years ago)

got one. my, spending £69 on something that is ultimately as boring as hell is pretty cack eh?

― he said, even sexilyer, (dog latin), Friday, 24 January 2014 10:53 (eleven years ago)

i spent $150 on cables today

― hacka's f5 key (electricsound), Friday, 24 January 2014 10:58 (eleven years ago)

so maybe?

― hacka's f5 key (electricsound), Friday, 24 January 2014 10:58 (eleven years ago)

i've been using one of these very happily for the past few years

https://www.turbo-tuner.com/images/st2-249h.jpg

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 22:39 (eleven years ago)

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