| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] what tuner do you use? And WHY??? | | Date: | Friday, January 27, 2006 22:13:14 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Okay I've kept silent long enough!!! I've been following this very interesting
thread about tuners, the Sabine, the Intellitouch some kinda exotic strobe tuners
I've never even heard about, and then there's "clips" for better picking up of
the guitar, to use with some tuners, and you can use harmonics to help the
Intelitouch.....and so on and so forth, into infinity. I even saw a neat and
inexpensive (cheap even) Korg Chromatic CA 30 at last weekend's Jimmy Heffernan
Workshop in Boston, Ma. Jimmy uses and likes this thing and it's like $20 bucks!
Jimmy just laid this thing atop his guitar and it seemed to work fine. In fact I
think St. Mike had one of these with a small square of Velcro on his coverplate
and on the back of the tuner.......
Now my question, should anyone choose to answer it, (and I ask with tongue in
cheek), is "What kinda tuner do those "ojnab" players use???
(Ahem, ..... I don't think I've ever seen a banjo player use a tuner, geez?)
Ducking for cover and not signing this one ona bet!
"Guess who?"
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Charlie Campbell <campbell@usc.edu>
>
> >
> >The Peterson can even be pre-set to allow for the correct
> >flattening on the 2nd string. Best tuner I hqve ever owned
> >since my old Conn Strobe (which are still great tuners
> >today!)
> >
> >Unc
>
>
> I'm with Unc here. I have a VS-1 and it is great. As they advertise,
> it is easier for the eye to detect small movements of the strobe
> bars, than the position of a needle and much-much more accurate than
> a bunch of leds. And also you can set it for the -12 cents on the
> B's, +2 cents on the D's tuning. This is impossible on an
> Intellitouch and a Sabine or any of that ilk, although Mike Auldridge
> uses a Sabine and has learned just the frequency of light beats that
> detune the B's properly - but that is Saint Mike.
>
> The new Vs-II has a brighter display and, as a potential benefit for
> 8-string players, built in temperaments for Pedal Steel tunings. I
> want one of those, so I keep dropping my VS-1, but the thing don't break.
>
> To words of warning, (1) they are expensive (about $200) but well
> worth it, (2) now if I play out of tune, it is my fault.
>
> Charlie Campbell
>
> P.S. I own and particularly do not like an Intellitouch. I dislike
> the fact that they give no indication when they stop registering,
> leading one to overshoot the tuning of a string before you realize
> that the tuner is ignoring you. As some people swear by them, I get
> the impression that they are very variable. I bought mine for $20
> from someone swearing at it and I suspect I might have gotten a bad one.
>
>
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