Any string will drop off in the decaying seconds. Using live on pedalboard, it takes ages to tune up, because all it does is spinning like roulette wheel even if it's 0,5 cents off. While people marvels at their accuracy I wonder if it is really needed on electric guitars.ġ. I have both owned and owns a Sonic Research Turbo Tuner pedal, and Strobosoft Peterson software plugin. I shouted "Buy a tuner!" He quipped back, "Well, I can't uh, afford one man." I should have just handed him a Snark. The instruments were not in tune with either themselves or each other, a complete mess. One of the most brutal heckles I ever delivered was to a sloppy atonal arhythmic blues rock band. I feel like you need that extra % of accuracy for a setup. I wouldn't use a Snark for setting intonation. They are not as sensitive and precise as the others I have mentioned, but once again it's not really even an issue in the end. Nothing to plug in and no microphone to worry about. I most often reach for them on acoustic guitar and bass for some reason. The Snark I feel like you just have to have some around, they are indispensable. I guess these days I feel comfortable enough with the Pitchblack and the Snark to not even worry about it, even for doing setups and intonation. I have the iStroboSoft app on my iPhone and it's very responsive and accurate, just as much as any good hardware tuner. In a way I miss the Peterson experience because I just like the display on those and it feels very technical and precise. They are just so user-friendly and thoughtfully designed, that to me they are a work of art. I have the standard pedal one, and the desktop version which also has a poly mode that I don't rely too heavily on, but it's good for a quick check of the whole instrument. The tuner is accurate to the point where the guitar is never going to be able to reach. I am not really sure why I like them so much, but they are easy to use, very easy to read, and accurate to the point where I'm fighting tiny movements with the guitar peg to get that last bit of tune in. My favorite tuner of all time is the Korg Pitchblack series. (This approach might be easier for experienced tappers. But you have to be careful, of course, not to push the reference string sharp with the unfamiliar right hand fingering. One last, alternate trick for relative tuning: sometimes I'll use my left hand on the machine head and use my right index finger to fret the reference tone on the guitar while using my thumb (cross-under style) to pluck the next string. That said, it's still easier with a good electronic tuner. I've gotten so, with some care, I can usually nail down a very tight relative tuning that way. (The key, of course, to that keyboard approach, is to not have any other resonances in the guitar complicating things - which is why I'd listen to the reference over headphones, where the reference sound couldn't excite the strings.) When I learned to listen to the chosen reference tone on the guitar (for instance, fifth fret, bottom E to tune the next-up A string) and then completely stop all resonance on the guitar before sounding the A - while remembering the 'A' reference from the just-played, now-still fretted E string - I found it almost as easy as using a keyboard reference tone over headphones. there is something pretty cool about it when you get the guitar's tuning really nailed down with a good set of strings.įWIW, after going through all kinds of tuners, I realized that I'd been 'doing it all wrong' (at least for my purposes and approach) with my (old school, fretted) relative tuning. They all work pretty well - good enough for rock and roll that's for sure!Mostly agreed! Still. Given the tempered nature of the guitar I think the 'accuracy' of the tuner is pretty academic.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |