| Author | Message | ||
| mele_aloha
Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha Post Number: 298 Registered: 1-2007 |
Anybody got any suggestions for a good bass tuner? Thanks, Paul | ||
| spose
Intermediate Member Username: spose Post Number: 153 Registered: 5-2002 |
gotoh and/or Peterson strobe depending on what type of tuner you're talking about | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 585 Registered: 11-2003 |
Paul, I use two - I have a Korg DTR-1000 in my rack, and a Peterson Strobo Flip. Both are probably overkill for me (I don't do a lot of drop tunings, alternate tunings, etc.). The Strobo Flip is small, fits in a gig bag, and works on both AC and batteries (it comes with the power supply). It also comes with a device which allows you to attach it to a music or mic stand, very useful if you play a lot of acoustic guitar or bass. Both tuners have worked well for me. I've also got a Boss TU-2 around here somewhere that I used in Baghdad. Not bad for a small stomp box, and it also works pretty well. Alan | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1489 Registered: 10-2002 |
i have a Korg dtr2000 in my rack and I also have a handheld korg. Both work very well with the low B string. I also tried a behringer rack unit and it was rubbish with E and B strings. Graeme (Message edited by jacko on November 22, 2007) | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 908 Registered: 2-2005 |
I used to have a roadie named Brian. :-D Keith | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1697 Registered: 6-2002 |
I find my left hand is much better at it than my right hand. | ||
| terryc
Advanced Member Username: terryc Post Number: 353 Registered: 11-2004 |
what about a tuning fork and your ears?? It is said that 50Hz earth hum is about top G if all else fails | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1698 Registered: 6-2002 |
My ears are fine without a tuning fork, so much so that I can tell you if a note is flat-ish or sharp-ish compared to 440 tuning. Not absolute to the Herz, but enough so that you can drive me mad by setting the transpose option on a keyboard and asking me to play it - my fingers get lost. I used to play piano in a comedy act, and the venues often had worn down pianos - one time the piano was on the very edge of being a half step flat, to my ears. Kind of freaky. And there was the venue where they had two pianos, and the tuner had worked on the best one, but couldn't bring the pitch up far enough - so I had to use the bad one, which was closer. We always used to get comments about our rider - "piano tuned at A=440" - but sometimes we came pretty close to having to cancel the show. But it's funny how you can wring some nice music out of worn down, really old pianos, with a bit of effort. All those strings vibrating together, on an heavy cast iron frame, on aged wood - it works better than modern home pianos, the majority of which are hopelessly sterile. And keyboards are really no substitute. | ||
| edwin
Advanced Member Username: edwin Post Number: 243 Registered: 5-2002 |
Peterson strobo stomp. It really is much more accurate than the run of the mill tuners. Before I got one, I was never quite in tune, which is not a good thing for the bass. Edwin | ||
| pierreyves
Advanced Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 222 Registered: 11-2006 |
I have a Seiko SAT 100, easy, simple, not expensive tuner... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-0839546-1468064?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Seiko+SAT+100&x=17&y=13 other: http://www.thomann.de/fr/search_dir.html?sw=chromatic+tuner&x=0&y=0 | ||
| worldfamousandy
Intermediate Member Username: worldfamousandy Post Number: 115 Registered: 3-2004 |
I use a Korg DTR 1000, and I am not crazy about it. It works pretty well for the G and D strings, but A E are most efficiently tuned using harmonics. I am thinking about trying a Peterson, but my bass goes out of tune so seldom that it is not a pressing concern. Andy Calder www.andycalderbass.com | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2730 Registered: 7-2004 |
Andy: I bet you'll love the Peterson. Bill, tgo | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2222 Registered: 9-2003 |
Peterson StroboRack 19" EIA rack-mount tuner is great...as long as you're not in a hurry. It took nearly six months to get...apparently China's very busy these days. If you want the "pro" expander module for the thing, your guess is as good as mine as to when they'll come off "backorder"....still waiting since June's order. I have their VSAM portable strobe tuner as well...also very good, but NOT very durable. The biggest problem with Peterson, IMHO, is the relatively high level of their pricing without the commensurate and corresponding high level of quality. | ||
| lidon2001
Advanced Member Username: lidon2001 Post Number: 366 Registered: 4-2005 |
I agree with Kevin, but to their credit, they fixed my VS-II that was out of warranty for only paid shipping to them with a reasonable turnaround. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Advanced Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 233 Registered: 10-2006 |
Or go on the bay & find an old Peterson or Conn actual strobe - unbeatable accuracy, immediate availablity, and decades of road-proven durability. There's a reason professional guitar techs still use them. Peter | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1303 Registered: 12-2002 |
After over 30 plus yrs of playing i found ive got perfect pitch in my head & havn't used a tuner in years. | ||
| hendixclarke
Intermediate Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 135 Registered: 6-2007 |
I think of Louis Johnson's bass lines in: "Thunder Thumbs and Lightnin' Licks" It's been a huge secret,for years and I must say, I never needed a tuner since.  | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2224 Registered: 9-2003 |
FWIW, my teach/luthier tunes by ear as well. He tunes to one string and then plays up and down the neck to play around with compensating for fixed temperment. One day I'll have him show me how. He'll tune my guitar to his one string and then goes thru his ritual...he's quick about it and the guitar always sounds great when he does it. For setups and intonation, though, he uses his well-worn Conn Strobotuner. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2751 Registered: 7-2004 |
I find it almost impossible to tune by ear while on stage and everyone else in the band is tuning, adjusting, or just messing around. My Peterson is always with me. BIll, tgo | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1515 Registered: 10-2002 |
good point Bill. Those drummers and guitarists are just too darn loud ;-) Graeme | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2753 Registered: 7-2004 |
Graeme: "Those drummers and guitarists are just too darn loud" ???????????????????? Not the guitarits! We're perfect!!!!!! It must be the keys!!! lol Bill, the guitar one | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 856 Registered: 12-2004 |
Whenever I play as loud as the drummer, I'm accused of playing too loud. Tempted to just run through the FOH, then it's the soundman's fault (never mind that I trained them). |
