BJFE / BearFoot fx Guitar Effects Community

I use to have a Peterson Strobostomp. Very nice, but big and blue. I have recently moved to a Kork Pitchblack. Smaller footprint and black. I know its not as accurate as the Peterson but for stage work I think its ok.
What I look for I guess is size, and relative accuracy.

+1 turbo - had a tc polytune that was having glitches (freezing up and polytune would say in tune - single string reading would say not) so I switched to turbo works terrific.

Another quickie option - iPhone tuner ap for tuning on the go works great for what it is.

Turbo tuner kicked my Peterson to the curb

I started with the Pitchblack, which I still use off the board, but now it is all Turbo Tuner. I also have one for acoustic which is very nice. Still I wish I had a tuner with the accuracy of the TT, but had a readout in Hertz because I am pretty heavy handed and tune slightly flat. It would be much easier to hit a number every time.

thesjkexperience wrote:I started with the Pitchblack, which I still use off the board, but now it is all Turbo Tuner. I also have one for acoustic which is very nice. Still I wish I had a tuner with the accuracy of the TT, but had a readout in Hertz because I am pretty heavy handed and tune slightly flat. It would be much easier to hit a number every time.

Interesting --- never heard of tuning a bit flat for hitting hard...

Donner wrote:

thesjkexperience wrote:I started with the Pitchblack, which I still use off the board, but now it is all Turbo Tuner. I also have one for acoustic which is very nice. Still I wish I had a tuner with the accuracy of the TT, but had a readout in Hertz because I am pretty heavy handed and tune slightly flat. It would be much easier to hit a number every time.

Interesting --- never heard of tuning a bit flat for hitting hard...

I believe the post is referring to fretting the notes very firm -- stretching the string slightly over the fret, thus pulling the note slightly sharp (as opposed to strumming with great force).

Personally, I tune my E A D strings slightly below pitch. I tune the D slightly below, the A more so and the E even more. The detuning is no where near even a 1/4 step (probably closer an 1/8 or 1/16 at most extreme), but it is noticeable when comparing string to string.

rockeroo wrote:

Donner wrote:

thesjkexperience wrote:I started with the Pitchblack, which I still use off the board, but now it is all Turbo Tuner. I also have one for acoustic which is very nice. Still I wish I had a tuner with the accuracy of the TT, but had a readout in Hertz because I am pretty heavy handed and tune slightly flat. It would be much easier to hit a number every time.

Interesting --- never heard of tuning a bit flat for hitting hard...

I believe the post is referring to fretting the notes very firm -- stretching the string slightly over the fret, thus pulling the note slightly sharp (as opposed to strumming with great force).

Personally, I tune my E A D strings slightly below pitch. I tune the D slightly below, the A more so and the E even more. The detuning is no where near even a 1/4 step (probably closer an 1/8 or 1/16 at most extreme), but it is noticeable when comparing string to string.

This is a very interesting direction this thread is taking - I actually thought I was having intonation problems on one of my guitars a while back only to realize that the particular guitar was more sensitive to "heavy hands" than others I play. I haven't adjusted the tuning, but have been really working on my technique regarding touch.

Interesting --- never heard of tuning a bit flat for hitting hard...[/quote]

I believe the post is referring to fretting the notes very firm -- stretching the string slightly over the fret, thus pulling the note slightly sharp (as opposed to strumming with great force).

Personally, I tune my E A D strings slightly below pitch. I tune the D slightly below, the A more so and the E even more. The detuning is no where near even a 1/4 step (probably closer an 1/8 or 1/16 at most extreme), but it is noticeable when comparing string to string.[/quote]

This is a very interesting direction this thread is taking - I actually thought I was having intonation problems on one of my guitars a while back only to realize that the particular guitar was more sensitive to "heavy hands" than others I play. I haven't adjusted the tuning, but have been really working on my technique regarding touch.[/quote]

Yep. Different guitars have different response to being fretted. Larger frets have more 'wiggle' room in terms of those having a 'heavy hand'. This requires the player to adjust the manner in which he frets the neck. Vibrato can be achieved this way as well.

Fun, Fun, FUN!!! Creativity rocks.

Interesting --- never heard of tuning a bit flat for hitting hard...[/quote]

I believe the post is referring to fretting the notes very firm -- stretching the string slightly over the fret, thus pulling the note slightly sharp (as opposed to strumming with great force).

Personally, I tune my E A D strings slightly below pitch. I tune the D slightly below, the A more so and the E even more. The detuning is no where near even a 1/4 step (probably closer an 1/8 or 1/16 at most extreme), but it is noticeable when comparing string to string.[/quote]

This is a very interesting direction this thread is taking - I actually thought I was having intonation problems on one of my guitars a while back only to realize that the particular guitar was more sensitive to "heavy hands" than others I play. I haven't adjusted the tuning, but have been really working on my technique regarding touch.[/quote]

Yep. Different guitars have different response to being fretted. Larger frets have more 'wiggle' room in terms of those having a 'heavy hand'. This requires the player to adjust the manner in which he frets the neck. Vibrato can be achieved this way as well.

Fun, Fun, FUN!!! Creativity rocks.

Turbo Tuner here for me. Ever since i've gotten it it always makes my guitars sing properly. A bit annoying to look at the red light on stage with sunshine though but that's it. The peterson is probably easier to read on stage with sunshine, etc..