What tuner pedal are you using ?

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johnny q said:
I had the exact same experience. I love my Polytune 3 Mini (Noir) and that buffer is indeed killer, it's the TC Electronic Bonafide Buffer. Everything just sounds right when that pedal is first in my chain and set to buffer. By way of comparison, when the TU-3 is inline, the sound is noticeably "tizzy" sounding, like I dialed in some artificial high end frequencies with an EQ pedal. I also felt it took too long to get in tune and the needle was jumpy.
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So are you guys saying the needle is too active on the Polytune 3 making the tuning progress more tedious and frustrating ?
 
Bash_Man said:
So are you guys saying the needle is too active on the Polytune 3 making the tuning progress more tedious and frustrating ?
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It is... but it's not nearly as bad as the Planet Waves Tru Strobe. I don't know if all Strobe tuners are like that, tho. I guess not. But it is more jumpy than the TU-3 for sure. The TU-3, like I said in my post, I found very slightly better to tune live on the fly. But it's the buffer that I hated. I'd like to get the Waza at some point, though. Where you can turn the buffer off.

But the Polytune is not terrible by any means. It's pretty usable even if it's slightly more accurate than the Boss.

That is the downside that ALL tuners get the more accurate they are.
 
Rex Rocker said:
It is... but it's not nearly as bad as the Planet Waves Tru Strobe. I don't know if all Strobe tuners are like that, tho. I guess not. But it is more jumpy than the TU-3 for sure. The TU-3, like I said in my post, I found very slightly better to tune live on the fly. But it's the buffer that I hated. I'd like to get the Waza at some point, though. Where you can turn the buffer off.

But the Polytune is not terrible by any means. It's pretty usable even if it's slightly more accurate than the Boss.

That is the downside that ALL tuners get the more accurate they are.
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Thanks Rex. I guess once it's tuned then it's all good... Maybe I'll have to find one used to buy and try out.

Any experience with the Polytune 2? I know it's not buffered, but I guess more in the sense of tuning and accuracy.
 
Anyone with experience with the Boss TU1000? Found one locally for a decent price.
 
Bash_Man said:
So are you guys saying the needle is too active on the Polytune 3 making the tuning progress more tedious and frustrating ?
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Not at all. I find that to be true of the Boss TU3 not the Polytune. But the Boss is a classic "go to" tuner for a reason, I guess I am a minority opinion.
 
PDC said:
I really dig the Peterson Strobo-Stomp. Rugged, metal housing. Large, bright display. Perfect for the board.

And I was knocked out the first time I used it to set intonation on my guitars. Wow.
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I love mine but had to put duct tape on the bottom so I could use velcro.
 
Got this for Xmas from gf. Haven’t tried it yet

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messenger said:
Got this for Xmas from gf. Haven’t tried it yet

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Nice. You’re going to love it. With the Sonic research you don’t give up stability for accuracy. Don’t know how they figured it all it but it’s awesome. It takes a few minutes to learn it but once you set it up it’s super easy.
 
Jakem said:
Anyone know what has happened to Sonic Research? Their tuners have not been available in Europe for a long time AFAIK.
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I didn't realise they were having supply issues. I just looked them up locally and I can't find any in stock here in Aus either. Interesting. I love mine.
 
Hey guys.. the Sonic Research ST-300 only has the circular strobe mode?
 
PDC said:
I really dig the Peterson Strobo-Stomp. Rugged, metal housing. Large, bright display. Perfect for the board.

And I was knocked out the first time I used it to set intonation on my guitars. Wow.
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I'm use this and the mini! It Last's with abuse, doesn't die on the road and no tone or noise issues. Plus for an old blind Mofo I can see it.

The waza craft is my second.
 
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Rex Rocker said:
It is... but it's not nearly as bad as the Planet Waves Tru Strobe. I don't know if all Strobe tuners are like that, tho. I guess not. But it is more jumpy than the TU-3 for sure. The TU-3, like I said in my post, I found very slightly better to tune live on the fly. But it's the buffer that I hated. I'd like to get the Waza at some point, though. Where you can turn the buffer off.

But the Polytune is not terrible by any means. It's pretty usable even if it's slightly more accurate than the Boss.

That is the downside that ALL tuners get the more accurate they are.
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I use the TU3 and have for years. I have a tuner-out option on my board so there's no buffer issue. Reliable. Easy. Precise.
 
Peterson Strobo Stomp on my big board.

Boss TU3Waza on the small board which is also my mute and buffer.

The Strobo has a slight on/off lag however on the big board I have a built in mute on my switching system.
 
Interesting to see lots of Peterson tuners users. I always thought them to be the type of tuner that's more means to be on a Tech's bench due to their accuracy for intonation & setups.
 
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