Guitar tuners are a fantastic tool. There are lots of them out there, these are just the ones I use.
For a handy (and surprisingly accurate), go anywhere tuner I use the PitchLab (free) app on my phone. Microphones on phones are great at filtering out unwanted background noise and this tuner is simple to use and has a great display (as well as other stuff you don't need). I find I use it all the time - tuning a ukulele at home, a guitar at a mate's house, wondering what pitch the chickens squawk at...
On stage I use the old faithful Boss TU-2. It's robust, the lights are bright, it's accurate enough and doesn't flicker about or give false readings. It's hard to fault the TU-2 for live use.
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| Boss TU-2 |
My workshop tuner, however, needs to be the best I can get. My own pitch hearing is pretty average but some of my customers are very sensitive to pitch.
My workshop tuner needs to be better than my most sensitive customer. So I use the Peterson Strobosoft.
I have a computer under the workbench solely dedicated to running the tuner. I run all the cables under the workbench so there's less in the way.
It's a fantastic system, a bit much for the most players but in my situation it is unbeatable. You can get Peterson tuners in NZ from www.heywiremusic.com
I just plug a short cable into the edge of the bench - the switch gives me tuner/amp/both. This minimises the amount of wire to get tangled.
Cheers
Glyn
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I am no longer repairing guitars - since covid 19 I now work full time making pickups
