tuner

[meyers]

could anyone point me to a good quality tuner!! I have had 2 stop working in the last 5 months. thanks

[ira]

intellitouch- don't leave home without it (as a matter of fact don't pick at home without it either!)

[Dfyngravity]

intellitouch? oh yea thats the tuner i have in my mando case and guitar case. and almost every other musican has and should have if you dont. ira-im right along with ya...dont leave home or pick at home without it. reason why?...well have you ever gone to a pickin session or been somewhere where it is too noise to tune? well with the tellitouch thats not so because it works off the vibration of your instrument. greatest thing since peanut butter... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Jeff Baldwin]

My favorite is the cheap korg (CA30?)...for me it works better
than intellitouch. Add a clipon mic and you are out
about $35. About half the cost of the Intellitouch.
The Intellitouch is a grand design...it just doesn't work
as well as the Korg. I find the Intellitouch hard to use
because its response is slow and somewhat confusing....
now if we could combine the response and accruacy of the
Korg and the clip on design (and backlight)of the Intellitouch....
the resultant device would smoke the other tuners currently on the market.

[Jim Garber]

I use and old Korg with a clip on mike. The Intellitouch works fine on my standard mandolins of the Gibson style (and on guitars and banjos) but is useless for my vintage Lyon & Healy (scroll headstock) and my Italian bowlback. The clip on it doesn't work on these and lately these are my main mandolins.

Jim

[John Flynn]

My picks:
For performance: Intellitouch (keep it in your pocket and clamp it on when you need it - no pickups or cords to mess with.
For setting intonation: Seiko ST-757 (shows tuning variance in cents)
For all-around functionality (tuner, metronome and and tone generator in one compact package): Sabine Metrotune MT9000

[ira]

mando johnny= you gots lotsa gadgets (he said jealously!)
what is a tone generator and why do i need to get one even though i'll have to argue with my wife after i do http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif?

[frets1]

Get a Sabine MT9000 (metrotune) and a clip on mike. The MT9000 is a fine tuner - metronome combo. Easy to use and accurate. Lots of features. I do have an Intellitouch to take to pickins. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Chip Booth]

I have a Metrotune, an Intellitouch, a Boss TU12 and a few other misc tuers laying about. For me the intellitouch is fantastic when performing on mando and acoustic guitar, I leave it in the case all the time. It is great for basic tuning in any noise situation, but nothing else really, as the display is very basic. The metrtune is a great all around tuner with its extra features, but sometimes it doeant respond well to some instruments, especially bass. The Boss is the definitely the "best" tuner I have, and works well with most all instruments. Of course it is a lot more expensive.

Beware Sabine tuners other than the Metro, I have seen them not respond at all to pitch changes that even my ear can hear. As a rule I think they make a pretty ###### product, but the Metro seems to work better than anything else they make.

[Chip Booth]

Boy this forum sure is sensitive to bad langauge. ###### isn't even a curse word :-D

[John Flynn]

mando johnny= you gots lotsa gadgets (he said jealously!)
what is a tone generator and why do i need to get one
It's a sad thing. I can't afford MAS, so I developed TAS (Tuner Acquistion Syndrome)! Pathetic, isn't it? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

A tone generator is like an electronic pitch pipe. You don't need one and it is probably the least useful function on the Metrotune, but sometimes it can be handy, like if you want to generate a standard note for everyone in the room to tune to.

BTW, I also have a Sabine 2000 and I have not noticed the issues that were reported above with Sabines. I am sure all brands have defects, though.

[JGWoods]

Good quality tuner?
Chicken Of The Sea!

Boston humor
round 1

gw

[Randy]

But is it chicken or fish?
I use a Sabine chromatic stick-on tuner. Got it for the hammer dulcimer but use it on everything else as well - guitar, mandolin. It even works on banjo and electric guitar. Might even try to stick it on my neck while I sing, but then would have to look in a mirror while singing and that tends to look a little bad on stage.

[8ch(pl)]

I have a Korg, low end model and find it to be sensative and accurate. I also use a clip on device to read vibrations. I clamp it on a treble side tuning button, do the bass side strings, then clamp it on a base side and tune the treble side strings. I used a quiktune for several years, but I find this Korg to be much better.

[mandroid]

I have a Korg,{the Sing into it works well too] for the clip option [banjomando nessity,w/A piezo clip to isolate bridge] and #an intelitouch , for the guitar and most mandos; the backlight is cool!,
but,for voice pitch, you gotta bite on It.
NB: I have watched a friend search in vain for a place to clip the intellitouch onto his Ovation guitar .
Wonder If the Ovation Mandos share the headstock overdesign [scooped and round edges] problem?
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

You shouldnt have a tuner quit on you. I have used tuners before and if you keep them nice any tuner should work great for a good while.

[meyers]

well my tuners didnt. and i took very good care of them

[8ch(pl)]

Korg, with clip on mic. is what I use. I had a Quik-tune for several years and liked it, but the Korg is far more sensitive.

[bmac]

Why are you guys only suggesting electronic tuners?

A pitch pipe will work and a tuning fork will be as accurate as any electronic device. Besides, neither will be vulnerable to wearing out through use or electronic gliches.