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Need help picking a good tuner

GoKart Mozart

GoKart Mozart

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I'm looking to buy a good tuner in the next few days and I need some feedback from you guys. I'm buying one primarily for intonation adjustments on my guitars and NOT for live use, so I really don't want a tuner designed for a pedalboard. I need something designed more for accuracy than stage use.

The models I've narrowed it down to are:
*Boss TU-12

*Korg DT3

*Korg GT-12

If any of you guys have had experience with any of these models I'd love to hear about it.
 
I use the Peterson VS1 at work, and at home in my shop. Can't beat it.
 
I use the Peterson VS-1 at home when working on my guitars or tuning them up there, but have a Boss TU-12H on my pedal board 'cause I find the VS-1 is too accurate for live use (the noise and 60 Hz hum and what-all make it really hard to tune with the VS-1 on stage, because it's so sensitive). For intonation work, though, you will find that a strobe tuner like the Peterson is far, far more accurate - to the tune of 10-20 times more accurate - than even the good "needle" tuners like a Boss TU-12.
 
As much as I'd like to have a strobe tuner like the Petersons, they're just out of my price range. Thanks for the comments though, I really appreciate it.
 
A tuner is nothing more than a glorfied frequency counter. That means it is a time based measurement. Who tells time better then SEIKO? They make a great little tuner for about $25 at GC. Steady accurate and easy to read it's also fantastic for setting intonation. (Provided you can't get jon to do it)
 
I have a Seiko on my pedal board. It is a good tuner.


Norm,

Are you enjoying the JP?
 
Strobostomp[ is better than Seiko....Seiko doesn't do Buzz Feiten system...I might have my JPs converted to that at some point...
 
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