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Topic: just something to ponder |
Jerry Miller
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Posted 17 Aug 2011 8:14 am |
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I use a peterson strobe tuner and I tune e's 440 love the tuning but have you guys noticed (the ones that play in more than one band) that it is not always in tune with them and when I bring it up to the guys in the band I get all kinds of responses some are willing to tune with my tuner and all is well and some get a bit upset and say things like "MY TUNER IS JUST FINE I HAVE BEEN USEING IT FOR YEARS AND I SEE NO NEED TO USE YOURS" all I am trying to find out is is it me or them or their tuners or thier guitars some bands I am right on and some I have to play off the fret about a 1/4 step or so sharp sorry for the novel just wondering
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Peter den Hartogh
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 17 Aug 2011 8:23 am
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If it is the bass player who does not want to cooperate, just tell the bandleader that you need to re-tune 20 strings and 28 pulls and the bass player only has to touch up 4 strings.
Does the band have time to wait for you to re-tune?
Since your guitar seems to be flat, a solution could be to try the 442 tuning instead of 440. |
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Brett Lanier
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Hermitage, TN
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Posted 17 Aug 2011 8:59 am
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I wouldn't ask anyone to use my tuner on a gig. If you're requesting that they use a sweetened preset that they are not used to, it'll probably just create more tuning issues, especially when they adjust a single string between songs.
If you are using the sweetened preset with E's at 440, most of your other strings are tuned below 440. With pedal combinations and cabinet drop, your whole tuning may end up being noticeably flat.
I use the SE9 & SC6 presets(+9.eight), but drop the whole tuning down one cent. I pretty much stick to that, with the exception of being in a recording session where I'd tune to the track.
I feel that tuning a pedal steel, and the difficulties that come along with it is our problem. The show can't be held up because of it. If you find that one band you're in sounds really out of tune with you, just ask them all to play a chord together without you, if they are out of tune, they'll notice it and have to adjust. |
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Jerry Miller
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Posted 17 Aug 2011 4:39 pm pondering
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I see your point makes sense thanks guys for you input
Thanks
Jerry |
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