The Steel Guitar Forum

Hi,
My chromatic Korg tuner gave up the ghost.I need A new one.What should I get?Any suggestions?
Phil P.S. I'm poor

I like the Korg AT-2. It gives you a needle to read, it's chromatic, and it's affordable. It's not their 'top of the line' but it's accurate and dependable!

Loren Nelson

Check out the new Korg that Carter has, when I don't drag my effects case with the DTR-1 in it, I just lay this one on the guitar near the neck. EZ, don't even have to plug it in if you don't want to. It's a CA-30, way cool.

Me too, Korg AT-2. There are cheaper ones around, but I have found this one to be very reliable.

I use the Boss TU-12H and for a good reason. I've had 3 in 14 years and one is dead and the other two are still in operation. You can buy them for under $100 (about $88 the last one) and you can velcro it to your guitar where you can see it and not have to turn around and break your neck or worry about it falling off the guitar. I put it on the back apron to the far right and don't run it inline because it does change the tone. It's covenient, small and gets the job done.

Me too Frank. Boss TU-12 velcroed to the back of the guitar. Just pull it off the back of the guitar at the end of the night when I'm finished. Great arrangement! I use it in line.

I also use a Boss TU-12. I run a cable from my other stero out on my pedal to it. Musician's Friend has a good price. 1-800-776-5173.

Bob.

Moved to 'Electronics'.

I like the Korg CA-20 chromatic tuner. It is small (about the size of a pack of cigarettes and about half as thick, has a nice liquid crystal dial with both a needle an little LED’s that indicate flat and sharp. I have had one for about 2 ½ years and I am still on the original battery, and have found it to be very accurate. Best of all, it costs about $19.95 at most discount music stores!

If there were to be a drawback to it, it would be that there is no light on the dial. This will present a problem at times if you are trying to tune during a break, and someone shuts off the stage lights leaving you in semi darkness. I have used most of the other tuners mentioned in this thread and in reality, they are all good. Any one will do the job for you.

B. Bailey Brown

I vote for the boss Tu12H also.

Robert

I bought a neat gizmo a few years ago to hold my TU 12. It clamps to a leg and it has a little shelf to place the tuner onto. It's right there when you need it. I also run a cable from my foot volume control directly to it. I forget who I got it from but it sure is a handy deal.
Uff-Da!

I could not find the music category for Sieko Electronics but www.musicbasics.com
has a large list of assorted tuners with description and closeups. You can also go to www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a for korg tuners. Also www.zzounds.com/lovemusic
has a list of tuners.

I use a Korg AT-120 for everything. It's really good, but it's sort of expensive.



It has a big, sensitive needle and a light.

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