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Thread #173920   Message #4218324
Posted By: Backwoodsman
03-Mar-25 - 04:35 AM
Thread Name: Clip-on guitar tuners
Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
Jerry, I think most of us who use electronic tuners tune to the tuner, then ‘tweak’ by ear to get the tuning ‘right’ for the instrument you’re playing and the keys you’re playing in. I certainly do - I play mostly capoed, and I always need to flatten the low E and the B just a smidge to sound ‘right’ for the chordage I tend to use.

At home, in the quiet of my office/guitar-room, I often tune by ear (I like to keep my ear ‘fit’) - I tune the E to my electronic tuner, then I use the method suggested in the Guild of American Luthiers’ Data Sheet #45…

Dr Kev’s article and reprint of GoAL Data Sheet #45

I used Dr Kev’s piece because the GoAL require you to become a member in order to read the piece.