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Backwoodsman	04 Mar 25 - 07:47 AM
Fred	04 Mar 25 - 08:05 AM
Backwoodsman	04 Mar 25 - 08:12 AM
Fred	04 Mar 25 - 08:44 AM
GUEST,Jim Knowledge	05 Mar 25 - 09:31 AM
Fred	05 Mar 25 - 10:50 AM
Charmion	05 Mar 25 - 02:06 PM
MaJoC the Filk	05 Mar 25 - 02:28 PM
Seamus Kennedy	06 Mar 25 - 05:23 PM
Backwoodsman	07 Mar 25 - 02:20 AM
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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 04 Mar 25 - 07:47 AM

Ironic that a thread about tuners has turned into a banjo thread, don’cha fink? ;-) :-)

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Fred
Date: 04 Mar 25 - 08:05 AM

Gillymor-

Absolutely. Hang on to yours.

Backwoodsman-

That's life mate :)

Fred

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 04 Mar 25 - 08:12 AM

LOL! :-) :-)

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Fred
Date: 04 Mar 25 - 08:44 AM

Also, coming up (in its own thread) is a trick I've seen used to try to prolong the life of strings. Not seen it mentioned on the Cat.

Fred

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: GUEST,Jim Knowledge
Date: 05 Mar 25 - 09:31 AM

I `ad that Kevin Everflat in my cab the other day. As we were going to `is place I could see, in the mirror, `e was fiddling with something.
I said, "What `ave you got there Kev concentrating your mind then?"
`e said, "I just bought a clip on guitar tuner Jim and I can`t work out `ow it fits on the guitar".
I said, "`Aven`t you got the manual then?"
`e said, "No it`s all on line. You and you band `ave been at it for years, `ow `ave you got on with your string tuning?
I said, "Tuning forks every time cos you can use `em for other things although there is drawback."
`e said, "What`s that then?"
I said, "It`s `ard to pick up the bacon sometimes!!!"

Whaddam I Like??

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Fred
Date: 05 Mar 25 - 10:50 AM

MCtF-

Any money that's a real skin head. Calf, goat, can't tell from here (:)) but it would explain the issues you mentioned.

A Drum Dial is a handy tool, simplifying even head tension.

Fred

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Charmion
Date: 05 Mar 25 - 02:06 PM

I have ceased to strugglw to play the banjo.

The instrument I actually do play is the mandolin. I love my electronic tuner because I can tune up all eight insanely tight strings without hassle in a noisy pub or at the edge of a session. It may not be perfectly accurate, but neither am I, and if anyone in that pub or session can hear the microtone of variation from A440 I'll be very, very gobsmacked.

Forty-odd (very odd) years ago, I was tuning up half a ceilidh band with a tuning fork. The electronic gadget is infinitely better.

Besides, all instruments strung in courses are very slightly dissonant -- the jangle of the unequal strings tuned to the same pitch is what makes them sound the way they do.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 05 Mar 25 - 02:28 PM

> I have ceased to strugglw to play the banjo.

There's tragic. I admit I picked up (and failed to sufficiently thoroughly smash) the banjo in my mid-teens, after which chords on the guitar were a push-over. Now I've got the time to practice, I haven't the patience, and I'm stuck with my thunder-picking style and an extremely limited set of chords. When I try harder, half a century of muscle memory gets in the way.

My daughter's husband got her a banjo for Christmas, so I asked her which book she was learning to play it from. "Youtube and a lot of swearing," says she.

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 06 Mar 25 - 05:23 PM

D'Addario in-hole clip-on.

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Mar 25 - 02:20 AM

A word of warning - I used one of those in my D-18. After a week it had permanently marked the finish at the soundhole, so I took it out and binned it. No amount of polishing/rubbing will remove the blemish.

I don’t leave anything attached to my guitars now that isn’t in active use - tuners, capos, straps, whatever, if they’re not actively being used, off they come.

As always, IMHO and YMMV.

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Subject: RE: Clip-on guitar tuners
From: Fred
Date: 07 Mar 25 - 03:49 AM

I'm in the look-after-your-investment camp. This D-18 gigs three times each week but you won't find a mark on it.

I don't leave capos attached when not in use, and I dont have a tuner clipped on when I take the stage. Its just my way of going at it. If you have a different way, that's fine.

Fred

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