Intellituners - Info please

Subject: RE: Intellituners - Info please
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 06:54 PM

I said it on the last thread. I'll say it again. I am not convinced about their accuracy - there is a finite "gap" between sharp and flat, whereas with a moving needle (I use a Seiko) you can really see what the reading is.

Subject: RE: Intellituners - Info please
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 08:00 PM

Sure RB... but dead on is still dead on, no matter what kind of tuner you use...

I've tried needles... and I prefer digital reads...

Guess it's just The-Beast-You-Know eh?

Subject: RE: Intellituners - Info please
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 12 Mar 05 - 01:39 AM

My Intellitouch is accurate (or so close that a deaf man would be pleased to hear the error) and I agree with Clinton, the digital display's easier to work with (IMO). It puts the high 'E' a little sharp, but if I couldn't fix that I wouldn't be much of a musician would I!

AAMOF, I generally only use a tuner to get pitch - I tune the 'A' from the tuner and then do the rest by ear using the 'tempered tuning' method that Rick Fielding explained here on Mudcat (I think it was Rick, I'm pretty sure it was). That gives a better result and works wherever on the neck I'm playing.

The only tuner I've used which was even more accurate was a Seiko that cost a hundred quid quite a few years ago. It got dropped and it broke just the same as a cheap one. And it needed a pick-up or silence to use it.

Subject: RE: Intellituners - Info please
From: Mary Humphreys
Date: 12 Mar 05 - 04:52 AM

I would like to thank GUEST Paranoid Android for his mention of how to attach an Intellituner to a banjo. Mine has always had a tendency to fall off the head of the instrument because there are not enough flat surfaces for it to adhere to. It works brilliantly when attached to the drum by means of elastic bands.
Mary

Subject: RE: Intellituners - Info please
From: fair maiden of nottingham
Date: 12 Mar 05 - 06:42 AM

at least with digital reads, you can tune the guitar when you are drunk.
plus it is very handy when you cannot find your specs

Subject: RE: Intellituners - Info please
From: GUEST,Paranoid Android
Date: 12 Mar 05 - 07:36 AM

When I lost the swivel nut I used a plastic garden tie as a temporary repair. Works perfectly. This link shows a picure. http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/acatalog/releasable_ties.gif