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Title: A Divine Revelation of Tuning
Post by: funkStrat_97 on March 18, 2015, 07:09:08 AM
........no, not really, but last night, something that should have been fairly obvious became clear to me.  Have you noticed that with some electronic tuners, the "in-tune" note (where you have the needle at the 0 mark) is flat compared to its fretted counterpart?  For example; your A string reads "in tune", but when you fret A on the 6th string it's slightly sharp.  Well after ensuring that I had my intonation as close to as correct as I could get it, I proceeded to do the following. 

*Using the A string example from above, I tuned the low E to concert pitch (BTW, I no longer tune to E flat....just in case anyone cares to know that  ;D). 
*Next, I'd fret A at the 5th fret and note where it reads. 
*Finally, tune open A to that reference point. 
*Repeat the process for the remaining strings.


Preliminary results sound good and the guitar is now better in tune with itself.  I guess it's good "guitar hack" but at the end of the day, I think it's time to invest in a better tuner.
Title: Re: A Divine Revelation of Tuning
Post by: SketchMan3 on March 18, 2015, 12:53:22 PM
So you're using relative tuning with an electronic tuner rather than your ears. Neat. Hadn't thought of that.

I don't understand how this means you need a better tuner. Doesn't it just mean your intonation can only get so close? And this is why they created guitars with fanned frets, right?
Title: Re: A Divine Revelation of Tuning
Post by: funkStrat_97 on March 18, 2015, 01:52:10 PM
So you're using relative tuning with an electronic tuner rather than your ears. Neat. Hadn't thought of that.

I don't understand how this means you need a better tuner. Doesn't it just mean your intonation can only get so close? And this is why they created guitars with fanned frets, right?

I have been using a Boss TU-8 tuner from since the time that Apostle Paul was a little boy.  I think it's probably time to upgrade to a better tuner......although my current tuner probably isn't that bad.
Title: Re: A Divine Revelation of Tuning
Post by: SavnBass on April 10, 2015, 06:03:36 PM
The tuner in the Zoom is very good..