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dr August 11, 2011 at 10:36 am

Just about any tuner is ok, but I’d recommend a chromatic tuner, and make sure it has a jack input, not just a built in microphone, so you can plug in your guitar to it for better accuracy.

**** August 11, 2011 at 10:33 pm

I would get a guitar with the tuners up. Some guitars are made with the tuners down and are not necessarily a left handed guitars…I think one company that does this is Jackson but I’m not sure…….But then again Epiphone and Gibson les pauls have the tuners up and down….they are awesome guitars..!!

cbjr August 12, 2011 at 10:46 am

If you are tuning to standard and then strumming all open, it will sound like crap. You are not forming any chords. Play a chord and see what it sounds like.

Henré August 12, 2011 at 10:29 pm

That’s because your A string is out of tune! That’s how tuners WORK, man.Keep playing the A string and tune it up (not down) until it reads as an A.

fru1tbooter14 August 13, 2011 at 10:46 am

There is the Korg CA – 30 tuner. It works fine and is pretty cheap and durable. All you do is just plug into it, press the red button, and tune. It’s Great.

Left-T August 13, 2011 at 10:27 pm

Hi AshleyA guitar tuner will detect a drop B. Most tuners give you a choice of high, medium ,low range but generally, it will detect it for sure.

John T August 14, 2011 at 10:45 am

440hzThat is the frequency of the A string on your guitar in standard tuning. Some bands, like meshuggah, tune to different frequencies. This causes some frequencies that are normally not heard in a song to stand out more. You could try bringing your tuner to 445 or 435hz just for fun. although, it would be more or less unnoticable unless you compared it to a guitar in standard 440hz.

Ken C August 14, 2011 at 10:27 pm

The locking part of a locking tuner is referring to how the string is secured to the tuning post. It does not mean locking the rotation of the tuner.The advantage of locking tuners is that you can restring them very quickly. They’re also nice if you have a tremolo bridge on the guitar, as they improve string stability.With a normal tuner, you’re going to need to get 2 to 3 wraps of the string around the post to hold the string stable. Less than that, and the string can come loose. If you put more turns on the post to the point that the string is winding back over itself, you’ve got all kinds of chances for the string to slip out of tune.Which would I get? If the turn ratios are the same on them, then I’d probably get the locking tuners. But, if the grovers had a higher ratio, I’d get them instead. Just personal preference.Sperzel was the first company to come up with the locking tuner idea. Google them to see a what they do.Greetings from Austin, TXKen

Caty August 15, 2011 at 10:22 am

I don’t know about where you live but in my country the telephone line signal is tuned to A.So you can use it to tune your A string and then tune the other strings based on it. If in your country the signal is tuned to a pitch that doesn’t correspond to any of the guitar strings then you’re going to need a tuning pipe or a pitch fork to get a reference pitch.

GuitarChris August 15, 2011 at 10:24 pm

I recommend Korg tuners. They’re cheap and reliable

medstud14 August 16, 2011 at 10:37 am

only chromatic guitar tuners will contain notes outside of the standard gutiar tuning of EADGBE, this have all the notes including the sharps, however they are about 10-20 dollars mroe expensive then a normal guitar tuner, i would suggest the korg ca-40, its very accurate and it comes with the LED lights and the actual visual of where the pitch is which is great cuz sometimes the arrow can always move and you get paranoid so the light is easier to see if your pitch is in a acceptable area…it also lets you drop 5 semitones lower then where it is at the moment, so you cant go from c to f, which is cool but u would never do that because it would be floppy…

megallicaxiii August 16, 2011 at 10:56 pm

Put that jack in the in hole, the out hole is used in case you want to hook it up to a special effects pedal/amp while tuning and not wanting to take the tuner on and off etc. you want to tune starting with the smalist string upwards like so:E,B,G,D,A,Eif it stats getting to high… youll know and then go backwards untill you get the right note because there are differnt levels of each letter note

Karl Carsey August 17, 2011 at 10:52 am

First, turn on your tuner (of course) and put it close enough to the guitar so it can pick up the sound. You want to pluck one string at a time, no strumming. Then starting with the largest string (the low E) pluck it and let the tuner pick up the sound, then turn its knob clockwise if the tuner’s gauge is reading to the left of the center. If it is reading to the right, you want to make it first read to the left by turning it counterclockwise then bring it up to the center by reversing directions. This will ensure that the string stays put. If that particular string doesn’t read as an ‘E’ then it’s probably way off and you need to turn it a lot depending on which pitch it reads as. For example, if it reads as Eb or D# or lower then it must be tightened a lot and if it reads as F or higher then it must be loosened a lot. And by a lot I mean only about 3/4 of a turn.Repeat those steps for the A, D, G, B, and high E strings in that order. If a lot of adjusting was needed, you may want to repeat this process again because guitar strings tend to go out of tune if the other strings are messed with a lot. Hope that all isn’t too confusing.

maddy August 17, 2011 at 10:42 pm

Here are the two best online guitar tuners I know. this one’s acoustic: http://www.jamplay.com/online-guitar-tuner/online-guitar-tuner.htmlthis one’s electric: http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/utilities/tuner/

Timothy Rohl August 18, 2011 at 10:13 am

Its hard to fix problems like this if you are not in person. Put the tuner as close to the acoustic guitars sound hole as possible. Hit the top 6E string. If it is saying 4G, that means its a large crap load out of tune. You can take your stuff to a local music shop and they can show you how to use it as well.

Dana August 18, 2011 at 10:59 pm

Hi! Although I do not personally have any experience with the Fender Sparkle Tone model, I do know that both KORG and BOSS also make very good tuners, and some are quite inexpensive. Check http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/search for reviews on different tuners. In selecting a tuner, there are a number of things to consider beyond just price. If you only plug your guitar into the tuner while playing at home or with friends, pretty much any reputable company’s tuner will work. On the other hand, if you play before an audience and want to check tuning between songs, you need to be able to leave the tuner connected throughout the performance. Unless the tuner provides true bypass when off, the circuitry will always be at least partially engaged; trust me, it can have a noticeable negative impact on your tone. It is best to run a tuner without true bypass through an extension off the main signal chain. Also, if you leave the tuner on continuously, you will want AC power capability, rather than have the battery run out at a gig. Having and L.E.D. or L.C.D. display is great, particularly on a dark stage, but in the daylight they become a real challenge to see! This is why having a dial indicator can be more than just a nice-to-have. The final consideration is reliability, which gets back to the importance of selecting a reputable brand. I have had a small KORG tuner as a backup for many years, and it has seen much abuse. Although the dial illumination is now somewhat intermittent, the tuner portion still functions perfectly, despite being dropped hard several times! By the way, the purists will offer that for true tuning accuracy you need an expensive strobe tuner; this is certainly an opinion worthy of merit, but for the unwashed masses a basic tuning device is very workable. Hope some of this helps. Best regards, Dana

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loweredclass August 19, 2011 at 10:15 pm

Yes, as long as your guitar has the 1/4″ jack (the one that works with a standard guitar cable) it should work fine.