All user reviews for the Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner

The Boss TU-2 has been a great tool for tuning on the fly in gigging situations. Before this unit, I was using handheld tuners with little or no functionality built in for drop tunings. Playing both classic and modern music means you either carry way too many guitars around or you have a versatile tuning device such as the TU-2 to help. The features such as cent and stream make tuning in darkly lit venues a bit easier than using it in chromatic mode. It also has flat and double flat tuning which is great but for today's modern music, that is not totally sufficient which is a bit of a downside to this unit. I have manual handheld tuners that can be set for five flats to accommodate some of the crazy down tuned stuff out there today. Yes you can tune to a note but it’s a bit of guess work unless the unit is set exactly for that tuning as other units can accommodate. I think Boss has addressed this in the TU-3 but not sure but it is definitely worth doing the research as this feature would entice me to make a move. This unit also seems not to affect tone or suck bass too much but maybe slightly. True bypass would be a great addition if possible. All in all this has been a great asset to me thus far and I've not had any reason to want to replace it yet so thumbs up for the most part. If I were to jump to a modern rock band I might seek out something else but until then, this is doing the job. The output and by-bass jack are also a nice feature of this unit so you can use it based on the situation.

White color, solid die-cast metal case, with bright LED lights.

I played with a guitar player for a number of years who had one of these this. Both of us would use it. Guitar and Bass. The MSRP is $140 but you should be able to get it for $70-85.

This is a great tuner, very fast and accurate for tuning on stage or the studio and works with bass or guitar. It has a bright large LED display that you can easily even on a dark stage. It also has a bypass so you can keep it plugged in while you play on stage, then hit the bypass when you are in between songs to adjust tunings for different songs and fine tune. It also does not fluctuate wildly and will hold steady when tuning a string. You can use a power adapter with it and not have to worry about the battery dieing.

I can't really thing of any.

Build like a tank, solid metal and rubber construction. The electronics are well wired and will stand the test of time.

A great value and a great tuner. Worth every penny. I have used other tuners that are not as accurate, and this is a good one.

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I purchased this tuner from Micheal's music in Irving, Texas. I believe it was about $80. I wanted a pedal version of a tuner and heard this was the best pedal tuner out there.

I love everything about this pedal. It has many other functions, but I usually only use the standard A440 tuning (strobe) function. It has been gigged for years without backup and never once failed. I have it hooked up to a SKB-PS-15 Stomp 6 Basic Pedalboard. My rythm guitarist has a fender pedal tuner and you can hear noise coming through it while he tunes. Mine, you hear - nada!!

There is nothing I don't like about this unit. It is completely perfect in all respects.

Incredible quality and durability. Awesome construction, have never had any kind of problems with this in any indoor/outdoor gig setting.

Boss continues to lead the way in effects pedals and guitar accessories. This pedal is perfect for me and has NEVER let me down.

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Bought this unit new at GC - Livonia, Michigan - because of all the good reviews I read here and other discussion boards.

I guess I like everything about it. From the multiple tuning modes, to the bright LED readout, to the silent tuning, etc.

As I said above, there's nothing I don't like about it.

Boss is actually an acronym for "Built ) Of Solid Steel".
Small, light weight, strong, dependable. Just like all the Boss peddles.

It's more expensive than many of it's competitors, but I'm convinced of it's accuracy, and quality. And I'd highly recommend that anyone spend the extra and get something that will, in all likelyhood last you your entire playing career.

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I got this little box at Guitar Center in Tukwila, Washington and paid $85 because a friend of mine works there. I got it because my Korg rackmount tuner started flaking on me.

The TU-2 has some great options. It has a power-out plug that allows you to daisy chain power to other Boss pedals if you buy the power supply and the little daisy chainer thing. You can also choose if you want it to have it tune in flats or double flats. You can have it display it's meter as a strobe or as flat and sharp (like most of us are used to)

Mine became microphonic after about a month of use. What happens is that when I have it hooked in my effect line between my amp and guitar, it produces a high pitch squeal, much like feedback. When I tap the unit, you can hear it in the speakers. When I'm distorted, the squeal creates obnoxious feedback when I'm not playing. The Guitar Center where I bought it won't take it back because of the 30-day thing. There's also a chip in the side from a faulty finish job and they won't honor my 5 year warranty because they think I dropped it. So now I have to go spend another $85 after only a mere month of use.

Like I said, the paint job is really faulty. It's got chips all over it. I bought another boss pedal at the same time (the new phaser) and it doesn't have ANY problems. No chips or anything. I store them together when I'm on tour, so all I can assume is that it's faulty finish work. I can't use this pedal unless I take it out of my signal path with a A-B switch, which makes it really cumbersome on my pedal board.

Overall, I have to say that I'm completely unhappy about Roland's technical support service. I'm a professional, touring musician and I'm a consistant buyer of their pedals. I happened to get a lame unit and they won't honor their warranty.

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I bought the tuner at Guitar Center. I needed it because there's been too many times I've had my guitar go out of tune a little bit and I couldn't do anything about it because I didn't have an in-line tuner, and I paid $99

I love this thing because it's got everthing I want in a tuner plus some. It's really nice to be able to just hit the pedal and tune my guitar, I also use it to cut sound when I'm not playing. ANd it also serves as a power supply for up to six other pedals.

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It's a strongly built pedal just like the other boss pedals. It has a bright display that is easily seen while playing.

It's a great piece of gear that I would recommend to anyone that likes pedals and doesn't have a in-line tuner.

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The Boss TU-2 is a workhorse of a tuner. It’s no wonder it’s the most widely used touring pedal tuner in the world. While it’s not my favorite tuner, I understand why so many people use it. This thing is built like a tank. Metal input jacks, a metal housing, hefty switch, and a durable screen makes this, like most Boss pedals, nearly indestructible. Accounts of these pedals having reliability issues are very rare. I used mine for several years of gigging before upgrading to a Korg Pitchblack. The Korg beats the Boss out in my book because of the stream and speed of the reading along with being easier to read and being true bypass. The Boss TU-2 has a buffered bypass circuit, but I have never noticed a large loss in tone when using it. Eleven small LED show how far the guitar is out of tune by the speed and direction of the lights. Right of center is sharp and left of center is flat, using the standard set up. Streaming meter display is also an available option, though I stick with the regular style. A larger seven segment LED displays the note names and is fairly easy to read from far away. The tuning mode and display choice is stored in the memory when powered off, so you don’t have to reset that every time you decide to power on the pedal. Tuning modes include chromatic, guitar regular, guitar flat and double flat, bass regular, and bass flat and double flat. The calibration of the pedal is able to be set from 438Hz to 445Hz and the pedal offers the option to power other pedals off of it’s power via a daisy chain plugged into the top of the pedal. The TU-2 can be powered off a 9 volt battery or a power adapter. The pedal is average Boss size and does not take up a lot of room on a pedalboard. Overall this pedal is built to handle the road and works very well, but is just slightly topped by the Korg Pitchblack which is in the same price range and has better features and usability.

I have over 4 years, was not that long silent trs out I think.
I wanted an auto-chromatic tuner for guitar and bass, prcis, solid, and easily switchable all without having to unplug me to connect quickly (the era, I m'nervais lot on the vintage vibrato, especially on songs in particular, and I still need to connect my super fast in the middle of pieces during a break drum ...)
Two outputs to choose from: output or bypass, be inserted between the guitar and amp, the chose and if we cut the sound or not when it engages the tuner.
LEDs are clearly visible in the dark of course, but also with an mga sunshine above, there is no problem reading. They are being protected by a plexi that seems strong.
Otherwise, no surprise, it's a BOSS pedals, while metal.
The pitch is adjustable (from the top, you can rgler the LA 400 450 Hz ... I'd have verifies these figures)
The display of the note is also adjustable: one can of course use it to display the note (English notation A G), but also guitar or bass mode, for those who really do not want to widen the head, it will display the string of n
Note, it has a power supply between 9V, but also an outlet to power a practical deuxime pedals without the need for an octopus ...
Otherwise, even when I was forgetting to say that to match it trs prcis, the 11 LEDs (10 red and green in the middle) as a needle, is well done ... and there are more than 2 orange LED triangle affine to fully ... the green LED lights first, and when the green + orange simultaneously the two is that we are perfectly agreed.
The TU-2 silent exactly what I needed at the time, I found my little expensive for a budget of Student (for something that does not sound) ... APRS but suddenly I can say that the report is qualitprix trs trs good. If I lose or steal it from me, I will immediately buy back the same.

I am very satisfied with this pedal.
It's been a year since I ais and never any worries.
I was looking for a pedal tuner easy to use (for pa spend 3 hours a tune my bass), and resistant.
Side resistance, no problem Boss is rather in the solid.
To ease the side, an input and two output is output in this case when there is agreement does not pass the sound, or bypass, in which case the sound pass all the time. I use Custom Output output, plus it allows me to do an on / off easy on the bass when I posse 5 minutes.
Parmise operating modes, one can choose either color (it shows you the note format anglosaxhon: ABCDEFG) or guitar mode, it displays the string (1 2 3 4 5 6) I have not tested with a seven strings, even for low it displays the string (1 2 3 4 5 6). Test with low 4, 5 and 6 strings.
A green LED in the center tells you when your are correct. Two orange arrow tells you that your are either too low or too high.
Finally the red LED lights in 2 different ways depending on whether your are on the mains or battery. Either you're on the stack and it turns eft to right if you are too low or from right to left in. If you have too high a speed slows when you aproach the ACORD or it lights up with a and one approaches the green led in. If you have on the sector.
Finally, this pedal has an input area and especially output that can feed a spider 7 other pedals.
Brief but good.
This pedal has more than € 100, it's one of the highest first boss, it's been a little sick to your wallet if you compare it to another tuner (like a korg € 35). Quality is but the price is too expensive I think. especially as I consider it must be the premeir purchase.
After a year I would do the same choice.