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MGR/AxHacker « Korg GT12 Chromatic Tuner »
Published on 08/21/03 at 15:00I paid about $70 on the internet.
I had a cheap led tuner. This GT12 has a mechanical meter movement, which is way better. Its flanked by sharp/flat leds, but the meter makes tuning more accurate, and means that you can use this unit to check/adjust intonation. Its not as accurate as a guitar shop would use, but its ok for the do-it-yourselfer. It also can be put in manual mode, if you are wanting to zero in on a particular string, but for plain tuning, auto mode works well. Its plenty sensitive and grabs notes quick with very little falsing. This thing also features several alternative tunings pre-programmed, and some other instruments as well.
In manual mode, to select notes you must step thru them 1 at a time with a single button. If you go past, keep going til you come back. It would be nice to have the notes on the rotary dial so you could go straight to them. This is not a big deal tho.
As soundly constructed as plastic gadgets can be, I guess. It has a switchable backlight that works well.
I am very happy with this thing.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I had a cheap led tuner. This GT12 has a mechanical meter movement, which is way better. Its flanked by sharp/flat leds, but the meter makes tuning more accurate, and means that you can use this unit to check/adjust intonation. Its not as accurate as a guitar shop would use, but its ok for the do-it-yourselfer. It also can be put in manual mode, if you are wanting to zero in on a particular string, but for plain tuning, auto mode works well. Its plenty sensitive and grabs notes quick with very little falsing. This thing also features several alternative tunings pre-programmed, and some other instruments as well.
In manual mode, to select notes you must step thru them 1 at a time with a single button. If you go past, keep going til you come back. It would be nice to have the notes on the rotary dial so you could go straight to them. This is not a big deal tho.
As soundly constructed as plastic gadgets can be, I guess. It has a switchable backlight that works well.
I am very happy with this thing.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com