best guitar tuner

[gingerp]

I want one. Acoustic atm, but will go electric in future. I want one that makes it easy to downtune and thats accurate, good build quality. Potentially only need to buy one once. Any suggestions?

[gbbird]

I got a korg electronic tunter about 15 years ago, and it's still going strong.

[gingerpaul]

Good choice of name.

If you want to do funny tunings then get one that tunes each note rather that only tunes each each string. Mine only does EADGBE and detuning in semitone steps based around those notes. I can't go to open D with it for example, or even go to dropped D without pressing buttons in the middle of tuning. Annoying.

[otolith]

On the offchance that you have one, I've got an app for my iPhone which supports alternate tunings (from a list of common ones), 6 or 12 strings and comes with a huge chord library. I've not used my old tuner since I got it.

[chevy-stu]

Most of the handheld Korg ones should do the trick..

[paulmurr]

I've got a boss TU-12, works a treat.

[bigbadbikercats]

I just bought the cheapest chromatic tuner (a QuikTune QT12 at ~£15) in my local shop and I'm perfectly happy with it - easy to use, clear display (not backlit but I didn't buy it for stage use so it's not a problem), works equally well with the built-in microphone or plugged in, has resisted being bounced off the floor a few times, the batteries last for ages, and generally just does exactly what it says on the tin.

I'm not convinced there's any point paying a lot of money for a tuner unless you want specific features (e.g backlit display, rack mounting, pedal format with silent tune, etc, etc, etc) or really need the accuracy of a full-on professional strobe unit - even the cheapest of the cheap seem to work pretty well.

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[gingerp]

Id love a boss Tu-12, but I cant justify it yet, barely know much. Ill deffinitely go with either a boss or korg one fairly cheap for now. If i progress and get an electric, Ill get a Tu-12 then. Ill ask in the music store about drop tuning.

[gingerpaul]

Lots of cheap ones can tune to any note. Just make sure that the one you choose can because it's far more useful than only having E, A, D, G and B available.

[paulmurr]

These are also excellent http://www.amazon.co.uk/BOSS-TU-80C-Boss-Tuner-Met...

Edited by paulmurr on Wednesday 18th March 10:10