Chromatic Tuners and Power banks (advice needed)

TravisMoore

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Looking into getting a chromatic tuner and a power bank to get some sort of pedal collection started. I need to know what is good & reliable?

For the Chromatic tuner I was looking at this:
BOSS TU-3 - U.K. International Cyberstore

As they seem to be the standard and boss pedals are definitely reliable.



I have no clue what power supply banks are reliable or good, any ideas?

It would be great if it was fairly compact =D


Cheers,
Travis
 
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As for tuning pedals, you can't go wrong with the Boss TU-3!

Owait, you already have that as a link. I recommend it! Lol
 
My Boss TU12 recently died and I've just picked up a TC Electronic Polytone tuner. Not the cheapest tuner but if you dabble with a little bit of guitar, the Polytune bit can come in handy!
 
I love the TC!

I trashed some Bosses in the past. Now I have the Korg and it's much sturdier. Have it for a long time. Also better LEDs on outsite stages.
 
Cool, Cheers for the input on Chromatic tuners, what about power supply banks?
 
A couple of guys and girls I know use a T-Rex:



I believe the Dunlop power brick is also good and cheaper.
 
Curtis said:
A couple of guys and girls I know use a T-Rex:



I believe the Dunlop power brick is also good and cheaper.
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Cheers!, I was looking at those actually, just have no idea on pedals and stuff =D
 
Some people have very different pedals, like 12V and 9V. It's good to take a look at the specs to see what you need.

I made a pedal board myself, with some (sh*t, now my English isn't technical enough...) erm... I mounted an, erm, extension cord? One to three power outputs. I put one 'one spot' adapter in it, with a daisy chain to my three pedals:

Korg tuner
EHX microPOG octaver
MXR Bass DI.

Easy and it works.

Sometimes I use my 12V EHX English Muff'n and I use one of two spare power outputs for it.
 
Leaning towards the Dunlop brick, fair price and has loads of outputs =D
 
Honestly, nothing tunes as well as a peterson. I noticed the (slight) difference from day 1. It's all about those tuning "sweeteners".
 
Already went with the TC Electronics one and a Dunlop Power brick, but thanks for the input guys =D
 
I find Petterson a little bit hard to use live. I prefer a simple but precise tuner, with LEDs
 
I buy a Peterson when I have a bass tech to tune my basses. Until that moment, a simple stage tuner of Korg does the job well:)
 
Florin said:
I find Petterson a little bit hard to use live. I prefer a simple but precise tuner, with LEDs
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Ah!

there is no such thing a a precise LED tuner, in fact they have all the same "precision". Some are just easier to read than the others.

I strongly disagree with the ease of use on the Peterson... There are a couple of tricks to know (you need to read the manual, they are in it), and then, using the Strobe tuner is actually quicker than a standard one when you are used to it. I've met customers who said they did not like Peterson, but after a while, they finally say that they did not read the manual nor did the extra effort to learn how to use it.

You are lazy :)

Did I say how much I loved my V-Sam?

;)
 
I know how to use it! But you know... Live... 40 000 guys in front of you - 3 seconds to check your tuning... get the idea? Plus the display is not as easy to see with strong Stage lights IIRC
 
But you told me you were always bass-syncing live?
 
I thought I could trust you.

Never tell my deepest secrets when having beer.
 
I use a peterson flip tuner. I have it sat on my amp turn around mute my amp 3 seconds later i'm back in tune. In pedal form i could see it hard to read - main reason i avoided it and its not as convenient as the flip. If you don't need it on a pedal board i'd highly recommend one!
 
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