Electric Guitar Tuner

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this but could any one recommend a good electric guitar tuner for a beginner?

Also I take it this site is good for learning electric guitar, most of the free videos seem to be acoustic.

And I take it there is no problem with me being from the UK, obviously I pay in $ and the bank converts it to £ but just want to make sure there is no T&Cs stopping it :)

Thanks,

Gary

Hi. There's tons of stuff here for someone learning electric.

Speaking of tuners, there are lots of kinds on the market and I find they all work pretty well. If you are playing electric and considering buying an effects pedal, some have a tuner built right in, so you could wait and save a few $.

Then there are the little box type. I have a couple that I never use anymore. They have a display meter and a mic for tuning acoustic, or you can plug directly into if you are on an electric.

My favourite model (aside from the one conveniently in my pedal) is a little clip-on tuner that I bought more because I didn't believe it worked than anything else. :rolleyes:

It does have a mic, but mainly it is used by clipping on to your headstock. It picks up the string vibrations, rather than sound, so it does not matter how noisy the room is or anything. I just leave it clipped on my other guitar all the time for convenient tuning checks. The one I have is a "Solutions" brand that I paid $25 CDN for.

As far as paying for the site, the site admins can speak better on that, but I suspect no issue :)

Probably not using a Mac, but there is a great tuner built into Garage Band and I's sure there are other PC tuners out there as long as you have a mic.

Thanks for the help. Ordered one from ebay that sounds good (intput and speaker and mic). I tried one called "Digital Guitar Tuner", was a free download but when I tune the "E" string it says its fine but when listening the sound it should make it doesn't sound the same.

On holiday this weekend so going to sign up when I get back :)

Thanks again for your help :)

Hi Gary, and welcome to GT.

No problem you being in the UK, I am as well... :)

Best one I've ever had is the Boss TU-12 chromatic tuner - very reliable and accurate, small enough to bring anywhere. A must have piece of gear IMO.

Just about any reputable guitar store can put you in the right direction for a good, inexpensive tuner...THAT WORKS. Stay out of Pawn Shops if you can. If a store is going to give you advice, they are usually not going to steer you wrong as just ONE bad transaction might lose them a hundred customers just by word of mouth...You tell Joe, Joe tells Moe..you see where I'm headed with this? Seiko makes a great tuner, but as said before in other posts, you can get some nice effects pedals with tuners built in. BOSS, ZOOM, DIGITECH..it just depends on your wallet really.
Hope this helped!

Da Bearmgr :cool:

Originally Posted by: GarthurSorry if this is the wrong place for this but could any one recommend a good electric guitar tuner for a beginner?

Also I take it this site is good for learning electric guitar, most of the free videos seem to be acoustic.

And I take it there is no problem with me being from the UK, obviously I pay in $ and the bank converts it to £ but just want to make sure there is no T&Cs stopping it :)

Thanks,

Gary