BuddytheReow
Breadboard Baker
To truly make my pedalboard 100% DIY a tuner would be nice/needed. Just throwing this out there…
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dawson
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dawson
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Jokes aside, I've always assumed this was impossible, but I also assumed that about the PPCB Deflector reverb that's hanging out on my board right now- I brag about the magic crystal I put inside. All that to say, I don't have the best insight on the limitations of DIY..
Does anyone have an idea of how to do this sorcery?
Does anyone know a definite roadblock that would stop us DIY'ers?
Does anyone have an idea of how to do this sorcery?
Does anyone know a definite roadblock that would stop us DIY'ers?
The daisy seed might be a good candidate. There are also some project plans and code available online if you search ‘arduino guitar tuner’. Could be an interesting exercise, but I’ve never had much interest, given all the cool sounding pedals I could build.
I doubt any of the diy projects currently available would best the performance of commercial units (I could be wrong though).
Dawson’s idea to rehouse is pretty cool, a middle option.
I doubt any of the diy projects currently available would best the performance of commercial units (I could be wrong though).
Dawson’s idea to rehouse is pretty cool, a middle option.
Feral Feline
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Once upon a time, I was going to stick an N-Tune in a 1590A booster/buffer pedal... never did it.
Harry Klippton
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What in the absolute FUCK is THIS?Once upon a time, I was going to stick an N-Tune in a 1590A booster/buffer pedal... never did it.
Username123
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I have never really understood the tuning pedal thing. I personally find that a headstock tuner works great for my needs. Plus more room on your pedal board.
Mentaltossflycoon
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I was an ears only guy until I started jamming with some noodley ass noodling hippies. How hard is it to shut the fuck up while I tune 4 strings? I recently replaced my tu-2 with one of these. I velcroed it to my hog so it doesn't actually take up a spot. It isn't in my signal path so I don't step on it therefore the longevity of the switch isn't a concern. It's great as long as I don't compare it to my peterson.
I figure it'd function better than that knob skirt nonsense and you could probably easily dissect one of these and hide it in a preamp pedal or something.
I figure it'd function better than that knob skirt nonsense and you could probably easily dissect one of these and hide it in a preamp pedal or something.
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dawson
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How funny, I'm the polar opposite when it comes to tuners- we must have different needs.
I prefer the interface of the pedal tuner, but the real reasons the clip-on ones aren't an option for me are durability and reliability: Do I want a grasshopper leg with a dead battery, or do I want an aluminum block plugged into never-ending power?
I imagine the clip-ons much more practical for acoustic guitar players, but that's not really my instrument.
To each, their own!
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dawson
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I'm guessing something like a $250 troubleshooting nightmare on stacked PCB's in a 1590BB.
All of this logic has changed my mind- I mean, I'd totally build one if I ever got bored of building mod's and OD's, but that'll never happen.
Username123
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Good points. I honestly don't need to tune very often. I keep my guitar in a case when I'm not playing it, so it rarely goes out of tune unless I do a lot of bending or look at the bigsby wrong. I also don't actually have a pedal board yet either. Got to build or buy one still.
peccary
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I've found clip on tuners to be really unreliable on stage with other loud instruments making it vibrate.
I like my Pitch Black. I've had it for ages and it has always been reliable. I'm not sure I'd build one, though.
Is that not right?
blackhatboojum
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This ^^^
Also, clip on tuners are worthless for doing intonation. And yeah… my Pitch Black has been beat to shit since 2013. Still going strong and hasn’t failed me yet. Clip ons work well for acoustics though… when they’re not draining the battery like crazy… I’m talking to you Korg.
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Feral Feline
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I confess, I'm a tuner freq. I've gone through a LOT of tuners (borrowed some, too, just to try).
Clip-ons have their place, but on a stage is not one of them, as @peccary noted.
BTW, Peccary, my Pitch Black was always a few cents sharp compared to the tuners of other musicians I played with, so I retired it. I dug it out of the moving boxes the other day to have a tuner by my solder station — DEAD! So I am mightily unimpressed with a tuner that barely got used let alone abused and now I have to see if I can fix it. Pitch Black? More like Bitch Plack.
Good way to have a tuner not on your pedalboard nor hanging off the headstock, but... There's a reason why the idea never caught on, I suspect.
You can also get Built-In-Tuners hidden in humbucker rings... Shadow:
In fact, I've sometimes plugged by DB into my Turbo Tuner at acoustic jams.
Clip-ons have their place, but on a stage is not one of them, as @peccary noted.
BTW, Peccary, my Pitch Black was always a few cents sharp compared to the tuners of other musicians I played with, so I retired it. I dug it out of the moving boxes the other day to have a tuner by my solder station — DEAD! So I am mightily unimpressed with a tuner that barely got used let alone abused and now I have to see if I can fix it. Pitch Black? More like Bitch Plack.
It was a pretty short-lived idea, I should've bought an N-Tune when they hit the bargain bins way back when (ie shortly after the product was launched).
Good way to have a tuner not on your pedalboard nor hanging off the headstock, but... There's a reason why the idea never caught on, I suspect.
You can also get Built-In-Tuners hidden in humbucker rings... Shadow:
Yup, whatever works for you. Acoustic jams I bring a clip-on for the bridge of my bass, but on a stage at a gig competing with drums, electric guitar, amped acoustic guitar, fiddle player, flautist, a bodhran mic'd up coming through the monitors, accordion, and then keys on top of that smothering everything, not to mention the bagpipes... a clip-on is useless 'cause picks up everything BUT my DB because it is sympathetically vibrating to everything else... Enter the Sonic Research pedal Turbo Tuner to save the day.
In fact, I've sometimes plugged by DB into my Turbo Tuner at acoustic jams.
andare
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Mark and Laura from Khruangbin agree with you. Even though they're playing bigger and bigger shows and use wireless, they're still both rocking Polytune Clips.
I like tuner pedals because they are accurate, they work on noisy stages and are easy to see, they don't fall, they don't look goofy and they mute the guitar. I do wish they were a lot smaller because I have a Pedaltrain Nano+
DAJE
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Kokko tuner. Tested against a Boss TU-2; zero difference. True bypass, too.
I get why someone might want a totally DIY pedal board, but when you're paying two or three times as much just so you can say you made your own... well, why aren't you making your own capacitors and resistors, too? Maybe set up a forge so you can cast your own potentiometers. And so on.
I get why someone might want a totally DIY pedal board, but when you're paying two or three times as much just so you can say you made your own... well, why aren't you making your own capacitors and resistors, too? Maybe set up a forge so you can cast your own potentiometers. And so on.
