true bypass tuner pedal for under £100 ?????

[HTH AMPS]

My birthday is coming up and I want a true bypass tuner as using my ancient Boss TU-12 is a bit of a pain at gigs.

I'd like to spend no more than £60.00 ideally, but if there is something 'better' than is worth the extra, I'll spend up to £100

I seem to recall a Peterson tuner pedal and also a Digitech hardwire one too.

Opinions? Recommendations?

[LazyNinja]

The Korg Pitchblack is a cheap and good TB tuner pedal. I have heard reports that it doesn't track as quickly as the Boss TU2 though.

Sonic Research Turbo Tuner is meant to be the best but not sure if you can buy one in the UK. Peterson is also meant to be really accurate but some people say the casing is a bit flimsy.

Then there's the new TC Polytune. Bit more than your budget at £75ish, but you can strum all your strings and see which ones are out of tune quickly.

Are you sure you want a TB tuner anyway? Buffers can be a good thing, especially if you use true bypass loopers. I just noticed the other day that TB loops lost a lot of volume without a buffer in front.

[Twinfan]

Pitchblack works for me at home, and fits the brief......

[HTH AMPS]

been having a bit look around - this looks just the thing... http://www.andertons.co.uk/electric-guitar-fx/pid18053/cid579/tc-electronic-polytune-polyphonic-tuner.asp

I find that some of these pedals can be temperamental in use, so a trip to a local guitar shop may be in order to try them out (as insane as that sounds)... hmm, I like the tone of the 'other' tuner best  :lol:

[FELINEGUITARS]

I want a TC Polytune as well

[tomjackson]

I have been gigging with the pitchblack for the last year, it's great.

[Stevepage]

Korg Pitchblack. Simple and cheap.

[gwEm]

the input jack of my Korg PB keeps disassembling itself in my gigbag recently...

[phlip]

Must admit the PitchBlack is doing the job for me very well and has doen since it was released.

Sounds Live are pretty much the cheapest in shop price for the Pitchblack not sure if they have stock of the Polytune, Guitar Guitar do though but not the Pitchblack, assuming you're heading to Newcastle for shopping  :D

[hunter]

I tried the Polytune at Messe and it was Ok, but just that.
Nice wow at the beginning and it felt great to strum all 6 strings.

But it took me longer to tune the guitar than with a Pitchblack the old way.

It's a gimmick. The Polytune is also not the fastest and most accurate tuner, as far as I could tell on Messe with headphones.

[Dmoney]

I use a turbo tuner
http://www.turbo-tuner.com/pages/slides05.htm

its accurate and fast (once you get used to it).
It makes having the TP-6 bridge on my les paul worth it!

[TheIronBeast]

I also use the Korg Pitch Black tuner. I use mine all the time, at home, at rehearsals and gigs. Great tuner.

[Denim n Leather]

The Polytune is garbage. Stick with the TU2 or Pitch Black. I have noticed very slight tuning differences between my Korg and BOSS tuners; nothing major, but enough to where you will want to re-intonate to the new tuner if you're nuts about such things being spot on.

[HTH AMPS]

Must admit the PitchBlack is doing the job for me very well and has doen since it was released.

Sounds Live are pretty much the cheapest in shop price for the Pitchblack not sure if they have stock of the Polytune, Guitar Guitar do though but not the Pitchblack, assuming you're heading to Newcastle for shopping  :D

I shop in Newcastle IF the shops will match the best price I can get, but otherwise it'll be mail order.

The Pitch Black is the first one I looked at that I thought 'definitely not' - it looks cheap and nasty (like it will break fairly quickly).

Looks like I'm gonna have to try these out myself.

[Oli]

The Pitch Black seems really well made to be-- the casing is cast aluminium, the switch feels solid, and it generally feels very robust. I can't say that mine has had particularly heavy use, but i'd have no worries about taking it out on the road myself.