tuning an anderson

[irish blues]

Can you tune a feitenized guitar as you would a "regular" guitar....my pal wants to borrow my Anderson but does not have a tuner set up for a feiten tune job. Does this make sense?:confused:

[Barry]

Can you tune a feitenized guitar as you would a "regular" guitar....my pal wants to borrow my Anderson but does not have a tuner set up for a feiten tune job. Does this make sense?:confused:

Its as easy to tune as any guitar . I dont think have to have any special tuner .

[rockjock]

I'm sure someone can offer a more 'scientific' method, but here's my 'quick-n-dirty' for playing live . . . (no one has complained so far . . . At least not about the guitar being off).

I usually use a boss TU-2 (or the GNX4 onboard tuner for practice).

Use open strings (not harmonics) and tune as a normal guitar with the following exceptions: (Involves nominal listening skills)

1. Tune the B string slighlty, slightly, slightly sharp.

2. Play and open D chord and adjust the G string while the chord is sounding until it sounds in tune. (Some distortion helps).

3. Play the open D and G strings together, make slight adjustments to the G string while the 'chord' sounds.

4. Go back the the open D chord and repeat until both chords sound in tune.

-- Takes a lot longer to explain than to actually do. Hope it helps . . . --

:)

[tom]

i used a regular tuner for a few years and it was fineish. when i switched to a dt7 it was better. with a regular tuner it was still better than no bfts.

[Harry]

I had the same experience as Tom, it will still sound great.

[dannopelli]

Me too. But tell him to sell the TU2 and get a Turbo Tuner.

[rockjock]

The turbo tuner does look pretty cool!

http://www.turbo-tuner.com/pages/videos.htm

[TonyG]

I used a Korg DT-7 for a good while and it was spot on but not practical for gigging. I now have a Peterson Strobostomp on my board and it is really the tops. If you use more than one guitar you can toggle between BF and normal tuning. I can't really see the point of spending a lot of money on a top class guitar and not using the fitted BF system, which is truly awesome.

[dannopelli]

The turbo tuner does look pretty cool!





Check out these links:
http://www.turbo-tuner.com/pages/slides05.htm

http://www.turbo-tuner.com/pages/manual-st2.htm

Suriel turned me on to this pedal. I have it one of my boards now and it is awesome. I have a DT7 in my other but that has tuner mute off the patch/looper. I just need a bit of time to reconfigure and the Turbo Tuner will go on that board too.

You can program up to six different tunings including BF. You can call the company and they will walk you through programming, but after the first one you realize what a fool you were to call. It is really easy to use. I spent more time talking guitars than programming the thing.

It is inexpensive, ($60 less than a Peterson) built like a tank, and is more accurate than anything out there. True bypass. Plus it is smaller than all my other pedals, just touch smaller than say a BB or Keely compressor.

[Casper]

Reminds me of the Planet waves tuner, which was great at first, but began to develp problems (like all PW stuff eventiually does it seems) and that thing weighed a pound! This is a cool idea especially at that price point, but I don't know if you would see it in an outdoor daylight gig? My SS2 is great about visuals in or out.

[irish blues]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[jeff h]

No one answered the question. :} Can you use normal tuning (E,A,D,G,B,E) on a Feiten guitar. I've never tried it?

[tom]

i did. i was happyish with it, but happier with a compensated tuner.

[dannopelli]

No one answered the question. :} Can you use normal tuning (E,A,D,G,B,E) on a Feiten guitar. I've never tried it?
You can do it, but the results are not as good as a compensated tuner.

Shaun, this is SO much different than the PW thing.

[pipedwho]

As others have said, you can tune normally, and it's good enough for most people. But, when you tune properly with offsets, it's even better again.

Regarding the Turbo Tuner. I have three here. The first two were the original ST-122 units that I bought a couple of years ago when they first came out, and my third is the ST-200 pedal version. All of these tuners are fantastic! No, you can't really use them in direct sunlight without shading the leds, but other than that, I'd say you can't beat them. Construction is high quality, chassis is very robust (well, a little less robust on the ST-122, as it's made of plastic vs the ST-200 which is a metal enclosure), tuning is super stable, tracking is fast, and they can be programmed with any tuning offsets you want (ie. BFTS). :)

[ConnemaraGuitar]

What impressed me about the Turbo Tuner is its accuracy:

"Extreme accuracy: ±.02 cents guaranteed"

My ears are sensitive to +3.75 cents.

But then, maybe I'm missing something. It happened once before, or so I'm told.

[dave]

anyone got any strong preferences between the peterson strobostomp and the turbo tuner?

[ckofahl]

Dave,

I have both and the Turbo is on both my boards. The turbo is much more sensitive and takes up less space. There both good. When I work on my guitars, I use the Strobo, so I don't have to pull the turbo off my board.

[pipedwho]

Turbo is smaller and more convenient (unless you like to play in direct sunlight). For indoors (or outside in the shade), the TT wins hands down. IMO.

[Mister T]

You can use a regular tuner and still take advantage of the Buzz Feiten system, Here is how you do it:

High E = tune open like usual
B String = tune to the E note, 5th fret
G String = Tune to the E note, 9th fret
D String = Tune to E note, 14th fret
A String = Tune to E Note, 7th Fret
Low E = Tune to E note, 5th fret harmonic