yet another guitar thread

[khlee]

Im looking for a tuner for my seagull s6 acoustic. will this tuner do the trick?

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also, i heard some people recommending D'Addario strings, but theres like ten different kinds. which one should i get? and how often do strings need to be replaced?

 

[Eli]

Yes, it will work.

 

[ScottMac]

Get a tuning fork. They're available in E (A is most common), cost a couple bucks, and don't need batteries.

Whack the fork, touch the top or bridge and tune the string to pitch.

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Scott

 

[Lithium381]

yep that would work fine

personally i'm looking for the rackmount version of the korg tuner on ebay

good luck

personally i like elixer strings, if you've got an electric, 10's work well and for an acoustic 12's are nice.....


edit - scott has a good point, learn to tune by ear, it will help your playing SOOOOO MUCH

 

[khlee]

edit - scott has a good point, learn to tune by ear, it will help your playing SOOOOO MUCH

i tried that through this site but i can never get it to sound right

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: khlee

edit - scott has a good point, learn to tune by ear, it will help your playing SOOOOO MUCH

i tried that through this site but i can never get it to sound right

Alls you need to do is to tune one string really. After that it's easy to get the others in tune.

1. Tune the low E using some method (piano, tuning fork...)
2. Crank your A string down to make sure it's slightly flat.
3. Play the E string at fret 5 (note = A), let ring.
4. Play the A string, let ring.

You will hear what are called "beats" as the slightly off pitch notes add and subtract. It's a wah wah wah wah wah sound. If you are relatively close to the same note on both strings, they wahs will be very rapid. Sharpen the A string by tightening it slowly and you'll hear the wahs become slower and slower. The two strings are perfectly in tune with each other when there are no wahs at all. Also, if you go a bit too far and you sharpen the A string too much, you'll hear the wahs again. It's sorta like a little metal detector I guess

5. Repeat for all strings


When you get good at it, you can actually do it without even listening to the guitar. I've managed to do it a few times with earplugs in, just feeling the vibrations in the body of the guitar with my hand. You can feel the beats get slower and slower. It's kind of a neat show-off thing to do

I play elixir 10s on my electric, but I'd definitely get 12s for an acoustic.

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: khlee

edit - scott has a good point, learn to tune by ear, it will help your playing SOOOOO MUCH

i tried that through this site but i can never get it to sound right

try getting a real WAV sound, not a MIDI one....or if you even have a cheap radioshack or casio keyboard in the house, those work fine too, personally i tune mine to the upright piano in our living room, and things turn out all right. when you're tuning, listen for the beat frequency, that is the wowowowowow thing, i can't romanize the sound, sorry, but try and get that to 0 or none at all, that measn you're prefectly in pitch and there is no difference in the frequency(physics, yay!) once you have the one tuned, it's easy to do the others, assuming you know the pattern right? if you can do harmonics from the first string you tune, it's even more accurate.

 

[Lithium381]

Alls you need to do is to tune one string really. After that it's easy to get the others in tune.

1. Tune the low E using some method (piano, tuning fork...)
2. Crank your A string down to make sure it's slightly flat.
3. Play the E string at fret 5 (note = A), let ring.
4. Play the A string, let ring.


5. Repeat for all strings

(just a note regarding this, when tuning your B string(5th string) you will need to play the 4th fret on your G string(4rd) instead of the 5th fret as on all other strings

 

[silverpig]

Oh, you could just get a mic, plug it into your line in (or mic in) of your sound card and then use Audio Phonics Guitar Tuner

It's what I use when my guitar is way out. Works great.


edit: wrong url

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Lithium381

Alls you need to do is to tune one string really. After that it's easy to get the others in tune.

1. Tune the low E using some method (piano, tuning fork...)
2. Crank your A string down to make sure it's slightly flat.
3. Play the E string at fret 5 (note = A), let ring.
4. Play the A string, let ring.


5. Repeat for all strings

(just a note regarding this, when tuning your B string(5th string) you will need to play the 4th fret on your G string(4rd) instead of the 5th fret as on all other strings

I assumed he already knew but yeah

 

[ViperXX]

I use this One.

Easily mounts on and does an excellent job!

 

[khlee]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Lithium381

Alls you need to do is to tune one string really. After that it's easy to get the others in tune.

1. Tune the low E using some method (piano, tuning fork...)
2. Crank your A string down to make sure it's slightly flat.
3. Play the E string at fret 5 (note = A), let ring.
4. Play the A string, let ring.


5. Repeat for all strings

(just a note regarding this, when tuning your B string(5th string) you will need to play the 4th fret on your G string(4rd) instead of the 5th fret as on all other strings

I assumed he already knew but yeah

damn this is probably why i could never get it to sound right

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: khlee

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Lithium381

Alls you need to do is to tune one string really. After that it's easy to get the others in tune.

1. Tune the low E using some method (piano, tuning fork...)
2. Crank your A string down to make sure it's slightly flat.
3. Play the E string at fret 5 (note = A), let ring.
4. Play the A string, let ring.


5. Repeat for all strings

(just a note regarding this, when tuning your B string(5th string) you will need to play the 4th fret on your G string(4rd) instead of the 5th fret as on all other strings

I assumed he already knew but yeah

damn this is probably why i could never get it to sound right

seriously!?!?!?!?!

LOL < just an ironic laugh, nothing aimed at you personally buahahhh j/k !

 

[khlee]

Originally posted by: Lithium381

Originally posted by: khlee

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Lithium381

Alls you need to do is to tune one string really. After that it's easy to get the others in tune.

1. Tune the low E using some method (piano, tuning fork...)
2. Crank your A string down to make sure it's slightly flat.
3. Play the E string at fret 5 (note = A), let ring.
4. Play the A string, let ring.


5. Repeat for all strings

(just a note regarding this, when tuning your B string(5th string) you will need to play the 4th fret on your G string(4rd) instead of the 5th fret as on all other strings

I assumed he already knew but yeah

damn this is probably why i could never get it to sound right

seriously!?!?!?!?!

LOL < just an ironic laugh, nothing aimed at you personally buahahhh j/k !

 

[khlee]

woah! it sounds waaaaaaaaaaaaay better now! :beer:

 

[silverpig]

Hahahaha. That's funny. Just move up the strings. If you start at G, one half step up is G#, two is A, three is A#, and four is B, which is what your next string is... So you play fret 4 on that one.

E: F-F#-G-G#-A 5 frets
A: A#-B-C-C#-D 5 frets

etc... I'm too lazy to finish it