Cheap tuner pedal recs

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Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by SadFuzz » Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:44 am

Don't wanna go above £40, just a bit overwhelmed by all the choices. Held off too long buying a tuner for my setup for whatever reason.
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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by Domm » Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:06 am

Buy a used polytune mini. You can get them for your price range used.

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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by soggy mittens » Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:32 am

yeah the super cheap ones are slow and inaccurate, can't go wrong with a polytune. #wiseinvestment
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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by marqueemoon » Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:04 am

Used Boss.

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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by burntumber » Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:48 am

Hotone.

it's the size of 2 9v batteries, cost me $80cad new.

it sits on top of my fuzz to save space on the board.

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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by peterherman » Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:32 am

I've got a Polytune Clip that has the district advantages of being both small and completely out of the signal path. Brand new, they're around US$70. Can't imagine a used one would be more than your price range.

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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by BoringPostcards » Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:30 pm

Used Boss or a Planet Waves tuner. The planet waves is true bypass, if you care about that.
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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by JSutter » Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:00 pm

Korg, I just bought an old DT-10 that has the features I needed. Before that I had an Ibanez LU20. Yes I live in the past. Both are cheap money.

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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:52 pm

You'll easily find a used Korg Pitchblack for £40.

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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by Johno » Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:41 pm

marqueemoon wrote:
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Used Boss.
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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by SadFuzz » Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:05 am

Went for a used TU-2 right on budget. Should arrive in the next few days.
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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by s_mcsleazy » Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:06 am

korg pitch black is usually £30 used.

edit. as i was typing this, you mentioned you got a TU-2. fun fact. you can power boss ACA pedals off the 9v out.
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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by SadFuzz » Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:11 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:06 am
korg pitch black is usually £30 used.

edit. as i was typing this, you mentioned you got a TU-2. fun fact. you can power boss ACA pedals off the 9v out.
Aye only other pedal's a ds-1 right now so it all works out.
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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by ElephantDNA » Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:40 pm

See above but yeah I would go with a used Boss, TC, or Korg. All will be way better than the "budget" ones. I tried one of those recently and it just completely died on me. Worth paying for the brand name IMO.

Yeah, used TU-2 was a good choice. That's what I would do in your shoes for sure.

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Re: Cheap tuner pedal recs

Post by marqueemoon » Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:50 pm

My TU-2 is over 20 years old and still going strong.

The second always-on output is really handy, and yeah you can daisy chain a few others from it.

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