Best Cheapest Hand Held Tuner?

[Nimitz]

I tried searching the old threads but... meh

What would you guys suggest for the best quality/precision cheapest priced hand held tuner?

I want something where I can tune down 1/4 steps... you know to play alone with some Pantera!

I can get it by ear but still want to have a nice tuner for cheap.

Thanks in advance.

[Robert Hendrix]

Not really "hand held" but I've found this to be pretty handy.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...RWXGB&ZYXSEM=0

[sixx_ gunner]

+1 on the Snark. I use it often with my acoustics for different tunings.
I also have a Fender one like this:

http://www.activemusician.com/item--MC.AX12

I like it, easy interface and easy to view.

[hippietim]

You can Snark's on Amazon for 10 bucks. Buy a few.

[Nimitz]

Ok I just bought the Snark SN-2 on ebay, it tunes with vibration or sound. $10 bucks shipped

Thanks for the input guys

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Korg Dt7 or the new pitch black.
Boss TU-3 is great aswell.

[Chad]

I like the Snark SN-8. I'm not using my SN-1 and SN-2 very much since I got the SN-8. It seems to track faster and be easier to read and I like the black color better. They're cheap enough you can buy multiples.

[Grim]

I have a cheapo Planet Waves that works really well. I wouldn't use it for setting intonation (I have a Peterson strobo-stomp for that), but it works in a pinch. Got it for 19.99 IIRC.

For the record, you can tune down a quarter step with any tuner. Just tune the note so that the tuner is changing between E and Eb, A and Ab, etc etc etc.

[Alvin_Wilson]

I like the Snark SN-8. I'm not using my SN-1 and SN-2 very much since I got the SN-8. It seems to track faster and be easier to read and I like the black color better. They're cheap enough you can buy multiples.

Cool, I just bought the SN-8.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300662806346?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[cableguy]

Second the Snark. Great tuner

[Nimitz]

Got the snark... just what I was looking for... these little fuggers are great even on vibration mode it can display what notes you are playing pretty fast.

Thanks for all the info guys.

[Nimitz]

I set the Snark tuner to 431hz and tuned to standard EADGBE and bam dead on Dimebag Tuning...

Here is a list of Dimebag Tuning all a quarter step down.

Vulgar Display of Power:

Mouth for War: E
A New Level: Drop D
Walk: D
Fucking Hostile: E
This Love: E
Rise: E
No Good: D
Live in a Hole: E
Regular People: E
By Demons Be Driven: E
Hollow: E




Far Beyond Driven:

Strength Beyond Strength: E
Becoming: D
5 Minutes Alone: D
I'm Broken: D
Good friends and a bottle of pills: (?)
Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks: D
Slaughtered: E
25 Years: E
Shedding Skin: E
Use My Third Arm: D
Throes of Rejection: D
Planet Caravan: E


The Great Southern Trendkill:

The Great Southern Trendkill: D
War Nerve: D
Drag The Waters: D Flat
10's: D
Thirteen Steps to Nowhere: D
Suicide Note Part 1: Drop D
Suicide Note Part 2: D
Living Through Me: D
Floods: D
The Underground In America: Octave G (see note)
Sandblasted Skin: Octave G (see note)

For the above two mentioned songs, Dime tuned his guitars sixth string (which is already in D mind you) to match the pitch of the 5th string. Hence, an octave G.



Reinventing The Steel:

Hellboud: D
Goddamn Electric: D
Yesterday Don't Mean Shit: D
You've Gotta Belong To It: D
Revolution Is My Name: D
Death Rattle: D
We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time: D
Uplift: D
It Makes Them Disappear: Drop C
I'll Cast A Shadow: Drop C

[Chad]

Doesn't that work out to around 1/4 step? Anybody know the story on why Pantera did the microtonal thing?

[Nimitz]

I heard because Dimebag would "ghetto tune" by ear and it wound up being a 1/4 step down... at least that's what he said on that guitar clinic video... or some such shit like that.

[Chad]

If one session were "ghetto tuned", then that might make sense. But it would take special effort to intentionally tune like that on a repeated basis.