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Group Test

Gigging Tuner Pedals

Gigging can be stressful enough without worrying if your guitar’s

in tune. With the help of a decent tuner, you’ll keep the pressure to

a minimum and be ready for the next song before your drummer

WORDS STUART WILLIAMS

Planet Waves

Tr u-St rob e

TC Electronic

P ol yTu n e

TGR199.gear_test 128 2/2/10 5:00:57 pm

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& TC Electronic PolyTune Planet Waves Tru-Strobe Group Test Gigging Tuner Pedals Gigging can be stressful enough without worrying if your guitar’s in tune. With the help of a decent tuner, you’ll keep the pressure to a minimum and be ready for the next song before your drummer WORDS STUART WILLIAMS 128 TGR199.
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Boss TU-3 W e’ve all been there. Show up to any local band night at the Arse And Feather and you won’t have to wait long before the sound of 5th fret harmonics starts ringing out between songs. It’s a rookie error that sits right next to ‘mid-set free-jazz jams’ and ‘let the bass player tell a joke’ in the big book of irritating gigging no-nos. But attempting to tune up by ear is one that is made surprisingly often.
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& Boss TU-3 At a glance £79 Boss TU-3 Nice TU see you… ■฀Accu-Pitch Sign Fixated with seeing a green light? This gives you closure on each string Display ■ The High Brightness mode makes viewing the screen even easier ■฀TU-3 TYPE: Tuner pedal DISPLAY MODES: Stream/ Cent TUNING PRESETS: 14 TRUE BYPASS: No SOCKETS: Input, Output, Bypass Output, Power in/ daisy chain out POWER: Battery, PSU (optional) CONTACT: Roland UK 01792 702701 WEB: www.roland.co.
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“POLYPHONIC TUNING IS THE SORT OF BRILLIANT IDEA EVERYONE HOPED FOR” DigiTech HardWire HT-2 At a glance £97 DigiTech Hardwire HT-2 Turn on, tune up, rock out ■฀LEDs The simple display makes tuning a doddle on the HT-2 Display ■ The display reads in standard pitch, even if you’re using the droptuning presets ■฀True bypass You get the same true bypass wiring as the rest of the HardWire range D igiTech’s HardWire series has built up a solid reputation for itself since its launch in mid 2008.