Boss TU3
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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.
A good quality chromatic tuner pedal is
a valuable addition to any gigger’s setup,
allowing you to quickly tune up in silence
between songs with the minimum disruption
to your set. We’ve lined up a quartet
of stompboxes from four big names to
determine who will end up with your cash.
First up is DigiTech’s HardWire HT-2, which
promises to be accurate to under one per
cent of a semitone. Next is Planet Waves
Tru-Strobe pedal, based on its desktop tuner,
and the only pedal in the test to offer a true
strobe array of LEDs. TC Electronic attempts
to revolutionise the way you tune your
guitar forever with its PolyTune pedal, and
then there’s the Boss TU-3, coming from a
pedigree of pedalboard veterans.
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Flip the page to
nd out which one
won our Group Test
head-to-head
“ATTEMPTING TO TUNE
YOUR GUITAR BY EAR
IS A GIGGING NONO”
Boss TU-3
DigiTech HardWire
TGR199.gear_test 129 2/2/10 5:01:3 pm