tuner thingie

[beige_alert]

I went to the local Guitar Center to wander about and pick up some more strings. It turns out the current special is buy five packs of strings, get a little tuner thingie "free." Why not?

This thing looks like a guitar pick that got really fat and grew two LEDs and a control wheel. The idea is you set it for the string you want to tune and shine the lights on the string. They flash at the note's correct frequency, so you should see the string slowly wiggling by stroboscopic effect. It is somewhat cool to play with. Could you actually tune a guitar with it? I don't know. I suppose markiv1111 could, by simply tuning it himself first, then allowing any physics-student passers-by to play with the strobe effect.

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[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

gundo has one of those, I believe. I'm not sure if he's played with it, thought.

He came home some time ago and said "Darling?" (I knew I was in trouble.) "Darling, you know that financial stability we've worked so hard to maintain? That excellent credit rating? That low debt ratio?" (I was really scared, and said "Um, yes...") He continued "Well, say goodbye to it all. They've opened a Guitar Center in Joliet."

What response could I make besides "Ah. I'll sell all our stuff and prepare to live in the van."

I know my man and his guitar fetish. ;-)

Unlikely

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

You are doing me great honor. But I am so hopelessly non-techie that I don't think I could figure it out at all. Starting with my tuning the guitar, and letting the passers-by do all the techie stuff, would *sorta* work, but my ear isn't as good as it was, say, 15 years ago. I have no idea when you and I will be in the same room at a con, but you can show it to me when that happens.

Nate

Re: Unlikely

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Even if your ear really isn't as good as it used to be, I think the general consensus is that it is still a whole lot better than any of ours.

Sorry I missed you in Milwaukee recently but I had prior plans. I'm sure we'll see each other again sometime.

[gundo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it works really nicely. Now, it will only work on a standard 6-string tuning, but it works. Really great for a small tuner in a larger room.

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

So it's actually useful? I only played with it a few minutes and wasn't sure how usable it would be. I suppose if you are already real close it would help with the final tweaking fairly readily.