Again, IMO, no one's ear would ever think that was in-tune, and my guess is that he plays acoustic guitar with a stronger grip than I do. The video starts with an exaggerated out-of-tune guitar that presumably shows what happens when you use your tuner without precompensation. As I see it though, those values work for him, his playing style, and maybe many others: IMO, it's highly dependent on how you play and the guitar that you play. The James Taylor video shows how to manually "sweeten" tuning by adjusting the tuner's in-tune values for each string by specific cent values. I think that "sweetening" attempts to precompensate for this (and the fact that instruments can never be perfectly in tune to themselves throughout their playing range) by modifying what's considered in-tune for each string. I think you'd drive yourself crazy chasing perfection. However, it's nearly impossible to get it to completely "settle down" because fretting a note or pushing down slightly on a trem bridge changes the tuning slightly and the tuner shows the dissonance. I like the strobe tuner's visual depiction of the "beats" dissonance that occurs when you tune by ear. This is my experience, my only interest is to share it, with the hope others might find some benefit Strobe Tuners can go within 1 Cent accuracy, whereas your average clip on, often offers between 20 to 30 Cents accuracy. I thought nothing could provide such a dramatic change to my guitars, I was wrong. Or seem of little interest to me, if you have an ear, and you hear dissensence where others dont, I would recommend investing in a higher end Strobe tuner, if you unsure about it, try it out, Make certain your access points are dead on, and hear it for yourself. Personally, the sweeteners I dont go for. I bought a Peterson Strobe tuner, its all that and more. This is another vintage industry standard instrument tuner, which ever-so-slightly pre-dates the PETERSON model 400 solid-state machine shown yesterday. Of coarse with the understanding our guitars are set up right. To say that I'm shocked at the difference a matter a cents can have, as only a good Strobe tuner can afford it user, is an understatement. I thought, sure, they've got techs, who work on the guitars after each gig, changing strings, regularly, with an eye on the saddles, truss rod, that kind of attention would suit me fine. Peterson StroboClip HD High Definition Clip-on Strobe Tuner (65) 59.99 Was: 79.99 or Best Offer 72 sold Conn Peterson Stroboconn Strobe Tuner 12 Wheel 485.00 65.00 shipping Peterson StroboStomp LE Pedal Tuner - 75th Anniversary Edition 81.00 7 bids 5. I hear sharps and flats so vividly, I began to think I would never have the kind of tuning, that so many players seem to enjoy so effortlessly. Quite honestly, I found that hard to believe. I was told i would hear a difference in my guitars immediately. There are only a few things I know for certain in this area, one of them, is the value of a high quality Strobe tuner. Recently I've been working on learning how to work on some of my less valuable guitars, whereas should I make, a simply idiotic mistake, lesson learned. I've bought many guitars, made some monumental mistakes selling ones, buying another, I'll never get over that.
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