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Conn Strobe Tuner?

Excalibur

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Anyone is using one of these?,i saw David Gilmour, Bryan May and Neal Young with different versions of it..how accurate is it and how do you use it?

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mmcquain

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Back in the late 70's these were considered to be one of the best tuners you could buy. They were expensive ($300+ in 1970's dollars IIFC). Remember that this was before the age of the inexpensive digital tuner so it was a "big deal" if you could afford to have one of these (at least to those of us in the local high school rock bands, etc.)
 

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+1 on the Strobostomp. Don't know how I got along without one for so long. Also, if you don't need it on a pedalboard, I understand the new StroboFlip is even better.
 

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I have one of the Peterson V-Sam virtual strobe tuners (earlier one without the metronome) and love it. It is much more accurate than than my other tuners that use a needle (Boss) or LED arrary. With the virtual strobe you can really get intonation set accurately. The display takes a little getting used to, but once you do it is super easy to use and you can tune very quickly with extreme accuracy.

Charles
 

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+1 on the Strobostomp. Don't know how I got along without one for so long. Also, if you don't need it on a pedalboard, I understand the new StroboFlip is even better.

Yeah 'cause it's got a Mic option for acoustic tunning right?
on the pedal I've noticed theres no Mic.
 

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I got custody of a late 70's Conn when the band I was in broke up. Still have it, and I still use it for intonating my guitars. Nothing works better for that. After you turn the power on, you have to set the strobe. With the top right knob, you adjust it so the light doesn't move. Its just like timing a motor TDC. The bottom left knob adjusts sensitivity. You don't want it too sensitive, or exterraneous noises set it off. The top left knob obviously sets the tuner for the note/string your tuning. Bottom right knob is frequency IIRC. I set that depending on if its a bass or a guitar I'm working on.
 

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lpnv59I :got custody of a late 70's Conn when the band I was in broke up. Still have it, and I still use it for intonating my guitars. Nothing works better for that. After you turn the power on, you have to set the strobe. With the top right knob, you adjust it so the light doesn't move. Its just like timing a motor TDC. The bottom left knob adjusts sensitivity. You don't want it too sensitive, or exterraneous noises set it off. The top left knob obviously sets the tuner for the note/string your tuning. Bottom right knob is frequency IIRC. I set that depending on if its a bass or a guitar I'm working on.

That's all i needed to know and more,thanks again lpnv :dude:
 

lpnv59

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That's all i needed to know and more,thanks again lpnv :dude:


Tip: You get better results by hitting an open string very lightly at the 12th fret. usually with a neck pickup or both. Intonating or adjusting the bridge, you fret the string at the 12th fret with just enough pressure to get the note to ring. Pick the string again fairly lightly. The note will light up better and appear stronger on the strobe.
 

Excalibur

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Thanks for the tip lpnv,now lets find one that's working and won't rob the bank :salude
 

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The luthier that I go to has been using one of these since the 70s. The guy is like a wizard with that thing. He looks like a mad scientist when he's intonating a guitar.

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pipefighter

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I have one. It came with a mic for acoustic tuning. I think Peterson purchased Conn several years ago. Last time I checked there was little information on their site but were available for email contact questions.
 
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