Korg Pitchblack

[swarfrat]

Got a Korg Pitchblack for my bday this year. Nice. I already knew they were - I've played with a friend's before. The last tuner I had was a Sabine - when they were the latest thing. I've never played with a tuner that was both accurate and stable. Usually accuracy comes at a cost of being jumpy and fiddly as all getout.

But now that I have a stompbox, I guess i need a second cable long enough to reach the floor. It's just a tuner, am I still on the slippery slope? Will I end up with a harmonizer and 3 delays and 4 OD pedals, compressor, chorus, flanger, wah, vocoder and a ring modulator now?

 

[hannaugh]

Just out of curiosity, what is the advantage to having a pedal tuner vs. having a clip-on tuner?  I've never used a pedal tuner before. 

 

[swarfrat]

stomp mute - its quite handy

 

[hannaugh]

Ah, that makes sense. 

 

[jwl68th]

+1 on the Korg, I really like mine. 

To answer your question...Yes, you will soon be obsessed with every new and vintage pedal you stumble across. Pretty soon you'll be buying a lunchbox big enough to smuggle new pedals past the wife, having them shipped to your friends etc. After a while you'll be looking into building your own. It's gonna get ugly.  Good luck.

 

[swarfrat]

I've had a CS-2, CE-2, Distortion+, Boss heavy metal, and a couple others I don't remember.  And I have an autographed copy of RG Keens PCB Layout for musical fx. Think I'm safe.

 

[erogenousjones17]

After getting my first pedal--a DS-1--I went nuts and ended up with a whole bunch. But that faded, and the only ones I still use are a noise gate (who knew single coils were so noisy?), an overdrive (for a little boost) and--drumroll please--a Korg Pitchblack. It's a great little unit. I especially like that it seems less sensitive in noisy environments than the BOSS equivalent.

As swarfrat said, stomp tuners are fun as a quick mute. And they don't look as weird as clip-on tuners.  :laughing7:

 

[swarfrat]

My current guitar has EMGs but the one in progress has Mean 90's and I may pick up a Decimator or something fancier than a plain ol noise gate.

 

[OzziePete]

+1 on the Korg, I really like mine. 

To answer your question...Yes, you will soon be obsessed with every new and vintage pedal you stumble across. Pretty soon you'll be buying a lunchbox big enough to smuggle new pedals past the wife, having them shipped to your friends etc. After a while you'll be looking into building your own. It's gonna get ugly.  Good luck.

LOL.... :icon_thumright:  :laughing7:  :laughing3:  :laughing11:  :toothy12:  :laughing8:

 

[MikeW]

stomp mute - its quite handy

And during a show, a clip-on has the tendency to slide around or fall off if you're moving much. The stomp box is nice because it's always where you left it last.

I wouldn't worry too much about getting a pedal jones yet. I'm only running a tuner, Cry Baby wah, octiver and then a delay in my effects loop. I think it helps to have an amp that gets a really great tone to start with though. If you're not happy with the amp, then there is the tendency to take the easy road and think that a pedal will do the job. Just remember that pedals are for coloring sound not creating it and you'll be fine.

 

[swarfrat]

I was mostly kidding. Its been 15-20 years since I owned any pedals. I love my Carvin X60C, getting ready to redo a project amp to be an 8w self split EL84 JCM800 (fixing to move, so it'll probably be 6 mos).

I've considered recabbing my combo and head (the project amp) to be two heads and two 112 extensions. Seems to be the ideal combo of covering the bases, flexibility and minimal redundancy. 112 when your lazy, 212 when you want it, and that's enough.

Yeah I'm definitely an amp guy. Now that I'm approaching codger status that's unlikely to change.

Tried the tuner out on the 12 today - the true test of any tuner. Its close enough to tune the unisons individually. Love the strobe2 mode on this thing.

Biggest gripe so far is its been so long since I had pedals that I keep forgetting to unplug it.

 

[erogenousjones17]

Biggest gripe so far is its been so long since I had pedals that I keep forgetting to unplug it.

Adapter. Seriously.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Strat Avenger]

For the past 15 years, I've been using a rack tuner, and I think its the bomb.
The only disadvantage would be that you have to turn and look behind you to see it.
I think those clip-on tuners look kind'a goofy.

 

[Cagey]

I think those clip-on tuners look kind'a goofy.

They do. But, I got one for Christmas last year, and it is the coolest little widget I've had around in a long time. I got one of the Snarks...

They're surprising fast and accurate, they're easy to see and interpret, they work with any guitar/bass, they shut themselves off so you don't have to remember to do it yourself, and they're very inexpensive. You can get them for anywhere between $6 and $15. I haven't used the Boss TU-3 since the Snark showed up. At the price, you can almost afford to have a half dozen or more of them around - some in the guitar cases, one in the rack drawer, one in the desk drawer, some just laying around, etc.

 

[pabloman]

Clip ons are effing perfect for acoustic guitars.  :headbang1:

 

[kboman]

My friendly neighbourhood luthier uses clip-on tuners and they were surprisingly useful when I tried one. Still getting a Polytune for my electric rig  (and I'm still loving the Polytune app), but a clip-on could be very useful to have around.