tuners

ACME EQ-4T

Acme Musical Instrument released the EQ model E-4T in June 2009. It’s a 4 band EQ with LCD tuner. The orange backlight shows clearly in most conditions, meanwhile the Manual and Auotmatic tuning modes make the whole tuning process easy and quick.

EQ E-4T Specifications

ACME AM-T90

 Acme’s new tuner model AM-T90 came into the market in July 2009. This tuner
uses Input & Output Jacks as well as orange backlight for LCD
display. The holder on the back gives a good 45 degree visual angle,
thus with an easy to see screen when tuning. This tuner will soon be put into mass production.

ACME Musical Instrument Company

Information: 

ACME Musical Instrument Co., LTD. is a musical instrument accesory manufacturer. Their range includes digital tuners, instument pickups and amplifiers.

Guitar that tunes itself

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Gibson is selling self tuning guitars. The Powertune system was developed by German engineer Chris Adams, and is being distributed by Gibson as an option on their guitars, with a price tag of $899.

Make a visual / aural guitar tuner

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This project describes how to make a strobe tuner "The Tune Trainer". It is quite tricky as it involves an Arduino microprocessor and prototyping board, which can be programmed via your computer. The link below lists the other electronic bits and pieces needed and gives detailed instructions.

The tuner has two tuning modes

Convert your guitar to Drop B tuning

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Gary Shutt shows how to get the low 7 string sound on a normal 6 string. What you need to do is get yourself some really thick and heavy gage string like 13 through 56 or a 7 string set and just not use the 9. Once you have your strings on, you tune everything down to perfect fourths. Going from the lowest (bass) to highest strings you will have: B-E-A-D-G-B.