New bass tuners

Chris P. · January 18, 2018, 04:47:47 AM

Interesting or bull shit?
Check the PDF, linked in the article.

https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2018/exhibitor-news/bass-ratio-are-coming

Basvarken · January 18, 2018, 05:07:02 AM

Interesting bull shit.

I don't play with the tuners.
I tune my bass and then play the strings.

slinkp · January 18, 2018, 05:11:12 AM

Yeah I don't get what the problem is that this solved.

Chris P. · January 18, 2018, 09:07:17 AM

Of course we need this. With this people still don't hear the bass, but now they don't hear it perfectly tuned.

uwe · January 18, 2018, 10:15:21 AM

Quote from: slinkp on January 18, 2018, 05:11:12 AM
Yeah I don't get what the problem is that this solved.

You are blind then for the underlying ingenuity of it.

doombass · January 18, 2018, 12:25:16 PM

Well, chefs also like to tweak recipes just a little.

Dave W · January 18, 2018, 01:42:28 PM

It's a solution in in search of a problem.

Quote from: Chris P. on January 18, 2018, 09:07:17 AM
Of course we need this. With this people still don't hear the bass, but now they don't hear it perfectly tuned.

The tuning won't be any more accurate, but the people who don't hear the bass can console them selves in knowing that the bassist saved 2 seconds tuning up.

Alanko · January 21, 2018, 02:02:42 PM

A solution looking for a problem. I've never re-strung a bass and wished desperately that each tuner had a subtly different gear ratio... I use a peg winder anyway, and usually I'm way more interested in making sure that the string feeds onto the post correctly.

BTL · January 21, 2018, 04:03:36 PM

I would be interested to try them, but I'm not likely to switch from Hipshot any time soon.

Chris P. · January 30, 2018, 09:06:26 AM

Point is every half turn is a half note I believe. Or something like that.

Basvarken · January 31, 2018, 03:32:22 PM

The one thing -that I think- does make sense is the accuracy coupled to the number of teeth on the gear wheel.
It's one of the reasons why I like large open gear tuners better than small closed ones.
But I can't see why you'd not want that level of accuracy on all strings?

Chris P. · February 01, 2018, 10:24:59 AM

Well, they are all exactly as accurate as the other.

uwe · February 01, 2018, 01:23:12 PM

Accurate tuning then for inaccurate ears?

Dave W · February 01, 2018, 01:32:53 PM

If you buy these, you'll still look at your tuner pedal while turning the key. Maybe you'll save a millisecond or two. If that's important to you, go for it. Just think of all the things you can do with all that extra time.

Chris P. · February 02, 2018, 01:56:43 PM

I think it's stupid and I won't get new tuners while the old ones just work. But still nice. I can imagine top brands will use those in future.