Korg's Polychromatic

So TC Electronics and Hardwire has polychromatic tuners? Now Korg's Pitchblack is going polyphonic as well.

For those in Singapore, $85 for this Pitchblack. 

Sorry that I haven't been able to update nowadays. I have got entrance exams and audition in 2 weeks time. So I've been busy preparing. After that, posts will come up more regularly!

Loki

Snark

So I've gotten myself the Snark tuner... The red colour one.

I couldn't resist that red colour. It was just too nice and this tuner looks cute that I just have to buy it. Anyway, it was a good buy. For a $16, I got a nice and cute little tuner. I dare to say that this Snark is better than my Cherub WST-900 clip Evo Tuner in terms of precision.

Where do I get it from? Sound Alchemy? Davis? No.. I got it from TY Music.

Saving place: EQ + Tuner

If you are looking for a graphic equaliser and a pedal tuner and you have a very limited space on your board, maybe Artec SE-GEQ 8 band Graphic EQ might be a solution.

Or maybe not. A combination of the two pedals will indeed save some space. However, there are trade-offs as well. It only has a range of 10dB cut and boost. So it all depends on you. If you are looking for something of a larger range, it is better to invest on something else.

Modtone Chromatic Tuner

Something else I got today. A Modtone MT-CT Chromatic Tuner. It is simply a pedal tuner. That's all.

I often get questions like 'What is so special about this?' and 'how is this different from Korg Pitchblack'. 

Here are the similarities:

1. True bypass
2. Silent tuning. When you switch on your tuner, your signal will be muted. The good thing about this is that you can use your tuner as a momentary killswitch as well. 
3. Calibration is adjustable from 436 - 445 Hz

Differences:

1. Modtone is very hungry for power. It draws 3 times as much current as pitchblack. (Ptichblack's max current draw is 30mA
2. Blue LED instead of RED and GREEN. One of the main reason why I get this. My eyes can't stand red lights. 
3. Smaller tuning range of A0 - C8. However, it is more than enough to tune any guitar or a 5 string bass.
4. Slightly smaller
5. No D.C. out. This tuner CANNOT supply power to another pedal.

Modtone items can be purchased at SV Guitars.

Shopping (again)^3

Alright. Everybody needs a break, agree?
Well, doing Physics for continuous 6 hours yesterday without budging a single inch from the table is not at all healthy. So I decided to take a break by going out for shopping (at City Hall~)

These are what I bought.

From right>>
GHS Coated Guitar Boomers (10-52). Well, my usual stocking of electric guitar strings. Until now, I still prefer GHS coated boomer the most; it is the cheapest coated strings. I usually buy the 10 gauge ones with thicker bass strings. The normal type is (10-48)

Cherub WST-900 Clip Evo Tuner. Bought this from SV Guitars. I have been looking for a new tuner since my old tuner has spoiled. This sounds pathetic but my one and only tuner is my Zoom G2.1u. So I decided to get this chromatic tuner. Why chromatic? I usually play dropped-tuning so it's necessary. And (obviously) it is the most flexible type of tuner. I prefer clip tuners more than the pedal types. They are cheaper and much lighter. Adding another block of metal in my pedal case is not a very good idea. The Vox Wah already weigh a tonne. xD

Gallistrings Phosphor bronze round wound: Again, my top priority in getting strings is to get a coated one. So I decided to give this a try. Haven't string them onto my acoustic as I can't find plier and I borrowed my Planet Waves Clipper to my friend.

Audio Technica? Nah.. that wasn't part of my list. It's just my headphone =P.