The 11R tuner

[orangecountycarl]

Is anybody having as much problem with the tuner as I am? No matter what guitar I use, it's all over the place and never really settles down. I would like to use it, but I'm using my TC Polytune pedal with the 11R.

AVID (if you're reading).....please update the tuner.

[singtall]

i agree it's not the best tuner, but i have seen worse. i can actually get it to work enough to get by with, but i would not want to use it to set guitar intonation.

[Darryl Ramm]

Mmm I've been pretty impressed with the tuner. Several strats with noiseless pickups (Fender and DeMarzio noiseless)and a strat with a hotter texas pickup all tune great. Are you going straight into the Eleven Rack? Volume up?

Darryl

[zedhed]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

Mmm I've been pretty impressed with the tuner. Several strats with noiseless pickups (Fender and DeMarzio noiseless)and a strat with a hotter texas pickup all tune great. Are you going straight into the Eleven Rack? Volume up?

Darryl

No problems with the tuner for me either. Are you using top quality guitars & have they been 'setup' properly?

[derker]

No problems here either. Actually the tuner on my 11r picks up bass notes better than my buddy's AxeFX Ultra.

[Random Dude]

It's not great, but I've seen worse.

I do have some advice though; if you want it.

First thing I do if I have a picky tuner is to use the neck pickup and roll the tone all the way back. This makes sure that you have a nice fat fundamental signal going to the tuner and eliminates a lot of the harmonic overtones that can confuse it.

And of course don't thrash on it, you should be getting the most mileage out of the tuner while the note is starting to die out, so nice even plucking without a lot of extraneous vibration which can actually make it appear sharp on the tuner.

And this works on all tuners in my experience. Of course some tuners have better discrimination, I know that my old PitchBlack was nice and the AxeFX had one of the best tuners I've ever used, but the 11R is more than adequate using the neck/tone knob thing.

[Deny]

No problems here either, it's not as good as my trusty Boss tuner but it's certainly good enough for my needs. Here's another neat trick, instead of playing open strings, play a harmonic at the 12th fret - it's much more stable and accurate like that, and I haven't felt the need to use the neck pickup or rolling back the tone knob when doing it like this.

[Darryl Ramm]

I always roll the tone and volume knobs all the way up and try to pick very clean. I get why rolling treble off makes sense (and should be tried if folks are having problems), I've just don't do it out of habit.

My son has a Boss TU-3 on his pedal board and its a great tuner. Maybe a tad more responsive than the Eleven Rack, but I just don't have any complaints with the 11R.

What pickups/guitars are people having problems with?

Darryl

[cessnapilot]

I think the tuner is very accurate in depicting the fact that none of my guitars will frakin' stay in tune for more than a few minutes of playing. I have allen keys strategically places throughout my house

[orangecountycarl]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

My guitars are all quality and set up. I've used open strings and harmonics....usually on the front pickup on both single coils and humbuckers. It just wavers like a drunk sailor. I've never had any problems with my old BOSS TU-12 (used for 25 years) in the past or my current TC Polytune which works great.

I was (almost) sure others would be having problems as this is the worst tuner I've ever used. I'll have to stick with the TC for now.