So tuning to accommodate that (when we're not using keyboards or something else making us stick to ideal pitch) is what we'd do. Let's say the song is in C, but the singer sings it best just a little sharp of C. The intention is not to be out of tune for a singer, or generally, but to adjust for imperfections nimbly enough to minimize being out of tune.
E.g., if the fretted G string is a bit sharp on the 3rd fret for two of the guitars, then cheating the open G string a biiiit flat might be in order, making the ideal G note a reference point but not exactly our setting. Just that given the imperfections of one guitar, compounded by that of another, and a bass, sometimes one must deviate from the ideal note to get the imperfect instruments maximally in tune. Not saying that being tuned to ideal note is undesirable. "Certain guitars don't sound as good for certain songs because of specific overtones, which may be caused by the exact position on the pickups, or overtones caused by the hardware or whatever." So, yes, what Radiohead, like others, said above:
E.g., I have two that, despite being perfectly set up, need their B and G strings cheated a bit flat in the tuning if I'm playing in the keys of E and A vs the keys of G, C, D, etc.
Some have to be retuned a bit to that they're in tune in certain keys. No matter how perfectly the nut cut, the set up, the frets, etc., guitars have some kind of tuning imperfection that sometimes need strings to be cheated a bit sharp/flat to maximize them being in tune in general across the keys, fretted notes, etc. But when you shape a basic D chord, your G string pressed to the A note may be somewhat sharp with your open A string. Let's say that you tune your A and G strings to perfect A and G notes. My chain is already highly evolved with 3 tone-enhancers working in tandem across slots #6, #7 and #8.What I mean there is that if you tune a guitar to a perfect note, it will likely be off with itself somewhere. This could be a possible alternative / replacement for my JA Prism on slot #6. The Switch toggle acts as normal True Bypass to the left, and when on Mute it Mutes the main Output, while the Tuner / Line Out socket remains in play. Players of single coil guitars in particular often use longer cable runs to soften the output of the guitar and make it less bright and icy.
Source audio tuner pedal simulator#
The 3-way Tone control is a sort of Cable Impedance Simulator - where Bright is Short, Medium is Moderate, and Dark simulates Long cable runs / lengths - each of these has progressively rolled-off highs or a sort of high cut.
Source audio tuner pedal series#
Source Audio’s new Zio is a rare fully analog pedal for them - where they’re much better known for their wide-ranging 56-bit processing One Series DSP Stereo Pedals.