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Topic: Korg AT-12
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Howard Tate
Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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posted 28 October 2004 10:55 AM
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Does anyone have tips on the best way to use this tuner? I've had it since the eighties and it's always been unstable. The needle never stops moving and it will not see all notes, notably the G# on the third string. I want a Peterson but need to keep this one if I can use it better. Is anyone satisfied with theirs? |
Sonny Priddy
Member From: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
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posted 28 October 2004 12:51 PM
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I Have One And It Works Fine. SONNY.------------------
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John Hawkins
Member From: Onalaska, Tx. on Lake Livingston
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posted 28 October 2004 05:22 PM
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Howard, I have a very old Korg - AT-10 that I am replacing after 30 years of use but I wanted to offer these suggestions to you if you are having that needle jump all over the place: If you play a Double neck make sure the neck switch is switched to the neck you are tuning. That sounds kind of elimentary but I have not watched which neck I was tuning and it will send that needle into some wild girations.
Try striking the string you are tuning with a very light picking action right on top of the pickup
Make sure the tuner is set on the high or low setting that fits the string you are working with . My tuner has a little switch with High, Low positions on the side . Set this differently for your bass strings than you do for the others. IE: Low setting for bass strings , etc.
Naturally , your patch cord should be from the"out" on the tuner to your steel. You probably have tried all these already. If so, and if you still have the problem, it may be in the unit and it's in need of repair. Good luck!
John |
Howard Tate
Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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posted 28 October 2004 07:24 PM
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I have done more experimenting this afternoon, and discovered that if I come from the second out from the vol pedal to the tuner I get better response. I thought I had tried it before but maybe not. The tuner has nice features, it selects high or low automatically, and has lights that show the octave. It's a single neck 12, but picking right over the pickup did seem to help. Thanks for the replys. |
Chris Brooks
Member From: Providence, Rhode Island
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posted 29 October 2004 06:52 AM
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Related question:I dropped my Korg; any repair people work on these? I like the tuner. Yes, experiment with the octave selector to find the most steable position. Chris |
Reid Fletcher
Member From: Leesville, LA, USA
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posted 01 November 2004 04:18 PM
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Howard,
1. Turn your sound from the amp. off.
2. Turn your tuners switch to Power on
or Light.
3. Set meter to slow.
4. Chime each string you tune at the 12th
fret. This will slow the movement of
of the needle. You should be able to
tune with no problem.
If you need to calibrate the tuner---
to A-440 set the meter switch to CAL
and press the UP and DOWN switches
(both at the same time) until the
needle reads zero. Let us know if this
works.
Reid
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Howard Tate
Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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posted 01 November 2004 07:28 PM
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Thanks for all the help. The tuner has always worked ok, it just does not lock on to the notes as well as I would like. My Zum has a tone control, and changing that helps at times, and as I said earlier coming from the second out of the vol pedal seems to help. I changed strings today (thanks b0b) and that helped a lot. I still want a Peterson but I'll stick with this for a while. As far as features goes, this tuner has a lot. I'm glad to find steelers in this area. |
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