Jonesy64 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 ......Mŷ GB Contour combo has one....I'm confused by it, how does it work? Do I just run a cable out to a tuner and it becomes part of the circuit sort of like a built in tuner? If that's the case I guess it is using a cleaner signal or something but is it actually that much better than having one between guitar and amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 All that socket generally does is split the input signal so that the amp can see it (as normal) and the tuner can as well. The more 'breaks' there are between your bass and the amplifier input, the more chance there is of a single point of failure or noise being induced. If you've been given a tuner socket then it'd be ungrateful not to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Agreed. I don't use pedals and just have a handheld tuner so it's very handy to plug it into the tuner socket on my Ashdown Mag300 amp. My Ampeg SVT-70T combo doesn't have a tuner output so I just plug it into the 'Line Out' socket and it works just as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Even the best true bypass tuners can still alter your signal imo, tuner out for the win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Biggest difference is probably that most tuners will mute the signal if placed between the guitar and the amp - using the tuner out won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy64 Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ah, ok understood, thanks all for clarifying :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPHDS Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 The Ashdown I used at the place my band at uni practiced at had a 'tuner mute' button for exactly that reason, can't remember the model of the amp though...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I use them for the above reasons you can have your tuner on top of your amp, and if the amp has a mute you can kill your speaker output and tune quiet. one less thing in your signal chain, or on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philparker Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 +1 I keep the tuner on my amp, plugged into the tuner socket, a TC Polytune battery operated so that I don't have to look for a power supply, I have a mute switch and can quickly and quietly check tuning every few songs. It also keeps things simple and tidy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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