We talk guitar setup, theory, intonation, playing technique and, yes, guitar tuners…

Life too short for long YouTube videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below.

Welcome to the show! Get ready for a slightly meandering yet enlightening discussion about tuning. It may be simultaneously the most boring yet the very most fundamental aspect of all in the guitar playing world. [Fundamental, geddit?]
Thusly, we discuss how this electric Spanish gee-tar that we’ve come to love so much has a basic problem in terms of being in tune with itself. And then all the subsequent twists and turns we’ve learned to make it more so.
If your question is ‘What guitar tuner should I buy?’ then this really isn’t the video for that. This video should get us all asking a much deeper question about what being in tune means to us personally, and then working on our playing technique to make our music more harmonious – or indeed dissonant – as a result.

We did a simpler video on choosing a pedal tuner ages ago. Here it is: https://studio.youtube.com/video/OuMl...

Gear in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three 2 One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner
Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c

• D’Addario PW-CT-23 Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/369VFGH

• TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Mini
UK & USA: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: https://bit.ly/3PawHrX
USA: Sweetwater: https://imp.i114863.net/7mqy7y

• Boss TU-2 - links for TU-3
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: http://bit.ly/2B06quU

• Keeley D&M Drive
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: http://bit.ly/2pUDUAE

• Vahlbruch SpaceTime Echo Delay
http://www.vahlbruch-fx.com/en/

• Catalinbread Topanga Spring Reverb
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: http://bit.ly/2qVOTyJ

• TheGigRig G3
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3

Amps in this episode
Fender Custom Shop Bass Breaker with 2x12 Celestion Vintage 30 speakers

Guitars in this episode
• 1965 Fender Telecaster - no video yet
• Fender Jason Isbell Signature Telecaster - Mick’s video here    • Fender Jason Isbell Custom Telecaster...  
• Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster - Dan’s video    • That Pedal Show – Our Guitars & Gear:...  
• Fender Custom Shop ’62 Stratocaster - Mick’s video here    • Mick’s New Strat – First Impressions,...  
• Framus Mayfield Custom with Evertune Bridge - https://www.framus.de/en/Framus-.html
• Gibson Custom True Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy Aged

Interesting bits and go-to sections
00:00 Intro & welcome
1:50 How the guitar is ‘in tune’
2:57 Tetrachord and Greece
4:29 440Hz and concert tuning
5:45 The guitar, frets and harmonics
8:10 Octaves integers thirds and fifths
9:08 Playing fretted notes and harmonics
10:00 The problematic major third
12:20 Everything is a compromise
13:42 How to tune your guitar?
15:35 Guitar tuning 101
16:26 The finger pressure problem
18:05 Tuning with harmonics
20:30 Get around pitchy E and G chords
24:02 Basic guitar setup advice
37:30 Squiggly frets?
38:03 Evertune bridge on Devy’s Framus
47:52 What about guitar tuners?
52:55 Sweetened tunings vs knowing your tuner
55:30 Bending strings?
1:05:05 It’s all about the player
1:10:28 Is prefect in-tuneness boring?

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