I'm thinking of buying a tuner pedal, but am on a tight budget. Not really wanting to spend more than about £30. I've seen the odd old, very battle-weary Boss TU-2 on ebay/gumtree for around that price, but most of the Boss and Korg ones that are in decent nick are in the £40-£50 range.
I've seen the likes of the Joyo JT305 (ie Pitchblack knock-off) and the Behringer Tuner that I can get new within my budget. In terms of accuracy and reliability, is there much of a difference between the likes of the Joyos vs the Boss/Korg pedals?
Any other recommendations from anyone?
BTW - I'd want it to have 9v battery power, so the 'mini' pedals are off the menu.
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The Behringer pedals I've seen which are Boss knock-offs are identical in performance - I've got a FZ-2 and a SF-300 and they're indistinguishable sound-wise. I haven't seen the Joyo tuner, but I would assume same relative to the Korg.
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It looks like it's made of plastic but it's actually a metal shell. Seems pretty bomb proof to me.
There's one here:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/183391605468
You'll probably get one cheaper than that if you try.
Whether the Mooer is as good as a Boss I don't know not having tried one
I've had a few Snarks, they're very handy but they break eventually, usually at the ball joint holding the tuner to the grip. Good while they last though and cheap enough to not mind buying another.
I'm assuming that given that the TU-3 is an industry standard then it's the correct one, and the Snark is therefore the duffer
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Very annoying, thinking a TU3 is on the cards now
I've no clue how that happened, I haven't touched those controls forever, thank you