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Having said that, what always gets my goat is the number of people who blindly follow what their tuner tells them, then don't check by ear afterwards.
There are also some pitfalls associated with digital tuners. One is that some tunings just don't sound right in equal temperament. I play a lot in DADGAD and will always tune the G string by ear so that when fretted at the second fret it forms a perfect fifth with the D below it and a unison with the A above it. For that to be the case it has to be slightly sharp of concert pitch.
Another thing I've come across before is bass players who diligently tune their instruments to concert pitch, but when they're actually playing, attack the instrument so hard that every note comes out a quarter tone sharp.
My guitar was tuned about five minutes prior to playing - after which, is was tweaked on the fly, by ear - usually while playing.
My main stage guitar held its tuning particularly well, so the lack of a tuner during a gig never presented a problem.
Moral - check it through the amp as well before you start (if you've done something stupid)
You called?
I considered taking it off the board as I currently have a line6 M5 which has a built in tuner/mute, but somehow it felt weird not having the comfort of that white brick at the start of my signal chain for easy tune-ups and signal muting.