The quintessential pedal tuner is, as
most players know, the legendary
Boss TU-2, originally released in 1998.
This ubiquitous white stompbox is
the most popular stage tuner of all
time, as well as the most popular
Boss pedal of all time, and it seems
like just about every guitarist that
plays live with any regularity has
one mounted to their pedalboard.
The TU-2 was discontinued in 2009,
replaced by the TU-3, which features
a few relatively minor tuning and
functionality improvements, but
wisely leaves the essential perfection
of its predecessor unmolested.
Besides their compact, indestructible
enclosures, ease of use, bright LEDs,
and excellent tuning accuracy, the
Boss pedal tuners have achieved
supreme popularity because they
have other handy functions as well:
They can distribute power to other
pedals on the board with a simple
daisy chain connector, they have dual
outputs, silent tuning capability, and
a very respectable buffered bypass
for shoring up long cable runs. If you
don’t have one, get one.
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