The subject line says it all. Specifically, what's the best way to get an E tone for standard tuning? I imagine it's easiest to buy an electric tuner, so can anyone recommend something like that for a beginner like me? I just have a little Fender Squire that I mess around with in my spare time. Thanks in advance for the help.
I use a Korg tuner that I picked up from Guitar Center, that should work for ya... you can take a look on musiciansfriend.com to find a particular model that you want, I'm sure.
any cheap digital tuner will do you just fine for starting out, i started with one i got free with my wayne's world replica fender and used it until my ears were trained
If you have any Led Zeppelin songs on your computer, most of them are in E, you can tune to that. When I'm around my laptop, usually I'll tune to 'FM' by Steely Dan, which has a perfect A intro.
It's not about what kind of axe he has, he just has to listen to the first bits of "The Lemon Song" or "How Many More Times" and he'll have a good idea of what an E sounds like. And I'm sure many of the guitarists here have done pretty good work on guitars that were a lot worse off than your typical Squire.
I recommend getting an electronic tuner; they're in the $20-30 range at music stores and often come with a metronome. But, for now, a free online tuner: http://www.worldguitar.com/tuner.html
You sound like my Dad, who won't give up his sliderule for no damn calculator! Molotov...go get a decent electronic tuner. It'll run ya about $25 at Guitar Center.
Well, Roger had some perfect pitches last night. Unfortunatly, the bullpen didn't....... Actually, when I tune my geetar, I use the 5th and 7th fret harmonic trick and listen for the vibrations. Then make them go away. That's a technical term, BTW.
So I assume you can tell when your E is in tune and go from there? realisticaly...that is all that matters...get the E down..and the rest is gravy. I ws gonna make a smartass remark about stretching a string until it vibrates at a certain frequency...or a oblique reference to You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish. but what the hell...Im slipping.
If you don't have a good ear and are playing a Squire just get an electric tuner. If you look you can probably find one for less than $20.
Tune your low-E string to the opening riff of Tom Sawyer by Rush. It drones on "E" for quite a while....
