Boss TU-2 Stage Tuner

Simple and intuitive. Read the manaul if you are a retard.

Clean and easy. If it is causing problems in your setup, it is either defective and needs to be fixed or you are using a bad power supply.

Never let me down, probably never will.

Never had to deal with them. I own 6 Boss pedals and all of them work as they claim too...what does that tell you?

Unless you are a tone purist and are looking for a true bypass tuner this is the best option. The next option is a strobo stomp, and for that kinda change it had better make me a grilled cheese sandwich! Don't get the ****** fender tuner, get a TU-2 and save yourself some hassle.

Dead easy to use. Guitar in socket and either direct or mute out sockets. No appreciable signal degradation.

I tend to use the neck PU with the tone pot knocked back for tuning purposes. That way you avoid harmonics that cause the tuner difficulty in locking in on the fundamentals. Mode options are well thought out and easy to select. The only problem I have ever had with a TU-2 was in direct sunlight which made reading the display difficult. But there again I do daylight gigs so rarely it doesn't really matter.

The 9v output socket is very useful for those occasions when a non-pedalboard unit is used as well as the board itself. Nice thoughtful touch!

Both of my pedalboards have a TU-2 as their first stompbox.

No effect on the basic guitar sound as far as I can tell. Noise is not noticeable. That's what one would expect from a tuner...

It. Is. A. BOSS. Wholly dependable.

No dealings with Boss or their UK distributor. No need - ever!

Great tuner. Life is much easier with a TU-2 on board (literally). I chose it (a) because I felt I needed a stage tuner, and (b) it's a Boss and would survive Armageddon along with the cockroaches.

DGP contains TU-2 >> Monte Allums CS-3 mod >> modded Blubber wah >> Monte Allums BD-H2O >> Monte Allums SD-808 >> original 80s Rat2 >> Boss CH-1 >> Boss DD-3

Pedalboard 2 has TU-2 >> Guyatone ST-2 compressor >> Morley Powerwah >> Keeley SD-1 >> modded Proco You Dirty Rat >> Arion SPH-1 phaser.

My first TU-2 was bought secondhand; the second was a chosen prize despite already having one!

The only thing I find wrong with this tuner is the lag time from when you turn it on and when it actually starts registering your signal. Unfortunately, that is a deal breaker, since it's almost 5 seconds. I bought the TU2 to replace a Korg DT10 in order to save room on my board. They are equally as accurate and easy to use, however, the Korg registers immediately, and for quick, fine-tuning, I can be done with the low E and on to the A before the Boss is even ready to go. You might not think 5 seconds is a lot, but step on it and then stand there on stage hitting the string and waiting for it register. It's a long time! The Korg is back on my board and I use the Boss as a backup.

Using the power output off the back of this resulted in horrible noise. It was not useable, otherwise, not noisy and no tone loss

For the 5 second lag time, I gotta rate this low overall. Get the Korg and save time.

I love this tuner! It's easy to use and easy to understand. I spent five minutes with the manual and I was in the correct mode and ready to go.
All my bandmates have one and I tried it out prior to purchasing it. I've been playin' for 20 yrs and I am super picky about tone, don't hear any significant difference in the tone with the pedal in the chain. I recommend it being next in line to your guitar for more accuracy.
I am legally blind and needed a stage tuner that I could see. I can see the sharp, flat and in tune lights in all situations without having to bend down which was a BIG plus for me. I've had nothing but good experiences with this tuner. Haven't used it to power all my other pedals yet, but that's coming soon.

I don't think it changes your tone much at all. I have a Mahogany LP through a Fender 65DLX reissue and it sounds great. I put it closest to my guitar in the chain for accuracy.

None of my buds has ever had a problem with theirs even after touring and years of use. I anticipate the same good fortune!

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I think everybody needs this tuner if they gig out live a lot. I click it on and it mutes my sound and in one min. I'm back in tune ready to go again.
I use .010's and play blues. I bend alot so my high strings are always goin' out of tune. It's nice now to have the security of bein' in tune after each song. It's addictive though. I can get anal about bein' in tune!
Buy it, you won't regret it!

Very easy to use. Plug your guitar into the input socket and plug a cable from the output socket to your amp. However, that is if you want to tune your guitar silently. If you still want the signal to go through, plug the cable into the bypass socket then to the amp. If you didn't understand that, don't worry, it should come with a manual.

It doesn't mess with my tone at all.

It's built very well. It won't let me down for quite a while.

Never talked to them.

It's just a little pricey. If it were in the $70 range, it would be prefect.

Fairly simple to use, but do read the owners manual. There are different modes that provide different visual displays. Such as, it will display the string number with 6 being the low E and 1 being the high E, or it will osccilate LED's when tuning, or you can get it to only light up one LED at a time. Learn how to use it to get the most from it. After much experimentation, I determined that it is easier to use down on the floor as the single LED mode. It is accurate to +or- 3 cents (as opposed to the Peterson Strobe Tuner Pedal which is accurate to +or- 1/10 of 1 cent) Huge difference, so 3 cents is enough to have you see everything be in tune on the tuner but when you play a chord, a player with a good ear will hear those +or- 3 cents and have to fine tune.

What can you say about the "Sound" of a guitar tuner, when it is on, you can have it mute your signal so you can tune quietly or you can bypass it so you can hear it. But I was unable to hear any change in tone whatsoever with it off. I use mine on a pedal board, early in the effects chain. Remember to always use your bridge pickup and turn your tone all the way down when you use an electronic tuner. Tuners are able to lock on to the much more stable signal when it hears low. Highs can confuse them and make them appear erratic.

I have had no problems with it so far, it is held on with velcro to my pedal board and never gets beat up or abused. Typical BOSS build quality.

Never had to talk to customer support at BOSS/Roland

I like the white color, it stands out on a dark stage. I do not like the accuracy of only +or- 3 cents. I wish it could be more accurate, but it is 1/3 the price of the Peterson pedal. So you get what you pay for in tuner pedals. There are lots of BOSS collectors out there so they hold their value pretty good if you ever decide to sell them. For me it works fine.

It's easy. I can't see how a tuner would be hard to operate.

There is minimal "tone suck" with this pedal. I have a couple of non-true bypass pedals and when I use the tuner with them I dont notice it.
But when I run my guitar -> tu-2 -> mesa stilleto, i do notice a difference between thru the tu-2 and straight into the amp. The stilleto is a very bright amp and I found the tu-2 to dull the highs just a bit. I find it dissapointing that they can't even make a tuner true bypass.
But as I said, with my other non-true bypass pedals the difference isn't noticeable. If I had an all true-bypass set up, i would ditch the tu-2 or run it in a loop or something.

the usual boss quality

It's a very handy thing to use on stage. It does the job it's meant to and it doesn't chew through the batterys (if you unplug it when not in use).
My only issue is that it's not true bypass.
Otherwise, a great pedal.

It should be the easiest thing on the planet but I found it frustrating because I often had to "touch-up" my tuning by ear after tuning with the pedal. Sometimes it was OK, other times not. It is very easy to activate and I found that occasionally hit the switch when activating the boost on my Fulldrive and ended up with no solo rather than boosted solo. I found it to be marginal.

If it altered my sound, it wasn't for the worse.

I really wanted to like this pedal because it is small, rugged and has a really useful DC out jack. I depended on it for a year or two but it became increasingly unreliable as time passed. It would sometimes refuse to tune my low E or A string, some times indicate that I was way sharp or flat when I was actually in tune - not indicating a little out, but miles out. Eventually, it began to intermittently ignore my input signal although the switching still worked. It found its way into my trash can today because it no longer responds to any input signal.

Lots of people swear by them and if they came out with an upgraded model that was more accurate I would buy another. I am currently using my backup Peterson Strobostomp version 1 which is accurate but not so reliable due to the cheap plastic jacks and the inexcusably flimsy "shatter-on-contact" plastic covering over the display. I think I will likely try the Korg floor tuner and live without the DC output jack.

Alrite, well let's just say that because it's a boss, it's easy to use. Turn it on, tune, turn it off. 2 tuning modes makes it easy for pretty much anyone. Plus being able to switch between bass, guitar, b, and bb makes it amazing. I find myself using the chromatic mode the most though.

This tuner is amazing. the only problem I have is sometimes when I turn it on while i have my dm-4 on it tents to buzz, but no big deal, just shut the dm-4 off.

it doesn't matter what i use it with, it sits either right before the volume, or right after the wah pedal (ernie ball volume into dunlop wah).

This pedal is the pedal i use most on my board. I also find it useful for a good signal stop for switching guitars and stuff (i havent bought a line selector yet).

I would depend on this with my life. it's bullet proof. I travel with my board quite a bit, and never even thought about getting a 2nd. and won't ever think about it. have confidence in the boss stuff.

i've never had to deal with boss, but i'm sure boss backs their amazing products.

I play pretty much everything, including drop tunings. this tuner there gets me there in a second. my friend had this and i loved it and held out for 2 and a half years. finally i just bought it and dont' regret it at all.

I guess this is the only thing you could complain about on this pedal,not hard but i guess harder then alot of other pedals to figure out.

True Bypass - Doesnt suck any of my tone away. great!

Hasnt broken yet and its been about 2 and a bit years maybe even 3 years!

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Does exactly as it says on the tin!