Boss TU-2 Stage Tuner

Very easy to use. Just don't change to stream or change from concert 440. I just plug in & go.

Before I put all my pedals in true bypass this pedal DID make noise when added to a single chain of 5-6 pedals, including a compressor/sustainer. I've since changed a lot of pedals to true bypass, like my Keeley stompboxes, and I use a true bybass for two sets of arrays. I plug into the TU-2, battery-powered, before my pedal board now and I notice no change in the sound. No tone suck with my setup.

It's got chiped paint from being thrown into my gig suitcases for years now and it still works perfectly.

Never contacted Boss for any problems with their pedals

I like the TU-2. I've had no problems and I've been happy with the pedal since I need onstage tuning every time I play. Only one problem! It's hard to read in bright sunlight!

Very easy to use. Just don't change to stream or change from concert 440. I just plug in & go.

Before I put all my pedals in true bypass this pedal DID make noise when added to a single chain of 5-6 pedals, including a compressor/sustainer. I've since changed a lot of pedals to true bypass, like my Keeley stompboxes, and I use a true bybass for two sets of arrays. I plug into the TU-2, battery-powered, before my pedal board now and I notice no change in the sound. No tone suck with my setup.

It's got chiped paint from being thrown into my gig suitcases for years now and it still works perfectly.

Never contacted Boss for any problems with their pedals

I like the TU-2. I've had no problems and I've been happy with the pedal since I need onstage tuning every time I play. Only one problem! It's hard to read in bright sunlight!

This pedal is self-explanatory. I prefer to use the "cent" mode, as opposed to "stream", but both are satisfactory. The LEDs are bright which makes tuning on a dark stage a non-issue. It is also convenient because, when using the daisy chain adapter, it can supply power to several other pedals.

I use this pedal as the first in a chain of four. I haven't noticed if the pedal does diminish the quality of my tone, even though conventional wisdom suggests that every pedal alters tone to some degree. Perhaps the best feature of this unit is the mute: when the switch is depressed the signal is cut so as to spare any audience the sound of you tuning.

It's a BOSS: they're indestructible.

I gig with this unit all the time and have never bothered to get a backup -- a situation that does not concern me.

I have never had any problem with this unit and, consequently, no dealing with its manufacturer.

I use this all the time, and I would buy another one if (in the event of a nuclear blast) it quit working.

Easy to use when you're in the "Cent" display mode. I find it a bit difficult to tune my guitar when I use the "Stream" display. Very easy to change tuning modes and adjusting the pitch.

Hasn't altered my tone. I use it first in my effects chain and I haven't had a problem. I love the silent tuning feature.

Accurate tuning and built like a tank. I've dropped mine, yet it still looks like it came out of the box.

I do like this tuner but I wish it had a built-in mic for acoustic guitars. I don't like the stream display, it gets too confusing. I do like the ease of use. You can switch tuning modes with a push of a button. I just wish it were a bit cheaper. If mine broke, I'd be a little reluctant to pay $100 for a new one. Try to buy one used, if at all possible.

Tuning itself is very simple. If the rest of the band are doing things at the same time then it causes some vibration on other strings which confuses the hell out of it. I have to dampen the other 5 strings I'm not tuning to be accurate - and then sometimes have to tweak it by ear. However - it stops you from being wildly out and gets you very close to the general area you need to be in for tuning. The LED is bright, the DC out is a godsend.

I never put mine in bypass mode as I find it really useful to be able to kill the signal for all sorts of reasons which keep surprising me! The main time when killing the signal is useful is when I'm playing acoustic and not playing in a passage - I'm the lead singer as well so being able to kill the signal (so I don't get hum or feedback from the vibrating stings) and do a few hand movements rather than keeping one hand over the strings is very useful. Also useful if I break a string and have to swap to another guitar - killing the singal without having to leg it over to my amp is great.

I've not found any issue with altering the tone of my sound - and my ears are pretty good. It's the first pedal in my minimal chain and I can't notice a difference when I don;t use it.

Rugged, dependable - I wouldn't want to gig without one but I don;t bother with a backup. Done over 300 shows with this baby and I got it 2nd hand.

n/a

It's great! No other comments - does what it does well and being able to kill the signal when you need to is one of those tiny things that all add up to sounding and being more professional.

Very simple to use. Follow the labels on each jack and plug it up. I run it off the tuner-out on my Ernie Ball VP Jr. volume pedal. That way it cannot affect my effects chain signal that feeds my amplifier. I use the TU-2 to power my Barber Tone Press Compressor, Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, Boss DD-7 Digital Delay, and Ibanez AD-9 Analog Delay pedals. I have a Fulltone OCD overdrive and Fulltone Distortion Pro in the chain as well but those two are powered by 9 volt carbon batteries for the best tone. The TU-2 is an accurate tuner and a great power supply for my Pedal Train PT-2-HC board. The manual addresses all you need to know and more.

Dead Quiet! Because I'm using the TU-2 independently of the guitar signal/effects chain, and I'm coming off of the tuner out on the volume pedal, the tuner cannot negatively affect my tone going to the amp. Most of my other pedals in the signal/effects chain have true bypass so my signal remains strong all the way to the amplifier. There is no added buzzing, humming, or noise in the chain when using the TU-2 as my pedal board power supply. I use Lava Pedal Board kit cables and connectors. My amps are all tube, hand wired, Fenders. I have a 1977 Silver Face Princeton amp, a 1977 Silver Face Vibro Champ amp, and a 1984 Black Face Deluxe Reverb II (Rivera Era)amp. My main guitars are 1997 American Standard Stratocaster with Lollar blond pickups and Acme pickgaurd and wiring assembly, 1989 Fender Japanese Stratocaster with the American Standard wiring and pickup assembly, and 2001 Ibanez AS-120 Semi Hollow body (ES 335 clone). My acoustic is the heavenly Martin HD-28, but it doesn't plug in and is strictly used in it's pure acoustic form. This combination of effects pedals, guitars, cables, and amplifiers are fantastic. I was concerned about using the TU-2 to power my effects chain but time has proven this product to be a fantastic and compact power supply. Just buy the Boss "daisy chain" wire and you instantly have a valid power supply for you pedal board. You might verify that the Boss TU-2 is safe for you non-Boss pedals. I did this myself. I am very pleased with my rig. I will soon add the Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah Wah and the Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe to the chain.

Never fails to perform. It takes weeks of gigging to wear down an alkaline 9 volt battery. Unlike other pedals, it takes very little battery power to run the pedal. You can fully use up a battery before the pedal finally stops working. Sometimes I will take batteries that are dying in my other pedals and move them to the TU-2 Tuner. I finish running them down in the tuner until they are completely spent. Built like a tank.

The switch on one of my other Boss effect pedals wore out after years of consistant week to week gigging. I got a phone number from either the manual or the Boss home page and called the company. I ordered a new switch from Boss and did the repair myself by making a couple of solder points. The switch arrived in a couple day. It was shipped inside an envelope and the part cost less than the postage. That Boss pedal is once again performing flawlessly. Boss has been good to me.

I use the pedal with my bass rig as well. Everyone I know has this pedal and they have nothing but good things to report. Boss makes some good things, but this may be their best effects pedal ever. It is easy to read in a dark or in a well lit environment. Just umnplug it when you are not playing. I've had mine for over ten years and it looks and performs like new in spite of continuous use on the stage week after week. I play Rock, Folk, Jazz, etc...

Could not be easier. Plug-in chose mode (basically guitar or bass), tune up.

For live playing this is the greatest pedal in the universe. For all those of us that have played on dimly lit stages all our lives the LED display means you can tune without ruining your eyesight. I love the fact that when in tune mode it cuts the output signal meaning that i can tune to open G (for example) between songs in about 2 seconds without the audience having to listen to tune-up verse 4. For those who say it sucks tone....i have never noticed it. When recording i tune then play WITHOUT leaving it in the signal chain and live...if your ears can hear the difference with all the band around you you are a genius.

Never had a problem with boss pedals and i've owned loads of them.

Never had to deal with company.

I give this a 10. As you can tell i just love this pedal.

Just plug and play, or tune. True bypass, very easy.

No loose of sound.

I need it on stage with my band... This is one of my essentials.

Never needed.

Once you try, never forget.

Simple. Plug it in, turn it on and tune!

No tone loss as some have stated. I'm a "tone chaser" and I would know. I test every unit I get by sitting on the floor with my face stuck in front of a 4x12 cab. Perfectly silent when off and on. I use the mode where it shuts off my signal when tuning. Great for live shows to tune between songs. I run this second in my effects chain. From my guitar I go into a Boss SD-1 Overdrive, then the tuner, then a phase 90, and finally a Digidelay into several EVH 5150III heads. This concept sure beats tuning up with my compact tuner before each show.

It's a Boss. Built to last.

N/A

Great tuner, works well, makes life easier onstage

Its a tuner! Just on it and tune it!

It does sucks a lot of tone which is common to Boss pedals. They are pedals with lousy buffers in them that kills your guitar tone.

This is remedied by plugging to the Tuner Out jack on the Ernie Ball Volume Pedal

Looks sturdy. It's a tuner. It doesn't need a backup

Never dealt

Good tuner. Has bright LED's that help you see on a dark stage. It's a tuner! What more can you ask for?

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!

N/A

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!

N/A

Does exactly as it says on the tin!

Like most tuners, this is easy to use. Turn it on and off with the foot switch and turn your tuning heads until your guitar is in tune.

It's a tuner, not an effect so there is no real sound quality. I haven't noticed any "tone suck" on my tube amp.

It's boss.

Never dealt with them.

I like that this tuner is in pedal-form and can be powered from an adapter. That way I can keep it hooked up all the time. BUT, I'm not sure how precise it is. The regular tuning mode where the LED's act like a meter seemed unreliable, like the middle LED covered too wide of a range. So I switched to the tuner to stream mode where the LED's circle around, faster when you are far out of tune and slow to a stop when you are in tune. However, that doesn't seem very precise either. Sometimes, even when this pedal says a guitar is in tune, it doesn't sound quite right and another tuner confirms it. I like the features of this tuner but I'm not sure it does a good job of the one thing it should do best.

It's pretty easy to use but then again I don't use many of its features. I just turn it on and tune. The only thing I have done otherwise is change it from "cent" to "stream." Since there are so few LED's, you almost have to use stream mode to tune accurately - there's just not enough precision otherwise.

I haven't noticed any noise when it's off. And I don't use the bypass jack so it should be silenced when it's on.

My setup is PRS Custom 22 and customized Epiphone Les Paul -> Boss TU-2 tuner -> customized DOD 250 overdrive/preamp -> Boss BF-3 flanger -> customized Vox V847 wah -> Epiphone Blues Custom 30-watt all-tube amp.

Boss seems to be well made.

Never dealt with them.

When I rate this pedal, I am comparing it to the Seiko SAT100 tuner that the Boss TU-2 replaced. I really wanted a TU-2 because, unlike the Seiko, it is in pedal-form and it can be powered with an AC adapter. I also like that the TU-2 simply shows you the nearest note including sharps and whether you are sharp or flat. The Seiko only shows you natural notes (not sharps/flats) without fooling around with the settings.

So, with all of those features, it seems like the TU-2 would be a 10, hands down. But even with all those bells and whistles, I'm not sure it's very precise. Maybe the range that it considers "in tune" is too wide. Maybe that's because the "needle" on the Seiko's display has about 50 segments as opposed to 11 big LED's on the Boss. The Seiko also tells you exactly how many hundredths a note is from being in tune.

A guitar that the Boss pedals says is perfectly in tune usually isn't quite in tune. Retuning with the Seiko will show that the Boss-tuned guitar is off a bit. I'm aware that a guitar's overall tuning can change a bit depending on things as simple as the angle that it is sitting at but notes are sometimes out of tune relative to one another, which is a bad sign. Simply put, the TU-2 is very neat and gadgety but doesn't quite do the one thing it should do best.

Very easy to use, plug in-->turn it on-->select tuning method (strobe or cent...I tend to find cent a little bit easier)--> select chromatic or one of the multiple guitar or bass tunings-->tune.
I really dont think a manual is all that nessesary for it.

It's a tuner, there isn't any noticeable tone suck at all.

I've used mine for 4 years now and haven't had a single problem with it. Its survived spilt drinks, plenty of practices, and its fair share of gigs and stomps. This pedal will probably outlast me.

I've never dealt with boss customer service, but Chris Chiandusse's service at guitar center is absolutely superb. I would never go anywhere else, and I know that if I ever run into a gear problem Chris will take care of me.

I play female fronted hard rock originals in my band Ataraxia (www.myspace.com/ataraxia1). I would recomend this pedal to anyone in a band, It is absolutely invaluble. If mine was lost or stolen I would buy another the next day.

Plug it in and step on it, it works. For any more in-depth tuning options just one read through the manual and you'll know all you need to know.

No noise when switching to or from the mute, and I can't hear any difference in tone when I'm using it.

Boss pedals are like cast-iron bricks. I wouldn't be surprised if it still worked after getting run over by a car.

No need to call them, their stuff works

I compared this to Danelectro's tuner pedal and this one beats it hands down, fast and accurate. Also it can power other pedals with a Boss style 9v adapters with the daisy chain cord. Would definitely replace it if I had to.

I find this an excellent little tuner - very easy to use, pretty stable, and built like a brick.

No noise at all that I can detect from this unit. Silent switching in an out.

I've owned a few Boss pedals over the years, and this one is built with typical Boss (high) quality. Use it constatntly for live shows.

Never had to deal with Boss for customer support, so I can't comment on the service.

I play in the pit band for a lot of local broadway shows as well as occasionally in a pickup band. I love this little unit. Not only can I do a quick check on the tuning, but it serves as an excellent muting switch between songs during a show. I'm flipping it off and on dozens of times during a performance, and has never blinked. I like the tuner section very much - it seems more stable than most, very accurate, and easy to see while standing, etc. - all the info you need and nothing more.