Fender PT-10 Pedal Tuner

Not much to it: plug in, guitar volume up, step on the pedal and pick a string. It's about the size of any other one-button pedal. Easy to achieve perfect pitch with the smooth responsiveness of the LED's. Bright lights. Two output options: OUT1, un-muted through your mix so you and 400 hundred others can hear you tuning; OUT2, for silent tuning -- only mutes your rig when on. Works with one 9v battery or your standard wart-hog plug-in. I prefer batteries -- less to plug in, and there's no extension cord to fuss with. How much can a box of 9 volts set you back anyway?

There is an issue on a dark stage -- not clearly identifying the note. Easy to resolve. I string .011's on a Les Paul Standard in standard tuning. Hardly slips out of tune, but on the occasion it does, it's never enough for me to suddenly be tuning to a sharp or flat, so I don't have a desperate need to see the note. It's usually just a matter of some tweaking. A good fix is with glow-in-the-dark-tape or stickers. Cut little pieces and stick them above the notes you want see. Presto!

No sound mutation. No hiss.

Very reliable. Appears to be somewhat difficult in achieving pitch during two occasions: if you insist on never changing your strings, and when the battery gives up its charge. Simply remedies. And I usually check the battery's life before going live. Like I said, how much can a box of 9 volts set you back anyway?

As for the plastic clicker... I'm not carrying a 300-pound-gut, don't get excited by jumping on my pedals, and I don't play in hockey skates. It's plenty durable.

Haven't had to deal with Fender.

I like it. Bought it for the OUT2 mute-tune option, visibility, and price. Sure, I'd buy another. Some friends have suggested they're looking to get their own after trying mine. Does the job, simply to use, small enough to fit on your board, and heavy enough to stay put nearly anywhere. My suggestion: Try it. Most guitar shops do have a 30-day money back guarantee.

Straight forward usage but tiny little letters for the notes, hard to read when standing or in dim light.

I have a high quality, hum free power supply which works great with all my other pedals but when I plug it into the PT-10 the tuner gives me a "howling hiss" on both out ports even when the tuner is turned off. When I run it on battery the sound is fine, no degradation in sound noticeable.

The thing is a big, sturdy brick of a tuner. But the plastic footswitch is a joke. The little claws that hold it in place under the metal frame pop lose as soon as you step on it off center and the switch spring gets the whole thing off the pedal. At least it is easy to reattach.

It's OK, nothing fancy, not expensive. I wanted an on/off tuner to put in my signal chain.

This "tuning arc" consists of 9 segment LED's with ranges of +/- 40 cents. The red lights indicate if a note is flat (left of center), sharp (right of center), or in perfect tune (centered.) When in tune, the green center light will illuminate. What I really liked about this design, is how very easy it is to see at any distance. Unlike some tuners that use dimmer lights, darker color schemes, or one of those thin floating needles that can be hard to read in their displays, the PT-10 display is easily readable from even a normal, upright, playing position. The PT-10 also includes on it's display face a Battery light. When battery power is low, the red light will begin to flicker to warn to you.

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The silver case is made of metal and the footswitch that controls the Power On/Off is made of a think, black plastic. Together they combine to make a very well constructed unit, and one that looks like it can stand up to some real tough treatment.

If you have a % string bass forget it or maybe not you can tune to the harmonic but still I wish it could handel the Low B it will not even register the Note value or anything.

No knobs, one switch. Easiest pedal in the world to use.

This pedal is first in a chain of 4, and it's followed by 2 distortions, so if I turn the pedal on with the two distortions still on, then I get a buzzing sound. This problem has an obvious solution, so it's not really that major. I always have it set to mute when I turn it on, so the sound quality doesn't really apply there. I can't hear any drop in the quality of my sound when it's in the chain either, so it must be pretty good.

I bought it the day of a gig because I'd got tired of using my old zoom multi effects to tune with. It worked fine, it's nice and heavy, a good throwing weight. The only problem is the rather feeble little plastic switch it's got. I don't trust it too much.

I have no idea...

It has some tiny problems, like not always picking up the low E straight away, or the fact that on a stage, in the dark, you can't actually see what note it's tuning to, but it was pretty cheap. All I wanted was a tuner and this is all it does. I spent all day looking for a BOSS TU-2 pedal, but nowhere had one so the last shop I went in, the guy showed me this and I took it. #20 cheaper and does the same thing. What's not to like?

Tracks very well on my gutiars, but now since I'm playing bass more and more... well it dosn't like to pick up the B, E, or A strings too well... It still reads the E and A strings, but it tracks the tone really really slow... and thiers no hope for the B string... (incase your wondering, yes it is a 5 string)

No change

When it comes to giging with my surf band (where I play guitar) it's no problem. Mute, tune, un-mute, and there you have it. It tracks my Danelectro and my ES-335 very quickly.

But plug a bass into it...and thiers a lil more fuss... I think I'm going to look into a better tuner for my bass actually...

Personally I hate Fender... I got a Redknob Twin, and when I e-mailed them about the part I need to fix the channel switching...well they just offered me a new Twin for $1200USD. If I wanted a new twin, or had $1200 to buy a replacement twin, I would...but instead I used my $3000 to buy a Vox AC30TB. :D

Anyways, I also e-mailed them about the pickups falling out of my Fender Fat Strat...that didn't go over very well... the local shop gave me my money back because Fender wasn't being nice to them either.

Anyways, dibs out on Fender customer support if this product dies.

I have been playing guitar for about 4 years now, and I've owned three different tuners. One of the tuner (which was stolen) tuned by vibrations, not by sound...which was an interesting concept, but it sucked so whatever... The other one is not a pedal tuner, but is incredibly good. I use it for tuning my bass when it's not sitting at school in my Sax case (yea, I own my own Sax too...) So this pedal was the best option for me. And since I wasn't playing bass much when I bought it, I didn't mind the fact it can't tune a bass at all....also it's right in my price range!

Id say if your just playing guitar, this is the best pedal tuner for yoru money. But if your up to buying a Danelectro Barritone, or wanna tune a bass with this thing...dibs out.

not to shabby
the letters are hard to read but i got used to it
nothin to make a fuss over

this thing doesnt change my tone at all
on or off in my pedal line or not

the plastic stop part does pop off
but it goes back on
the jacks and houseing is very tough

for the $ its great
and its just a tuner
it pick up my notes when i want is to and it wont crap out on my right away
good tuner for a good price

Don't know anything easier.

It's humming all the time when placed in front of an effect so I plug it into the tune-out of my wah. No chance for humming now because it's not in the signal way any longer

Footswitch seems to be a little weak

If you have the option to keep this out of your effect chain it's one of the cheapest tuners. First choice!

very easy to use

the thing is a peice of junk in my opinion. it dosen't pickup any guitar that's not a fender, and that for me is a problem. it also has this annoying high-hum sound when you turn it on.

i wouldn't put my life in it's hands, that's for sure

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forget it. get the boss TU 2. by far a superior tuner.

plug in,step on and tune...there's no frills on this as far as calibration,etc(as far as i can tell)but it's inexpensive,right?

i'm not noticing any significant noise/tone change...tracks well enough
and LED is easy to see.

case is weighty and jacks are solid looking,but i'm not so into the 'fold over' battery door-it will probably hold up for a while,though...
the switch takes more pressure to bypass than to turn on for some reason,and it needs more force than i think is normal-it seems like the kind of thing that could get worse,but we'll see...

if it broke anytime soon,i'd send it back to musician's friend and get a replacement rather than contact Fender...there's no mention of warranty coverage on the info sheet that came with it but i'm guessing that they would try to be helpful.

didn't really need it,but i wanted another tuner for when i don't use the pedalboard that the Korg DT-7 i have is mounted on-it's worth the normal price,but without the MF coupon i wouldn't have bought it...the switching thing bugs me a little,but for what it cost i won't stress about it too much.

The tuner isn't hard to use, just hard to read. I have problems seeing it in darker settings.

I don't think it colors my sound. I find it to be pretty good there. I do have a problem with it not picking up notes lower than D#. Becomes a real pain when trying to play Sevendust, or other detuned bands riffs. A through high E strings tune very nicely though.

Seems good here. I wouldn't worry about it breaking if you don't treat it like crap.

Never dealt with them.

This is not a bad tuner. I wish it would tune low stuff though. I can't complain to much since it came free with my amp. I would recommend looking at some other tuners before buying.