Fender PT-10 Pedal Tuner

Fairly easy to use. Your basic tuner with LED display to show you how sharp, flat or in-tune you are.

I use this in front of an MT-2 and it sounds perfectly fine to me. No hissing or sound interference.

Seems somewhat solid. Although I did accidently drop my MT-2 on it and it made a chip in the PT-10.

Haven't had to deal with them yet.

An overall good tuner. For the price I paid it's perfect for me. Tuning seems pretty accurate. I recommend this tuner if you don't wanna go pay a fortune for a tuner.

Very fast and easy to use, easy to read in the dark.

No change in sound, except when my Boss sustainer is on when i tune my guitar, otherwise no difference in sound. When i bypass the sound on the PT-10 with all my others effects on i noticed no difference,
no hiss, no hum or coloration in sound. (I used a very good power supply for my effects).

Very reliable, made of casting,

Never go to customer support.

Very precise and fast tuner, and the price is not bad.

This pedal tuner is easy enough.

I must have gotten a bad one, because it actually makes noise through my amp, no matter if it's on out 1 or 2, in the effects loop or straight. Sucks. Also, it really doesn't track notes very well. It takes a few seconds for it to pick up a low E or any lower notes, plus it just can't seem to decide what the notes are and if they're in tune. Not too good...

I can rely on this tuner to take a long time to get me in tune, to actually produce a sound on it's own, and to anger me daily. To be fair, however, if I am patient enough I do get tuned up eventually.

I'm tempted to just buy a different tuner and relegate the Fender PT-10 to the basement rather than deal with Fender this.

I don't doubt that there are good models of this pedal out there, but mine sucks.

Like most electronic tuners it's pretty easy to use. Perhaps a little more difficult than your standard OD/Distortion box. It has a 1/4" jack in and two out. One of the outs mutes the signal while the pedal is activated, the other allows the signal to pass through. This is a pretty cool feature if you want to mute your guitar between songs. Across the top of the pedal there are two rows of lights one indicates how far off pitch you are and the other indicates the note you are tunning to. It also has a battery light to let you know when your battery is getting weak. I wish more pedals had this feature.

I must agree with one of the previous reviewers. Under bright or very low light conditions the tunning notes can be almost impossible to read and the lights don't glow bright enough to be seen well under stage lights. This isn't a big problem for me since I primarily use mine at home, but I can see how this would be very limiting in a performance.

Other shortcomings are that there is no microphone so that it can't be used to tune acoustic guitars, but again this doesn't really affect me. It would also be nice if you could access the battery compartment without a screwdriver (or at least a coin) to unscrew the lid.

In my setup I don't run my signal through the tuner. I use an a/b switch to select the tuner because it creates a noticeable hiss when it's in the effects chain. Even when it's switched off it's noisy. Another thing I've noticed is that it's worse when the pedal is used with an AC adapter. I tried several different adapters thinking that perhaps it was faulty or the resistance was wrong, but it made no difference.

I've had no problems and it seems to be solidly built. The heavy housing is comparable to a Boss product, but the plastic footswitch might be a little vulnerable.

Never had to call Fender.

Overall this is a good tuner. It grabs notes quickly and is as accurate as any of the other products on the market for under $100. It does have a few shortcomings, but if you're just using it for practicing at home or jamming in the garage with some friends it's more than adequate.

This tuner is very easy to use. Just plug it in and go.

I use this with bass. Specifically, a Rickenbacker 4003. It works just fine, picking up all chromatic tones.

This pedal is very solid. The foot switch is well-made and in bypass mode cuts the signal immediately.

I have not dealt with Fender directly. I am certain that they would respond to any challenges I had with this pedal.

My wife gave me this pedal for Christmas because she was tired of me griping about the inconvenience of my Quik-Tune. It has proven to be a very reliable and valuable part of my rig. Yes, the letters are hard to read, but for me, this is not as important because a Rickenbacker bass stays pretty much in tune, even if you don't play it for a week or two. I like this pedal, and would replace it immediately if it broke or disappeared.

It's not that it's hard to use, but this is more of an ergonomic comment... You can't see what the notes are very when well standing up. It set up like the sabine music stand (or stick on) tuner where the notes are printed tiny C . D . E F, etc. and the LEDs are little dots right under it. I have better than 20/20 vision and if the conditions are very bright, I can actually see the letters, when I'm standing up. No chance if you are near sighted. But in a dimly lit room which is where it counts, all you see is the red dot, you have no idea what position it's in. Now, if your guitar is pretty close in tune you can assume you are always on the right note, but what about after a string change, or if you do alt. tunings?? You need to see the note. I'm sending this unit back to musician's friend, and have the Sabine NEX pedal tuner on order. It has a big LED complete with sharp sign. Then the usual lights: left flat, center tune, and right sharp to fine tune.

Yes, there is sound quality in a tuner, or perhaps I should say signal degradation... I own all true bypass pedals now, so leaving it in the chain is not an option. I can hear the difference now, I have a couple of cheaper mass produced pedals at my friends house (in case I don't have my gig setup with me)... it can make a boutique amp sound mediocre. I wish someone would make a true bypass tuner. Tuner on, no output to amp; Tuner off, fully bypassed. It would save real estate and money not to have an extra cable and A/B switch. I think there is a market for this... For now, when I get the sabine, I'll just velcro it to the board and plug/unplug.

Seems rugged. A little too heavy perhaps!

It's a solid pedal. The tuner circuit tracks notes nice and easy, just like a boss or sabine. Giving it a low rating because of the readability issue. No rating on the bypass because no tuner company to my knowledge is doing this. It would be nice though. I cringe when I read reviews, e.g. my rig is as follows: A Boss TU-12 tuner, into a Teese RMC3, Klon, Fulltone etc... Ahhhhhh.