BEST BANJO TUNER FOR BEGINNERS

GoldTone Chromatic Tuner

Gold Tone Chromatic Banjo Tuner!
Awesome tuner.
It can tune out interfering noise.

GOLD TONE BLUEGRASS TUNER

Why does the Gold Tone Bluegrass Tuner work so well?

On a banjo you have two G strings and two D strings.

As the G (or D) string is plucked the other octave string will sympathetically vibrate causing the indicator on the tuner to "waver."

The Gold Tone Bluegrass Tuner will pick up only the fundamental of the string which is played, and the needle indicator will remain steady. This results in quicker and more accurate tuning.

Available settings include chromatic, banjo, mandolin (fiddle) and guitar.

NOW INCLUDES CLIP ON PICKUP!!

These tuners are awesome. They're all they're cracked up to be and more!

.......I absolutely love my new Bluegrass Tuner. It really is the best. I can tune my banjo or mandolin much faster with it. I would highly recommend it.

Review and question on stretching banjo strings when tuning

Hello Ross, My order arrived Monday and I just wanted to say how much I love the Goldtone Bluegrass Tuner..... I love the way it shows the string is in tune. I also have a question about tuning. I notice that after a few days the strings are all a bit flat. Is that because of stretching or it is simply normal for string instruments? Ron Brunette

Ross Nickerson reply

Hi Ron, you should stretch your strings manually. Grab each string and pull it straight up a few inches and then re-tune the string until it stays in tune after you stretch it. This might take as many as 5 or 6 stretches before the string wont go flat after you stretch it. Don’t be too gentle, just don't break the string or pull them out of the bridge slot.

The Special feature segment ” Basic Banjo Set Up” in my Fundamentals of Five String Banjo DVD which I think you have shows you how to do it too, thanks, Ross N

My order arrived Monday and I just wanted to say how much I love the Goldtone Bluegrass Tuner..... I love the way it shows the string is in tune. I also have a question about tuning. I notice that after a few days the strings are all a bit flat. Is that because of stretching or it is simply normal for string instruments? Ron Brunette

Ross Nickerson reply

Hi Ron, you should stretch your stings manually. Grab each string and pull it straight up a few inches and then retune the string until it hold’s tuning after you stretch it. This might take as many as 5 or 6 stretches before the string wont go flat after you stretch it. Don’t be too gentle, just don't break the string or pull them out of the bridge slot.
The Special feature segment ” Basic Banjo Set Up” on my Fundamentals of Five String Banjo DVD which I think you have shows you how to do it, thanks, Ross N