Customer Reviews

Korg GA-40 Large Display Guitar and Bass Tuner

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4 star:		(17)
3 star:		(7)
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1 star:		(4)

 

 

First let me say right off that I'm a beginning guitar player. Everything I've heard and read said that I absolutely needed to learn by playing in tune. So after doing quite a bit of homework (I'm a bit over the top about researching things I buy), I settled on this unit. Now that I've been using it for a couple of months, I can say without hesitation that it was a good purchase. To tune the guitar, you simply pick each string (EADGBE - Eddie Ate Dynamite Good-Bye Eddie) and watch the gauge. Tighten or loosen the stings until the needle lines up perfectly and the green "all's well" light comes on. Very easy to use and small enough to toss in a pocket. Definitely recommended.

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I don't know how to really tune my guitar properly so I decided to buy this one because it looked good and at a cheap price compared to some of the other ones. Just pluck a string and if it's in tune the needle will point straight up and the light will be green but if the needle is to the left it's flat and if the needle goes to the right then it's sharp and a red light will appear. You can also use this to tune a 7 string guitar, a bass or acoustic guitars which is a plus because I own an electric and an acoustic guitar. It's also small and easy to carry around with you.The first time I used it on my guitars it took a little while because they were both very much out of tune but it was easy to get them in tune and now when I tune them it's easy and fast.

I don't have any experience with other tuners but I do know that this is a good tuner with some good features at a cheap price and I would recommend it to anyone who needs a tuner.

I like the price and what it does. Simple and accurate. Does for me what the more expensive tuners do without the bells and whistles. A little hard to see in a dark room but you should have your instrument already tuned before you play. But in a fairly lighted room it does fine. For the price its a great deal. If you mis-place it, its not that much to replace. Again it does the job at a great price.

Korg makes fantastic tuners. I used the GA-30 a lot before picking up this model. Both are fantastic. If you need your tuner to operate in-line, then this is a great choice. If you don't care that much, or really don't plan on using it in-line, just go for the GA-30. If you want to use a lot of non-standard tuning, I suggest model CA-30 or CA-40, both of which are chromatic tuners. They can tune to any of the 12 pitches across any octave (so far as I can tell). They don't include presets for Guitar or Bass, though, so you need to know which notes to be tuning yourself.

It is cheap enough for you to give it a try.

Best tuner i've used yet, period. Works great for both base and any electric guitar, and the input for the internal mic is perfect if youre trying to tune while backstage or somewhere loud. Can be used to tuned into Drop Cb and the digital tuning meter is the most accurate ive seen in my life. This is the best bang for your buck if you just need a simple tuner.

Amazing tuner. Simple digital needle interface leaves no question as to how your guitar sounds, and the lights telling you if it is sharp or flat stand out in the bright sunlight or stage lights. Picks up acoustic guitar as well as electric (either through the mic or cable input, even has a cable output to your amp so you can hear the sounds it is making). Tunes bass, and can be set to tune flat. Great deal.

In one word, "Jumpy." Would not settle down when tuning my bass or my guitar. Even tried it with my keyboard. I returned it and bought the Fender ST-1 tuner. It's excellent - simple - big display - great for gigs.

I use these small tuners in my music studio for my students; this one we purchased for our niece, a young violin student. She will really enjoy it! Versatile, handy, and accurate. Korg rocks.

It was good, but background noise interferes with the tuning.
I bought a contact pick iup elsewhere that plugs into the tuner, and that eliminated the background interference. Now it is 5 stars with the pick up. I wish they could have been offered together.

Well, bought the "Korg" brand for tuning both 5 & 6 string bass guitars. First of all, not back-lit. If you're backstage, you better have a light source or you're out of luck. Secondly, I had to kick in the active electronics for it to even register a signal on B,E strings. The tracking was very neurotic and non-committal. This wouldn't have been an issue if I didn't lend out my trusty Sabine ZIP-700 (..and it was dropped for the last time).

Conclusion, if you're tuning up in the dark backstage with no light source on your Sadowsky 5 string, forget it. I'd suggest you move up to a better tuner. On Korgs defense, I really love the DTR-2000 but highly disappointed in this particular product.