Quote Originally Posted by plv
Just get a cheap one, if you stay serious in like 1 year you will be tuning it by ear anyways. But I've always liked the analog needle ones better than the blinking lights ones like the one you posted, but they all work.
no, you think you'll be tuning by ear...


it's very VERY rare that someone can actually tune by ear and it be in the proper tuning..

i'd say about 95 percent of musicians professional or not use a tuner...

i've been playing over ten years.. and though i can tell when my guitar is out of tune.. and i can "tune it" to sound well.. never can i actually tune it to a standard E.. i'm normally a little sharp or flat.. though all strings will be in "tune" compared to the other.