TU-3 : In tune - whatever tuning you like

12 years ago

On stage your biggest problem is to stay in tune - always and in every situation. In order to accomplish that you need to have a tuner, that works quick, precisely and accurately.

The Boss TU-3 does that perfectly. The LEDs are bright enough to be seen on every stage, no matter what lights you have on stage. If you still have problems, you could use the "high brightness mode".

The best features are the different tuning modes: Standard chromatic, automatic string detection for guutar and bass, flat tunings and many more. The true bypass works very good, but: if you want to mute your guitar while tuning, you can't use the true bypass output and vice versa. The problem ist: The mute output really affects the tone when you don't use the tuner - it kind of steals highs and dynamic. Because of that I decided to use the true bypass and leave the tuner turned on during the whole gig.

Quality and handling is classic Boss-like. Perfectly crafted and a real work horse on stage: You could drop this thing down from the 10th floor and it would survive :-)

Image Boss TU-3

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Boss
  • Released in 2009
  • Average price : $104
  • Weight : 390g
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