James Taylor- Tuning to compensate for the guitar

[Austin T. Walden]

Very interesting video where James Taylor actually flattens all the strings by varying degrees to attain a more resonant sound.

Btw, James Taylor has a few video lessons on that YouTube channel as well!

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[GnLguy]

Interesting post, thanks for sharing

Last summer, I wanted a good clip on tuner, largely b/c I wanted a tuner that would indicate sharps & flats.
My sales engineer at Sweetwater told me that Peterson had a strobe tuner that would give me that function; and even though it is a clip on, and that it is actually accurate enough to use to adjust intonation on an electric guitar. Since I do setups from time to time, I paid a little extra and bought it.

One additional feature with that tuner is that is that it comes with 50 additional “sweetened” tunings.
Do those tunings really make a difference? Opinions vary on it. I’ve used some of them and it seems to improve the overall tone of the guitar.

I am impressed with the Peterson for setting intonation on a Strat type of guitar. I have a D’Addario strobe tuner pedal, and using it on a guitar that has a tremolo system, I couldn’t get the tuning to stabilize at all. The Peterson will stabilize on a trem system as well as it does with fixed bridge
Hmm, maybe that’s the reason that D’Addario discontinued that pedal.

I will also say that tuning my guitar with a typical chromatic tuner and then comparing with the Peterson, I have had to adjust the tuning when I used the Peterson.

[sunjamr]

I saw that excellent video a while back. I messed around with my tuning as he recommended. Then I remembered the wise words of our guru, Brian. He said “As long as you keep the beat going, most people won’t notice your mistakes.” I reckon that also applies to strings that are ever so slightly out of tune.

Sunjamr Steve

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