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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Great True Bypass Tuner! Mar 28, 2010
By Chasing Static
"Chasing Static (Band)"
Al my other band mates were yelling at me to pick up an inline tuner for my instruments, so after prolonging my purchase I picked up this pedal, and I'm glad I did. My band mates all use the Boss tuner pedal's but I didn't want to spend $100 on a pedal that wasn't true bypass. For those out there who are unaware of what this means, there are two main ideas. When your instrument is plugged into the input, it is only active when stepping on the pedal. This was crucial for me because if you are running on a 9V battery and forget to unplug after practice, your battery would be toast. With this pedal its only active when you step on the trigger. Another thing about True bypass, is that when the pedal is not in use and is "bypassed" there is no change to the signal leaving your instrument. Other competitors pedals that are not True Bypass will muddy your sound a bit by dropping the signal level as it passes through the pedal.
Construction of this pedal is very durable, metal case, you could probably drop it off the roof of a building, not that I would try, but you know what I mean. The display is fantastic for low lit stages or practice spaces. It doesn't use little LED's like competitors, it is very visible, and has multiple display settings to make sure you are accurately tuned. The battery life is also very resilient with this pedal. And I use dollar store 9V's. I don't think there is more to say about this pedal. I bought it offline for a price that was significantly cheaper than competitors, and I probably would have paid more for it now.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Good for working musician Oct 26, 2008
By William Darrow
Bought this Korg after losing a prior tuner after many years of gigging. Researched on several on-line boards and alot of guys recommended. Wanted something easy to use on a dark stage, tough, and not too expensive. This fits the bill: am satisfied after several months of use. The bright, highly visible read-out cannot be missed or misunderstood. That's what you want tuning in a hurry, on cluttered, dark stages. The unit is happy living in a jumbled gig bag. Battery lasts a long time. Leave your guitar plugged in (bypass) during a set, or simply keep the unit on your amp to use in-between sets. My bass player used it recently too with no problem. Expect to have this for years.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Everything anyone needs in a stage tuner Aug 26, 2010
By Ian M. Mcclintock
This is pretty much the ideal tuner, as far as I'm concerned. It's true-bypass, brilliantly visible and easy to read on a dark stage, accurate, small footprint, durable, powers all your other pedals, and is under $100, especially if bought used...its virtues are many and varied. If you've been using a cheap crappy tuner like I was, you'll notice the difference all the more.
If you want a hyper-accurate tuner for some kind of technical work, the Pitchblack's tolerances might not be quite what you're looking for. But as far as stage tuners go, it's got a tighter tolerance than the Boss stompbox.
If you want a buffer in your chain, this pedal won't supply it, as it is true-bypass.
If you want to hear your strings ringing out while you tune, this is not the pedal for you. The output is muted while the tuner is engaged. I prefer not to make my audience listen to me tune, so for me this is a non-issue. Plus, I like being able to use the pedal as a killswitch.
These are the only circumstances I can think of where there might be a valid reason not to buy a Pitchblack right this instant.
EDIT: After some time with this pedal, I've noticed that when used to power other pedals, some of them don't like being daisy-chained from this pedal's power output, most notably tremolos. But when the daisy-chain cable is connected straight to the power supply and the Pitchblack is powered like any other pedal, the problem vanishes. Kind of strange, and I figured worth noting here, but I don't consider it enough of a problem to take any points off or recommend this box any less.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Great tuner but watch out.. Jul 27, 2009
By Myles De Bastion Sansone
"Myles"
I think this is one of the best tuner pedals out on the market right now. Even Paul Gilbert was quoted as saying that if he could only take one piece of gear with him other than his guitar/amp, it would be this tuner!
It is amazingly clear to see on the darkest of stages and very quick and accurate. I love the flexibility it offers in terms of bypass and even powering other pedals however I just simply use it out into of the tuner out of the Ernie Ball volume pedal so that it's always on and never interferes with the guitar signal.
However I must lead to my only negative gripe, perhaps from leaving the tuner on for many, many hours a week for the past 6 months, I have somehow managed to wear it out, or it has developed a fault. For some reason the tuner no longer tunes accurately and it takes a good 3-6 seconds to recognize an open string. I knew something was up and ran out to buy another to replace it. I took the time to A/B the new and old pedal, and could clearly see that the new tuner was fast and zippy as expected. I switched the cables, positions on the board, power supply and everything I could think of but the old tuner was definitely lagging behind.
I left a message on the Korg support forums but have yet to hear a reply, I guess I might be the only one with a Pitch Black that turned into a dud. However don't let that stop you from picking up one of these sexy babies, they truly are awesome and I have confidence in Korg products that my issue is a one-off.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
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By J. Madrid
"Big Muff"
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