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"Hi Tom. Good and interesting points, but aren't most fretted instruments fretted to…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Mar 9, 2012 to Digital tuners - are they any good?

 22 Mar 9, 2012
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"My Snark SN-8 arrived yesterday. It is in a different league to the previous chinese…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Jan 17, 2012 to Digital tuners - are they any good?

 22 Mar 9, 2012
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"Hi Paul. Thanks for that. My phone is a steam powered (but environmentally friendly)…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Jan 11, 2012 to Digital tuners - are they any good?

 22 Mar 9, 2012
Reply by Tom Faux

"I just found this blog post. It shows that he does use banjo tuners, but that they h…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Dec 5, 2011 to Do you really need to use a slide?

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"Hi Jason and Penfoot. Thank you for the recommendations. It's interesting that so fa…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Oct 30, 2011 to Digital tuners - are they any good?

 22 Mar 9, 2012
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"Hi Dave. It says Cadine on it and it was made in China. I chose it because it had a…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Oct 28, 2011 to Digital tuners - are they any good?

 22 Mar 9, 2012
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"Tom. Sorry. More questions. If it can work in noisy environments how does it pick up…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Oct 28, 2011 to Digital tuners - are they any good?

 22 Mar 9, 2012
Reply by Tom Faux

"Hi Tom. Thanks for the reply and the interesting suggestion. The clip-on tuners will…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Oct 28, 2011 to Digital tuners - are they any good?

 22 Mar 9, 2012
Reply by Tom Faux

"Hi Sam. Thanks for the info. I've just found this blog post which explains much more…"

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw replied Jun 2, 2011 to Do you really need to use a slide?

 12 Dec 5, 2011
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"Thanks Sam. I must do better next time."

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