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i'm not a pro musician (so if you are recording or touring this prob isn't suitable) but otherwise might interest.
i wanted big flashing letters & superclear up/down indicators because i didn't want to be squinting at little swinging needles in the half-light & this works fine. plus it bypasses your chain when not in use.
as for reliability, i'm not jumping on it & it's metal case & jacks so no probs. they come under various brand names as a PT1 tuner. cheap thrills.
im going to drop it into strung Out to even things up!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
So suffice it to say that I won’t be buying any of those! Unreliable products couples with nonstandard parts, a poor service program, a condescending attitude, and a warranty inferior to that of Boss (two years versus five on their pedals in the USA)—not worth the hassle. It’s too bad; I’ve tried several of the pedals in this series and liked the way they sound.
I went back to my TU-2 and have not had any issues since.
Have had a TU3 for a couple of years - no issue so far.
As well as my regular 3 piece wedding band, I also dep very regularly with another 3 piece, who use 2 x TC Helicon for additional vocal harmonies. At Sunday's gig, we had to wind the level mix on the one I was using down to zero mid-gig because of a dicky switch that kept the effect on when it should have been off.
I know it is hardly a rigorously scientific experiment, but FWIW it means 50% of our TC Electronics pedals are faulty
Thing is, the bassist/ frontman of said trio I dep for is pushing me towards getting one for my own line-up....the rub being that he is the guy who gets all of my gigs as our agent, so whilst it's up to me at the end of the day, he does kind of have the right to express an opinion
For me in my current financial situation, it's a significant enough outlay for me to not really want to invest unless it will really come in useful...and if they are hideously unreliable, then forget it!
No, but it is true that some people think I'm a know-all, I have an odd heartbeat and I'm older than I look…
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Having said that, I've had dreadful experience with TC reliability. I've had 2 Nova Delays go bad on me. I think I've owned 6 TC pedals in total.
We've also had 2 of the TC helicon mic stand mount vocal monitors (out of 4) go bad in my church.
Overall that's 4 out of 10 so a 40% failure rate. it could actually be higher than that. I sold a couple of the pedals so they could well have gone wrong for their new owners.