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The Arion HU-8500 Stage Tuner is designed for use onstage next to guitar effect pedals. With LED lights and note indicator, you can tune accurately from a distance, even in the dark. 9 red LEDs light progressively closer to center as you approach true pitch. Center green LED lights when you're precisely in tune. Pitch adjuster selects base from 440Hz-445Hz. Tuning accuracy is within one cent. Low-impedance output for clear sound. The following power adapters work with the Arion HU-8500: Boss PSA-120 or Line 6 Tone DC-1.

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Arion HU-8500 Stage Tuner

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Average of 35 User Ratings

Overall

Overall: 7.94

Quality

Quality: 7.46

Features

Features: 8.31

Value

Value: 8.97

Customer Reviews

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 9

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Great + reliable Tuner
Posted by Telelover from NC on Apr 2, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock/alternative
Bought this tuner used over 12 years ago and it has worked great in gig after gig. Bright lights that can be seen on the darkest stage and a jack that mutes when you tune. Mine looks terrible but works geat! Plastic battery cover won't go on straight, but otherwise this is a winner. I've spilled beer on it and dropped it many times, but it still works great. Hard to beat for the money.

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 7

Value

Value: 10

Don't Waste Your Money on the Boss!!
Posted by Man o' Scruples from Illinois on Mar 4, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist & Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock 'n Roll, Blues, Country, Classical
I got this beacuse my guitar teacher suggested I get a tuner pedal for live use and I'd been thinking about getting one. He has had one that he's been using for 15 years (along with an SCH-1 chorus and a pcb-6 pedal board which are awesome)and it was cheap so I got it. Thing works great, it was a little odd at first, but it tunes well enough. Only problem is it doesn't tune to nonstandard pitches, but I only play in standard and drop D so its O.K.. If you need a tuner pedal, buy one, now if only Arion still made the SCH-Z chorus beacuse as much as I love my Korg, the Arion puts it to shame, no wonder my guitar teacher says he's never found anything as good as it!

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 10

Best Tuner I've Owned
Posted by George from Mc Calla Alabama on Mar 2, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues, Metal, Jam
I have had this tuner for 19 years, and it was used when I bought it! I have gigged it with Dozens of times, spilled beer and soda on it, dropped it etc. It has been the main tuner in every band I have been in since 1988. It still works better than any tuner I've had, including, SORRY, Digitech and Korg! I used it for intonation and setups etc in my shop! It would be a deal at 4x the price! I can't recommend it more.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Great tuner for the money!
Posted by LeftyBassman from Sitka, AK on Feb 16, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, 80's, big band, modern country
I've owned two of these tuners. I only bought a second one because the first one was stolen! I use it onstage where it's usually dark. The tuner has seven bands and when you're in tune the center green one glows extra bright. Very easy to use. By the way, I bought a Behringer BXL900 bass amp for stage, and it turns out it didn't have a line out. So I used this tuner as a tuner and signal splitter, and it worked perfect, without draining the battery! Cool! Buy one or two, and they'll last you a long time. Highly recommended.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 10

Better than a boss!
Posted by I love stuff that works from New york on Feb 14, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Single artist
Reviewer's Play Style: Christian, rock, metal, screamo, hardcore,
My guitar teacher has a 100 dollar tuner. After I would use it I would use relative tuning and one or 3 would always be out. I got this because I will soon play a show and I did not want to use her tuner and when I play @ home i need one. I got this for the money. I opened the box and my heart pumped faster! I tuned and it was so easy! I also tuned my bass. Save money, get this!

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Arion HU-8500 Stage Tuner

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