B string, why so hard to tune?

[Loraine]

Hi @jimmaggio6gmail-com What type of trouble are you having? The only thing I can think of is that you are hitting 2 strings by accident when trying to tune it, so it’s showing the wrong note. You have to make sure your G still isn’t ringing, and make sure you aren’t accidentally tapping the G or E string.

(I’m not sure why this typed in red, or why your message was in red – odd)

[jimmaggio6gmail-com]

I am hitting only the B string it just seems to not register on my tuner as B, most to the time it is A. I finally managed to simple tune it by ear and now it is registering on my tuner as B. I guess I am teaching my tuner what B sounds like. Thanks for your reply.

[jumpinjeff]

I suspect @jimmaggio6gmail-com that you are energizing other strings sympathetically and the tuner is picking up that vibration frequency over your intended pitch. The B string does that. By muting the other strings while you tune the B string you might eliminate the harmonically competing frequencies.

[Skyman911]

@jimmaggio6gmail-com are you using a Snark tuner by chance? I have a Snark that will do that on the B and high E string. It will jump back and forth between different keys.

[jimmaggio6gmail-com]

I am trying to figure my way around system sorry for the late reply. Its a Kala tuner on the end of my guitar.

[JohnWP]

Maybe guitar specific. My b and high e string are the two I usually don’t have to adjust when tuning.

[jumpinjeff]

for sure it is guitar specific. The more responsive the intent of the builder….the more the strings will resonate. With practice you learn tricks, like muting other strings, or checking a harmonic with the intended pitch, or checking the pitch of the string you are trying to tune by playing it on Fret 5 to see the next pitch and what the string is doing at that length.

[JohnWP]

If you say so. Almost everything you said went completely over my head. LOL

[petelanger]

You can also download the Fender Tune App, it’s completely free to use the tuning portion, but you do have to register it. I used this in the beginning and it gave me no problems. I have since purchased a Fender FT-1 professional guitar tuner, runs about 20 bucks on amazon that has never let me down.

Oh my, just realized this question was asked last June! I wasn’t even a TAC member back then! lol!