Boss TU-12H Orchestral Tuner

Highly visible sharp/flat LED indicators. Built-in condenser mic.

Overall User Ratings (based on 31 ratings)
  • Overall:
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    1.5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    0.5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    1.5 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    0.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    0.5 out of 5 stars
Overall: 1 out of 5 stars
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Submitted July 11, 2003 by a customer from hotmail.com

"Caveat emptor"

Overall: 1 out of 5 stars
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When I first bought it, I was in heaven. Tuning was a snap. Once the jacks went out, it became a nightmare. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE.
Features
It's tuning functions are fine but once it breaks, who cares how neat the features are. They really cut corners mounting the jacks on the circuit board. If you're going to plug into this, it will break that much sooner.
Quality
Piss poor construction. Everyone I know who has one has had problems with the jacks coming loose from the circuit board. It can be resoldered, but not infinitely. I finally trashed mine last night, and WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER ONE. If you gig with it, DO NOT RELY ON IT ALONE. What kind of a deal is it if you have to buy two anyway?
Value
High priced for something guaranteed to break. It's like home exercise equipment--they don't expect you to use it, so it's built cheap.
Manufacturer Support
It's cheaper to replace than repair this piece of plastic.
The Wow Factor
I will never buy another one again, and am reluctant to touch anything BOSS makes. It's a good tuner when it works, but until they beef up the construction DON'T BUY IT.

Musical Style:

Unique
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Submitted May 17, 2009

"DO NOT BUY THIS! SAVE YOURSELF A HEADACHE"

Overall: 0.5 out of 5 stars
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Features
Not really all that useful by modern standards. Less reliable than many of the cheaper ones and it breaks all the time to boot! I'm pretty sure mine was having problems the minute I brought it home, but BOSS is useless and not helpful and would not stand behind their product.
Value
It's hard to even give it a 3 when it is constantly broken, shoddily made, less useful than cheaper tuners and customer service basically laughs at you when you expect some help with the piece of crap they conned you into buying.

Musical Background:

Guitarist for several years

Musical Style:

Rock, metal, blues, funk
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Submitted December 5, 2006

"Boss hogwash!!"

Overall: 0.5 out of 5 stars
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Buy something that is reliable
Features
great features when they work
Ease of Use
poor instruction manual
Quality
Worked well at first but go crazy now just trying to get a good tuning. Acts like the battery connections go in and out but checked and they are good. VERY annoying and will not buy another or anything else BOSS makes.
Value
Is it worth anything if it wont work?
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