You Know You're REALLY OLD When

[Offshore Angler]

You turn up your volume to use a clip-on tuner.

Hey, old habits are hard to break! My backstage tuner finally crapped after several decades and I replaced it with a clip-on. Yep, turned it on and then set the guitar volume to full to tune. Dumbass. Guys in the band couldn't stop laughing. Broke my balls all night.

Chuck

[OldStrummer]

So, did you also leave it clipped onto the headstock all night? I hate it when people do that.

[Offshore Angler]

So, did you also leave it clipped onto the headstock all night? I hate it when people do that.

Nope, Clip-on tuners will leave marks in a nitro finish if you leave them on. Besides, onstage I have a real tuner. Backstage tuner is to get you in the ballpark and make sure you only need a few seconds to sharpen it up.

Additionally, clip-on tuners onstage ALWAYS fall off and end up under a riser or something. Not professional.

Chuck

[Laker]

I know I’m really old because I still use my old Boss TU-12 tuners in my bass rigs and don’t own a clip-on tuner. Why buy something different when the tools you’ve used for 25+ years keeps getting the job done?

[OldStrummer]

C'mon, guys. Whatever happened to tuning by ear?

Oh, that's right. My hearing - along with the rest of me - is pretty shot these days.