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I'm not sure I understand the purpose of Evertune. Is it just so you never have to tune? I guess that's kind of cool. I never had a problem with tuning
Yeah he's one of the only guitar YouTubers I regularly watch.
With regards to not needing to retune - it's one of the benefits.
Phillip explains it pretty well in the video. Each saddle is a constant tension system working to keep the string in tune regardless of how hard you fret or how much you dig in with your pick. But you can still set it up to bend strings. The advantage is you can set the system so you can fret awkward chord shapes without finger pressure pushing notes sharp from your fretting hand, or pick as hard as you like with your picking hand and not send the guitar sharp.
It typically gets used by people playing heavier guitar styles, since digging in hard with the pick sends the notes sharp which can cause recording to take longer as you retune to the attack/decay of the notes.
It still has merit for guitarists playing other styles, especially if you play against more perfectly in tune instruments like keyboards. With an evertune you can play dynamically and anywhere on the neck and have it sound more in tune including chord shapes up the neck against open strings.
There is no other physical system that can do what it does. It isn't the right system for everyone and I could easily write a huge essay on it, but my tldr opinion is it does exactly what it says on the tin and if you want what it does it's well worth trying out
It really comes in handy when recording more aggressive playing, especially when changing from short notes to longer sustained notes which have a tendency to decay flat if you’ve tuned to the higher pitch at the start of a pitch arc when you dig in. That pitch arc difference increases the lower you tune too. Evertune can let you get away with playing harder on shorter scales with thinner strings in lower tunings, which can be preferable ergonomically for some players too.
I do like it a lot but am well aware it isn’t the right choice for everyone, I still use and record my normal bridge guitars too. But when I need what Evertune can do I’m glad I have it
I agree there are limitations - if you regularly change tunings on stage with a single guitar it might not be ideal if you need the Evertune action to be engaged at all times. On my guitars I tend to set them up for drop tuning, drop D for example. So if I need E standard I can quickly tune the low E up into zone 3, where it acts like a normal hardtail. There’s still a lot of benefit to having 5 evertuned strings even if one is working like a regular hardtail, but it would be too fiddly to try to use the Allen key to tune up the D to an E between songs if you needed it active for both tunings. At home or for recording that’s a non issue, it doesn’t take long at all, but it isn’t as fast as just turning a tuning key alone.
Otherwise, he says he had a positive experience working with the company, and kept the instrument for longer than originally agreed. Interesting that it is the first time he's agreed to allow a company to watch his video before review before making it public. I am not on his patreon but it sounds like he also clarified some points in response to patreon engagement on the first draft. In terms of transparency for a sponsored video that's good to know
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I'm assuming that us folks in the UK would get absolutely stung ordering direct from Evertune?
That's a pretty good video overall, and would help answer a bunch of questions for someone who hasn't got much experience with one.
Regarding zone 2, there is a minor change throughout that range, an acceptable amount for an install is detailed on the evertune page as: https://www.evertune.com/resources/become_an_installer.php
'The tuning at the point one turn from Zone 1 should be within 15 cents of the tuning at the point one turn from Zone 3.'
But as you can see for the above video, there's quite a lot of range in zone 2 in terms of how much you have to turn the tuner to get from zone 1 to zone 3.
So he's correct the note doesn't change, but if you understand that and want the tuning as tight and repeatable as it can be, that can inform how you set the instrument up.
From my personal experience, I think the best and most repeatable method for setting up the guitar is at the top of zone 2, as close to zone 3 as you'd like it to be. For me I have it as close to the bend stop as possible, I find my playing technique is consistent enough that I never accidentally send it sharp, and find bending as easy as is possible with the system. Besides my lowest string, which is a hair further into zone 2, I find I can get them really close to zone 3 and pick as hard as I like without ever having issues.
There's a trick to finding the point where it goes from zone 2 to zone 3 if you're in a quiet space. Just lightly tug on the string as you turn the tuner. When it's deeper in zone 2 you'll see the saddle rocking forward until it hits a point where it locks and behaves like a regular hard tail. You can learn the amount of travel you want from the tug of that string to that point (called the bend stop) so that you can easily reproduce that position later. The other advantage of putting it back in the same place every time is the amount of pressure required to bend the string will be consistent. What can happen, especially in more extreme temperature shifts or if the strings aren't stretched in properly, is that the string will 'go flat' just like a normal string. Except it won't actually go flat, it'll just go deeper into zone 2, meaning more pressure is required to activate bending. Re-setting it via that light tug and listening for the knock method will get the bend sensitivity back to where it was before.
Ordering direct from Evertune would be subject to regular importing tax rules yeah.
There are some models that come stock with them. Though there's less choice in UK shops than on the Evertune site.
Also, there are approved installers in the UK. I had mine done at https://shukerguitars.co.uk/our-work/evertune/ and was very happy with the outcome.