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One Control has expanded its offering of utility pedals with a new guitar tuner fitted with its BJF buffer technology.
Boasting a Korg Pitchblack tuning circuit, the LX Tuner with BJF Buffer offers high precision tuning resolution to the degree of plus/minus 0.1 cents, and is quick and responsive for use onstage and in other high-pressure environments.
The pedal features four tuning modes: a conventional A mode; Strobe and Half Strobe modes, which allow the user to see smaller pitch discrepancies; and a B mode, which swaps the horizontal display for a vertical one for users who prefer a different visual orientation.
Other specs include both mains and battery compatibility – the pedal can also be used as an auxiliary power supply – and the ability to calibrate to a range of pitches between 436Hz and 445Hz in 1Hz intervals.
Chief among its features, though, is a built-in buffer circuit – the BJF Buffer, designed by Björn Juhl – which can be switched on and off at will.
As One Control explains, “impedance changes through buffer use and effects that are connected directly to the guitar, including old-school fuzz pedals, may change the sound in unwanted ways”.
(Image credit: One Control)
The company continues: “The perfect tuner should never change the original tone and sound of your instrument. However, there are many benefits to having a properly designed buffer circuit in your signal chain. With a well-designed buffer, you don’t have to have a true-bypass tuner only – you can have the best of both worlds.”
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The LX Tuner with BJF Buffer is available now for $144. For more information, head to One Control.
Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.
