In Tune Outdoors Gigging outside can be very tough on tuning, especially in direct sunlight. To avoid problems, always gig with a tuner hooked up to your signal chain. This ensures pristine tone by removing the tuner from the signal path when it is not in use. Besides messing with your tuning, the bright light of a daytime, outdoor show can make it nearly impossible to decipher the LEDs on most tuners. Whether you're playing indoors or outdoors, try acclimating your guitars to the venue's temperature for at least 30 minutes before the gig.
Strings tend to expand or contract when confronted with sudden changes in temperature.
Steve Miller tours with graphite and composite-neck guitars because they resist temperature and humidity changes. Tuning out Playing in tune is the result of many small steps executed properly, and adding even one or two new tricks can make a big difference in your quest to play and stay in tune. Based out of the San Francisco Bay area for the last 24 years, he now works out of his own demo studio.