[papadog65]

I have owned a Korg GA-20 electronic tuner for a while now, and I've always wondered about the "weird" results that I get. When tuning any string, the needle of the tuner always goes a little sharp, then settles on zero for just a moment, and finally ends up a little flat. It's always a guessing game to figure out how to tweak my tuning pegs to get <almost> in tune for each string. Do all electronic tuners act this way? This is the only one I've ever used. Should I toss it and get a different one? If so, what?

[Stephen]

For most tuners it's where it ends up that counts. A newly plucked string is a little sharp and quickly settles back to its true tone. The tuner picks that up. It's normal. Tweak the tuning based on the result after it settles down.

[papadog65]

Thanks, Stephen,
I've always tended toward the middle tone. I'll try you're suggestion about using the point where it finally settles instead.