Can someone go into great detail on how to tune a acoustic guitar with an electric tuner?

Question

I have no idea at all how to tune a guitar and im not sure if you have to strum cords or if you can just strum each string by itself and get the readout green i have a korg guitar tuner GA-30

Answer 1

First, turn on your tuner (of course) and put it close enough to the guitar so it can pick up the sound. You want to pluck one string at a time, no strumming. Then starting with the largest string (the low E) pluck it and let the tuner pick up the sound, then turn its k**b clockwise if the tuner's gauge is reading to the left of the center. If it is reading to the right, you want to make it first read to the left by turning it counterclockwise then bring it up to the center by reversing directions. This will ensure that the string stays put.

If that particular string doesn't read as an 'E' then it's probably way off and you need to turn it a lot depending on which pitch it reads as. For example, if it reads as Eb or D# or lower then it must be tightened a lot and if it reads as F or higher then it must be loosened a lot. And by a lot I mean only about 3/4 of a turn.

Repeat those steps for the A, D, G, B, and high E strings in that order. If a lot of adjusting was needed, you may want to repeat this process again because guitar strings tend to go out of tune if the other strings are messed with a lot. Hope that all isn't too confusing.