# TC Electronic PolyTune 3

> This tuner entry consolidates documented TC Electronic PolyTune 3 variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards. It is also used as an editorial substitute in a budget rebuild.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/tc-electronic-polytune-3/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Tuner
- **Types:** Buffer, Tuner, Utility
- **Also known as:** polyphonic tuner, PolyTune 3
- **Controls:** Display, Footswitch, LED matrix display, Mode, Mute footswitch, True bypass / buffer switch
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 3 boards, 2025–2026
- **Editorial appearances:** 1 budget rebuild

Polyphonic tuner at the start of Basilio Sweetwater board.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jared James Nichols | Five-device summer touring board | 2026-06-10 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jared-james-nichols/summer-tour-board-2026/ |
| Lari Basilio | Three-stage Violet demonstration board | 2025-03-31 | 1 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/lari-basilio/sweetwater-board-march-2025/ |
| Mark Morton | Lamb of God switched touring rig | 2026-04-29 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mark-morton/lamb-of-god-rig-2026/ |

## Budget rebuild appearances

Editorial substitutions chosen by the archive for a priced rebuild. They are not gear the artist owned or used.

| Rebuild | Replaces | Fidelity | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Slash's pedalboard on a budget | StroboStomp HD | Same job | https://pedalboardarchive.com/budget/slash/blues-ball-tour-2024/ |