pitch pipe

The first thing that I bought when I first started playing bass was a pitch pipe.  Well, after buying a bass and an amp, I bought a pitch pipe and a tuner.  I tried using the pitch pipe once, decided I wasn't very good at it and pretty much never used it again.  It's really loud.  And I can't quite match the sound to what I hear from my bass.  The tuner, you plug it in, play a string, and start tuning.  It even beeps when you're done.

Now I am learning how to use my long lost pitch pipe.  Why?  Because I want to be a serious musician.  I don't have to be professional, but I wouldn't object to it either.  This is one of the steps to get there.  I just know that.  It is not going to negatively affect my music career to be able to tune my instrument without a piece of machinery attached to it.  That is not going to be a negative.

How?  Every time I tune my bass I play the pitch pipe along with the tuner.  My theory is that eventually I'll just be able to tell when the bass is out of tune by just using the pitch pipe.  The tuner will visually tell me when I'm in tune and with enough practice I'll be able to hear when I'm out of tune.  I hope anyway.  I think that if I'm patient and I work hard enough, I'll be able to improve myself as a musician.