Really impressed...I took one look at the photo of Musson's stand in his ebook and immediately threw in the towel. Really love Musson's attitude and approach. The instructor on my mechanics course recommended him as the only thing you need to learn how to build good wheels. As well as the time, patience and attention to detail he has, of course.
My great uncles only ever used pitch to check tension. On my mechanics course we used a tension meter. However, I found that if I was really careful, followed all the advice, didn't try to skip, then the final tension check showed the spokes were pretty well equalised. When, for various reasons, I behaved differently eg rushed, got distracted, etc, the final wheel was true, but goodness me, those spokes were at sixes and sevens. So as Musson says, a tension meter won't build you a good wheel. It sure showed me how bad a wheel I could build, though.