Guitar Tuner (electronic tuning device ) recommendations

**jazzimprov** · 02-26-2016, 06:49 PM

what do you recommend?

(using a Boss TU80)

**icr** · 02-26-2016, 10:30 PM

I just got the Peterson Stroboclip tuner. Works great. The case on that one is metal, feels real high quality in the hand. I see it is not in that list, but it is in another list of 10 best clip-on tuners. I use the Boss pedal-tuner in my pedalboard.

http://www.premierguitar.com/article...ld_Use?page=11

**Jabberwocky** · 02-27-2016, 01:08 AM

https://www.turbo-tuner.com/index.htm

**cosmic gumbo** · 02-27-2016, 01:18 AM

Most gigs and rehearsals I go direct to amp with one cable, so I don't want a tuner pedal that will require using two cables. I use a tiny cheap Fender digital clip-on tuner, and even then, I can't stand how they look on my headstock, so I clip it to my music stand when I'm not using it.

**Munk** · 02-27-2016, 03:41 AM

Polytune clip is great and with it also follows a plug-in for your computer.

**JazzNote** · 02-27-2016, 04:20 AM

Someone in this forum recommended the snark HZ-1 a while ago. I got one upon this recommendation and have been using it for some months by now. I like it best of all the clip-on tuners i ever owned. Accurate, easy to handle and small.

SNARK® HZ-1 | SNARK

**Frank67** · 02-27-2016, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by Munk

Polytune clip is great and with it also follows a plug-in for your computer.

+1 ... Great piece of gear

**jorgemg1984** · 02-27-2016, 06:16 AM

The Polytune pedal is tough to bet for the price...

**dtfan4ever** · 02-27-2016, 07:19 AM

+1 for Polytune clip. They also make a Polytune app for smartphones which I find handy because I sometimes forget to put the clip on the headstock of the guitar that goes out the door with me but my phone goes with me always.

I like the clip so much so that I am thinking of removing my Polytune mini pedals from my pedalboards. (But may keep them there just as a backup when that one day comes that the battery decides to die in the clip and busting my phone out is not an option to tune. LOL)

I have also used various Snark tuners and Korg clip tuners. I like the Polytune clip the best of them all. I still have an old Korg DT-7 tuner which has been relegated to table top use when working at home in the project studio.

I could not bond with the TurboTuner made by Sonic Research which is the darling of the TGP crowd. I dislike strobe tuners, although I know they are supposed to be more accurate.

**Para** · 02-27-2016, 07:26 AM

I still use an old Korg Toneworks rack tuner, I have a snark I use occasionally.

**rob taft** · 02-27-2016, 06:42 PM

For a board pedal and setting intonation, I use a Turbo Tuner ST 300 , its very accurate, settles in fast and is programmable as I have one guitar with a True Temperament neck which requires offsets and I play in DADGAD as well. For a clip on tuner I use a Peterson, very solid and easy to read. For playing classical at home, I use a tuning fork, no batteries and unless I beat the cr@p out if, it will always provide me with a solid A. rob

**Dylanfan424** · 02-27-2016, 07:42 PM

I just got a Polytune Clip and it is an excellent tuner. It has a nice bright display and is dead nuts accurate. I highly recommend it and the nice part is you're not taking up pedalboard space for a tuner, or adding anything else to your signal chain.

**feet** · 02-27-2016, 09:13 PM

if you aren't using a turbo tuner, you are foolish and out of tune

just got a turbo tuner mini and i'll give it a spin this weekend. also just took in a polytune clip and it has all the characteristics of the polytune mini i have: its a nice looking, largely gimmick tuner that works ok. one sting at a time is fine, but the polytune feature is still a joke.

**Alder Statesman** · 02-27-2016, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by icr

I just got the Peterson Stroboclip tuner. Works great. The case on that one is metal, feels real high quality in the hand. I see it is not in that list, but it is in another list of 10 best clip-on tuners. I use the Boss pedal-tuner in my pedalboard.

10 Clip-On Guitar Tuners You Should Use

The Stroboclip has a long battery life and the sweetened tunings can come in very handy. It is accurate enough to properly set intonations.

Last time I saw Steve Martin, he had one clipped to his banjo for the entire gig.

**Cunamara** · 02-28-2016, 02:42 AM

I like the little Ned Steinberg designed one. Works well, very unobtrusive. And I have the a plug-in tuner that I bought some 30 years ago still works well, needle gauge and measures in cents for setting intonation. Darn near as accurate as a strobe tuner.

**Duotone** · 02-28-2016, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by dtfan4ever

+1 for Polytune clip. They also make a Polytune app for smartphones which I find handy because I sometimes forget to put the clip on the headstock of the guitar that goes out the door with me but my phone goes with me always.

As an iPhone app I use Fasttune, which works like the Polytune:

„HardWire HT-6 FastTune“ von Harman Professional, Inc.
https://appsto.re/de/9sExD.i

**sgcim** · 02-29-2016, 05:35 PM

I use a Korg Pitchblack Plus Tuner that claims to be accurate within .01 cents. It's more accurate than the Boss tuners, and is very effective when I use it on shows where the orchestra is mainly classical musicians, or horn players who mainly play shows. All those people care about is playing in tune.

**gmek** · 02-29-2016, 06:53 PM

The clip on tuners are great. I use a SNARK chromatic.

**wintermoon** · 02-29-2016, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by sgcim

I use a Korg Pitchblack Plus Tuner that claims to be accurate within .01 cents. It's more accurate than the Boss tuners, and is very effective when I use it on shows where the orchestra is mainly classical musicians, or horn players who mainly play shows. All those people care about is playing in tune.

I have a couple of the regular Pitchblacks.
I keep it on top of my amp w/ a patch cable between it and my amp.
I just have to spin around and hit the button and I'm good to go.

no offense to others here, but no clip on tuner will ever see of one of my guitars.
I don't like the looks of something hanging off the headstock and I showed my friend where his had left a mark in the finish on his vintage Epiphone's headstock.

but, ymmv.....

**jazzimprov** · 03-01-2016, 01:38 PM

"no offense to others here, but no clip on tuner will ever see of one of my guitars.
I don't like the looks of something hanging off the headstock and I showed my friend where his had left a mark in the finish on his vintage Epiphone's headstock."

I was worried about whacking one of those lock on tuners against something (a wall?) as well and damaging the headstock, because if I could I probably would......

**mr. beaumont** · 03-01-2016, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by wintermoon

I have a couple of the regular Pitchblacks.
I keep it on top of my amp w/ a patch cable between it and my amp.
I just have to spin around and hit the button and I'm good to go.

no offense to others here, but no clip on tuner will ever see of one of my guitars.
I don't like the looks of something hanging off the headstock and I showed my friend where his had left a mark in the finish on his vintage Epiphone's headstock.

but, ymmv.....

The crazy thing is...they can be taken off.

**JazzNote** · 03-01-2016, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by wintermoon

no offense to others here, but no clip on tuner will ever see of one of my guitars.
I don't like the looks of something hanging off the headstock and I showed my friend where his had left a mark in the finish on his vintage Epiphone's headstock.

but, ymmv.....

Since they first got on the market i've been very pleased to use clip tuners. There's a lot of comfort involved to use a device which doesn't have to be plugged in and still picks up only the desired note on stage. I remember the old days when it was necessary to tell everybody to be quiet when wanting to tune with a tuner.

My guitars have no marks from any clip tuner, they look perfectly okay but guess what: i attach a tuner only for the time when i'm actually tuning.

**bleakanddivine** · 03-01-2016, 04:39 PM

Any recommendations for a clip-on tuner with a display that can be read in bright daylight?

**DanielleOM** · 03-01-2016, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by JazzNote

Since they first got on the market i've been very pleased to use clip tuners. There's a lot of comfort involved to use a device which doesn't have to be plugged in and still picks up only the desired note on stage. I remember the old days when it was necessary to tell everybody to be quiet when wanting to tune with a tuner.

My guitars have no marks from any clip tuner, they look perfectly okay but guess what: i attach a tuner only for the time when i'm actually tuning.

I have not had much success myself using clip on tuners in room full of people. I find the guitar picks up every vibration in the room and the tuner tends to want to latch on to all of that noise in lieu of the string you are trying to tune. For those environments, I always bring a guitar with pickup and a plug in tuner.

**vernon** · 03-01-2016, 05:33 PM

+1 on the Korg Pitchblack... I've tried the strobes... the clip-on... iPhone apps... But for practicality and precision I've come back to the Pitchblack.