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Clip-on tuners - got my eye on a Snark

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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    I also hear the Korg is meant to be great...
    But I got a Snark yesterday. Who uses the tap metronome function (it's just a visual metronome right - I don't get it..)... and if the down arrow is for flat tuning, what is the up arrow for? Obviously I need to play around with it!
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  • nickpnickp Frets: 182
    good link for the planet waves tuner.  I don't have one but I've seen some damn good players with them - permanently on the guitar and not really noticeable - I think I'll get them as it will free up some space on the pedalboard :)

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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    I have experience of the Snark and the Intellitouch.  The Snark tracks better than the Intellitouch - especially on the lower notes.  It does eat batteries though.
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438
    noisepolluter said:
    Anyone got one? Happy with the accuracy? 

    The Peterson one doesn't seem like an option for me - I'd probably go spare chasing the strobe, by all accounts they're quite fragile, and it's just too easy to lose or get nicked - you could have a Snark and a spare, and still be spending significantly less.


    I bought 2 Snarks - very easy to use and read, but both inaccurate - they show "in tune" when you are just nearly in tune
    try one alongside a clip on Korg AW-2 (I have these too) on the same guitar, and you will see the difference

    I bought a peterson one - pricey and quite fiddly to use - only bother if you want Feiten and sweetened tunings, DADGAD, etc I think
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  • timmysofttimmysoft Frets: 1962
    I've had my planet waves micro for a year, it's toured a lot and always been great! It's not so good when the whole band is playing but in quiet situations it's hard to beat.
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    just picked up a snark today (my little planet waves one with the inbuilt mic can't cope with the noise made by other acoustic instruments at sessions), seems good. Accurate as the planet waves, seems solidly built. Will reserve it for use in "live" situations which will hopefully preserve battery life. And it can pick up all the strings with no fuss, unlike the 1st gen intellitouch I've still got. None of that annoying moving it around the headstock trying to find the sweet spot.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 721
    After some umming and ahing I went with a Korg Pitchhawk-G. It's fairly unobtrusive, firm grip on the headstock, the screen is really clear and it seems to track quickly and accurately. As do most of them these days I suppose! But I'm happy with this one.
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    What finish is it that these clip on tuners (even with rubber grips - or perhaps due to rubber grips?) can ruin on a guitar? Nitro-cellulose? 
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  • noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 721
    edited October 2014

    thomasross20 said:
    What finish is it that these clip on tuners (even with rubber grips - or perhaps due to rubber grips?) can ruin on a guitar? Nitro-cellulose? 
    To be honest, I'm inclined to take that one with a pinch of salt. I di hear a while back that nitro can react with rubber grips on stands, capos, clip on tuners etc but I have a couple of nitro finish guitars and haven't encountered any problems over the years. I've not heard this talked about for years now though - I assume manufacturers have changed the composition of the rubber, if it was a problem previously. I do remember that Hercules stands were actively marketed for a while as being 'nitro safe'.




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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    There is a great-looking CE24 on here whose previous owner put a tuner on the headstock and it left a mark. Wouldn't stop me from buying it but it made me slightly nervous about putting them on my PRS!
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  • noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 721
    edited October 2014
    thomasross20 said:
    There is a great-looking CE24 on here whose previous owner put a tuner on the headstock and it left a mark. Wouldn't stop me from buying it but it made me slightly nervous about putting them on my PRS!
    My Gibson J-45 has already been bounced off several metal edged music stands with resulting dings and chips to the finish, I've started to wear through the finish on the neck… I'm fully expecting the silk screened logo to begin wearing off the headstock within a few years, with or without the help of a clip on tuner. I'm a one man relic'ing factory! Not that fussed though - it's all from normal use, and if it ends up looking a bit like John Hiatt or Bruce Springsteen's J-45 in a couple of decades then that's just a cross I'll have to bear :)

    Besides, if you're playing a PRS you've probably already using a Peterson rack tuner, right?    ;)

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  • mrleon83mrleon83 Frets: 174
    I've broke two snarks, currently using a Korg pitch clip which is cheaper and seems more robust...
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Lol @ np :)

    Korg pitch clip does look good and smaller... probably lasts longer on batteries, too?
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