The PolyTune offers “Needle” or “Strobe” mode, as well as their own “Polyphonic” mode (strum all the strings and get a good look at all six strings). Snark doesn’t publish their accuracy estimates, but an Internet search suggests +/- 1 cent TC Electronic claims +/- 0.02 cents in its Strobe mode Peterson says the StroboClip is accurate to within +/- 0.1 cent.Īll three have illuminated displays that differ slightly in appearance and in their presentation of tuning information. They run on CR2032 “coin-cell” batteries.They allow users to calibrate their base pitch and provide for flattened/dropped/alternate tunings.left- or right-handedness, front or back of the headstock).
They clip fairly securely to your guitar’s headstock and can accommodate multiple positions/viewpoints (e.g.Here’s (basically) what these tuners have in common: In this week’s Hands On, we’re going to take a look at a few tuners of the clip-on variety, covering the range of what’s out there, from basic to fancy: the Snark SN-1, the TC Electronic PolyTune Clip, and the Peterson StroboClip (list prices: $29, $74.99 and $99.99, respectively). These kids these days have clip-on tuners and stomp-box tuners and apps on their phones and even guitars that tune themselves. Tuning has come a long way, needless to say. Hands up if you remember walking into a band rehearsal or a jam session and saying, “Gimme an E…” There weren’t a lot of keyboard players in my world back then, so we’d just trust that someone was real close to being actually in tune. Our ears were the primary tools at our disposal, assisted by tuning forks, pitch pipes, other players, the occasional piano, once in a while a record. Well, I have no idea how old you are, so I shall not presume, but, if you’ll permit, I will expose a bit of my inner curmudgeon to mention that, when I first started playing guitar, tuning up was somewhat more of an ordeal than it is now. Apparently, #WhenIWasYourAge was “trending” on The Tweety-Ma-Jig recently.
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