E♭) when playing single notes (and, in one of its odder quirks, although the modes will display as flatted notes, when you’re tuning the display uses the sharpened equivalents, so when you’re in E♭ mode you’re tuning to D♯). Like the Snark, it says it accommodates tuning down or using a capo, but these Flat Tuning and Capo modes only affect polyphonic tuning it will still display the actual pitch (e.g. You can also turn off the Polyphonic capabilities, and there are Needle and Strobe modes for bass guitar (but no Polyphonic mode). In its default mode it will automatically flip between its Polyphonic and chromatic Needle modes, detecting whether you’re playing a single note or strumming all six strings. The PolyTune Clip has the aforementioned multiple modes for tuning: Polyphonic, Needle (chromatic), and Strobe (chromatic). Hit the♭once and a single♭symbol appears on the display, causing an actual F to display as an E, ostensibly for guitarists who place a capo on the first fret and can’t wrap their brain around their open strings being F-B♭-E♭-A♭-C-F instead of E-A-D-G-B-E. It accommodates “flat” tunings via controls on the back that allow the user to change the tuning a half-step at a time. Subjectively, none of them ooze with the appearance of sturdiness, but the PolyTune’s stainless steel clip does give one a bit more confidence. They all have some sort of rubber feet where they clip on Snark and TC Electronic provide fairly standard warnings that their feet may damage certain finishes. The SN-1 is pretty much plastic the PolyTune and StroboClip are varying combinations of fancier plastic and stainless steel. The Snark dims after five seconds and turns off after two minutes. The PolyTune and StroboClip both turn off automatically after three minutes of “idle” time.
The StroboClip uses a backlit, monochromatic LCD display that can occasionally be challenging to read. The PolyTune provides the brightest display. 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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