turbo tuner st 200 strobe tuner stomp box

Sabine stick ons- good for guitars, not enough flat places on my mandos to use it. Peterson Strobe Flip- accurate beyond any others, not so portable, hard for me to read, often indicates the wrong note unless I hit the string very hard. Intelli- bright, doesn't grab notes well( I have to move around the headstock to get it to pick up sometimes), in-tune zone seems to be wide. Mine developed a short and killed batteries in 24 hours. Korg AW-1 clip on- wonderful, accurate, no back light, short battery life. Intellitouch- wanders, won't lock in easily, too hard for me to read. #But the Intelli gets me to +/- 2 cents.įor studio/recording work, I use an old Conn Strobotuner.

#You still need to 'tweak' the tuning once you get close. I agree that the Intelli will not, by itself, get your instrument perfectly in tune. There are clip-on tuner pickups (Peterson and others make them), and I would agree that the combination of a clip-on pickup and the TU-12 will outperform the Intelli, but by the time you buy one of those ($15-20) as well as the tuner ($70), you're talking much more money than the Intelli ($20-25). #(The built-in mic on it, and similar tuners, is all but useless when there's any background noise.) #

I like the Boss TU-12 a lot, and use one for electric guitar, bass, etc., But for acoustic instruments, they need some sort of pickup in order to plug into the tuner. I've tried the Korg AT clip-on tuner, but agree with other posters that its lack of a backlight is a deal-breaker for me.

# (I used to use the Intellitouch before the Intelli came out, but strongly prefer the Intelli.) # For stage use, I recommend the Intelli (not 'Intellitouch') IMT-500, as pictured in Jamie's post above.

Turbo tuner st 200 strobe tuner stomp box