They are responsive and feel like they will last, unless abused.
#Snark guitar tuner portable
The buttons are small and take some getting used to but, hey it's a clip-on portable tuner meant to be discreet. So far, I like my SN-1 clipped at the top of my headstock and angled back behind the tuning pegs, so that only I can see the display and tempo meter on the METRONOME! (Did I mention that it has a metronome!)Ĩ. What you can't see in the above photo is the small adjustable goose-neck feature that allows you to position the display in almost any direction or angle.
Not sure how long this will last, but I know you can buy replacement batteries for a couple of bucks.ħ. It comes with a nice storage bag and a flat style battery. The clip is decent, and has held strong regardless of placement on both of my guitars, although I have yet to test it in an actual stage situation where it would be subjected to greater inertia and movement.Ħ. The meter that indicates both sharp and flat positions is bright red, making it easy to calibrate your strings in the right directions.ĥ. The font showing the key you are in is large, bright and clear.Ĥ. The display is beautiful! and bright and the outer case is more electric blue that the blue in the photo - much cooler looking than I expected.ģ. I've compared the key display on the SN-1 to that of my Boss TU-2 and the internal tuner in my Godin Seagull acoustic guitar. Considering where it's been clipped on my guitars, I'm actually amazed by this. I just got mine from JUST STRINGS and have used it for only a couple of days. I found it! The SN-1 - which, in my mind makes this the Holy Grail of tuners. But, what I didn't expect to find was a unit that had all the features that I wanted AND a built-in METRONOME. Then I figured out the lifehack that made living with Snarks so much better: buy the batteries in bulk on Amazon! For the cost of two batteries at a drug store, you can get blister packs of TWENTY ($7.96 for 20, instead of $7 for two at Walgreens).I'd been looking for an inexpensive tuner to use at gigs and while practicing that was simple, compact, accurate, easy to read with my old eyes, and would work with both my electric and acoustic guitars. Or I'd forget the number and buy a CR2025 by mistake. Buying one or two watch batteries at time at retail is expensive ($3-$5 per battery for a $10-$20 tuner), and I always seemed to find the one drug store that had just run out of that most common of watch batteries, the CR2032. Once a tuner got a low battery, I would have to remember to swing by a drugstore to pickup a replacement. Once the battery got below that point and the performance started to suffer, there was still plenty left to power the tuner for a significant while, just with terrible performance. I finally realized that it was the battery running low that caused the performance drop off. I assumed the problem was just wear and tear, so that the device no longer made good contact, and stopped being able to detect the vibrations. But even improved, they always seemed to eventually stop performing well, but continue to soldier a while before the battery actually died. When the Snark line was introduced, they really seemed to improve both the accuracy and durability problems, and at a bargain basement price. They always seemed to stop registering signal well after a while. The first generation of low cost clip-on tuners weren't particularly accurate or durable. Since I spend most of my time playing acoustic instruments without a pickup or transducer, the clip-on is the solution of choice for me.
But today, the tuner market is pretty much dominated by pedal board based solutions, and the ubiquitous and inexpensive clip-on tuner. When I started playing guitar, electronic tuners where kind of expensive, and unless you sprung for the Boss TU-12, they weren't particularly road worthy. Some people consider electronic tuners a crutch, but in loud environments, or for tuning discreetly, they are practical necessity.
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