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Our resident guitar slingers purchased 9 of the top-rated guitar tuners available today to test head to head to discover the best clip-on and pedal tuners for you, whether you're playing in your living room or in front of thousands of adoring fans. We used each model to tune acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and finicky mandolins and ukuleles while subjecting them all to a barrage of tests. We even tried tuning while playing monotonous drone tracks as they assessed each model for interference issues. We tuned with a stopwatch to learn which tuners are the fastest tool for the ultimate roadie. Our conclusions will point you down the road to the right guitar tuner for you.
Whether you're just starting out with your first guitar or ukulele, or searching for a guitar stand for your growing collection, we can offer expert advice to help you find the best products to enhance your musicianship. We've also tested the best audio equipment on the market, including USB microphones, if you're ready to start recording your own songs at home.
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For professionals and experienced musicians, the BOSS TU-10 is a fast and precise chromatic tuner that offers a few unique and useful features not found on other models. For starters, there are three display modes. In the Acupitch display mode (our favorite), the indicators flow towards the center of the display when your string is getting in tune. With Acupitch off, the indicator simply lights up to the left or right of the center to show whether the note is sharp or flat. There is also a display mode where the screen flows left to indicate the note is flat and right to indicate it's sharp, slowing down when the note gets closer to the correct pitch, similar to a strobe tuner. We found this mode especially useful when tuning a mandolin, which has doubled strings and is more difficult to precisely tune than a guitar.
Unlike more petite models, the TU-10 has a large display that can make the whole thing feel a bit clunky. It's large enough that it made our ukulele feel off-balanced when clipped to the headstock. This guitar tuner doesn't have a swivel mount like the other tuners we tested, though we're hard-pressed to imagine a scenario where a swivel mount is essential to view the display. Thanks to its speed, accuracy, and strobe-like display mode, our testers believe this is the best clip-on tuner for professionals. For better speed and accuracy than this, you'll need to be plugged into a pedal tuner.
TC Electronic is well known for its innovative, feature-laden effects pedals, so we weren't surprised to find that its take on the pedal tuner is awesome, effective, and easy to use. First and foremost is the feature that gives TC Electronics PolyTune 3 its name. The PolyTune feature allows the player to strum all the open strings on their electric guitar at once and quickly identify which strings are out of tune through an intuitive display. Then the display automatically switches to display whatever string you're trying to tune. This feature is incredibly useful for the working guitar player. With this tuner pedal, you can quickly cut the signal to your amp and make sure your guitar is perfectly in tune. As with most of the pedals in TC Electronic's line-up, the PolyTune is awash in useful features. This pedal can be set to tune a guitar or bass, or just as a chromatic tuner. You can also change the display setting from simple arrow indicators to a dynamic strobe display. This pedal is durable enough for the rowdiest gigs, easy to read all the way down on the floor, and has true bypass, so it won't affect your signal when it's turned off. Alternatively, you can change it to a buffered setting that splits the signal from your guitar so you can reference the tuner while still hearing your guitar through the amplifier. For better or worse, the buffer will slightly change the signal from your guitar, and how it sounds with the buffer is completely subjective.
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Other than the price, there isn't much to complain about when it comes to the PolyTune 3. The model we received includes a setting for DADGAD tuning, one of the more popular alternative tunings, and we'd love to be able to add settings for different open tunings. The micro USB port on the side of the pedal for firmware updates leads us to believe that other customizable settings are a possibility, much like the toneprint features in TC Electonic's other popular effects pedals. Whether you play in a worship band, at weddings, or in front of thousands, the PolyTune is a great way to keep your electric guitar in tune while you keep the tunes coming.
This is the only pedal tuner we reviewed with a buffer option, allowing you tune to while hearing your guitar through the amp, and boosting your signal so there won't be any degradation, even when using a long cable.
The Fender FT-1 is a fast and accurate clip-on tuner for music students and professionals. Our testers approached this tuner with skepticism, assuming this would be a very basic device with the Fender logo slapped on for easy sales. We were happily surprised, as this guitar tuner performed at the top of its class under noisy conditions and has one of the most easily read displays of any clip-on tuner we tested. The FT-1 has five tuning modes: chromatic, guitar, bass, violin, and ukulele. While an experienced musician can get by using only the chromatic mode, less experienced players will enjoy the instrument-specific modes, as they display the note
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The string number being tuned. This reinforces the association between note and string name for the aspiring musician and can make tuning quicker and easier. We tuned up an acoustic guitar while playing a loop of loud droning notes through an amplifier, and this little tuner stayed locked on to the notes coming from the guitar, even though we couldn't hear them over the amp, making the FT-1 a solid choice for acoustic jams in a room with multiple instruments.
This tuner can only be calibrated to 440 HZ, the most commonly recognized Concert A or the A above middle C on a piano. Most of the competition allows for a limited range of calibration to other frequencies, and many orchestras tune to 441 or 442. Since the overwhelming majority of working guitar players are playing in bands, at church, or in contemporary sessions that tune to 440, we don't consider the FT-1's lack of calibration range to be much of a limiting factor. Players who swear by strobe tuners need not apply, as this model doesn't have a strobe display. For everyone else, this clip-on tuner is a solid and affordable choice.
The Donner DT-1 is an affordable pedal tuner with true bypass and an excellent display. To top it off, this is the most compact tuner pedal we tested, so it won't take up too much real estate on your pedalboard, saving space (and cash) for that Strymond Bigsky you've been eyeing for so long. While this guitar tuner doesn't have a strobe display or special settings for alternate tunings, it will cut your signal to the amp and get your instrument in tune without subjecting your adoring fans to the monotonous drone of EADGBE again.
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Of all the pedal tuners we tested, the DT-1 is the slowest to lock on to a note. While it only takes a few seconds (even faster if you mute the other strings with your fingers and use the 12th fret harmonic), it isn't jaw-droppingly quick like similar offerings from KORG and TC Electronic. The DT-1 can only be calibrated to 440 Hz, but this isn't an issue for the average guitar player. At such an affordable price, there is no excuse not to have a pedal tuner in your effects chain.
This simple pedal is very compact, so it will keep you in tune without taking up a lot of real estate on your pedalboard.
The KORG TM-60 is a fast and responsive guitar tuner that works with a variety of instruments and even vocals, making it perfect for ear training. The metronome feature can improve your timing, and will accommodate any time signature, too. For guitar players, this tuner's speed lets you work on your intonation while bending or playing slide, and it's also excellent for practicing non-fretted instruments like cello or violin. The TM-60 uses a built-in microphone to analyze sounds but also includes a clip-on microphone that senses vibration. When using the clip-on sensor, this tuner is lightning fast.
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For the working musician in dark or noisy settings, this model is not a good choice. It easily locks on to other loud tones in the room. While it has a line in for an electric guitar, there is no line out, so
The string number being tuned. This reinforces the association between note and string name for the aspiring musician and can make tuning quicker and easier. We tuned up an acoustic guitar while playing a loop of loud droning notes through an amplifier, and this little tuner stayed locked on to the notes coming from the guitar, even though we couldn't hear them over the amp, making the FT-1 a solid choice for acoustic jams in a room with multiple instruments.
This tuner can only be calibrated to 440 HZ, the most commonly recognized Concert A or the A above middle C on a piano. Most of the competition allows for a limited range of calibration to other frequencies, and many orchestras tune to 441 or 442. Since the overwhelming majority of working guitar players are playing in bands, at church, or in contemporary sessions that tune to 440, we don't consider the FT-1's lack of calibration range to be much of a limiting factor. Players who swear by strobe tuners need not apply, as this model doesn't have a strobe display. For everyone else, this clip-on tuner is a solid and affordable choice.
The Donner DT-1 is an affordable pedal tuner with true bypass and an excellent display. To top it off, this is the most compact tuner pedal we tested, so it won't take up too much real estate on your pedalboard, saving space (and cash) for that Strymond Bigsky you've been eyeing for so long. While this guitar tuner doesn't have a strobe display or special settings for alternate tunings, it will cut your signal to the amp and get your instrument in tune without subjecting your adoring fans to the monotonous drone of EADGBE again.
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Of all the pedal tuners we tested, the DT-1 is the slowest to lock on to a note. While it only takes a few seconds (even faster if you mute the other strings with your fingers and use the 12th fret harmonic), it isn't jaw-droppingly quick like similar offerings from KORG and TC Electronic. The DT-1 can only be calibrated to 440 Hz, but this isn't an issue for the average guitar player. At such an affordable price, there is no excuse not to have a pedal tuner in your effects chain.
This simple pedal is very compact, so it will keep you in tune without taking up a lot of real estate on your pedalboard.
The KORG TM-60 is a fast and responsive guitar tuner that works with a variety of instruments and even vocals, making it perfect for ear training. The metronome feature can improve your timing, and will accommodate any time signature, too. For guitar players, this tuner's speed lets you work on your intonation while bending or playing slide, and it's also excellent for practicing non-fretted instruments like cello or violin. The TM-60 uses a built-in microphone to analyze sounds but also includes a clip-on microphone that senses vibration. When using the clip-on sensor, this tuner is lightning fast.
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For the working musician in dark or noisy settings, this model is not a good choice. It easily locks on to other loud tones in the room. While it has a line in for an electric guitar, there is no line out, so
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