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Topic: Snark Tuner |
Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 8:13 am |
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I think this was covered before but I couldn't help posting it again.
I got this Snark tuner in a $25.00 "you build it Ukelele kit".
We've had some severely cold weather lately here in VT. In fact I played in club in Stowe where the temperature dropped by about 10degs over the course of the evening. The crowd was heating the building apparently (and we drove em out I guess..lol) It's really handy to have a tuner always attached to the guitar under these circumstances.
It's not as resolved as my Boss TU-12H with its' analog meter but once you get used to the snark it's great for a spot check between tunes and of course no cords are required.
My guess is it uses an accelerometer as the sensing element. Great inexpensive product. |
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Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 8:23 am
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| I bought a couple of the "Blue" chromatic Snark tuners last year, gave one to my sister in law for her resonator, they're great! (Just bought another for my wife's acoustic bass, for Christmas.) |
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Tim Marcus
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 9:08 am
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they are great but treat them with care otherwise you'll decapitate it
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 12:40 pm
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| Yes Tim, I could see it would be quite easy to knock the head off. It would still operate electrically as there's no intelligence from the neck down. Nonetheless, you need some way to transmit the vibration from the guitar to the head. |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 4:10 pm
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| The tuner breaks at the pivot point so I super glue it place after I adjust it. They work well for an inexpensive tuner. |
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Michael Hummel
From:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 4:31 pm
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Our previous bass player swore by his Snark. I swore at our previous bass player (nothing to do with the Snark).
Then again, to paraphrase Jim, I wondered if our bass player had any intelligence from the neck UP.
Mike
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MSA Classic 5+4
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 7:00 pm
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Here's a little trick I've discovered with these. One of the 3 tabs holding the ball ends always seems to break. Reattach the ball end. It will still hold. Wrap a small zip tie around the ball and 2 tabs and tighten it. Good as new.
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Mullen RP D10, Peavey NV112, Hilton volume. Hound Dog reso. Piles of other stuff. |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2013 7:12 pm
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I have several of these around for guitar. I dropped one of them a couple of times and it quit working, so they must be pretty delicate. But for $9.95 what did I expect?
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 19 Dec 2013 3:32 am
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I've got a couple of these around, that I bought at a cheap sale price (under $7). They are delicate and hard to read in the light.
I found a Fender FT-004 clip on for $6 on sale at M/F. They are sturdier and seem to display better in light. The battery seems to last longer, too. |
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