Mini Guitar tuner

[sheendigs]

;DAmazing..but it seems that no one has yet invented a miniature guitar tuner that could be almost invisible and that we could let say.. glue it somewhere that only us can see..If you have ever bought a Musical Xmas card..you know what I am talking about..
Anyway, I have found this little one..but still a clip-on..Interesting though it changes colour when you instrument in in tune. Very cool!
www.casabenelly.nl/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=151893

[Deleted]

HI ROB ,,,,,,that a small one allright mate, thing are getting smaller these day,s ,who know's soon they will put all effect-amp etc in the guitar & the lead will go to a speaker box HA.HAAAR.. well all the best for 2009 to you..

barry..

[5tratocaster]

I've been looking for a very accurate and convenient tuner for a while now and this looked good on first inspection, with a quoted tolerance of + or - 1 cent.
It is said that the human ear can distinguish down to 1 cent, yet many guitar tuners are only accurate to + or - 3 cents (for example, the Boss pedal tuners), so are only good for approximate tuning, leaving the player to fine tune by ear. This is OK for most purposes, but when setting intonation, I would like to be spot on, so this seemed a good bet at the price.
On closer examination however, it seems that the range of tuning (+ or - 50 cents) is covered by only 15 LEDs, meaning that each one covers around 6 cents.
Have I missed something here? How can it be accurate to 1 cent, or is 'tolerance' not the same thing as 'accuracy'?
Geoff

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Geoff,
I don't know about the accuracy figures but before I had a tuner I knew I could trust my ears. Since using a TU-12H regularly, I find it quicker to tune up than doing it by ear, although I still sometimes like to fine tune the G string by ear to finish off.
Having pickups too close to the strings makes a huge difference to the stability of the reading, to detrimental effect.
Regards,
Charlie