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Old 12-03-2020, 11:40 PM
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they are just a step above throw away junk
Yeah, but still 100 times better than "by ear".

Mine actually seem to work pretty well.
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Old 12-04-2020, 08:50 AM
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Nothing worse than an inaccurate tuner that you can't break.
Hahahaha. Good one.
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Old 12-04-2020, 07:26 PM
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I used several Snarks and they were slow and often ate batteries. My main instrument is a squareneck dobro and Snarks just weren't as spot on as I needed. I talked to a Petersen rep at an IBMA a few years ago and his booth was running a special. He even let me take a Strobe demo model over to the Beard booth and play with one of their resos and a Strobe. Got the strobe but hated to spend $70 on a tuner but it was the solution to my problems, and the rep even threw in a T-shirt, which is my Kryptonite! Best tuner I've ever used and there is a bit of a learning curve to trust the strobe, but I'm sold.
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Old 12-05-2020, 09:04 AM
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I keep hearing about all these breaking problems... I've had two Snarks for several years, one in my shop (I'm a tech/luthier) and one in my studio. They get used daily, and they've never broke or stopped working. The one in my shop I dare say gets more use in a day than most people use theirs in a week. What do you have to do to break them? I don't know... I don't baby mine at all...
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Old 12-05-2020, 09:23 AM
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Yup.
I see it over and over.
People buy $5000.00 guitars
Then tune it with a $15.00 tuner.
Same people will use a $2.00 cable to plug that same $5000. guitar, into a budget $100.00 amp.
Try buying a $2500. guitar. Spend the other $2500. on a quality setup, Amplification, Cables, and for the sake of everyone within earshot.
Buy a good tuner, and learn how to use it. And use it often.
If a $15.00 tuner is good enough. Then a $5000. guitar is Overkill.
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Old 12-05-2020, 09:52 AM
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Hi DavidE

What do you like about that size?

I tried them and gave both away after a few days. The 'clasp' of the D'Addario Micro is not what I want on my guitars, and with 72 yr old hands, hard to remove from headstocks.




I don’t remove them. On those rare occasions when I have, they have had no effect on the headstock of any of my guitars.
I’m 70 and I don’t find the clasp difficult.
I guess we’re all different.
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