Daddario PW-CT-12 Micro Headstock Tuner Reviews

The smallest there is

It's about the smallest clip tuner in existence, it's totally unobtrusive, you can stick it on the headstock and just leave it there forever. I'm using these on all my electric and acoustic guitars, also I've used it on my bass ukulele in the past.

The pros:

-small footprint

-quicker turn-on and turn-off time than the previous version, PW-CT-10

-quick response

- it's reasonably accurate for the practical purposes. My Korg CA-50 seems to be more precise.

- reliability. I've had two of the previous version for what, eight years now, and never had issues with them, if that's any indication.

The cons:

- tuning sensitivity. It sometimes struggles with the B string on a guitar, shows it as F#. And while it is possible to use this thing on a bass, you'd better use 12th fret harmonics to tune it. It doesn't pick the low B up on my five-string.

- viewing angles could be better. Sometimes the shape of the headstock prevents you from turning the screen directly at you, and it gets hard to see what's going on. The previous green version has better angles.

- it's a touch expensive for what it is.

Overall, it's a good, very small tuner. There are better options if the size isn't the primary concern.

Great, discreet tuner. I liked it so much I got 3 to keep at all times on my 3 guitars, saving me the hassle of changing tuner when I pick up another guitar. The calibration is a fun feature for exotic tunings. The color screen is vivid and easy to see, but still plenty discreet for live usage. The battery lasts many months of everyday use. The pickup is very sensitive, I only have trouble detecting vibrations when I drop my low E string to A or A# (which honestly is to be expected, and I wouldn't fault the tuner for that) Very recommended.

Affordable tuner

Small and discrete, you can hide it behind your guitar neck or place it in front. Comes with battery included.

Best tuner for travel guitars

I've bought this tuner specially for my Hofner travel guitar and it really great. Nicely fitted, pretty small, good precision and display visibility. The minus is a bit delay of recognition, but it's not a big trouble. Also it was good while testing on my acoustic and bass guitars, but I cannot recommend it to use with bass.

Anyway I'm really happy to have and use it for everyday, and as for me it is the best tuner for travel guitars or simply small string instruments, like ukulele, mandolin and so.

Start button could be better

A sturdy and high quality tuner for your instrument. The sturdiness however comes at a cost, the latch feels a bit too rigid and the buttons are hard to press because of the soft material that covers it.

Perfect

Perfect headstock clip tuner and most importantly discreet

Discrete headstock tuner

Low profile headstock tuner, very discreet, not like your typical clamp tuner. Always in hand, great solution to replace a pedalboard tuner and have one more extra pedal. Accuracy and visibility of the screen are fantastic.

Handy little thing

Small, accurate and works like a charm on bass. Everything i needed. The size and way you mount it makes it almost invisible as well.

By far the best tuner

In the past i have been using some large tuners on my guitars and i was always driven off by the looks. However, with this one i tend to forget that there is something on the headstock of my guitar. Its small and passes unnoticed, but not too small for you to be able to work and tune your guitar properly, as you should.

Great quality tuner that i highly recommend!!!

Not suited for bass

Nice quality, I like the low profile. But for some basses it's incredibly hard to tune the E and A string, especially if the bass body doesn't vibrate a lot.

Still, I purchased it for a travel bass and it works good enough, if you have the patience to tune.

Hit and miss

Most of the times is a hit but every once in a while I do get an F# from the Universe

Super tuner

Small, practice, guitar still looking nice :)

Nothing special, but compact and precise.

really good product

ive had this for a few weeks and its brilliant. the fact you can change the orientation helps a lot, its really accurate and its easy an straight forward to use. the only down side is that on some guitar head stocks, like a Les Paul for example, you have a hard time positioning it ti be able to see the screen.

Excellent tuner on the road

I restring my guitar before every gig, usually in a venue while other bands are soundchecking or playing. I bought this tuner so I could get my re strings done no matter where I end up doing it every day. Its really accurate and great with low tunings. We play drop C and sometimes the low string goes down to A. Never an issue getting a reading with it. Recently picked up a second one for back-up.

Best headstock tuner I've used.

Works perfectly. It's also quite small and inconspicious which is nice. I forget its even on there. Great product!

Great tuner

Very small profile tuner easy to use with great features.

Convenient, tiny, sturdy

A perfect tuner even if you play at crowded gigs with a lot of noise. The clip and the head can be easily adjusted on the part of your instrument you want the tuner to be hung. Calibration setting works just fine.

The only negative feedback I would give about this tuner is that for the bass guitar it takes some time to see the minor tuning changes on its screen. You have to hold the string and hit it once again to see what actually happened.

From price/quality perspective, this is a very good tuner !

Best tuner so far

I'm putting those tuners on all the instruments I regularly use - electric bass, jazz guitar, classical guitar, and a cavaquinho. It's easy to see, fast, accurate, and discrete.

The only issue I had with it: On electric bass, it does not track the low E string well. So I need to tune the A string, and then use harmonics to tune the E string.

Easy to use and understand, small, long lasting battery... perfect product for me.

I had already bought the previous model, but you can never have too many with 2 tuners... so I bought the same one :-)