Daddario PW-CT-12 Micro Headstock Tuner 2-stars Reviews

Not what I expected.

I bought this product because I saw many people using it. Also I bought it because It looks discreet. Most headstock tuners look bad. I can say that it is dicreet and looks beautiful in the headstock. Also it has nice features. However there are things that make me hesitant to recomend it. Compared to other headstock tuners i've tried, It keeps falling. Also in a live situation it doesn't work. This is an issue with most headstock tuners. However other products do better. Last but not least, when i tried to take it off, it ruined my fender decal. If you pin it, keep it away from the decal.

Gadget

ne remplace pas un tuner classique... reste pratique dans des conditions sombres si on n'a pas de tuner avec eclairage.

les +

- tres lisible malgré sa petite taille

- pratique en conditions sombres ou pour depanner

les -

- longévité beaucoup trop courte de la pile

- parfois imprécis si l'environnement est bruyant

j'ai finalement investi dans une pedale tuner à placer sur le pedalboard

Physical design and construction is weak

Update, I've got rid of these, they just don't respond to the low frequencies.

At first glance this a great little tuner because it is very small and accurate, possibly the most compact one available. And the display rotates electronically so you never have to read it upside down, wherever you mount it.

But the ratchet clip holding it to the headstock is weak and will spring off, I've lost one that way.

In the end I decided I wanted the unobtrusive small size so I took off the clip and fixed the body of the tuner to the rear of my headstock with Sugru, just behind the nut. This worked brilliantly, a permanent tuner on the guitar with nothing visible to the audience, easy to operate and read. But after a while the body of the tuner just came apart, they are held together with a snap fit which became weakened..

So I've bought another and this time I'll wipe a bit of Sugru into the seams to bond them together. Great product let down by poor construction.