Harley Benton CPT-20 Reviews

Decent budget option

Good:-

This is a cheap and cheerful A440Hz [not adjustable] tuner with proper bypass.

Nice and quick to react, and makes it clear when a string's in tune.

Copes with Drop A on guitar, and B on a 5 string bass if it's first in chain, and happier with bridge pickup signals.

You know when it's on as the indicators can be seen from the ISS. It's also got a positive footswitch.

Tiny footprint on a board.

Meh:-

Clearly made in the same factory as EastRock, Donner and others, as it's identical, down to the magnetic flappy box. It also has exactly the same flaw, a loose jack socket. The hole in the case has been cut slightly oversized, so the socket is loose, but the jack itself is a good fit. Mine's in a pedalboard, so accidental disconnection isn't a worry.

Only powered by the socket [due to it's nano size].

No way to adjust frequency from A440HZ.

TLDR:-

Cheap, cheerful, fast but built to a price. Worth that price.

Great value

Great value, also works with bass in downtuning. Durable, have had it for years now.

Not good

Was not happy, had to send my order back. Ordered another pedal.

Great tuner. Very bright and easy to see. Works well with no complaints.

The best unexpensive tuner pedal EVER!!

This IS a really amazing tuner pedal. Even if your guitar has slightly loose hardware and needs some minor tweaks, it will tune the guitar allmost to perfection. Display is as simple as it gets, very easy to read. For me it?s at the same level as the more expensive tuners at a fraction of the cost.

You get what you pay

It is a good product, for the price.

PROs:

- very clear screen, green coloring helps a lot

- thin and feels durable

CONs:

- lights are veeery bright (like very)

- noisy click on switch

- input & output jacks offer some "resistance" when plugging and unplugging

It tunes

It tunes but I don?t think it is very precise. Seems like it will hold up well enough. Good enough for most.

Fine tuner pedal

Perfect budget tuner pedal: it tunes; intuitive and easy to use (after all, there's just one pedal, and a two-colour code); it's very small (so it can fit any pedal board); it looks fragile, but it hasn't broken or suffered damaged due to stepping on it. The "click" on it is not smooth, so it might be disturbing. Since it is true bypass, it kills the sound when activated, so it can be used as a "noise-kill" and eliminate the buzzing and hissing when not playing. I haven't used any other pedal tuner, so I cannot compare.

It tunes

You get a tuner for 20 euro. You dont have to spend more i mean, dude its just a tuner, it does what it says.

Simple but good

Simple but good pedal.. Nice looking, well built, does its job...

Worked great until volume trouble

This tuner worked well until all of a sudden the signal passing through it (when the pedal is turned off) comes through at half volume... quite annoying. The tuner function still works, but what's the point of a well tuned, really quiet guitar?

Good for its price

An excellent step from clip-on tuning to a pedal.

Well built, small and convenient. Doesn't have a battery which is in my case a plus because I rarely use a pedal without a power adapter.

A bit not so responsive as some of the more expensive tuner pedals. Definitely sufficient for the practice room and a live show if you don't have to tune after each song. Would recommend.

Affordable and precise

I bought this tuner cause it saves space and it's affordable.

I haven't encountered any issues while recording or rehearsing with it..

Easy to use, visible day and night, and very inexpensive!

It doesn't support the use of batteries, and the switch is not that silent

but these are not even flaws for me..

I really recommend it for anyone on a budget!

LED's are waaaay too bright

Built very sturdy and tunes very accurately.

Display is nice but the green and red LED's are just blindingly bright, unusable without something taped over them or so.

I used two layers of masking tape to dim them somewhat.

Price is awesome, as always with Harley Benton Products

Got this for use on my mini board - does exactly what it's supposed to! I don't see much point in wasting more space or money for such a utility.

Does the Job

I was in need of a tuner; didn't want to spend big on a big name tuner, and found this one. The display is good but not that good, if you have difficulty seeing things that are on the floor. The other thing is that it does not like tuning the 6th string; its' as if it cannot read the lower string so have to resort to the 12th fret harmonic. Otherwise, great for the price.

Nice temporary

it's what you can expect from a tuner in this price range. It does the job but no extra's. It's not bad but like it's good for a temporary sollution or back up.

Best tunner

I use it on my pedalboard. Till now, never dissapoint it me. Accurate tunning, works and does exactly what a floor tunner do.

I recomment it , definetelly!

Sturdy construction and tracks very well

Sturdy construction and tracks very well, even the low B on a 5 string bass. I find it very easy to tune my guitars and basses with this unit.

great little thing, does what it needs to do and looks pretty good with the brushed metal casing