Harley Benton CTG-20 BK USB Clip Tuner 4-stars Reviews

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2 years ago

Decent

A good reliable tuner that you can charge? Count me in

2 years ago

Good tuner

This tuner is very good.

The precision is not perfect but having rechargeable battery is excelent.

3 years ago

Good tuner

Get one.

Super cheap tuner, precise and unobtrusive.

The screen isn't the best and it is kind of fiddly to get in position but it gets the job done.

Having the rechargeable battery is great

3 years ago

GREAT tuner overall but one problem

Nice tuner

PROS:

Spins 360 at the base and also the screen can rotate 360 seprate from the base

USB rechargeable

Nice graphics

bright screen

CONS:

It is slow to respond sometimes

and for some reason after I am done tuning the string and sometimes in-between it shows a B note....like there is a B note drone playing....

but small problems overall great buy

5 years ago

Great value,2 major cons...

The tuner was used on my Cello, Guitar, and Double Bass, And Electric Bass.

PROs:

- 360 Degree of screen rotation.

- Built in USB rechargeable battery.

- PRICE.

CONs.

- Screen is not usable in direct sunlight.

- Pitch response time is slow, and this will be a problem for intonating while playing a fretless instrument (cello,oud,double bass)

To sum it up:

for price it is totally worth it.

the build quality is good, I think it will hold up better than my TC unitune who after year started too develop cracks in the casing(and want out of use due to that).

battery life is on the medium side but again at this price point and size I have no complaints.

Its great for in-door use, or has a back up when your cell powered tuner is out of juice.

*****Screen issue can be resolved by making a DIY hood of some sort*****

5 years ago

Decent tuner

Good little tuner, seems pretty accurate, slight tendency to drift if that makes sense, but for the money it's fine.

5 years ago

Does it's job, for a fair price

Battery life lasts around 3-4 days of moderate use (10-15 mins per day) and charges up rather quickly and with a still quite popular USB port (microUSB). On the high E string sometimes doesn't register well, but strumm it harder and it's no problem.

Compared to a pedalboard tuner, isn't as precise as expected, but it's close enough, being at most 1 step to tuned.

5 years ago

Good price/performance

Do it's job, good tuner for that kind of money.

5 years ago

Nice and small

A very handy nice small tuner with a bight detailed screen.

6 years ago

Superb price for usb charging tuner

The display isn't the brightest but the tuner responds fasts and is precise. Which would already be great for this price, but the best feature of this tuner is the possibility for charging it via usb. I love this, no more buying batteries! It charges pretty fast and battery life is great.

6 years ago

A very nice tuner for the price

For the price, it's hard to go wrong on this one. Rechargeable via usb cable, very light and a nice bright color-display. I wouldn't gig with it, but it's nice and convenient to keep it on my practice guitar at home.

6 years ago

OK

Very Ok, for how cheap it is. But not that precise if you're trying to split hairs

7 years ago

Great in everything but build quality

It does its job nicely and it's easy to use. The color display is really nifty! In chromatic mode you can tune to any tuning you wish, all the most common string instruments. If you left it on, it will switch off after a while, thus sparing battery life.

Anyway, its construction is not sturdier enough to withstand the test of time. The power on/off button may become hard to press after a certain number of operation. The rubber feet are loosely glued. I've lost one, but fortunately the tuner still works.

7 years ago

A good tuner but doesn't work all that well with low bass notes

I bought this principally for my basses although I do also use it on guitars, ukuleles and banjoleles.

It is a very compact unit with a very clear display. I like that it is rechargeable so no need to nip to the shops when the battery runs down.

Unfortunately it does seem to struggle with the 4th E string on my basses and struggles even more when I tune to drop D.

Having said that it is an excellent bit of kit for the lighter string instruments. It takes up hardly any room in the gig bag or pocket.

7 years ago

does the job

It's a decent tuner for the price! The display is clear and I like that it actually tells you how off tune your guitar is with the number on the right. But that number does jump around quite a lot, I will be tuning and the number will jump to -15 for a few seconds and then go back to the correct number. Not a huge problem but I thought I would point it out. Battery life seems to be pretty good, I left it on when I was playing for 30 minutes and it's still at 3 bars of battery life. Would recommend!

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Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2016
  • Average price : $11
  • Weight : 27g
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