Harley Benton CTG-20 BK USB Clip Tuner Reviews

Excelent

Surprised by the quality and handling of the tuner. Accurate and small and very nice to handle. Charging with a phone charger is a bonus.

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.

Quite a nice idea

Now, headstock clip-on tuners are nothing new. They are aound for long enough to be cheap as chips and similarily reliable and abundant. But most of those need a CR2032 or similar battery. Even though those batteries last quite a while, it's annoying to have them run empty just when you need your tuner.

The CTG-20 is running on rechrgeables, rechargeable by mini-USB. Which solves the problem of empty CR2032 cells.

Additionally, it is very precise and it comes with all important bells and whistles. You can select between chromatic and instruments tuning, you can fine tune the reference and you get a cent display of your tuning. So, if you follow Taylor tuning with b exactly 12 cent low ... this is the tuner for you. Well, not only for you, but foe anyone, who needs a clip-on headstock tuner.

Stay tuned !

Very accurate, uses very little power, and charges quickly.

Easy and cheap

Extremly cheap and easy to use. No brainer.

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!

Very accurate

This tuner is really accurate. Compared it to other tuners.

Also, the visuals are good and most importantly it responds immediately most of the time. (When not it is probably due to harmonics and overtones interfering).

Great tuner !

I actually bought 2 of them to always have one in my gigbag.

Pros

Works fine on all kinds of basses (5-6-and 4 strings) an guitars.

You can charge it with any micro-usb (android type) phone charger.

Well lit display

You can change the angle in any kind of way You want (it has 3 joints)

Cons

None

Nice tuner for multiple instruments

The tuner comes on bright and let's you select a variety of instruments. It works well and has a good battery life. An added plus is that it is rechargeable. Highly recommended.

Nice tuner

Nice tuner for the money. Accurate and easily read. Use it daily with no issues.

Yeah...after 3 months it broke down.

Its great to be able to charge it via Usb. But the built, after 2 months the power button broke so I had to press It real hard to turn It on eventually it fell of so I wouldn't turn it on. Besides you cant tune flats/sharps it just doesn't have the option.

Works as it should

I own several tuners of similar build, but the ability to charge this one via usb makes it the perfect fall back solution

- The tuner is precise and stable

- very responsive

- reasonably sturdy build

- fast recharge

- good price

if all else fails you can recharge this tuner with you cell phone within a few minutes.

Fast and accurate

This tuner works flawlessly. Highly recommended!

Poor display, scratched out of the box

I ordered this as a cheap clip on Tuner for to keep in my gig bag just in case my rig went down any night - the photos in the ad make the display look crisp and vibrant - however the reality is that it's actually quite difficult to see what's on screen - it's very dim. It might be usable at a dark venue, but definitely challenging in daylight.

The supplied USB cable is white, while the unit is black - how hard would it have been to provide a black one instead?

Additionally, out of the box, mine has a large scratch on the screen.

Sure it's ¤10 euro, but it could have been marketed correctly, and a more appropriate cable supplied.

simple and great !!!

I can absolutely recommend this little and so practical item. absolutely functional and super easy to use :)

Great Price

This is a great clip tuner. It works well on every guitar I have tried it on. Though it is small the display is still easy to read. If you want to you can adjust the tuning frequency. The price is great on the wallet, if you ever misplace or damage it you won't be out a lot of mullah. I am glad I purchased this tuner.