tc electronic PolyTune Clip Tuner Reviews

Almost reliable tuner

The tuner works just fine, very well illuminated in dark and light. But I've found that strobe mode is not tuning well, if you're not planning on using it i think you'll like this clip tuner.

the best

the best clip on tuner

Excellent display.

Does what it says with a clear display and accurate tuner. I’ve used it daily for nearly 3 years and no probs.

The best...

And don't suck your tone!

The best tuner

The best clip tuner I've ever tried, super accurate and fast.

A great tuner!

I have this tuner for a year now and it is working great!

I love the accuracy and the digital lighting and everything about it.

It is expensive but if it lasts for another few years it is worth the buy.

Must have unless you are short on money

This is an amazing piece of equipment.

The main feature of this tuner is the polyphonic tuning: you just strum all your 6 strings at once, and the tuner shows tunings of all strings simultaneously. This saves you a lot of time.

I am still quite a guitar novice, and tuning always feels like a chore, so I often skipped it. With this tuner it takes just 5-10 seconds to make sure you are still in tune, and the subsequent tuning is also pretty quick, so you are not tempted to skip the tune check before practice.

Of course, it also has a normal "needle" mode, and the switch between the two is automatic (strum 1 string vs. strum multiple strings). The display is bright, and the visuals/animations are nice. It's not an LCD display, but I like it: the dot-matrix display gives it a somewhat "retro" vibe. The clip strength seems OK. A battery is included too.

It also has some advanced features: tuning for bass guitars (albeit no polyphonic mode here), up/down tuning + capos, and different reference pitches. That's way too complicated for me just yet, but I can see myself using capo tunings in the future.

The only "downside" is that this tuner is expensive (35 EUR), but if you are short on money, and plan to upgrade to this later, I would suggest to use a smartphone app for a while, and save up for this unit.

Easy Tuner

Very easy to use. Just string by string. A low D is not always recognized.

Such a quality of guitar life improvement

It didn't retire my Boss TU3, but that poor stomp box sits on the board mostly because it's the law that it does.

This clip can be positioned very well on any headstock I have, and its ease of use is unparalleled.

One star deduction on the handling because my sausage fingers can't always find the button every time, heh he.

Does what it says

The tuner works as expected. It recognizes each string without much effort (I have only tested it on electric guitar, I don't know how it behaves with bass). The only problem that I have with it, which is a minor one, is that the plastic cracked a bit near the top button.

Fast and accurate

Very easy to use, very smooth surface and beautiful bright screen. Fast response and excellent accuracy on Guitar or Bass (even 5 str).

Good item

Nice item. I like.

OK

Feels cheap, and not as fast to recognise the tune as I expected.

Anyhow does the job.

Super Tuner

I have had this tuner for some years now and never fails to work

Excellent clip on tuner

Really pleased with this guitar tuner, head and shoulders better than other clip on tuners imho.

I use it on my acoustic guitar and so far it is spot on, bright quick and tunes very well. 5 stars.

High Quality Tuner

After years of cheap tuners, I was looking for something that was accurate, easy to use and sturdy. This is it! I've dropped it a few times and it still works. Tuning accuracy is the best I've seen. It's a little bit pricey but worth every penny.

I love it

However, it has this tiny look and shape, so it tends to vanish quite often :) All common tuning standards, very accurate and quick.

good product quality/price

Using the product to tune the melody strings of an Indian Dilruba it serves very well the cause. Sometimes it lacks quick response, but this might be due to the many resonance cords of the instrument.

It is very practical in handling. Overall a very good product in relation to price/quality.

Top notch tuner, nothing to complain about!

I love this thing

I have two. keep a 8 pack of battery's nearby and sometimes stress over where it is and you're good to go. I mean, it just never lets me down on any instruments, notably double bass.