12/23/2023 0 Comments Snark tuner sn8![]() Or I'd forget the number and buy a CR2025 by mistake. Buying one or two watch batteries at time at retail is expensive ($3-$5 per battery for a $10-$20 tuner), and I always seemed to find the one drug store that had just run out of that most common of watch batteries, the CR2032. Once a tuner got a low battery, I would have to remember to swing by a drugstore to pickup a replacement. Once the battery got below that point and the performance started to suffer, there was still plenty left to power the tuner for a significant while, just with terrible performance. I finally realized that it was the battery running low that caused the performance drop off. I assumed the problem was just wear and tear, so that the device no longer made good contact, and stopped being able to detect the vibrations. ![]() But even improved, they always seemed to eventually stop performing well, but continue to soldier a while before the battery actually died. When the Snark line was introduced, they really seemed to improve both the accuracy and durability problems, and at a bargain basement price. They always seemed to stop registering signal well after a while. The first generation of low cost clip-on tuners weren't particularly accurate or durable. Since I spend most of my time playing acoustic instruments without a pickup or transducer, the clip-on is the solution of choice for me. But today, the tuner market is pretty much dominated by pedal board based solutions, and the ubiquitous and inexpensive clip-on tuner. When I started playing guitar, electronic tuners where kind of expensive, and unless you sprung for the Boss TU-12, they weren't particularly road worthy. ![]() Some people consider electronic tuners a crutch, but in loud environments, or for tuning discreetly, they are practical necessity. ![]()
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