The Cherub WST-670 is substantially different then the newer WST-675 model in the Amazon Affiliate link below. (Check this Alibaba link or just search for “guitar tuner”.) Nonetheless, this tuner impressed me and is the one I currently prefer for a variety of reasons. The Cherub (sometimes sold as Lekato) isn’t a big brand and, in fact, you can find fundamentally the same tuner being sold wholesale by Chinese manufacturers. Cherub WST-670 guitar tuner Cherub WST-670 clip-on guitar tuner It happens surprisingly often, but that’s the price of a quick tune compared to plugging into your computer to access its greater processing power.Įach of the tuners tested below has important display differences (which affects accuracy), as well as feature sets. There’s nothing more frustrating than a tuner that takes a few seconds to process the correct note, or one that displays the entirely wrong note as it processes the harmonics. Some clip-on tuners are better at this than others. A clip-on tuner’s electronics have to quickly derive the actual fundamental frequency from the array of harmonics also produced when striking a note.
There are still other factors that come into play. It means most clip-on tuners are probably just accurate enough (although you’re not going to sound worse by using a more accurate tuning method). You can do this for other notes using this calculator. As an example, adding 0.5 Hz to the guitar’s low E (87.41 Hz on the sixth string) is the equivalent of 9.875 cents. The difference between Hz and cents isn’t one for one – it depends on the pitch. The trained ear can detect differences as small as 0.5 Hertz (Hz). This means the displays on each of my clip-on tuners represent anywhere from 3 cents to 10 cents. This limits how accurate each clip-on tuner is in practice. There are typically 5 to 15 notches breaking up the interface, which typically encompasses a minimum/maximum 50 cents from the desired note. There are 100 cents in a half step interval, which suggests a high level of accuracy.īut the display on tuners isn’t broken up into 100 LED notches. Most standard clip-on tuners are accurate to +/- 1 cent from the desired note. This allowed me to assess the accuracy and sensitivity of each tuner in real time.
#Good acoustic guitar tuner professional#
I attached each one to an electric guitar, which was running through my PreSonus Studio 24c USB Audio Interface and into the more accurate Tuner app in PreSonus’ Studio One 6.1 Professional Edition. I own Boss, Cherub, D’Addario and JOYO clip-on tuners and while they all look similar, their functions are vastly different. But this also requires building sophisticated electronics into a tiny device. The speed comes from their position on the headstock: clip-on tuners effectively become part of the guitar, turning the instrument’s vibrations into a pitch.
#Good acoustic guitar tuner series#
Clip-on guitar tuners offer a quick way to tune a guitar, but that speed is accompanied by a series of compromises.
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