Double Bass Electronic Tuners

[tornadobass]

I just got a trio of Snarks from Sweetwater's sale. Stuck on my bridge, it quickly finds the note and hangs onto it. Bright display, too!

Did great with my Kala U-Bass as well...something my previous tuner couldn't do.

 

[drurb]

Okay, I admit it. I sold my $80 Stroboclip and am now using the $13 Snark. The display is brilliant (in more than one way ).

 

[Steve Freides]

The Fishman is nice - showed up here today. Nice to be able to switch between instrument-specific mode where the strings show up by number, and chromatic mode, where the note being played shows.

Waiting for the Snark to get here.

-S-

 

[drurb]

I believe the Fishman is one of the dreaded color-change tuners discussed earlier. I've found those to be as (or more) annoying as others did.

Steve-- I look forward to the results of your comparions. Thanks for doing this! For now, my search is over. The [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] is it for me.

Vibration or mic mode, metronome, great display, accurate, locks on to all strings easily, rubber (vinyl, whatever...) coated... all for less than $15.

 

[martinc]

Steve:

My Snark came in a Royal Blue colour.
The Doc's photo doesn't show it but it has a highly moveable plastic arm. If you try to angle the display too much the display will come off but all you have to do is snap it back on to the arm again.
The whole things works very well.

 

[tstone]

I'm perfectly happy with my Meisel COM-90, but I just ordered a Snark SN-2 from Amazon.

This place makes me spend too much money ‡-P

 

[drurb]

...My Snark came in a Royal Blue colour.

That's the[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. It doesn't have a microphone.

 

[martinc]

That's the[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. It doesn't have a microphone.

doc: That suits me fine. Still a great tuner.

 

[GregL]

I have both models of the Sonic Research Tuners. Very well built and far easier to work with than the Petersons I 've owned. True stroble tuners.

Strobe Tuners by Sonic Research - Turbo Tuner Home Page

 

[Steve Freides]

The Snark SN-2 - fine as a tuner so far but its appearance reminds me of a cartoon. Certainly it's not what I'd call classy looking.

For guitars, I still like the Planet Waves - black, unobstrusive.

I'm not sure I can see myself leaving the Snark on my upright, but I will continue to play around with everything here. The price is definitely right for the Snark - was $12 or so, and since I ordered 3 of them, I got free shipping from amazon.com - can't beat that. Right now, the Fishman is on the upright and that will get the test over the next week or month or two.

-S-

 

[drurb]

I use the Snark SN-2 to tune quickly and accurately. Then I take it off. I'm impressed with it for its function, aesthetics being pretty far down the list-- although I don't think it looks bad at all. I wouldn't leave any tuner clipped to my bridge.

I have both models of the Sonic Research Tuners. Very well built and far easier to work with than the Petersons I 've owned. True stroble tuners.

Strobe Tuners by Sonic Research - Turbo Tuner Home Page

Kinda hard to clip those on to tune in noisy environments. No?

 

[Steve Freides]

I use the Snark SN-2 to tune quickly and accurately. Then I take it off. I'm impressed with it for its function, aesthetics being pretty far down the list-- although I don't think it looks bad at all. I wouldn't leave any tuner clipped to my bridge.

I've been finding lately that sometimes the climate is so different between my home, my car, and where I'm playing that I need to tune several times, especially when I get to where I have to play shortly before I have to start playing. Our house has a humidifier, is air-conditioned, and is generally a pretty bass-friendly environment - but the car isn't, and then most places in the winter aren't humidified so there's sometimes weirdness as the bass dries out.

I had my Sabine 3000 on my bridge for a month or two without taking it off - I kinda liked having it there because I'd check/adjust my tuning more often that way.

-S-