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Snark making a BIG mistake! Buy yours now!

Bassamatic

keepin' the beat since the 60's
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My dealer friend tells me that all Snark tuners in the future will be rechargeable, instead of using coin cells! What a bad idea for musicians - dead at a gig a no way to revive it, needing to remember to re-charge yet another piece of gear. And - rechargeable batteries self-discharge, so even if you don't use it, it can be dead when you need it. Their marketing department really dropped the ball here.

This is likely in response to the "danger" of children thinking coin cells are something good to eat and figuring out how to open your tuner. Other makers simple put a screw in.
 
I've tried a Snark tuner a handful of times, and find them about as useful as asking the g*****ist to 'give me an A'.
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Snark making a BIG mistake!

IMO: Snark is a big mistake.
They were ok when they 1st came out and they were the only game in town, but there are too many better options out there now for a little more $.
Every Snark I've had over the years - the display faded, the rubber got sticky, and they either broke or stopped working.


My (clip-on) of choice: (when I'm not routed through my Turbo Tuner):
TC Electronics UniTune. (which I wish they'd offer in a rechargeable, but the battery life seems much better than the Snark.
 
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Not a thing for me. I hate clip-on tuners, and honestly, if I'm chasing staying in tune all night long, I've done something wrong. Generally, my tuning problems centered around somebody else (NOT the drummer, keyboard player, BUT . . . . . this got REAL bad in the age of Floyd Rose wiggle sticks or Strat trems that were set up improperly . . . .) not being able to GET in tune and STAY in tune.

WTH, I've played with many pedal steel players that could stay in tune WAY better than the guitar player. WTH . . . .
 
I’m a little surprised at all the vitriol for Snark tuners. Mine does fine, even with a low B. I’ve had it for years.

I like my Peterson better but the Snark does its job.

Rechargeable? I never really thought about it…. Probably better for the environment but I suspect I wouldn’t like it as much as just using button cells.
 
Same reason I won't buy any wireless that I can't physically change the battery out in, be it standard or rechargeable at my discretion. I don't mind rechargeable, but if I need to jam an alkaline nine-volt battery into it to finish the show because it is what I have that has a charge, I want it to be my choice rather being dead in the water waiting for the built in to take enough of a charge to continue.
 

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