Guitar Tuner - Micro Headstock Tuner - Tuner for Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele - Compact & Discrete - Clip On - 2 Pack

These D'Addario Micro Headstock Tuners are absolutely fantastic. I use them on both my acoustic and electric guitars, and they deliver quick, accurate tuning every time. The compact size is a huge plus—it stays out of sight while playing, and doesn't interfere with the aesthetics or balance of the instrument. The clip holds firmly without damaging the finish, and the display is bright and easy to read from multiple angles. I love that the 2-pack lets me keep one on each of my frequently used instruments—no need to swap tuners between sessions. It's also great that this works for a variety of string instruments including ukulele and banjo. Highly recommend for anyone from beginner to pro. This is one of those tools you end up using daily without even thinking about it—and wondering how you ever got by without it!

I have over 30 guitars, and a similar army of headstock tuners. Snark, Fender, Donner... A few years ago I settled in on the D'Addario tuners. Most accurate, most convenient, best visibility. I mostly have the big rectangle ones... I bought a Gretsch hollowbody with a Bigsby. That guitar needs a dedicated tuner. So I decided to give this a try. VERY small. I'm able to tuck this around the back of the headstock, and you would not know it's there. Replaceable battery, so I can use this for a long time. Same great tuning ability I have come to know and love from D'Addario. What I did not expect - OMG. This is perfect for headless guitars. I have struggled mightily to get the "usual" clips to sit on a headless guitar with varying degrees of success for a while now. This fits perfectly on my Strandberg Salen Jazz, my Kiesel Vader, my Steinberg Spirit... If you have headless guitars, get one.

Yeah...I know it's small, but it's mighty! I used it, exclusively, to micro-tune my classical guitar, constantly taking readings with this tuner at the 12th fret as compared to the open note and adjusting the saddle as needed. This tuner did a great job--I didn't need my old rack-mount tuner because this one was super-accurate, and that really surprised me!!!!! The proof is in the pudding, they say, and now, thanks to this inexpensive but great tuner, the intonation on my guitar is about as perfect as it can be (given the fact that it is an acoustic instrument) which the flutist and violinist I play with appreciate a lot. I liked it so much that I purchased two more for my other classical and my steel-string Taylor, and it works great on both of those too.

The first clip-on tuners I ever bought were Snarks and have always been happy with their performance and the very nice and easy to read display...….but I absolutely love the low profile of the D'addario clip-on tuners. So much less noticeable on your instrument!!! By far, this is the best and maybe only selling point of this tuner. You do sacrifice in a smaller display but it is readable. Also, the plastic ratchet clamp that you adjust to fit to your headstock is noticeably cheap. I bought the 2 pack and the first time I attempted to clip one onto a rather small ukulele headstock, I was immediately concerned with the clamp breaking. It seemed stuck and wasn't easy to adjust or open up to a larger size. With care, I manage to slip it on and everything now is fine, just be careful the first few times you are adjusting the clamp and don't use force. If needed look at the video. Also, at the time of my purchase, this seller was still running an older add with a metronome feature included in the tuner. I bought the 2 pack option in Oct. 2019 and the metronome feature is not included in this model. Not a deal breaker for me though because I bought this for the low profile.....just be aware. Also, these do come already loaded with batteries, which is nice but you never know how long these batteries have been sitting in these preloaded models before being shipped out. I always make a point to turn mine off immediately after tuning and one of the batteries died after 2 days. Again, not a deal breaker for me but probably a smart thing to have a few spare batteries with you even with a brand new tuner. Time will tell how well these will hold up but any other clip-on from now on is going to seem huge in size after using these. So far, even with the cons, I am loving them.

I don't review things often and I never thought I'd review a guitar tuner but I love this one! D'Addario's work very well. My sister is learning to play now so I gave her my favorite D'Addario. It was the bigger rectangle on that stood up from the guitar. It tuned very well. I order this smaller one. I had just tuned my guitar with my back up Snark, then I put this new D'Addario on and it definitely retuned it better. I didn't realize how small it was. It is so compact you barely know it is there. I used to put the larger ones on, tune and put it away. This is so discreet and I forget it's there so I leave it on the guitar all the time and just turn it on and off when needed. I can even put my guitar in my case without taking the tuner off. It's always there and ready. I love it.!

I never liked how big and bulky snark tuners are. This thing works great. This is the second one I’ve purchased. Battery life is pretty good, and it’s really accurate. Price point is a little high, but nobody else is making them this good at this size.

The idea is great--a permanently placed tuner, inconspicuous and small. Buy one for each axe! The tuner works well enough. I don't know the accuracy, because the PlanetWaves people have not deigned to reveal the specs either on their website or in the instructions. But they seem on the note. The buttons to turn it on and calibrate are a touch dicey, though. It is easy to turn it on inadvertently. Here's the caveat: It won't fit well on every guitar. I bought it specifically for my Taylor 414 (built 2000). All the photos of the tuner on acoustic guitar in promotional materials show the tuner near the tuner key for the high E string, between the tuner post and the nut. That would be great. But it's not going to work on a guitar that has too much of a curve there--the headstock angling away from the fingerboard, or one with too broad a truss rod cover. There simply isn't room on my 414 for the tuner to sit between nut and E tuner, and be tightened down. The only place it really fits securely on my 414 is right at the very top of the headstock, in the little divot above the Taylor logo. So much for inconspicuous, but that would be okay. However, that position means that the view of the tuner screen itself is then obstructed by the left hand on the tuner keys. So you have to look around your hand to see the screen. This is not really the way it's supposed to work out. I put it on my Line 6 Variax (original model, with 3x3 headstock). It works on it, but there is only one single place it will fit (and that's on the bass side of the headstock, not the treble side as is shown in all the Planetwaves promo). It fits, but only just. I haven't tried it on my Strat yet. Update: I have revised this review and taken it from 4 stars to 3 stars. The reason: This tuner is not secure on two of my guitars--the ones I wanted to use it on, as they are my everyday-use guitars. The problem is, they seem to have designed this as a response to the unworkability of their other headstock tuner on Fender Telecaster guitars. Watch the PlanetWaves video, and their brag is: It fits great on a Tele headstock. It fits on my Strat headstock. The reason is that Fender does a fairly quick incline from the nut to the headstock, and the headstock itself is not angle but lays flat, and with the 6 tuning keys on one side, there's a nice open expanse on the headstock to which the tuner can attach. That is not the case on either of my other guitars, so while it will stay on my Line 6 Variax, it is not secure--there's not enough flat real estate on the headstock for the whole tuner to sit. The result is that, when pressing the power button or the calibration button, the tuner moves around and can easily be pushed off the guitar, because it can't really sit securely. The pressure needed to use the power button is sufficient to slide the tuner off if its grippy rubber pads are not and cannot be seated flat. This will be different for every guitar, so don't think that this tuner actually fits well on every guitar--and it may not fit on yours. If you buy it in a store, try it on a guitar like yours if you can, to see if it fits anywhere. Otherwise, buying it blind, you're taking a chance. It's a good tuner. On some guitars, at least, though, it will fit only one place on the headstock, and sometimes that place is just unusable. On other guitars, it will not really fit at all. And on some--I wonder if it's only a few--it fits just fine. If you want it for a Strat or Tele, it will work great. Update, 4/21/12: I kept the tuner on my Stratocaster. Then I got a 12-string acoustic, on which, of course, this did not fit. But I still wanted to use a small, permanently mounted tuner on the new guitar. So I just dismounted the tuner from the attaching clip (it comes off easily enough, designed to do so), and put a square of Velcro® on the tuner top and on the guitar. (I had to cut a notch in the piece on the tuner.) So now I have it mounted on the back of the headstock of my 12er, at a 45 degree angle. I wish the Velcro were not quite so puffy, but it works fine. One could also use adhesive putty or some glue dots. Since that worked so well, I'll probably buy another for permanent residence on my Strat, and maybe even tuners for the rest of my ukes and guitars. In fact, Planet Waves should really accommodate those whose guitars this won't fit (most, in my view) by enclosing a secondary form of attachment. The old Sabine AX-3000 had a type of tacky pad on it that holds well to the guitar and can't be lifted off, but when twisted slightly comes off without marring. A sticker of that kind of material included with this tuner would solve attachment problems for those whose guitars don't have space for the default clip on this tuner.

What I like most is the super compact design. I can leave it on my headstock when I place my acoustic back in the case where it belongs. It has a swivel head so you can position it perfectly. It’s bright and sensitive. Love it!