Would a Snark All-Instrument Tuner work for a Mandola?

[DylanCarter77]

Would a Snark All-Instrument Tuner tune a mandola?

[Mark Marino]

It will. I use one for guitar, mando, Mandola and octave mando. All work well.

[mrmando]

The only instrument it doesn't work on is a banjo.

[DylanCarter77]

Thanks!

[zedmando]

I don't see why not.

Interesting about the banjo though, is that because of the way the body works and the vibrations don't travel up the neck quite the same way?
Or something else?

[Ivan Kelsall]

My Red Snark works perfectly on my banjo. In actual fact,my banjo neck vibrates far more than the necks on any of my mandolins. It's only the fact that i need a telescope to read that darned thing that keeps me using my tuning fork for banjo,
Ivan

[Dave Hanson]

The clue is in the name ' all instrument '

Dave H

[Paul Busman]

The only instrument it doesn't work on is a banjo.

That's because you can't tune a banjo...

[derbex]

That's because you can't tune a banjo...

That's not true, I have mine in several tunings

[Tobin]

I do use my Snark SN-8 on my guitar, mandolins, and mandola. Works fine on all of them.

On that subject, though, I find that it won't read the high E on my mandolins. If I'm checking intonation at the 12th fret, it just won't pick up my E string on that fret. Too high for the Snark, I guess.

[mandroid]

BTW 2 ways that friends tune their banjos 1 is with a clip temporarily holding onto the Bridge
with a 1/4" plug into the tuner.

and a vibration sensing tuner sitting directly on the banjo head.

[Lord of the Badgers]

That's not true, I have mine in several tunings

all at once?

[Lord of the Badgers]

I do use my Snark SN-8 on my guitar, mandolins, and mandola. Works fine on all of them.

On that subject, though, I find that it won't read the high E on my mandolins. If I'm checking intonation at the 12th fret, it just won't pick up my E string on that fret. Too high for the Snark, I guess.

not mine, never had an issue with mandolins. if there's other more resonant notes being played as I tune (eg double bass) then yeah of course it's not so easy.

[Barry Wilson]

I put one on a penny whistle last night to check the tuning LOL

[derbex]

all at once?

Oh yes

[zedmando]

I do use my Snark SN-8 on my guitar, mandolins, and mandola. Works fine on all of them.

On that subject, though, I find that it won't read the high E on my mandolins. If I'm checking intonation at the 12th fret, it just won't pick up my E string on that fret. Too high for the Snark, I guess.

I've had problems with my bass and some tuners to tune the E string (lowest one)--but never with a Snark--and it tunes my Mandobird no problem.

[Chip Stewart]

The Planet Waves NS Micro Tuner has trouble with the low E string of my bass, but works very well for my tenor guitar.

[Timbofood]

My banjo player has not had any trouble with his intelli clipped to the peghead.

[fox]

I use mine on my banjos, maybe that's why they sound so crap! I also use them on my didgeridoos, not sure if that works either but that's how I tune them during the build process...

[Colin Lindsay]

I put one on a penny whistle last night to check the tuning LOL

A banjo?????

[Barry Wilson]

banjo weighs too much, he couldn't keep the whistle in his mouth

[mrmando]

My banjo player has not had any trouble with his intelli clipped to the peghead.

Yeah, most of the trouble occurs between the nut and the tailpiece.

[k0k0peli]

The fellow I bought my Snark All-Instrument from said his son uses one to tune his flugelhorn. That sounds pretty "all-instrument" to me! I use mine on my ancient banjo-uke and banjo-mandolin, and much newer (but still old) five-string banjo, and banjo-head tin-pot Cümbüş o'uds, all with no problems. And a Cümbüş makes a banjo-uke feel like a solid piece of work. No tuning problems, nope.