Has anybody here tried out a d'Addario NS Micro clip on tuner. They look pretty slick and don't have to be removed. Are they fairly accurate? Do they get in the eay at all? Opinions please.
Has anybody here tried out a d'Addario NS Micro clip on tuner. They look pretty slick and don't have to be removed. Are they fairly accurate? Do they get in the eay at all? Opinions please.
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I use one and am happy with it on all counts.
I keep one on all my Mandolins, guitars, and basses. I like them. Simple, reliable, and small.
I too have this tuner and find it very effective.
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As with the others who have chimed in, I am a big fan of the Micro. Accurate enough for my needs, and never in the way, so it never needs taking off and putting back on again.
They are a perennial Cafe favorite it seems.
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I have three which live pretty much permanently on their instruments. They're darn near invisible from up front if that matters to you. Accurate enough for my ears.
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They work very well. May cause a little damage to finish if left on. This is true of pretty much every tuner though.
Phil
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Yes they work well I have one on a guitar. In truth I prefer a slightly larger and adjustable angle readout. R/
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I have one on two mandolins and would not look to anything else if I need another. Display is plenty big, does not look like a Xmas ornament or flip phone on the end of you instrument, battery seems to last quite a while (turns off automatically) seems accurate. The only thing I don't like is sometimes when you are close to being tuned it switched back and forth and is confusing as to being sharp or flat, but that is minor.
Not sure if they will cause more damage to am instrument by leaving the tuner on or by using one that you put on and take off every time you take it out of the case?
Thanks for the opinions. I'm looking for a tuner that has acceptable accuracy and won't get knocked off the headstock easily and I can just leave on and not have to bother with. Sounds like this is worth checking out.
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I don't know if I would leave any tuner on a headstock all the time.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Count me in for 3... I do try to remember to remove them before the mandos go back in the case.
Sam Lyman
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I have bought at least 6 total, have one on each my mandolin, guitar, and my wife’s banjo, and have given away a few. Pretty good little tuner, works plenty accurate for me, and is very inconspicuous. Here’s where I keep it on my mandolin, as well as the same place on my guitar. That way my hand doesn’t block my view when tuning, and it’s only just a small tab visible from the front.
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2012 Huss and Dalton RD-M
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I have one each of the universal (so I can clip it on the scroll headstock of my Lyon & Healy); the violin version that clips on the upper bass bout of the violin; a standard headstock clip-on one; and the guitar-soundhole version that lives inside my Huss & Dalton. The last one is the only one I keep permanently on the instrument. I just don't trust any plastic clip to not mess up the finish of my instruments.
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
I've compared them with Intellitouch and Peterson and they're right up there with them.
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
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I've had one living on my Rigel for years now.
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Yes, it's a good one. I have used several different tuners and although the Snark has been a bit of a favorite here, I never liked them at all. I think the Micro is much better. As accurate as the Snark, if not more so. I have one on my mandolin and one on my double bass. They have been on each instrument for a year now using the original batteries. I would have changed batteries in the Snark 3 or 4 times by now.
Larry Hunsberger
2013 J Bovier A5 Special w/ToneGard
D'Addario FW-74 flatwound strings
1909 Weymann&Sons bowlback
1919 Weymann&Sons mandolute
Ibanez PF5
1993 Oriente HO-20 hybrid double bass
3/4 guitar converted to octave mandolin
Larry Hunsberger
2013 J Bovier A5 Special w/ToneGard
D'Addario FW-74 flatwound strings
1909 Weymann&Sons bowlback
1919 Weymann&Sons mandolute
Ibanez PF5
1993 Oriente HO-20 hybrid double bass
3/4 guitar converted to octave mandolin
How is the NS micro display outdoors in sunlight?
Mandobassman, folks usually remove them because the plastic clip in contact with the intrument over time gives them concern about possible effects on the finish. I have them on six different instruments for years though and have had no finish issues. I have lost a few probably due to the fact that the clip release is on the side of the tuner and can probably loosen a bit if it jostles a little against the inside of the case. Good idea to give the tuner a little squeeze when you first uncase your instrument, so that you know it's on securely. On one instrument my case is a snug fit and placement is a bit of an issue. Generally though, I can leave them on most of my instruments while in their case and they function well.
I have one of these on each of my main playing instruments, including my two F-style mandolins, my 3 main-playing banjos, my Dobro and my upright bass. On my three main playing banjos I've created a mounting system to mount them on the top side of the rim so I can check tuning easily anytime I want. On the other instruments I use the standard peghead mount, which works great.
The tuners are accurate, fast, feature rich and easy to work without changing A440 accidentally. It even works for my low E on my upright bass, for which I mount the tuner on the tailpiece. I really haven't used the metronome feature but it works for those who want to use it.
-- Don
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Sam Lyman
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I had one and liked it but it was causing a buzz if left on during playing. I wound up losing it somewhere after switching it to a bass.
I have the soundhole clip on version on my guitar and love it.
Drew
2020 Northfield 4th Gen F5
2022 Northfield NFS-F5E
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