D'AddarioGuitar Tuner - Micro Headstock Tuner - Tuner for Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele - Compact & Discrete - Clip On - 1 Pack

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.!

Works as described. Very small, easy to hide on headstock in many positions on multiple brands / models of guitars. Quick easy controls to adjust to best function and viewing angle across many different headstocks.

Works great, very tiny but usable. It's digital so the tuning is perfect. reasonably solid construction. If i lost it I would buy another!

I use this tuner on a classical guitar.Previously, I had tried the D'Addario Eclipse Headstock tuner. I found this tuner to be somewhat inaccurate to the point where I had to manually fix the tuning afterwards, which defeated the purpose. So I returned it.I decided to try this Micro Headstock tuner based upon a video review and I have found this tuner to be more accurate. When I tune with it, post-adjustments are rarely needed. I'm not sure why this one seems more accurate, but perhaps it's because of the way it mounts to the guitar, which is a little bit more of a direct clamp than what the Eclipse tuner had.It's very compact, and the display is readable and simple.There is one quirk: the B string will always show as F# first and kind of toggle between F# and B. I can see the B enough to do a proper tuning, but this toggling is a bit annoying. I really don't feel like returning it as it works well enough.

Legitimately the best clip-on tuner I have ever used. I have had 2 or 3 Snarks, and my last one was the KLIQ UberTuner (please stay far, far away from that piece of junk).As most people who've used these things know - the first point of failure is always the hinge. I don't care which brand, after enough rotating through normal use, the pivot joint WILL wear down and leave you with a "limp noodle".This little thing solves that problem, and then some. It's about as minimalist and unobtrusive as you could get without having something built into the body of your instrument. You just put it in place and give it a squeeze until it fastens snugly to the headstock, then it's able to rotate along its x-axis so you can adjust it for readability. Really, really great design, and I much prefer not having something sticking out off the end of my guitarThe LCD screen is bright and incredibly easy to read, especially considering how small it actually is. Another great feature is the ability to change the orientation of the display with the push of a button, so you're not reading upside-down or sideways.As far as doing it's actual job - it's great! Super responsive (which is a must), and it doesn't "jump around" like some other tuners tend to sometimes do. For me, this thing was definitely worth the few extra bucks over yet another Snark.

Looks good. Works good. No complaints.

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.