Intelli IMT500 Clip-on Chromatic Musical Instrument Tuner for Strings

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Product Features

• Tuning is quick, easy, precise
• Extremely compact clip on chromatic tuner with large, easy-to-read, backlit LCD screen
• Programmable calibration
• Transposing feature which allows easy tuning with a capo
• Automatically powers off after 3 minutes to save battery life

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000P97ZL8
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71 in Musical Instruments (See Bestsellers in Musical Instruments)

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Product Description

Product Description
Whether you're strumming through mountain hills or performing on stage, this tuner is a perfect match for your string instrument. Intelli IMT-500 clip-on chromatic tuner is designed to tune electric and acoustic guitars, basses, violins, banjos, mandolins and more without interference from ambient room noise, all without the use of wires, microphones or pickups. Tuning in noisy environments is a easy because the unique, flexible clamp actually "feels" the instrument's vibrational energy instead of relying on sound. And, the swivel allows a perfect view of the back lit display. The best part is that this amazing quality tuner costs a fraction of what other similar tuners cost. Tunes without interference from ambient noise

Customer Reviews

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One GREAT tuner!, June 10, 2007

By	d-18v (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

There are scores of chromatic tuners on the market. Most work by using a small built-in microphone that picks up sound waves. In order to be used effectively, the tuning space must be relatively quiet. Many of these tuners have input jacks that allow electric guitars to be connected directly and tuned by the electronic signal they produce. A bunch of years ago a variety of clip-on-microphones began to be marketed. The microphone could be clipped to any instrument and its cord attach to an electronic tuner. Now, anyone could tune an instrument no matter what the background noise.

Then, the Intellitouch tuner hit the market. The entire tuner clipped onto the instrument. One could tune an acoustic instrument in a noisy environment. There was no cord to deal with and the instrument could stay clipped to the headstock or quickly removed and slid into a pocket or case. Talk about convenience. Jams and festivals (bluegrass, folk, whatever) became seas of Intellitouch tuners.

Intellitouch owned the market even though there were so many situations where they did not work well. In particular, they have trouble with the bass notes of dreadnought sized guitars. The more overtones an instrument produces, the worse the tuner behaves. The bass string of a Martin rosewood dreadnought was near impossible to tune without using one of the many workarounds that owners developed. So, it was very much a love-hate relationship. The shortcomings were huge, but the convenience meant that they were tolerated.

Then, came the Intelli. It was an Intellitouch that worked, if not perfectly, then a whole lot better. The amazing thing is that the switch from Intellitouch to Intelli wasn't gradual. Within six months of its introduction, jams and festivals became seas of Intelli tuners. People were throwing their Intellitouches into drawers (if they weren't lucky enough to find a die hard holdout willing to buy one second-hand) to get the Intelli. That's a considerable investment to abandon. But, why not? The Intelli is half the price of the Intellitouch and works a whole lot better. They are so inexpensive that it's easy to justify getting one for the practice area and one for the case so that you don't have to worry about forgetting to pack it.

Anyone who will ever have to tune an acoustic instrument in a noisy environment will quickly find this tuner indispensable. And it works darn well in a quiet environment, too!

Highly recommended!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it's what you want.., April 29, 2008

By	forrest (California, USA) - See all my reviews

Tuners are pretty simple.. and this excels.

Small, always available (on headstock it's out of the way)
Backlit and readable in all lighting conditions.
Accurate and calibratable.
Pretty insensitive to room noise.

It works!!! It's not too expensive..YAY!!

The plastic clip doesn't look necessarily road worthy - but since it hasn't given me any trouble I can't really complain.

tested on : Acoustic Dreadnought body

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So easy!, August 14, 2008

By	stellabella - See all my reviews

I bought this along with my first ukulele. It's also my first tuner, and I was afraid I might have trouble with it; but it's so simple. Just clip it on, pluck the string, and tune up or down until the arrow is right in the center. Excellently designed, lightweight and compact. I love it.