Snark Headstock Tuners are Trash! Here are WAY better alternatives.
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2022
- It's the Snark Tuner Review you've all been waiting for and yes, Snark headstock tuners are the bane of my existence.
With so many good alternatives out there, you shouldn't like them either! Snark guitar tuners were developed by the US Military as a torture tactic to keep the instruments of prisoners of war slightly out of tune with each other per their abismal accuracy rating. Snark tuners have been banned by the Geneva Convention as they have been deemed "too effective" in applications of modern warfare. I'm here to put a stop to them.
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the only snark i ever owned melted into sticky goo
Finally transformed into something useful!
I once had a snark for a number of years that eventually the outside layer of plastic disintegrated into this gross sticky shit that wouldn’t come off no matter what. Turns out I wasn’t the only one this happened to. I’ve never returned to Snark
Bless you for being able to hold onto one for years. Any that I have owned the little gooseneck part snaps in half somehow
Mine just recently fell off my guitar like MAYBE 3 feet and fucking EXPLODED into a million pieces. Never again, Snark. Never again.
Happened to me as well. Wtf is that? Took a baby wipe to it still wouldn't come off.
Same happened to me when I went to use it today. It's like someone melted the damn thing. Tried using a baby wipe and the paint and plastic just kept coming off so I'm online looking for a good alternate for my banjo.
I've been using Snark tuners for years.And I've never had one problem, not 1 and by the charge of the boy's been in great too.Intonation, and all it sounds like you.Just don't know how to f****** set up a guitar or 2 Actually tune one properly and set your intonation properly.
Guy who wears shirts like this telling me what is tacky 😉
Are we not entertained
I love my Snark! and yes they do publish their accuracy ratings. the latest one I bought a few months ago is the nearest to a strobe tuner that I've seen from an inexpensive tuner.
Can you link that accuracy rating? I think that’s a new addition
really, your happy with your 'Snark.
I have 4 of the, and none work the same..
I've never seen anything in the instrument industry be the best selling thing and also not work. Snark has the accuracy on the box, and they work fine. I have a korg strobe tuner I use for intonation and I've ab'd them without much surprise. The strobe is slightly more accurate, but my korg is another tenth more accurate than the sledgehammer, which is the same as the snark. And of course much like many videos on UA-cam this is making a claim without any comparisons or anything like that. I'm not saying this guy is a liar, but it's hard to argue with the buying power of everyone who plays, and my anecdotal experiences. I just don't see how snark would become so big without having some sort of Apple marketing campaign. Also at my local music store all the employees just tune ukuleles and guitars with the snark stuff, then recommend them as tuners, even when there's plenty more options that would make the store more money. Is there some sort of conspiracy afoot?
i agree that it is hard to argue with your anecdotal experiences 3 months later
Agreed. If you know how to play guitar and you know your guitar... the accuracy of a tuner will get you to where you need to be and you'll make the adjustments from your ear... I'm considering buying this guys' recommendation but I've had 2 snarks in the past... lost them via moving multiple time... the snark is a helpful tool to get me where I need to be to sound good on my 50 year old acoustic. Always loved them.
Thanks for shedding light. I bought the blue snark for my son whose been playing acoustic for 10+ years. The very first snark tuner we bought worked fine, but this new one ( for some reason the new one doesn't have the 2 black triangular buttons on back.... not that I know what those buttons did) tunes inaccurately. He's actually been tuning by ear & asked me to take it back & return it. I'm still confused how the 10 year old snark performed better? Also would help if you explain what the strobe mode is. Just a mom who wants to get it right.
Ya, i have 4 differnt color snark tuners, and 4 fender and gibson guitars
none of the tuners are the same note, i have to use the same tuner on all my guitars or they are out of tune with each other.
no way to adjus stupid Snark thing to an standard open "E" note ?
- Buy a tuning fork in "E" and learn to tune up by ear, much better.
I WILL MAKE THE SWITCH! Thanks for the vid 🎸
Let me know how you like it! If you think it sucks i will Venmo you straight up.
Every Snark I've ever had breaks for no apparent reason. It's like one day they just randomly stop turning on, then you get a new battery and they still don't turn on, and that's just the end of them. They're unreliable and they also aren't accurate when they are functioning.
I also love the delta lab headstock tuner. $30 at guitar center and it’s so much better than the snarks
That’s looks sick actually! The metronome tuner combo is a great idea. 1 very accuracy is p standard for a headstock tuner, prob 3x better than Snark per estimates
I have the Peterson Strobe clip on and a couple of chargeable Snarks. I use the Peterson exclusively. Nuff said.
The Peterson is great!! I love it, at that price point though and the way I lose stuff I wouldn’t take it out of my house haha but someone more responsible than I, definitely an incredibly good option.
dude you drop more F bombs then a trucker relax , any how the best snark is the new super snark in red i also have other snarks as well and my favoriet is the super snark i would agree if the sunlight is hittingthe tuner then yup its hard to read but you can also if you can at least get your low E intune then you can harmoic tune the rest or you can 5th fret or you can learn to tune buy ear. snarks average 23.99 cnd so not really cheap. but not expeisive there are alof of bad tuners out there and snark when thehy first came out were not that great but over time they have become the hottest selling tuner on the maket and they work great so your ideas that they dont or cant tune a guitar prooperly is total HS most tuners infact have a hardtime in direct sunlight strobe tuners are great for setting intonation but other wise i have no other use for them , i play out door gigs and yes its hard to tune witha snark it the sun so are many others when sun is hitting the display but like i said get the E in and your golden. your video sounds more like a sponsered video but at the same time you show a huge lack of matureity with all the F bombs, if you dont like a product thats fine but you also need to prove your right and you failed in this video to prove to me and others that your right about your statements have a great day.
I completely agree with you and your comment has soothed me into both relaxing AND buying more snark tuners. Thanks!
I bought a Super Snark about a month ago (different models).
I find that it is not very accurate. The increments in the flat/sharp lights are too general. It is best when tuning just one string, for example, the e string. Then tuning the rest of the strings to that E.
You are correct in that it is not very accurate. They do not publish accuracy ratings. It’s good for a stocking stuffer or as a prop in a college dorm but to actually tune your guitar it just sucks
So, I just got the Korg in the mail. The aaa battery IS a big selling point. That said, I DO like the brightness, and it seems accurate. But it does have the same problems all headstock tuners seem to have. that is, it kinda jumps around regarding the readings. I got the "100" model with the tapered knobs and the aaa battery. So far I really like it.
In the sledgehammer custom 100? I haven’t had it jump around personally but I do know that situation and it sucks. Glad to hear the rest is working out! I randomly happened upon a USB C rechargeable Korg somebody left at my studio and I’ve been using that as well lately and that’s been cool! Just for home use
I had a snark tuner that stopped working after a few days. It did drop on the concrete. I left that part out though when I sent it in for warranty.
THis is good therapy. I have a half dozen broken snarks. THEY SUCK. I've never heard anyone ever say anything bad and it burns me up. THANK YOU.
Consider this a support group. I’m glad this helped!
IDK why but I trust this guy, almost bought one. What about the TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Noir ?
For a mini pedal tuner hands down I would go with the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner. It is affordable and it is the most accurate tuner, true bypass, small footprint. It’s like as accurate as a Peterson. When the Polytune came out it was pretty crazy and understandably everyone was stoked on the technology, but because you can tune every string at once you trade in some accuracy. I think they’re alright and I’d take them over a KORG Pitchblack in terms of durability. But turbo tuner all the way!
@@ShreducationNation I somehow just now got the message you had replied. Crazy. I still haven't bought a new tuner lol So this info should help me choose. I appreciate it.
how about the Boss Tu3? my local shop has a used one for $69 (nice) and it looks brand new
TU3 is great and that’s a great price! Pun both intended and not. Pedal tuner is almost always preferable for electric but a lot of times clips will work better for acoustics live
My top rec is the Sonic Research turbo tuner mini, strobe tuner that’s super accurate and not expensive, but can’t beat that price on a Tu 3
Oh crap---I just bought a Snark Air! Are they any good?
Haven’t used one IRL but they do look nicer for sure. How is it?
@@ShreducationNation It seems to work fine for my needs, so I like it.
And how about when they simply refuse to pick up your note and you end up having to ask your bandmate to give you a pitch
I've had 5 snark tuners. I've finally given up on them. The readout on one was so dim that it was hard to read INDOORS, even with a new battery. Another simply would not accurately tune. I was hopelessly out of tune with the band and had to give up and tune to the piano on one string and use harmonics for the rest. And yes, it was in 440 mode.
But the bottom line is that once I stopped seeing them as the gold standard I realized they simply were not that good. I'm on my computer right now because I'm looking for another tuner. One that may actually work.
Your comment could have been easily written by me with the same experiences albeit with just 4 snark tuners. I'm also looking for another brand tuner during the thanksgiving holidays and hopefully get one during the black Friday sales.
i'm sold but sweetwater is sold *out*. where do i get one of these bad boys?
Always gotta give first dibs to the boys in Fort Wayne (much props to my guy Justin Sunday) but you can actually get em off Amazon prime shipping I’m p sure. And if you hate it you can return it back to a Kohls within 60 days without the box. Everyone wins.
Thank you for addressing the sunlight issue! The Snark is completely worthless outside!
Yeah god forbid you would need to use a product during the daytime.
Bought a Korg GA-30 in the early 00s and still works like a champ!
Korg is top dog in this game I hate to say but credit where it’s due I own 0 other Korg products.
@@ShreducationNation I was just flexin but I do want the Korg hotness you've got! Thanks for the content man, here and IG!
the clip part of my black snark broke. the joint part of my red snark broke. the silver one works, for now. I might never buy another snark clip tuner again
I am sorry for your loss. Truly. But I do look forward to the bright future that awaits you ahead.
My Snark is junk, never held tune.....apparently it's a common issue......I had a $20 Samson that was Amazing!...but ate batteries kinda fast, so I figured I would try something else. Little did I know holding tune was an issue for some tuners, Lol, that's crazy.....like that's the ONE job you have to do.
My snark is a superglue ship of Theseus at this point.
Hahaha
Korg tuners rock I still use one of them from like 2000
Hell yeah! I think everyone has one of the silver hand held korgs in their basement
I use a Korg GA-1 my mom got me one with my first guitar I’m on my 2nd one now and I’ve been playing for 25 years
Something’s never get old
When ever I see a guitar at someone’s house; “bitch, you got a snark?”
Haha yeah it says a lot. Every studio i walk into though guys got 3 snarks posted up on 4000 dollar guitars.
@@ShreducationNation it is like the ugliest thing to put on a guitar.
ive been using a snark pedal tuner for the past 8 years
Is that like Van Wilder not leaving college
I missed everything after the min keyboard blower a Hahahaha
It’s actually just a huge huge keyboard
O have snark st8 titanium ot work fine and accuracy is fine.
Ive had other tuners
I find snark do the job.
you are beautiful
brilliant
🙏🏻 thank you
I'll get one just because it uses a AA battery instead of those flat tiny ones that it hate su much it drives me crazy.
Yeah not a bad reason! A lot of companies are doing USB rechargeable finally
@@ShreducationNation According to amazon, this doesn't use an AA battery. Interestingly, a lot of folks also complained about breaking the door for the pancake battery it DOES use. I saw a picture of the battery door. It's a pancake battery door.
Edit: I went to the Korg site and it turns out the Custom 100 DOES use a triple A battery. That pushed me over the top as well. And it's only 23 bucks at amazon. Arrives tomorrow.
I just hope this can handle my five string basses. My cheater mode is to fret the fifth fret on the B to get "E". Frankly, I think it makes the tuning of the B more accurate for the way I use the string anyway...
I still have one "working" snark, but I leave that in the case with one of my backup basses.
hmmm...seems to work fine for me. Guess I'm just a mark ass buster.
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There fine , nice tunners .
my snark is completely inaccurate, i hate the thing, when i buy new tuning machines i'll buy a new tuner
I think this is a good decision. What tuning machines are you going with?
@@ShreducationNation some Rubner ones
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try not to use the f word - i think you used it +25 times
Thanks for telling it like it is ;( didn’t realize this until you brought it up. I will do better
Yup , younger people today cant talk with out say F 25 times in one minute .
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@@ShreducationNation I was going to mention that saying "fuck" repeatedly makes you seem ignorant, but upon further consideration, I don't think that's entirely the case.
@UCaFJycHiJP%F0%9F%98%80-wv1t4FSUTiXA i think there are a lot of other examples that make me seem ignorant. Bonus points if you can find those!
Agreed! Snark is junk! Break and don’t tune accurately. Peterson has a badass tuner.
If we’re talking just clips the stroboclip is incredible and I do own one but these Korgs have the same accuracy at less than half the price. For pedal tuners I love the Peterson strobostomp but again, Sonic research Turbo Tuner gets you same strobe tuning accuracy in a way smaller chassis for around $109
My grammy loved Marty Jannetty
Your Grammy is the shiznit
just bought one- so fucking done with snark
Sick! Let me know how you like it. My two Korgs are still holdin strong
The Pro is $10 more than the custom 100.
My super tight is falling apart as the plastic has gone brittle.
sounds about right!
No hate. But 30 dollars is more than my family earns in more than 2 days of working. Both mother and father. So I am just gonna go with 5 dollar tuner from Indian Amazon.😅
Jeff Beck came into my dream last night and said that used a F**ng SNARK. I kinda believe him.
Wouldn’t matter he just whammy bars everything into tune anywayb
I am a shitty guitar player but I can redeem myself by stating I have never owned one these allegedly POS tuners!😆
That immediately gets you a brown belt in guitar
@@ShreducationNation that’s good seeing as I now hone my skills on a 1996 Silver Sparkle that has been modded into the Gibson Hall of Fame!! Ohhhh yeah, black belt here I come!!
1:50 No 432Hz? Not for me.
They’re missing on that one
My 12 year old snark got (gods honest truth) eaten by my dogs (plural) yesterday and im reluctant to get a new one.
I just get the cheap shitty Aroma tuners off of Ebay. They work and they are cheap so I don't give a fuck when some asshole steals one or one breaks or I lose one ect....
Damn those are really cheap. Maybe you do have the right idea.
@@ShreducationNation Bro... I think of clip on tuners like cigarette lighters; They are just going to disappear so why give a shit?
If you are having problems tuning in the sun... Tune in the shade before the gig or during breaks, If the guitar can't stay in tune for a set then that's a whole other issue.
A good idea is to purposely tune new string high to stretch them before a gig. If that doesn't work, get better tuner pegs.
If that doesn't work throw the fucking guitar in the trash or donate it to an Ethiopian.
😢 converting to my country's currency is like 100 moneys .....
Bought one earlier today and the thing is gay ass. Look forward to returning on Monday 😖
Buy your fish a real tank
Sorry, dude, but I've had a Snark for the past 3 years and it works just fine. Maybe you're using yours wrong.
i agree, i must have 4 snark tuners..
and none of them are the same tune the same pitch.. save your money
Tune up by ear ! (spend small money on a "E" tuning fork.)
junk.
MY sUPER sNARK TUNER IS THE WORST TUNER IVE EVER OWNED. i wasnt noticing the accuracy i am pu off by the fact it has such a slow responce i must deadedn the string and pluck anew each time i make an adjustment n . I hate it!
we are speaking the same language my guy, couldn't have said it better 🙌
Ralphs?
its a uhhh, market chain in the USA
Snarky 🥶
Snark tuners are not that bad... So many musicians can tell the same...
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That's a lot of f-words around not much content...Americans....
Snarks are fine for what they are made for(!!): Inexpensive yet usable tools for practising and small live situations. If one gets lost or stolen, I couldn't care less. I've got a couple of them kicking around in my apartment and rehearsal space because I'm lazy and wouldn't accurately tune at all if I had to fetch it from another room. I don't know about the older models, but I never had a problem with mine in sunlight. I once had an older version and the only issue I had was with the low B string on my bass. The newer super tight - no issues! Are they tools for using for a studio recording? Definitely NO! But seriously I'd rather buy each of my bandmates a cheap snark than hearing them play with their instruments tuned half-arsed by ear! Also pleas note: The guitar is an imperfect instrument when it comes to tuning, like most musical instruments, especially wind/brass. As long as you're not in a studio situation with double-tracking (in this case PLEASE tune with a proper plugin and do that before every take), don't go crazy on +- fractions of a cent. All the people (and that's most of you!) who pick lightly while tuning and then hit those strings like a champ when playing: This will screw up the effective tuning more than any snark on the whole messed up planet.
Way too much cursing for me to watch your video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You are wrong Snark products are good and you need to stop swearing
Ok will do daddy
2 questions: 1. Stop swearing. 2. Stop sweating. Dude, get some AC.
1 suggestion: start using question marks (?)
@@ShreducationNation You passed the test! - Very perceptive on your part.
Would be cool if you didn't drop F bombs every 5 seconds.
oh word?
What the fuck is an F bomb?
@@jacobbourgeois398Weapons of choice used during low class warfare. Often used during arguments by woke people.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Yes, it is very annoying. I really hope he is just playing a character. But probably not. When people try to use profanity like the word “fuck” too much they usually use it very awkwardly and it sounds pretentious.
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Not sure that’s gonna help with guitar tuning
@@ShreducationNation can’t hurt
Never had any issues with Snark tuners. To each their own.
I use intellitouch, works really well, bought it for $30 US but I'm sure its higher now.