Fender FCT-2 Professional Clip-On Tuner

Fast delivery, tuner is perfect, easy to use, small enough to keep on the guitar without it being in the way.Would definitely order from this small business again! Great job, thank you

This Fender tuner is very, very accurate to start with. IT is exactly what I was looking for and it is as described. I checked the accuracy of the tuner with my other tuners and it is spot on. Easy to use, good quality, you can`t go wrong with this tuner.

Fender FCT-2, it works well with my mandolin. For those unfamiliar with mandolins, use the violin setting, both have the same tuning on the four string positions. The mandolin uses two strings tuned the same in place of one violin string position. I like that the display has enough contrast and a simple needle type scale so that I do not need reading glasses to use it. I also like that once i set the 'violin' mode, it will remember so that the next time I turn it on it is ready to go.Disclaimer: I am only a casual musician, not professional at all. I have been playing with an acoustic guitar for better than 40 years. I had an arm injury about four years ago that made the mandolin a lot less painful for me to play than a guitar. Strings are strings, I now enjoy picking on a mandolin. ;)

For context, I have limited experience playing the guitar. I dabbled a bit in college (15 years ago), but am no musician. We got my son a Loog Pro guitar for christmas (small 3-string acoustic guitar for kids) and I ordered this tuner to go with it. I assumed you would set it to Guitar mode (G) for a guitar and tried to tune it. It absolutely would not work. I was so frustrated. As I adjusted the tuning pegs in attempt to tune the guitar, the tuner consistently registered the same note, even as the pitch of the string fluctuated significantly. I only kept trying for so long because I was assumed I was doing something wrong. Eventually, I came back to Amazon and read through reviews hoping someone else had experienced this issue and written about it. (After all, how could it have such high reviews if it didn't work?!) Thanks to another reviewer, I learned that apparently it needs to be set to Chromatic (C) for an acoustic guitar. I changed the mode and the tuner instantly worked and I was easily able to tune the guitar. All of this frustration could have been prevented if there had been instructions to put it in chromatic mode for an acoustic guitar on the box or on the small piece of paper inside the box. Not everyone who purchases a tuner is already experienced enough to know something like that. So it works great, but knocking off a star for a frustrating experience that could have been prevented with some instructions.

Great design. These are fast and accurate. Bright enough display to read even outdoors in the daytime. They don't seem like to be the most sturdy but they do occasionally hit the ground and I've never had one break. The only thing not cool about these is when people leave them on when they hit the stage lol. We keep one of these in every guitar case/bag.

Fits great and Clips on well and stays in place due to the tight spring and little rubber grips. Knurling on the outside makes it easy to open clip. Plastic is thick enough to feel durable. Unassuming look on the head of the guitar. Adjustable hertz makes accuracy easy. Good value for what you are getting. Thanks Fender!

I have the small "flash" version, and am using it primarily for bass guitars.The flash version is the one to get - it doesn't require battery changes, and all you have to do is charge it with a USB cable once every few months or so (they supply the cable, too). Doesn't take long to charge.Operation is simple: attach it to the guitar head. Little rubber grippy feet and the spring action are great. Hold power button for 2 seconds to turn it on (smart move, since this thing will probably get thrown into gig bags and be knocked around, and the 2 second hold prevents accidental activation, and therefore unnecessary battery drain). Strike an open note, and you'll see it spring to life, telling you its best guess for the string you're on, and whether you're sharp or flat with a floating orange meter. When you're done, hit the power button again, or just set it down and it will shut itself off after a while. Charger is USB standard.I not only tune my basses at the open strings, but also tune them at the 12th fret (+1 octave) to make sure my saddles are properly situated, and this one does the job just fine with octave intervals as well. It also works great for my five and six string basses, and will pick up on the low B and high C just fine. Also, be sure you adequately mute all other strings when tuning, or this thing could get confused once the other string begins to resonate. Also, if your action is too low, such that you get some fret buzz on an open string, it can likewise get confused, but most bass players don't lower their action that much anyway. Just be advised if you have some fret buzz on an open string from poor saddle height, bent neck, or what have you, tuning will be difficult with this thing.Only thing that this doesn't do, at least as far as I can tell, is allow for drop tuning at the half step. So, if you wanted to tune your bass to Eb, Ab, Db, and Gb (or even at the quarter step), this little gizmo isn't all that straightforward on the display to show you just how flat or sharp you are from the root note. This is a bit of a problem for me, because I tune my fretless bass one quarter step higher than the standard tuning, so that I can fret the note just behind the fret line, like one would with a fretted neck. Maybe I just haven't figured out how to read it properly, but for the standard tunings, the signal will turn blue when you're tuned properly.Haven't tried the other instrument tuners yet (guitar, violin, etc.), but I'm sure they work just as well as this one does.Highly recommended if you hate changing batteries and want something small and effective. Five stars.

Easy to use, easy to read. Can tune multiple stringed instrument. A must have for musicians with stringed instruments. There is nothing like the joy and thrill of hearing all your strings tuned to perfect pitch and your instruments coming alive with harmonic overtones! Thanks, Fender.