TC Electronic PolyTune Pedal Tuner
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Learn About The TC Electronic PolyTune In This Gear Review!
| Overview |
TC Electronic is known for their high quality products and lush guitar effects. When I found out that they were coming out with a pedal tuner I was very excited. I have owned, or at least used, just about every pedal tuner on the market, so I wanted to see what special features TC Electronic would come up with in answer to legendary tuner pedals like the Boss TU-2.
The PolyTune is a great quality pedal tuner but it doesn’t stop there. The “PolyTune” mode lets you strum all of the strings at once to quickly see which strings are in or out of tune. Very handy for playing live and very cool! In this gear review we will look at the features, pros, cons, and an overall rating for the PolyTune pedal tuner.
| Price - 9/10 |
TC Electronic gear can be kind of pricy, so I was expecting the PolyTune to be over $100. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that it was only $99.99. That’s a pretty standard price for a great pedal tuner.
| Build Quality - 10/10 |
The build quality of TC Electronic gear, in general, is usually very good. The PolyTune is no exception, but there are some things about it that were unexpected and very refreshing. First of all it is very light. When I took the Poly Tune out of the box it was so light that I though “oh it must not come with a battery’, but I was wrong. I looked inside, took the battery out, and was amazed at how light the pedal was. The PolyTone is relatively small for a pedal tuner too.
No one likes to lug around a heavy pedalboard, and no one likes to have one pedal that takes up tons of space on their pedal layout. The PolyTune is great for keeping your pedalboard weight down and it doesn’t take up much space either.
| Features - 8.5/10 |
• Powers multiple pedals via optional daisy chain
• Chromatic or Poly Tune modes
• Needle or Stream modes
• Tunes guitar or bass
• Light-weight and small
• True bypass
• Bright LED display
• Ambilight sensor for auto-adjustment of LED brightness (saves battery life)
• Ability to calibrate pitch of PolyTune function for downtuning
• Mounting Velcro included
| Ease of Use - 9/10 |
This pedal tuner is pretty straightforward and simple. Just plug in and play one note to tune chromatically, or strum all of the strings open to enter PolyTune mode and tune all of the strings at once.
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| Pros |
• Light-weight and small
• Great TC Electronic quality
• Bright display
• Tunes guitar or bass
• Great for playing live
• True bypass
• Descent price for TC Electronic gear
| Cons |
• No power supply included
• No bypass output
| Overall Rating - 9.1/10 |
I expected to be very impressed with this tuner pedal and the PolyTune did not disappoint. TC Electronic delivers an accurate, high-tech, reasonably priced pedal tuner in a light-weight package.
I was a little disappointed that the PolyTune did not have a bypass output because I use that feature a lot when I record. That was pretty much the only negative thing that I could find with this little guy.
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