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Your cart is empty.Designed specifically for banjos, the chromatic NS Micro Banjo Tuner blends with the instrument’s aesthetics for discreet tuning. The non-marring hoop mounting bracket allows for stress-free installation. The highly sensitive piezo transducer senses vibrations directly from the instrument for fast and accurate tuning response. The bright, multi-color display allows for easy viewing in any environment, and the tuner does not require removal when the instrument is stored. It’s so small, convenient, and accurate, you’ll want one for every banjo you own! D’Addario electronic tuners are designed by musicians for musicians featuring intuitive features, easy to read display's, and exceptional tuning accuracy.
Christopher Bart
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2024
I've played a Gibson Mastertone professionally for decades. This is a great little gadget, and it is so nice to have it perched right there in fornt of me so I can touch up my tuning as needed without attracting attention onstage. The display is small and therefore not as noticeable as others, but I feel the tradeoff is worth it. Be sure to mount it as directed to get maximum pickup from the instrument. To mount, just loosen a couple of tension hooks, mount and re-tighten.
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2024
This is a really useful tool.
SF
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2023
After reading the reviews I was apprehensive thinking it may not fit. Many say they broke it trying to install. I thought the whole thing went under the brackets for the head. I found it fit perfectly on top of one and under two. There is enough flex for this fit. My brackets are 1.5 inches apart. In the first photo notice the half-circle opening at the bottom of the strap. That goes over one bracket the other two fit under the corresponding brackets. To install slide one side of the strap completely under the front bracket, then press down on the back of the bracket, so it will slide under the third bracket, while sliding the entire piece towards that third bracket.To make this easy to see you can remove the actual tuner from the bracket just slide it forward and it will come off. If you look at the underside of the tuner you will see a large and small hole on the strap. the tuner has a small knob on it. the knop fits into the large hole and slides to the smaller hole to keep it secure.Some have issues with instructions on the tuner's use. I found it very intuitive. once installed turn it on and pluck a string the tuner will respond with a note and some lines on either side of the note. tune to the point that the note you want has a small blue line on either side of the note. It seemed touchy on my banjo that is the best I could tune.
Felipe Loza
Reviewed in Mexico on December 18, 2023
Batallé un poco para que ajustara porque tiene que tener un numero alto de tensores, pero le pegué unas extensiones de plástico a las patas y santo remedio.
José ramon
Reviewed in Spain on January 13, 2022
Me gusta ,por su precisión,y tamaño
Desare`
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2021
Buy it. You will not regret it. Great value, money well spent. It's accurate, super easy to read, set up and use. The bracket hooks on my banjo are decently spaced. Mounting this gem is just about tension. I sid it under one bracket and over another. 0 problems. Easy to install and or remove. It doesn't get in the way at all so I just leave it. Fantastic little thing, so happy with it!
James B. Marsh
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2019
The best thing about this tuner design is that it can be permanently parked in a convenient spot on almost any banjo. It is really convenient that I don't need to track down the tuner and clamp it on somewhere every time I get the instrument out of the case. "Almost any" is a key point here and the only reason it gets four stars instead of five. If the typical bracket hooks on the average banjo are only a couple of inches apart the plastic arms on this unit will slip under a pair of adjacent ones. The tuner can slide back and forth a short distance but will then stay in place. I did find it would not work on one of my instruments with fewer brackets which are further apart because one or the other of the arms was always slipping out from under its bracket. I intend to improvise a way to extend one of them so I can use one of these on that instrument but I'd rather see the manufacturer make them maybe twice as long with break lines cast into them. That way they could be customized to fit instruments with different bracket spacing. Otherwise, this is an excellent unobtrusive, accurate and sensitive tuner.
Csc
Reviewed in France on January 31, 2019
Juste pour demander si les personnes qui ont inventés cet objet ont déjà vu un banjo.Le tige est trop courteC est impossible de le placer entre les tirants
Don
Reviewed in Canada on November 29, 2018
It would not pick up the b string from the top of the banjo if I put it on the bottom it worked but was to small to see defeated the whole purpose of getting it tried to contact the maker by e mail they did not respond if they don't care about their products why should I I returned it to amazon
J. Walker
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2017
I just received this from Amazon and I have been experimenting with it on my Deering Goodtime banjo. It does fit in the hoop brackets and it does work. The deficiency is that although it can rotate just fine it cannot tilt. This means I cannot tilt it to get a direct look at the face of the tuner without tilting the banjo neck down. Not a killer issue, just that it is not as convenient to view as it could have been, if it had been designed to rotate AND tilt.I then fastened an ordinary NS and a Snark S-1 (the small Son of Snark tuner) to the headstock for comparison tunings. I had all three on at the same time. The banjo tuner was slower getting the tuning information displayed. Since the ordinary NS and this banjo tuner use the same head, I reason that the bracket is not receiving/passing the vibrations as strongly as the same device on the headstock. Note that the two tuners on the head always agreed on the tuning. The banjo tuner was often different, sometimes showing showing a different key. (Dunno why?) The Snark S-1 was the fastest to show the tuning and with the bigger and color display was by far quicker and easiest to read.In summary it is kind of cool, being designed for a banjo. I will keep it on my banjo and maybe I will grow to love it. Until then I will be using the Snark S-1 (aka Son of Snark) on the head of the banjo, for it's easy to read face, as my primary tuner. The NS tuner on the head is still an excellent tuner. I will keep it as a backup for the Snark. S-1. It takes almost no space at all in my case.
Rod Casey
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2016
First of all I'd like to congratulate Ned Steinberger for taking the time to design a tuner just for the banjo. Great idea and long over due. I was excited to get a tuner made just for the banjo. So, I took it out of the box checked it out and then tried to decide where on my banjo was the best place to put it. I finally decided on a position, after trying several, then when I looked at the box it came in again I noticed that I had placed it in the same position of the picture on the front of the box. Duh! As far as I can tell it works just fine. I have had no problems with it. I have even used the metronome which again was a great idea. It's obviously a benefit to be able to replace the battery from the back instead of having to take it off and replace the battery underneath somehow. Because the tuner is placed directly on a tension rod I believe that it picks up good vibrations from the head and rim which is another benefit. Also, as stated in the instructions, you do not have to remove it to put it in the case. In fact, the banjo strap does not touch it. I bought one for each of my three banjos and have just forgotten having to worry about a tuner. I just hope I remember to have a supply of extra batteries. Lastly, I gave the tuner a five star rating because I've had no problems with it so far. Again, a great idea for a banjo.
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