TC Electronic has always been an innovator in their guitar effects. The quality of their effect pedals and systems, as well as the tone achieved through these effects are simply astounding. Now TC Electronic introduces its Polytune, which has essentially changed the way guitarists and bassists will tune their instruments. How can you get excited about a tuner, right? Normally tuning is just something you gotta do before you can get playing. Not really an exciting part of the gig, right? Well, think of all the annoying things about tuners, and then forget all them. TC Electronic has addressed every serious issue with tuners, and addressed them with the their Polytune. The first issue at hand is a quicker way to tune, with less fuss. With the TC Electronic Polytune, you simply strum all 6 strings, and the tuner will let you know specifically which strings need to be tuned. Astounding. No more attempting to tune individual strings while on stage, and the band is waiting to rock. The TC Electronic Polytun e reads all 6 or 4 strings and then will indicate which string is out of tune. The reference pitch can be set to your preference and ranges from 435Hz to 445Hz, which allows for amazing flexibility in terms of tunings you can use, and can allow for playing in a variety of musical settings. Go easily into dropped tunings, or open stringed tunings, without the hassle of having to pick out each individual string. Needle node is for players who like a more traditional tuner view. The stream mode measures even minute variations in pitch and instantly allows you to see any discrepancies in tuning. The tuning needle of the TC Electronic Polytune slows down as you move closer to the desired pitch, making for an ease of use not found in other tuners. Adding to these high quality features is a way to store preferences, from tuning mode to pitch preference. Just punch in your preferences once, and you’re good to go until you decide you need a different tuning mode of pitch preference. It’s that simple. The ambient light sensor of the TC Electronic Polytune is another amazing feature which matches the LED’s brightness to the surroundings of the tuner. The 17 LEDS in the TC Electronic Polytuner provides a higher resolution and superior visibility at all times. Add to all these features the compact size of this exceptional tuner, true bypass, utterly easy battery access, and the TC Electronic Polytuner is the by far the best tuner available to musicians today.
01/15/2010
