SandChannel
Well-known member
Hi there, everyone.
I have a Peterson clip-on tuner that I use for my acoustic instruments and it does a great job on my guitars and ukulele. I just got a banjolele and it uses a movable banjo bridge. I have no problem tuning the instrument with open notes... but the Peterson doesn't do a very good job of picking up vibrations of a fretted note at the 12th fret. Maybe because it is such a short scale instrument. This makes setting the intonation a little wonky because I am moving the bridge by ear as opposed to a tuner.
Any ideas on a tuner that might do a better job? Should I try something other than a clip-on tuner for this purpose?
I have a Peterson clip-on tuner that I use for my acoustic instruments and it does a great job on my guitars and ukulele. I just got a banjolele and it uses a movable banjo bridge. I have no problem tuning the instrument with open notes... but the Peterson doesn't do a very good job of picking up vibrations of a fretted note at the 12th fret. Maybe because it is such a short scale instrument. This makes setting the intonation a little wonky because I am moving the bridge by ear as opposed to a tuner.
Any ideas on a tuner that might do a better job? Should I try something other than a clip-on tuner for this purpose?