PitchHawk is the latest clip-on Tuner from Korg, featuring a newly developed clip and high-contrast bright LCD display. This full featured tuner features improved hardware and electronics, it is available for guitar, bass and ukulele. This new flagship clip-on tuner from Korg comes in a sleek and compact form factor, and features a uniquely designed clip that provides a firm grip without damaging your precious instrument. While attached to the headstock of your instrument, you can freely adjust the viewing angle thanks to its movable arm and ball joint design. One of the main issues that guitarists have with tuners is visibility. Korg addresses this problem with a new type of display that provides improved brightness and contrast from any viewing angle. The display is also designed to work both in-doors and outdoors, be it on a dark stage or under a bright noon sky. This means that you won’t have to second guess your tuning when you’re performing, or preparing to perform. The improved LCD also feature a visual interface that is easy to follow and understand. The same goes with the front panel buttons, which gives you access to all the features and parameters. As expected from Korg,

Kinsman welcomes three new clip-on tuners, featuring bright blue backlit LCD displays that turn green when in tune. Kinsman KAC202 Tuner Capo Since clip-on tuners grip the guitar in the same way that capos do, why not combine the two together into one multi-purpose tool? The KAC202 Tuner Capo is just that, bringing the functionality of two vital tools – a capo and a tuner – in one compact unit. In this modern age were convenience impacts the quality of your music, the KAC202 will make a big difference in terms of budget and space because you are carrying one less gear. This tuner/capo contraption comes with an ergonomic chrome clamp that is designed to provide years of reliable use without damaging your instrument. The built-in tuner also uses the clamp to capture the vibration of your guitar strings, giving you accurate tuning. It features a bright blue backlit display that turns green when the strings are in tune. Aside from guitars, it can be used to tune various string instruments like the bass, ukulele and violin. This fun multi-purpose gear is priced at £16.99. Kinsman KAC201 Touch Screen Chromatic Tuner This tuner is designed especially for the smartphone generation,

Korg unveils Rimpitch, a unique acoustic guitar tuner that clips to the bottom rim of the sound hole. Related Feature:Korg PitchHawk Clip-On Tuner The tuner’s discrete placement solves the viewing angle and convenience issues of clip-type tuners. It aligns with your natural viewing angle and it will not get in the way when you store your guitar. In this age, convenience is of utmost importance, driving manufacturers like Korg to continue to push the boundaries of guitar gear usability. Even the seemingly straightforward and already effective compact clip-on tuner is not safe from innovation – with some guitar players complaining that tuners attached to the headstock can be annoying and too distant from the eye. Korg removes these minor annoyances by designing a tuner that discretely clips to a position where guitar players naturally look at, which is the sound hole. Rimpitch is a round shaped clip-on tuner that attaches to the lower rim of the sound hole, providing a convenient viewing angle when tuning. Adding to its natural line of sight position is the high-brightness LED interface, ensuring that you can see the tuning meter and string name indicator properly regardless of lighting conditions. The same piezo pickup technology

Korg expands their clip-on tuner line with the new PitchCrow-G, featuring improved accuracy, full color lcd display and longer battery life. Related Feature:Korg Rimpitch Soundhole Tuner This clip-on tuner is meant to handle both guitar and bass, with switchable dedicated modes for the two instruments that are designed to be easy to use even for beginners. While the interface is intuitive and newbie friendly, the tuning capability of PitchCrow-G is meant to satisfy professional studio requirements, with tuning accuracy of up to ±0.1 cents. While tuning in Guitar or Bass mode, the string number is shown beside the note name, making it easy to tune even for beginners. This improved accuracy allows for quick and convenient tuning for any situation, easy enough for students to use during practice and lessons, and accurate enough for professionals to use in the studio. It even come with a “first string over winding warning” in the display, which will make you aware if you are stressing the first string too much to avoid unwanted breakage. This means that you won’t have to worry about surprise string breakage when tuning or replacing your 1st string. On top of its improved interface and tuning accuracy, the

The NS Micro Tuner from D’Addario Planet Waves made “waves” at the recent NAMM Show, bagging a Best In “Show Award” in the Best Accessories & Add-Ons category. Gibson Min-ETune:Automatic Mechanical Tuners The clip-on tuner is lightweight and very small, discretely attaching to the headstock of your guitar to get the job done without distracting you and your audience. To create this compact tuner, D’Addario sought the help of Ned Steinberger, known for his ergonomic, compact and innovative instruments. The result of their collaboration is a fully functional clip-on tuner that is visible to the player but hidden from the view of the audience. In contrast with the tuner’s small size, the NS Micro packs in a lot of features. It piezo sensor system provides accurate tuning while the improved software offers faster note recognition when compared to previous generation tuners. The small tuner also has an expanded calibration range, which allows it to work with a variety of tuning and musical instruments. It works well with electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars, as well as other stringed instruments like mandolins, ukuleles, banjos and upright basses. The small but efficient display works well in both lighted and dark-lit stages. It

D’Addario introduces the NS Micro Soundhole Tuner, a soundhole-mounted variant of their popular ultra-compact tuner. Related Feature:D’Addario NS Micro Tuner Like the NS Micro Tuner, this version is designed to be as discreet as possible while ensuring that you see the screen properly and it reflects the right notes accurately. The main difference being its clip, which is specially designed to mount on the inside of a soundhole. The original NS Micro Tuner is designed to simply clip on the back of headstocks, so it works with various types of instruments. This new release is designed specifically for acoustic instruments with soundholes, including the ukulele, parlor guitars, acoustic guitars and the like. The company says that the NS Micro Soundhole Tuner is their most discrete tuner yet, which is true because only the guitarist playing the guitar will see the very small tuner itself, unlike the original where people on the back side will see it on the back of the headstock. However, there is a protruding clip on the soundhole, which although small is still quite visible, so it’s not really 100% discrete. To be honest, I’d still prefer the original design because it can work with more instruments,

Radial Engineering announces the availability of the JDI Stereo direct box, a Jensen transformer equipped passive DI. Related Feature:The Best DI Boxes @ Gearank.com This new direct box follows after the popular Radial JDI, only this one is designed to better handle stereo sources while maintaining a compact form factor. The new Radial JDI Stereo is a passive DI box that utilizes Jensen transformers, designed to improve transparency and handling of transients, the end result being better replication of the behavior of vintage gear. It follows the design of their popular JDI direct box, which continues to be among the most sought after and well received passive DI boxes in the market. With it’s stereo capabilities and compact form factor, the JDI Stereo as a step up for those that use stereo signals. They are so confident of the JDI Stereo that the company declares it to be “the world’s finest passive direct box.” The connectivity options of the new Radial JDI Stereo includes input and thru-put ¼” connectors plus a -15dB input pad on each channel. These connectors are complemented by a ground lift switch that lifts pin-1 on the two XLR outputs to better reduce hum and buzz

Tone King introduce the Ironman II Mini, a compact power attenuator in pedal form, for amplifiers rated 30W or less. Related Feature:Best Guitar Amp Attenuators This stand-alone power attenuator is described as precision reactive, designed using proprietary technology that maintains the natural tone characteristics of a cranked amp at lower volume levels. Even if you wanted to, the reality of life prevents you from cranking up your amp, so in many cases, you have to practice with uninspiring low volume tone. Power attenuators are designed to solve this problem, letting you get full-on tones at neighborhood friendly levels. Tone King’s Ironman II Mini, does just that, designed for small to medium sized amplifiers rated 30W and below. Conventional power attenuator designs use basic resistive loads to simply lower the volume of the audio output coming to the speaker. However, the Ironman II Mini has a different design in that it has tuned reactive load mirrors which mimic the impedance curve of real speakers, resulting in a more natural tone. And interestingly, they were able to fit both the resistive and reactive loads into a compact and portable floorpedal unit that is 5 lbs light. To further enhance the tone consistency