All user reviews for the TC Electronic PolyTune

True bypass pedal, battery powered (not included) or power supply boss type 9V.


How long have you use it?

Few months, he is attached to my pedalboard and is not about to leave! Used at home, and again in concert: it's basic and it works nickel.


Have you tried many other models before buying it?

I previously used a small Korg tuner, but my experience stops there ...


What is the particular feature you like best and least?

The tuner is very accurate in standard mode. It seems to me less effective PolyTune mode (you scratch all the strings at the same time and the screen displays the correctness of each), but it's a way a little "gadget" anyway. It can help to limit quickly view if you have a really rope to the street, but it does not go away in my opinion. A small button will also set the tuning used by default (useful if you play drop, for example).

A stupid but is also handy with a tuner pedal format trick: pressing the switch mute on and the guitar is quite useful on stage!

The screen offers good visibility.

Another practical detail: it is possible to supply a second 9V pedal via the PolyTune.


How would you rate the quality / price?

Very good for a robust specific product (it has its importance when the scene is invested by slamment guys with their beer), well finished, super fun to use.


With experience, you do again this choice?

No problem!

buy a few weeks ago on the German site well known. I hesitated with the Boss TU3 which refers in this matter, and I'm not disappointed with my choice. Matter of taste, but I find the display PolyTune nicer, more readable.

for the operation, nothing complicated, one branch is scratched, it gives ... basically.
The guitar and bass PolyTune accept (configurable on the pedal mode), as well as tuning in drop .... in short, there is a consensus as you want.

The special feature of this pedal is to bring in more than one color mode, the "PolyTune". Note that you can scratch your 6 strings at the same time, the pedal recognizes each string and the display shows the height of 6 strings in a single view!
In practice, nothing to do, the pedal does everything alone. The only small criticism I bring the PolyTune, it would lack (a bit) precision in this fashion:
I did the test, after having granted rope rope my guitar (really close milimetre), when I play the six strings, the pedal tells me on two or three strings that the accuracy is not nickel, but a bit above or below the tone. Really not much, but had to find a criticism this, then here is: to quibble a bit, the precision poly tuning is not a 100% on top (and I repeat, very little difference anyway )
Add to this that the intensity of the display is set automatically according to the ambient brightness (practice), nice look, and the sound is muted when you snap (not bad when there is agreement on scene ...) and you must get the tuning!
very happy with my choice, this pedal responds to the expectations you can have (I think)
a choice I do it again without hesitation.
To note I did not put the 10/10 just because of this very, very slight lack of precision in PolyTune fashion ..... but it really is to look for the little beast

Polyphonic tuner pedal size, equipped with a true bypass.
I use it for 2 years now, and especially repeat concert where you can not afford to go to unplug agree!
The screen is visible. The polyphonic mode (which was a little innovation and encouraged a lot of people to buy on the spot anyway ...) can be useful to see at a glance if you are not well tuned ( although if you use its leaves, you know that we are out of tune ...), but the accuracy is not great I think.
Even in normal mode (single rope), I find it better but nothing more. In comparison my little Korg AW-2G clip and my old Seiko over 10 years of age are more accurate. Yet I plug just after the guitar at the beginning of the chain. At the same time, the system of red and green dots that light + / - next one is very far or not the note is necessarily less accurate than a good hand, even digital, which come one aim sweet spot in the center of the beach ... so Logic.
Question bypass the other hand, RAS. I find that the pedal affects my sound, this is a good point.
Luckily for me I have guitars that take good agreement, so I'm using it more for sure if it is connected ... but often I do not need.
I do not know if I will ever ... Since this choice, a mini version came out, and I read here and there it seems more accurate ... I think if I had to change I will look closely Korg Pitchblack example, which apparently has a very good reputation ...
Not a bad product per se, but not enough successful. Can do better especially when you see that knows how TC (Nova etc ...).

I used it for eight months. I had a Boss TU-3 before but I opted for the Tc PolyTune because it is true bypass. PolyTune mode works very well on a guitar, a little less on a low, there is more opportunity to get a good variety of tunings to set the mode to PolyTune its tuning. An output power supply allows the use of PolyTune to redistribute the power supply current that is connected and a special entrance connects the animal to a computer to load tunings in the pedal from TC electronic site (pedal toneprint ). I was using did not have all these features, I was using the pedal in color mode. Rolls Royce of tuning, we would have liked a screen look a bit beefier and I'm not a fan of the LED display, but ...

The price / quality ratio is good, I opted for the mini because it is true bypass, take up less space on my small board and not lose the characteristics of its big sister that I was using did not.