If there’s one line of pedal tuners that’s really
beginning to threaten Boss’s market dominance,
it’s the Polytune series from Denmark’s TC
Electronic. TC’s original Polytune was met
with immediate acclaim due to its superior
compactness, ease of use, tuning accuracy, and
strikingly innovative feature set. The company
has wisely capitalized on this success by
expanding and en hancing the Polytune line with
mini versions, clip-on versions, and an improved
version of the original Polytune, the Polytune
2. The line’s biggest game-changer was the
polyphonic tuning mode, which was the first of
its kind in the world, allowing the player to tune
all six strings at once with a single strum. This
feature makes on-stage tuning tweaks super
fast and easy, especially when you’re not quite
sure which string or strings have gone out of
whack. In addition, the Polytune 2 features up
to +/-0.1 cent accuracy in strobe tuning mode,
a wicked bright LED with auto-dimming, and
true bypass switching for truly transparent
functioning. It also features the crucial silent
tuning, Drop D and capo tuning modes, and a
power output for supplying electrical juice to
your other pedals. Combine these features with
a sub-100 dollar street price, and the Polytune
2 is pretty tough to beat.
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