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Intelli IMT500 Backlit Clip Style Tuner | 
 enlarge | Brand: Intelli
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $13.99
You Save: $25.96 (65%)
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 37
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.8
MPN: IMT-500
Model: IMT-500
UPC: 743565257747
EAN: 0743565257747
ASIN: B000LY3YFS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New #1 Selling Tuner. In Stock and Ready to Ship
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Product Description
The Intelli IMT-500 clip on chromatic tuner is designed to tune electric and acoustic guitars, basses, violins, banjos, mandolins and more without interference from ambient room noise, all without the use of wires, microphones or pickups. Tuning in noisy environments is a easy because the unique, flexible clamp actually "feels" the instrument's vibrational energy instead of relying on sound. And, the swivel allows a perfect view of the back lit display. The best part is that this amazing quality tuner costs a fraction of what other similar tuners cost.
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 Finally! Amazon offers the Intelli IMT-500 April 20, 2007
d-18v (USA)
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
The Intelli IMT-500--The tuner that killed the Intellitouch!
There are scores of chromatic tuners on the market. Most work by using a small built-in microphone that picks up sound waves. In order to be used effectively, the tuning space must be relatively quiet. Many of these tuners have input jacks that allow electric guitars to be connected directly and tuned by the electronic signal they produce. A bunch of years ago a variety of clip-on-microphones began to be marketed. The microphone could be clipped to any instrument and its cord attach to an electronic tuner. Now, anyone could tune an instrument no matter what the background noise.
Then, the Intellitouch tuner hit the market. The entire tuner clipped onto the instrument. One could tune an acoustic instrument in a noisy environment. There was no cord to deal with and the instrument could stay clipped to the headstock or quickly removed and slid into a pocket or case. Talk about convenience. Jams and festivals (bluegrass, folk, whatever) became seas of Intellitouch tuners.
Intellitouch owned the market even though there were so many situations where they did not work well. In particular, they have trouble with the bass notes of dreadnought sized guitars. The more overtones an instrument produces, the worse the tuner behaves. The bass string of a Martin rosewood dreadnought was near impossible to tune without using one of the many workarounds that owners developed. So, it was very much a love-hate relationship. The shortcomings were huge, but the convenience meant that they were tolerated.
Then, came the Intelli. It was an Intellitouch that worked, if not perfectly, then a whole lot better. The amazing thing is that the switch from Intellitouch to Intelli wasn't gradual. Within six months of its introduction, jams and festivals became seas of Intelli tuners. People were throwing their Intellitouches into drawers (if they weren't lucky enough to find a die hard holdout willing to buy one second-hand) to get the Intelli. That's a considerable investment to abandon. But, why not? The Intelli is half the price of the Intellitouch and works a whole lot better. They are so inexpensive that it's easy to justify getting one for the practice area and one for the case so that you don't have to worry about forgetting to pack it.
Anyone who will ever have to tune an acoustic instrument in a noisy environment will quickly find this tuner indispensable. And it works darn well in a quiet environment, too!
Highly recommended!
So easy, even a beginner can understand it. February 28, 2007
A. Buthod (Dallas, TX)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
1st off, I have 3 months of guitar experience. I barely know the difference between an "A" and an "E". Tuning was a pain because I havnt developed an ear for it yet. I just received the IMT-500 and its great. Just clip it on and pluck a string. It alreaady knows which string you are trying to tune. When the note is in tune, the tuner line is centered and you move on to the next string. I should have bought this when I bought the guitar. Its small, compact, and the screen lights up a bright green and easy to read. Since it works off vibration, its probably more accurate than a microphone tuner and its MUCH more accurate than when I try and match a tune off a tuning fork.
The Best Tuner I've Ever Had November 29, 2007
Lov2Snorkel
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm not a professional, just enjoy strummin' == this tuner is so easy to use! I've had it for several months now and haven't found any limitations or problems with it. It clips on the head of your guitar, uke, etc. I've used tuners that you place nearby and they pick up other sounds while you are trying to tune. The head of the Intell tuner rotates so that you can find the best angle for viewing.
Great Tuner March 21, 2008
DFree (Piscataway, NJ USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is my first digital tuner. It works great and does an excellent job tuning in a loud and noisy room with other guitars.
Some owners have complained about the tuner not accurately representing the (5th and 6th) A & E strings when tuning on an open strings. The method to overcome this problem is to us the 12th fret harmonic when tuning. I've performed this on all tuning occasions using the open cord to get close and using the 12th fret harmonic for more precise tuning. When doing this it overcomes the problem with the open cord and gives you a more accurate tune lower on the neck of the guitar.
Intelli IMT500 Tuner June 22, 2008
rballron (Albany, NY)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was very pleased to find this worked on my electric guitar in addition to my acoustic. Extremely easy to use, just clamp it on and turn it on. Tuning is excellent. This is so much easier to use than my old Korg GA30 which required you to plug your electric guitar into the tuner or hold it in front of your acoustic.
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