Intelli Imt 500 Chromatic Tuner

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I had been learning the Intellitouch line of clip-on tuners for a while but had seen blended reviews. Not too long ago, I occurred to see a short assessment of the Intelli IMT500 clip-on tuner. After a little bit of examine, I decided to present it a try. The body is sort of small at barely higher than 2.25 inches measured diagonally. The meter display itself is sq. at about 1.25 inches diagonally. The screen backlighting is sort of vivid and the size itself is well read when checked out straight on with some blurring if seen at some angles. The scale is typical for many electronic tuners and simply understood. It has a calibration feature which takes it from a 430 to a 449-A reference. It additionally has a flatting feature to be used in tuning with a capo. I have used neither of those features as of yet. Once I first used it, there was an irritating rattling sound when I played. I discovered that the three buttons, POWER-LIGHT / FLAT / CALIB, were vibrating in the tuner. I disassembled the unit and using a toothpick, positioned a very small quantity of clear silicone RTV sealant along the inside edges of those buttons. I left it to cure for a couple of hours after which reassembled it. The rattling was gone and the buttons worked fine. Hopefully this fix will last some time but is definitely repeated if needed. I then in contrast its tuning accuracy with that of a KORG Chromatic Tuner Mannequin CA-30 using a Martin DR acoustic with light bronze strings that have a reasonable amount of age on them. With the Intelli lifeless on, the KORG showed a couple of cents sharp. This is obviously not enough variance to be involved about. The location on the headstock didn’t appear to impact the tuning at all. The only problem I have so far is that the tuner has a harder time sensing the low E string. Nevertheless, I have heard that this is common with the clip-on tuners. I know that even my KORG and SABINE both have issue in picking up the lower notes. Also, after I get the sixth string tuned it appears a hair sharp to my ear and I took it down ’till it sounded right. I’ll change the strings out someday quickly and give it another try. Additionally, I struck a 440-A tuning fork and clipped the tuner on the shaft end of the fork. The tuner registered a lifeless on 440-A!

I am pleased with the tuner overall. If it holds up, I imagine that it’ll match the bill fairly nicely for noisy venues. I gave it four stars only due to the rattle. If I can add to this at a later date, I will update my opinion as needed.

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