StroboClip HD Review
StroboClip HD
Prefer older Stroboclip model.
By Ben Green on Friday, March 15, 2019
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Plays Double Bass, Contrabass, 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 5 String Bass, Upright Bass
Compared to previous Stroboclip this newer incarnation has some problems on 5-String upright bass.
1. Tuning low B string: I'm used to tuners sometimes indicating a harmonic rather than a fundamental. But this tuner at least half the time detects an "A" rather than the actual "B". Where is that coming from? Almost invariably I have to tune the octave harmonic rather than the open string. Any cheap tuner can do that. The older Stroboclip sometimes balked at the open string too but it never misidentified it.
2. Far more susceptible to powering on inadvertently and draining battery. Poor button placement/design. And I do have up to date firmware (v1. 05) which is supposed to deal with this issue.
3. Display swivel arm less rigid than previous design. Sometimes tilts away from where I put it while I'm bowing (vibrating) the lower strings.
4. Just seems like cheap plastic. I doubt the battery door is going to age well.
Sorry but except for the connectivity, I just don't see this as an improvement.
1. Tuning low B string: I'm used to tuners sometimes indicating a harmonic rather than a fundamental. But this tuner at least half the time detects an "A" rather than the actual "B". Where is that coming from? Almost invariably I have to tune the octave harmonic rather than the open string. Any cheap tuner can do that. The older Stroboclip sometimes balked at the open string too but it never misidentified it.
2. Far more susceptible to powering on inadvertently and draining battery. Poor button placement/design. And I do have up to date firmware (v1. 05) which is supposed to deal with this issue.
3. Display swivel arm less rigid than previous design. Sometimes tilts away from where I put it while I'm bowing (vibrating) the lower strings.
4. Just seems like cheap plastic. I doubt the battery door is going to age well.
Sorry but except for the connectivity, I just don't see this as an improvement.
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