BOSS TU-80 Guitar Tuner & Metronome

Got this for my wife and grandkids to use to learn to play. Yes, tuning IS a part of learning to play. The metro is a bonus feature.

This tuner is great! It's easy to use and very accurate, although, I haven't had an opportunity to use the metronome, yet. I chose a Neil Young tune to play first, with my new Ovation, and easily drop d tuned it in seconds. One of my concerns was to be able to get my guitar in tune as quickly and accurately, as possible, and this tuner does a fantastic job. I highly recommend this tuner for its price and ease of use.

I've owned/used a lot of tuners in my 46 years playing guitar. The Boss TU-80 is the most accurate for the price then any other I've used. I have 3 others right now, and none will check the intonation as quick or accurately as this one. It has so many functions that it does make it a little harder to use. It wouldn't be good for a novice in my opinion, that's why 4 stars instead of 5. Sometimes they pack to many functions into a unit, slightly degrading it, as with the TU-80. There is no need for a metronome on a tuner, and you can barely hear it anyway. As I said, very accurate though.

This is a great tuner. I am not a beginner, have played for over 10 years, and this tuner is easy to use, quick, and tuning is perfect. The only thing i wish it had is a backlight, but that is not a problem for me. If you play in dark lighting like in bars or any other gigs, I would get one with a backlight, but this is perfect otherwise.

This tuner is all over the place. You can sepnd all day trying to tune your guitar with this thing. No matter what you do it seems your guitar is never tuned well.

I only bought this a couple of days ago & although I kinda' like it, it's going back to GC tonight. It's an attractive little unit & the tuner seems to function well enough. It's got a nice display & a compact shape/size. Overall I like the style of it. The Metronome on the other hand, while it DOES include features such as different beats/accents, leaves something to be desired overall; First of all, as another reviewer had stated, the 'battery saver' function shuts the unit off after 5-minutes. (Really??) And the tone produced is a meek electronic 'chirp', as opposed to a nice 'wood block' sound, as is more typical on a good metronome. Also, since the sound is so low, I find it unacceptable that there IS NO VOLUME ADJUSTMENT. (Again, really???) This makes the metronome virtually useless as an audible tool. Visually, it could work well, as it has a nice 'sweeping needle' design & blinking lights, but the lack of a kick-stand really detracts from that as well. (I use it at my computer desk & have to lean in so I can look down to see it.......not very helpful when tuning, and definitely not helpful when using the metronome!) Also, the tempo adjustment requires several button presses just to 'tab' the cursor to the right spot......THEN you can make your adjustments. I would think that the 'arrow keys' would default to the tempo adjustment, but this is not the case. Anyway, I almost wish I could keep it since it really is a nice little device....sort of. But the poorly thought out design of the metronome section & lack of a kick-stand have ruined it for me. So like I said, it's going back tonight.