peterson tuners

Ken Metcalf · Post by **Ken Metcalf** » 22 Oct 2005 7:26 am

hi
i am new and just got a carson wells double neck.
i was wondering how many of you guys have tried the new peterson tuners.

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 22 Oct 2005 7:29 am

Hi Ken,
If you do a search under "electronics"
you should find all you ever wanted to know about these cool tuners. I have one and wouldn't trade it for the world! I think you will find most folks who have one are happy with there's. Happy Trails

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Happy Trails

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 22 Oct 2005 7:34 am

Welcome!!
I can't put in words how nice the VS II is. It was designed to take care of the steel player. You won't be dissapointed. Get the leg bracket, and it's pure easy to use. Puts your tuner right up where you can reach it without bending over to the floor all the time.

JW Day · Post by **JW Day** » 22 Oct 2005 9:40 am

Ken;
I bought one year before, it's the best thing for steel guitarest since pedals. I've played with a lot of different bands and have never been out of tune with the presets.

Tony Orth · Post by **Tony Orth** » 22 Oct 2005 12:46 pm

I'd be very unhappy without mine.
The steel guitar presets work perfectly for me. Worth every dime.

Tony

Al Terhune · Post by **Al Terhune** » 22 Oct 2005 1:13 pm

I love the strobe, but I've found that I use its basic tuning capabilities, as opposed to the "built-in" option of SE9, as, to my ears, it's not in tune with most of my pedal/lever movements when I use that steel tuning option -- but that could be due to my GFI keyless and having decent cabinet drop (but I don't know the science behind the Peterson II -- maybe it's not to defeat cabinet drop?).<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Al Terhune on 22 October 2005 at 02:15 PM.]</p></FONT>

Charles Dempsey · Post by **Charles Dempsey** » 22 Oct 2005 6:30 pm

I've had mine about a month. Really like it. The display isn't quite as easy to read as a Conn ST-11, but the Conn has to be manually switched from note to note, and time is money.

Charlie

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 23 Oct 2005 3:47 am

I've had one for over a year.

I don't use the built in steel guitar settings. I've programmed in my settings into the two programmable memories.

The built in settings are not for all guitars. I've tried them, and along with I tune to "zero", not plus 10 cents, my guitar is not in tune with itself with the built in settings.

But, having the pre-programmed settings makes it much faster and more consistently accurate when tuning.

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 23 Oct 2005 5:32 am

One thing cool about the VS-II is that it will measure the difference between straight up, and what you percieve to be in tune, so you can easily program your own personal tuning for your guitar. The Stobo stomp model is a neat tuner, but to program your own personal tuning, you have to trial and error your self through---pain in the rear. It will NOT measure the differences. And the parameters are not wide enough. It only goes plus or minus 15 cents. But again, it is not designed for steel guitar.