Mark, Thanks for the review! We're happy to report that the latest run of StroboStomp HD will ship with an 'O' shaped rubber pad on the bottom, showing through to the serial number label which is adhered to the metal housing. The tuner will also ship with an adhesive-backed velcro replacement pad of the same shape, allowing the user to swap the bottom rubber for an exact-fit velcro piece.
@@zerofret4207 lol. As low as you will ever tune on a bass. Peterson tuners aren't just for instrumental tuning. They are for measuring pitch at pretty much any register. So a fairly middle of the range register on a bass guitar is not much of a problem.
I recently bought a Peterson Stroboclip (i.e clip-on) tuner. It's absolutely brilliant! I use the sweetened mandolin tuning, but I'm pleased to say that it always displays the note name, not the string number. This is particularly helpful for checking the intonation going up the fretboard.
I received mine yesterday, And it is absolutely gorgeous, they are now supplying a optional rubber pad and also a Velcro attachment and leaving it up to the customer to install. I have owned a lot of Tuners, but this is amazing and will be my last one to buy. If you are contemplating on purchasing one, I would encourage you to do so, you will never look back or be disappointed.
My tuner of choice has been the Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-300. I found it a bit quicker than the Peterson StroboStomp HD and I prefer its matte screen as well as its smaller footprint. About the tuning accuracy, which is the most important feature, I found them both equally the best on the market. It's so accurate that I also use it to adjust the intonation of my bass. The only missing feature on the ST-300 would be a good buffer option embeded. For now it's true bypass only but... I have an active bass so it's not even an issue for me.
Agree, Turbo Tuner, I think is the fastest and probably most accurate "consumer" grade tuner going. Not as sexy as the Peterson but maybe a little better. Sonic Research's marketing is hilariously terribly though, which is why I think you don't see them around much.
I just picked one up today. I peeled the rubber pad off and used some tar remover I use for my car to easily clean all the sticky of the bottom. Leaving a nice metal finish ready for velcro or dual lock tape. Also as they stated above the sticker with serial number is now seperate to the rubber pad so no issues there.
I find when using a strobe tuner live i'm constantly 'chasing' my tuning. It's so accurate that when i look down at it and see it moving I feel like i need to tune... even if i'm only a tiny bit out. I will spend all gig tuning. But..for setting up my bass i love the accuracy.
As a fellow bass player and Strobostomp HD owner, I agree with you on all points. I also play pedal steel guitar, and this is where the sweetened tunings really shine. Much like a piano, the steel requires being slightly detuned to sound in-tune (of course, there’s much debate on that subject). The Strobostomp HD allows so much user configuration that it should quell most arguments on the subject, as it pretty much allows you to create anything you desire. I added an inexpensive cellular phone screen protector to mine (a plastic one cut to size, not the glass ones commonly available now). We will see if it helps. One advantage pedal pedal steel players have is that we can clamp the tuner to the guitar leg, well up off the floor. Thanks for the great review.
As someone who has always used korg tuners , I bought the peterson strobo clip hd and man it's so accurate compared to my old korg products (pitch clip 2 and pitch black pedal tuner) will be replacing my old korg pitch black tuners with peterson products as I want to be able to set everything accurately and in a timely fashion. Cheers
Thank you Mark for this review/instruction video. Like many of the others in this comment section, I had been using the Snark & the rechargeable Fender clip-on and after watching your review I invested in the Peterson that works great. Definitely faster, easier and more accurate for tuning. Still learning all the other features & functions it offers
Thanks for the review, it was very helpful. If you are going to shell out for a Peterson and care about your pedals, don't put velcro on them.... Get an Aclam' pedal board and you will be so happy. I like the blue strobostomp from the early 2000's with the DI out on the back of it.
If you don't have room on your pedal board, you can buy their clip on tuner. Same great quality as the pedal. Newer ones have charging by usb. I have a clip on and a pedal. The pedal sits on my work bench to use for intonating guitars.
Thanks for the in-depth review Mark! Currently using a d'Addario Planet Waves Eclipse Headstock tuner since it works on my basses as well as my acoustic guitar but I do love the precision of a strobo tuner and the Peterson looks pretty sweet!
I mostly use a headstock clip-on tuner. It worked great on my 4 string (Sire V7). I recently bought a Sire M7... and the clip-on doesn't work as well. It frequently picks up the "3rd" instead of the root. With the 5 pegs on the headstock... there are less places for me to move the clip-on. I also have a Zoom B3 stomp pedal... it has tuning. I like it... except I don't often have that when gigging.
I play a Fender P-bass American Standard and I use the Polytune2. I have tried clip ons but when jamming with others in my home studio and the guitarist starts strumming chords or the drummer is whacking away the clip on can sometimes be influenced by the other vibrations and lose their way. When I first started playing 6 string acoustic I used the Boss TU-80. It has a microphone which is good if your acoustic does not have a pickup. The Boss can be used with a Bass since it has 1/4 inch in and out. but it is more awkward to use when jamming because it isn't a stomp type tuner. I think I paid about $90 or something for the Polytune a few years ago. I don't gig so I can't talk about its durability. I use a wal-wart to power it. I use it 3 - 4 times a week every week and have had no problems.
to be honest I prefer something more traditional with two arrows showing you the direction you should turn your tuning keys to. Something like tce polytute 3 (and 3 mini) or korg pitchblack (and pitchblack mini).
The Peterson Stompbox DI, it's not just a pedaltuner bot also a really good di-box with a -12db and a -20db, xlr and usb out, the most practical pedal ever built
Oh, I use a Korg TM-60 as a tuner. Relatively cheap and cheerful but way better than phone apps (or the built in tuner on my Ibanez electro/acoustic bass which for some reason doesn't seem to get the tuning *quite* right, although at least it seems to do it consistently wrong!)
I've been using Boss TU-3 for years. It is always on my pedal board, provides isolation and never quits. I do like the strobe feature as it reminds me of when I was playing horns. Thanks Mark for all your efforts!
@@danielhamilton5579 This one I kept on top of my amp. One night something few by me and landed at me feet. The flailing drummer had hooked the cord with a drumstick, It still worked, and was still working five years later when I traded it off.
BOSS users know that to avoid the rubber pad on the bottom, one can unscrew it, flip it over and replace it so the pad is on the inside of the pedal. Keep rockin y’all 🤘🏻
6:15, year right. solving intonation for me was always a horrid nightmare hell :D. enjoying and intonation are not two words i would use together in one sentence.
Hi, Boss TU-2 and TC polytune both are accurate enough for me. Anyway you can't tune at 0,01 Hz accuracy, the tune of other strings detune a bit strings previously tuned !
I just use the plug-in by Brainworx... pretty sure it's free... have my bass running into my UA Apollo Duo. It's pretty accurate when you have a spectrum open to see where the frequencies are peaking
I use different tuners, i have one Boss tu12 ex on my amp amd a built in tuner on my amp wich you can either see on the amp itself or on the footswich(wich you can see the string name but on the amp you can only see if the string is sharp or flat by the lights. I also have a Korg pitchblack pro racktuner and a Stroboclip by peterson, the original one.
I use the one built into my Zoom B1Xon or, if I play unplugged and want to tune, I use an app which is tricky because the bass is so quiet and any outside noise makes tuning impossible.
i personally use a small clip on tuner, super easy to use, just clip it on strum, tune and done, super light weight so when i am on the go just toss it in my bag and forget it is even there untill i need it, works great on my acoustic bass as well, and when my guitarist needs a tune and forgot his tuner (happens way too often) just toss it over and off he goes, also relatively cheap to replace if you lose it or if it breaks, had mine for 5 years and it is still going strong (just has a few scratches and dings on it) it is not the most absolute in terms of precission, but it is good enough for some trashy punk.
NEVER understood why some insist on tuning the lightest string first. i started out with a cheap acoustic guitar-shaped object that had no internal bracing or truss. teacher said to tune the light string first so i did and i had to retune about a dozen times before the lighter strings would hold their tune. it tuned better if i tuned the low e first and worked up. even then i had to retune a couple times to get it to hold a tune but that was fault of the guitar. but what was happening was the heavy tension of the low e was pulling the neck and the lighter high e would go flat. flat. ever since i've tuned from heavy to light.
@@keithclark486 yes to lube. yes to stretching and retuning. but i'm still gonna start with the thickest string though since that actually has the most tension. it's how i do it with the strobostomp for both intonation and tuning. it's also how you tune by ear to itself, since E5=Aopen etc.
I bought a Strobostomp amd sure enough first time out a stand collapsed, hit the pedal not particularly heavily, and the glass broke so comprehensively the tuner is unusable. I asked Peterson if there was a way of sourcing a replacement display in the UK but no reply....
This is the fastest, most responsive tuner I've seen. Seems faster than the Peterson? The custom tuning options are great for things like Buzz Feiten. Anyhow, Kim, I'm with you and would like to see Mark compare the two in the larger video.
@@mandohack I compare the Turbo Tuner with all the others in the shoot out. I still prefer the Peterson. The speed is so close as to be irrelevant. The main issue is the sturdiness. The Turbo Tuner is actually better in that regard. Less glass to break.
@@mandohack I've got both the StroboStomp HD and the Turbo Tuner ST-300. They are both really fast accurate tuners. The Turbo tuner is slightly faster (basically instant), but not so it makes any practical diffence. The one issue I have with the strobostomp HD is that the viewing angle on the LCD can be hard to read if you are looking at it from an angle or with any kind of light shining on the screen. I find Red LEDs of the Turbo Tuner easy to read in all situations. Not a big difference and they are both great tuners.
@@TH-le8bc The huge pro to using the Turbo Tuner is the build. It won't get a broken screen on the road. The Peterson is beautiful and classy but not the kind of pedal you would trust on a busy stage pre/post gig.
I’ve used both clip on and pedal and have noticed that once tuned , when play a string it will first say it’s in tune but then say it’s not what do I need to do to fix this. Usually the E and A string
That's normal. Depending on how hard you pluck, the string make a wider oscillation during attack that narrows on release. If you looking for tuning consistency during long notes try playing with a very light touch.
I think a that tuner would be better for pro musicians or for guitartechs....peterson in general is for guitar luthiers. The sheaper ones are better these days. The Daddario micro tuners are crazy accurate and my korg pitchblack has been compared to a peterson strobe rack tuner and it is dead on with the peterson and it cost way less than the peterson.
I have a Danelectro dan-o-matic pedal and it sucks super bad, it's probably the worst tuner pedal in the world, so I might actually consider buying this!
@@talkingbasslessons Thanks for the quick response ! Well I'm gonna pull the trigger on this purchase then tuning is a thing I'm always unsure on because of how shakey most tuners are and I've had a thoman voucher since christmas. Thanks a lot for the vid really appreciate the quick response too aweosme :)
Great tuner but could be even better if it showed the cents like their ipad app and also their stroboplus model. So big opportunity missed by Peterson in my opinion.
So coincidental, I just bought that one (after my boss TU-15 just crapped out after 25 years)… this Peterson thing is so ridiculously accurate that it will drive you crazy trying to get everything caged…. caught myself taking one hour to do intonation-{on 4 fkn strings.! 🙃} ..thinking that my bass couldn’t Intonate,… wound up saying uncle, plugged the bass in, and the damn thing never sounded more tempered!… this tuner is ridiculous… and I haven’t even messed with the ‘sweetener’ setting yet
Don't really know how "in tune" a bass needs to be as the human ear can not pick up that slightest pitch change. I use the Korg GA-2 and works great for less than $20
The human ear finds slight pitch deviation hard to hear (single pitch movement) but the ear is more than capable of hearing the difference when played alongside another reference tone. Basically you can hear (or more accurately 'feel') the difference between two notes a few cents apart. You can prove this by using the Peterson to monitor the tuning as you shift over a reference tone (preferably a basic sine wave from a tone generator). You might not hear the tiny shift of pitch when play solo away from the tone but you will hear the feint modulation in the difference tone when played together. Now, do we need that amount of accuracy for tuning a clumsy old instrument like a bass guitar? Probably not. But if I'm setting my intonation it is good to have as much accuracy as possible. It's also worth remembering, Peterson tuners aren't 'bass tuners' They're for tuning 'anything'. If you want the best in the business, this is it. If not, then there are plenty of other tuners. Different strokes for different folks.
nope, its turbo tuner by a mile, no bypass delay, like peterson , and much faster than the peterson tuners, short of the real peterson analog strobes. and I own both. and a few others.
As you probably know, I use the Turbo Tuner on one pedalboard and the Peterson on my other. I've also got the majority of tuners on the market today (I know I've been talking about the shootout forever but it's coming soon). The turbo tuner is fantastic and I do prefer the more rugged feel. However, for studio use I much prefer the Peterson simply because of the display which is light years ahead of the turbo tuner. Would I take the Peterson on tour? Probably not. I'd be worried about it smashing. For live work I'd go for the Turbo Tuner - probably. To be honest, live work doesn't really demand much in terms of high quality and accuracy so I might not even recommend the turbo tuner. The Korg and Boss tuners are OK enough for that. Depends on how much you want to spend on it. Both the Turbo Tuner and the Peterson are luxury items for the average muso. Paying over 100 dollars for any kind of tuner will seem ridiculous to 99% of bass players. And they're right. Especially for gigs.
I have a Peterson Stomp classic that works awesome, an original polytune that is beat up but still tunes. Years ago I made the mistake of buying 2 of the first korg pitch black pedal tuners, wtf! Total pieces of sh€t that went in the trash after they stopped working. Never again, spend the money and get a good tuner, clips on tuners are not to be taken serious either...
For a while I thought my ddario clip on was fine and my ears could fix what the tuner couldn't do...but it was off. Its not about accuracy in terms of getting tuned. Its abiut getting properly tuned. The shitty ones are off greatly...and you can intonate with them. Which saves literal money.
