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Topic: Peterson VS II tuner?
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Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 08 August 2006 10:56 AM
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Are the peterson strobe tuners like the VS II, that much more accurate than the cheaper tuners, like seiko, sabine etc?
Terry
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Jack Stoner
Sysop From: Inverness, Florida
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posted 08 August 2006 11:41 AM
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In one word, YES! |
Gary Steele
Member From: Orient, Ohio, USA
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posted 08 August 2006 12:34 PM
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2 Words YES YES |
Chris LeDrew
Member From: Newfoundland, Canada
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posted 08 August 2006 12:39 PM
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Terry, When you get one, you'll forget that you ever used another tuner with your steel. |
Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 11 August 2006 06:11 PM
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Thanks guys, but some of the reviews on the peterson VS II over on Musicians Friend, said it was hard to understand how to use it, took longer to tune than a regular tuner etc. Is this true? If it's hard to figure out how to tune with it, then I'd be in trouble. Just want to make sure before I spend that kind of money on a tuner.Terry |
Jack Stoner
Sysop From: Inverness, Florida
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posted 12 August 2006 02:54 AM
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I wouldn't put much in the reviews. They are great tuners and you can pick up a used one fairly reasonable now that the new Strobe O Flip has replaced the VS-II. |
Ernest Cawby
Member From: Lake City, Florida, USA
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posted 12 August 2006 08:13 AM
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I did not like the VS II it is sold.ernie |
Colm Chomicky
Member From: Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
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posted 12 August 2006 08:39 AM
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some of the reviews on the peterson VS II over on Musicians Friend, said it was hard to understand how to use it, took longer to tune than a regular tuner etc. Is this true?
If you are going to tune using the presets it is pretty straight forward. There are certainly extra functions which could take some time to learn. If you are going to tune using the presets it is pretty straight forward. The advanced functions are there if you need them. I don't have a feeling for how many folks enter there own presets, etc. as opposed to using the default settings. Once you select the tempering you want to tune to, it is fast. I am rather lazy and just keep it at the E9th Newman preset. It has been awhile since I have changed any settings, and I would have to read the directions again. |
Dave Potter
Member From: Republic of Texas (near San Antonio)
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posted 12 August 2006 09:01 AM
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I've owned a VS-II, a Strobostomp, and a Stroboflip. I've tried the presets with several steels. I've never found that I could just use the presets as programmed into the tuners and be comfortable with the end result. I always had to tweak some of the notes to get my guitars to sound the way I wanted. I attribute this to my belief that no two steels are identical, and no tuning settings will ever work to get all guitars in tune - at least, not to my ear.[This message was edited by Dave Potter on 15 August 2006 at 03:06 AM.] |
Mike Fried
Member From: Nashville, TN, USA
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posted 12 August 2006 11:56 AM
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If you use the VSII's E9 preset, it's way faster than a standard tuner using the "offsets" that most of us use. I'd say the time I've saved using the VSII on the bandstand/in the studio has more than made up for the short learning curve it required. |
Chris LeDrew
Member From: Newfoundland, Canada
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posted 12 August 2006 08:14 PM
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With the Peterson (mine's a V-Sam), it takes me under 5 minutes to tune each neck, pedals and levers included. It's easy to use. I just use the presets. They're very close for my Carter. It really comes in handy mid-show, when you know something's out but you can't pinpoint the culprit. A quick run-through the Peterson will isolate the problem and fix it. (I run it off the second out on my VP, and just drop the volume to check my tuning.) You just switch it on, and the screen and strobe lights up. No more squinting into a meter to see what's goin on, or bending your ear to hear the beats in a loud bar. |
James Morehead
Member From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 14 August 2006 09:00 PM
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If you switch it on and LOOK at it, your already as fast as any tuner on the planet. The rest is up to you. How fast can you twist your tuning keys? Yes, you will either use the presets, or make up your own and program it to "default"(apear on the screen) as soon as you flip the switch on. Yes, you will spend a little time reading the instruction book to accomplish this. But once you do this and set it up, your good to go. You couldn't pry my VS II out of my cold dead hands!! |
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