Position 2 – If you wish to save any new values, press peterson the MENU button repeatedly to get to the Choosing a Preset Sweetener Tuner Monitoring + DI Output “SAVE“ page: Press the MENU button 3 times; this

In this position, the tuner and DI are screen appears: active at all times but can both be muted to enable silent tuning. When unmuted, the tuner remains on and can still monitor the tuning. The built-in Active DI produces a balanced signal at the XLR socket in addition to the regular unbalanced signal at the ¼“ jack socket output. This feature Press the SELECT button twice to save it is suited to acoustic guitarists and electric Use the SELECT button to choose a as a power-up default. and acoustic bassists, enabling tuning offset. The sequence looks like this: simultaneous connection to an acoustic combo/bass amplifier and/or mixing The choices are: Owners Manual console/recorder. EQU: Normal Chromatic tuning suitable for Congratulations on your purchase of the Electric guitar players can “tap“ the DI regular or alternate tunings Peterson StroboStomp2. Please take the signal using an XLR to ¼“ adapter to GTR: time to read through this manual and use power a second amp, or record a dry Peterson Exclusive Sweetened™ tuning the tuner/DI as directed. signal for later processing. The center dip switch is a Ground Lift for guitar. Suitable for EADGBE or one Power half step flat. switch - provided for the elimination of Press SELECT button to confirm..... Your new StroboStomp2 pedal tuner is possible ground loops. ACOUST: powered by a 9V battery. To change or Peterson Exclusive Sweetened tuning for Position 3 – acoustic guitar in standard tuning. access the battery, open the battery door on the side of the tuner and carefully DADGAD DI/Power Save remove the battery clip. For best results Peterson Exclusive Sweetened tuning for Position 3 is similar to position 2 with the always use a high quality Alkaline battery. acoustic guitar in modal DADGAD tuning exception that the tuner is only active Using a regulated 9VDC adapter 12-↓: when the signal is muted. Therefore it is connected to the StroboStomp2’s DC Peterson Exclusive Sweetened tuning for possible to run the DI without having the Input jack, you can power additional Your settings have now been saved as 12 String guitars; this preset is for the 6 tuner on all the time. pedals from its DC Output jack (please standard strings. Your Peterson StroboStomp2 is shipped the power-up default. observe the correct polarity and output In the case above, the Concert Pitch has 12-↑: in this mode. capacity of your adapter): been changed to 441.5Hz and a Drop Peterson Exclusive Sweetened tuning for Getting Started Tune setting of four half steps (semitones) 12 String guitars; this preset is for the 6 For normal operation, the tuner can be flat. higher octave strings.

used out of the box; no special adjustment BASS: WARNING: USING A WALL TRANSFORMER WITH Peterson Exclusive Sweetened tuning for THE INCORRECT POLARITY OR VOLTAGE MAY is needed to use with anything from a 7 CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE TUNER!! string bass to a guitar. After installing the bass guitar when playing with acoustic Functions battery, simply activate the StroboStomp2 piano. by inserting a guitar cable into the input BF-ELEC: jack of the tuner, then connect the tuner Optimized Peterson settings for Electric output jack to the input of an amplifier. Guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten Use the Stomp Footswitch (1) to mute the Tuning System®*. The StroboStomp2 always displays the instrument’s signal and proceed to tune. BF-BASS changes you have made, to avoid When finished, use the stomp switch to Optimized Peterson settings for Electric confusion . return to playing. Bass Guitars equipped with the Buzz (NOTE: If your friends should borrow your Feiten Tuning System®. Factory Default Settings StroboStomp2, always let them know BF-ACOUST about any special adjustments you have Optimized Peterson settings for Acoustic made.) Guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten

Drop Tuning Tuning System®. Press the MENU button twice; the BFT↓: Optimized Peterson settings for 12 String following screen appears: Guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten 1. Tuner On/Off Stomp Switch Your StroboStomp2 Pedal Tuner was Tuning System®. 2. Battery Compartment shipped with the following factory default This preset is for the 6 standard strings. 3. SELECT Button settings: BFT : 4. Signal Input ↑ True Bypass OFF Optimized Peterson settings for 12 String 5. 9VDC Power Input DI (Balanced Line Out) ON 6. Active DI Signal Output Guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten Concert Pitch A=440Hz Tuning System®. (balanced XLR) Preset Sweetener Equal Temperament This preset is for the 6 octave strings. 7. DC Power Output Drop-Tune/Capo Tune 0 (OFF) Use the SELECT button to choose a PSG-SE9 8. Signal Output setting. 9. Strobe Screen Changing the Concert Pitch Reference Optimized Peterson settings for E9 tuning The available settings are: 10. MENU Button Press the MENU button; the following on pedal steel guitar (Sharp E’s) 0= No Drop/No Capo PSG-SC6 11. LED Indicator (ON = MUTE) screen appears: +1 = Capo on the first fret Optimized Peterson settings for C6 tuning Setting up the StroboStomp2 +2 = Capo on the second fret on pedal steel guitar The Peterson StroboStomp2 can be set +3 = Capo on the third fret PSG-0E9 up in three ways by means of three +4 = Capo on the fourth fret Optimized Peterson settings for E9 tuning mechanical dip-switches located in the +5 = Capo on the fifth fret on pedal steel guitar (E’s at 00.0 cents) DOBRO-P** battery compartment behind the battery. +6 = Capo on the sixth fret Pure Major 3rds for open A, D and G Position 1 – +7 = Capo on the seventh fret tunings To adjust the Concert Pitch to a value 4 = Drop Tune four half steps ♭ DOBR ½ 100%True Bypass Operation other than A=440.0Hz, press the SELECT ◑ 3 = Drop Tune three half steps Half-Tempered major 3rds for Open A, D In this position, the instrument signal flows button until the desired value is displayed. ♭ and G tunings. through the tuner circuits only when The StroboStomp2 can be calibrated from ♭2 = Drop Tune two half steps E-VIOLIN muted by the stomp switch to enable A=390Hz to A=490Hz in 0.5Hz 1 = Drop Tune one half step ♭ Perfect 5ths for 4 and 5 String electric silent tuning. When the tuner is bypassed increments. or unmuted, both the input and the output Press the MENU button twice and the violin. (NOTE: If you wish to exit the EDIT menus at any time, SELECT button twice to save it as a are physically disconnected from the tuner simply unplug the tuner before navigating to the “SAVE“ When you have chosen a setting, press circuit and the tuner is switched off. This page - the previous values will apply.) power-up default. the left button once and the right button allows the instrument signal to flow freely What is a Sweetener™? twice to save it as a default. from input to output without any physical Unlike other tuners which offer no *Buzz Feiten Tuning System® is a registered trademark of Buzz Feiten Design. or electronic contact with the tuner’s **Dobro is a registered trademark of Gibson Guitar Corp. alternative to Equal Temperament, internal circuits. The StroboStomp is the User Programmable Sweeteners Peterson Tuners contain many choices of only commercially available tuner to offer 4 user-programmable Sweeteners called “Sweetness“, in other words, several this feature. S-1, S-2, S-3 & S-4 are included. degrees of harmony or consonance. Programming Your Own Sweetener™ Active DI ¼“ output to your amplifier. Later, you can Press and hold the MENU button (10) The Peterson StroboStomp2 features a reamplify the dry signal by sending it while you plug a guitar cord into the input built-in active DI. The DI runs on power through your effects and amp while • that you would normally apply jack (4). supplied by the battery/power supply and making tonal adjustments to them in a while playing. The StroboStomp2 is now in Program will reject phantom power from an manner not possible while playing. • Keep repeating this process until Mode: external source. The StroboStomp2 is also the only pedal each string is in tune as much as tuner which is accurate enough for possible at both the 5th and 17th professional intonation work. frets. The StroboStomp2 is also capable of power-sharing; using a power supply or This method takes time, and has to be Lithium battery you can use the repeated if you change string gauges, but StroboStomp2’s 9V output to power other if properly executed, yields very

pedals. satisfactory results. To activate the DI, disconnect the tuner, open the battery compartment cover and Using the StroboStomp2 as a DI Using the SELECT button, choose either Now, before you play music with a lot of remove the battery. Using your index Ensure that the StroboStomp2 is in MON/ S-1, S-2, S-3 or S-4 as a basis for your 5ths on your guitar (e.g. power chords), finger, move dip switch 1 to the DOWN DI or DI/POWER SAVE mode. new tuning offsets. tune the instrument using the GTR, BAS, Press the MENU button to confirm your position. Electro-Acoustic Guitar P5TH or G5TH setting, depending on choice and to begin programming. Connect the StroboStomp2’s DI output to which model of strobe tuner you own, otherwise use the EQU (default) setting to Connect a shielded XLR cable between your P.A. or live mixing console with a tune your guitar. the Active DI output and the device to be balanced XLR cable. Connect your connected (recording/PA console). The instrument to the StroboStomp2’s input StroboStomp2 is shipped with the DI jack. The methods above are within anybody's activated. In this position the balanced Electric Bass Guitar reach, all you need are your ears and XLR DI output and the unbalanced ¼“ Connect the StroboStomp2’s DI output to your peterson strobe tuner! your P.A. or live mixing console with a jack output are both muted by pressing Use the SELECT button to tap in the cent balanced XLR cable. Connect the Technical Specifications the stomp switch. The tuner will also Size: 5“ x 3.875“ x 2.25“ value. Use the MENU button to advance track notes at all times and is no longer StroboStomp2’s ¼“ output jack to the to the next note. input of your bass amp. Connect your Weight: 1lb. including battery “True Bypass“. Power: 9VDC 80mA (Nominal) (NOTE: Like all modern Peterson tuners, instrument to the StroboStomp2’s input increments are in 0.1 cent). Press to scroll To lift the DI ground, disconnect the tuner jack. Accuracy: 0.1 cent (1/10th of one cent) at speed. from audio equipment and move dip Calibration: A=433Hz to A=447Hz switch 2 to the UP position. Reconnect StroboStomp2 as an intonation tool Temperaments: 22 preset – 4 user-prog. There are two E values included for users the tuner. After deciding on string gauge, setting Input: ¼“ jack who wish to vary the offset value of both string height (nut & bridge), neck relief— Outputs: ¼“ jack (unbalanced) low and high E strings. NOTE: The DI works only when dip factors that affect the instrument’s XLR (balanced) E displayed with an upward arrow refers switch 1 is in the DOWN position . intonation considerably—the individual Tuning Range: 8Hz to 1975Hz to high E. Disconnect XLR cable from DI output string lengths need to be adjusted. For when the tuner is switched to True this task, use Equal temperament in the Warranty Bypass operation. StroboStomp2’s TMPR menu (EQU). We warrant this product to be free of defects in materials or workmanship for a Reading the Virtual Strobe Display period of THREE years after delivery to Your new StroboStomp2 pedal tuner’s • Lower the pickups away from the strings to avoid "doubling" and the original purchaser. Our obligation display features 4 strobe bands which under this warranty is limited to the represent different groups of octaves. To electromagnetic pull. • Lay the guitar flat on a bench to replacement or repair of any part or parts the right of the strobe bands, the note which prove upon our examination to be name is displayed as a large letter along adjust it, but always check the After all the required offsets have been intonation with the instrument in defective. with the octave from which it is derived entered, press the MENU button (SAVE which is displayed as a number, the playing position, as the This warranty does not apply to damage MENU): readings will be visibly (and later E2,A2,D3,G3,B3,E4 for guitar and B0, E1, resulting from transportation, misuse, A1,D2,G2 for bass. audibly) different. You should abuse, or alteration. The complete unit To tune, carefully adjust the tuning peg of always aim to freeze or "cage" must be returned to our factory, your instrument until the display is the image on the Strobe Tuner transportation charges prepaid. In order immobile or “caged“. If the note you are display; the less movement the to speed the return of the unit to you, it is tuning is too sharp, the bars will drift in an more accurate the results. recommended that for all repairs, other upward direction, if it’s too flat they will than those required as a result of shipping Where setting the intonation is concerned, damage, you deal directly with our factory. move in a downward direction. Because Press the SELECT button twice to save the strings of a guitar are tuned higher an often-used technique is the 12th fret & In case of damage in shipment, a claim the new preset. than those of a bass (assuming both are flageolet comparison method. In this should be filed with the carrier. Be sure to tuned to standard pitch), three of the method, the flageolet or "harmonic" of the include a brief description of the difficulty bands will be visible (2,3 & 4) when tuning 12th fret is compared to the fretted string you are experiencing and your return a guitar whereas all four bands are at the 12th fret, and saddle position is address. present when tuning a bass. adjusted as follows: The above warranty is contingent upon registration within 10 days of the date of Strobe Newbie? • If the fretted note is flat receipt of the product by the original If you are new to strobe tuners, you will compared to the flageolet note, purchaser. The warranty conveys specific

notice that they are much more sensitive move the bridge saddle forward legal rights to the purchaser, other rights Favorites and accurate than your previous tuner. to shorten the string. vary from state to state and The StroboStomp2 allows you to choose This may mean that you’ll need to adjust • If the fretted note is sharp internationally. a group of your favorite Sweeteners to be your “touch“ when you pluck a string to compared to the flageolet note, Register on-line at: tune. move the bridge saddle back to http://www.petersontuners.com/support/register/index.cfm accessible later at the touch of a button. Instead of a plectrum, use your finger or lengthen the string. Press and hold the SELECT button (3) Join the StroboStomp2 Users Forum at: while you plug a guitar cord into the input thumb to gently pluck the string. • Adjust until both fretted note and http://www.StroboStomp.com/forum/default.asp jack (4); the following screen appears: You can also use this short cut – simply flageolet are identical in pitch. reduce the volume of your instrument, peterson until you become accustomed to tuning While this is a common system, it is not Electro-Musical Products, Inc. accurately. always the most satisfactory. 11601 S. Mayfield Ave. The StroboStomp2 - Other Uses One popular alternative is to adjust each Alsip, IL 60803 USA string so that it is in tune at two points an Besides being the world’s most accurate www.petersontuners.com octave apart from each other on the fret pedal tuner, the StroboStomp2’s active DI www.StroboStomp.com board using a strobe tuner. Using the 5th offers top signal integrity over long cable 1-708-388-3311 and 17th fret as an example: runs, ideal for high-end basses and Using the MENU & SELECT buttons, add ™ “StroboStomp2“,“Virtual Strobe“, “Sweetener“ and the linear & (or remove) the Sweeteners you want to electro-acoustic instruments. concentric strobe patterns are trademarks of: • Tune a string at the 5th fret. Peterson Electro-Musical Products, Inc.- U.S. Patent # 6,580,024 If you’re an electric guitarist, the DI can be available while tuning. • Check the string at the 17th. If When finished, restart the tuner and press also be used to connect to a recording device like a mixing console/tape machine sharp, move the saddle back, the SELECT button, the Sweeteners will thus lengthening the string. If flat, appear in the order you entered them in or Digital Audio Workstation to record a dry guitar signal while playing through the shorten the string by moving the PETERSON STROBOSTOMP2 – ENGLISH V. 10.06 your Favorites list. © 2006 Peterson Electro-Musical Products, Inc. saddle forward. Remember to fret the string using the pressure