Peterson Tuners And Alternatives

Jeff Scott Brown · Post by **Jeff Scott Brown** » 27 Sep 2012 1:48 pm

I spoke with someone at Peterson on the telephone today to see if I could get any info on the successor to the StroboFlip. I was told that the new model would not be available until late December. She also told me that between now and then that the Peterson Stomp Classic is their best option for the pedal steel.

Is the Stomp Classic one of the best options that has sweetened tunings specifically for the pedal steel? Other brands/models I should be looking at?

Thanks for any advice.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 27 Sep 2012 1:53 pm

The Sonic Research strobe tuner is an option. It comes with the Newman settings and the Emmons settings pre-programmed (you select which one you want) or you can program whatever you want into it. And, its made in the USA.

Here is a recent forum thread on this.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ght=st122a

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 27 Sep 2012 2:55 pm

I like the sonic turbo tuner better for one simple reason. I can see the strobe easier.

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 27 Sep 2012 3:09 pm

The ST122A still does not show up on Sonic Research's web site. I've emailed them twice with no answer on the tuner's availability. I realize that some people have gotten them recently however. Sonic has posted on other forums that the 122A is in short supply and asked people not to post the direct link to the 122A page because they can't meet existing orders and don't wish to accept new orders.

Here's the link to the 122A (not available on their web site):

https://www.turbo-tuner.com/secure/secu ... t122a.html

Here's is Sonic's response to the above link:

"The ST-122A was out of production for about a year and we have a very long waiting list. We are sending emails to everyone on the list in the order we received their request. We are only sending a certain number of emails each day to insure we are not overloaded with orders.

Our intention was to give everyone on the waiting list first chance at one of the new tuners, and to hold off updating the website until everyone on the list had been contacted.

The links were not intended to be posted, and as a result we have been flooded with orders and are unable to keep up. As such the links have been removed.

We will continue contacting people on the waiting list once we get caught up with the flood of orders.

Sincerely,
Sonic Research Sales
800-811-0272"

It's an old quote from 2010 but apparently still valid.

I want one!

Greg

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 27 Sep 2012 6:45 pm

If you run a smartphone, Cleartune is a tuner app that costs $3.00
While it doesn't come loaded with offsets, it is not hard to load your own. I have three loaded in mine

Rick Barnhart · Post by **Rick Barnhart** » 27 Sep 2012 6:50 pm

+1 on the Clear tune app.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 28 Sep 2012 1:19 am

I've got the cleartone app on my iPad, and it can be programmed for your tuning. But, its not like having a Peterson or Sonic Research tuner.

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 28 Sep 2012 3:53 am

I have Cleartone and DaTuner Pro on my Andriod (Galaxy Nexus). Great apps and am using them as a backup but could use them for my main tuner. Still prefer having a dedicated tuner and maybe over timer the dedicated tuner would become the backup.

Greg

Brian Tallant · Post by **Brian Tallant** » 28 Sep 2012 5:09 am

Call the Sonic Reasearch phone number, I bought one over the phone a month ago, easy as can be. It is a great tool.

Brian

Stuart Legg · Post by **Stuart Legg** » 1 Oct 2012 9:42 pm

boy I wish they had this for PSG. You just strum across the strings and touch up the tuning on the fly
I think this is the best tuner for guitar made.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 2 Oct 2012 9:33 am

POLYTUNE $74.99 SHIPPED

Michael Hummel · Post by **Michael Hummel** » 2 Oct 2012 9:37 am

I ordered an ST-122A online today. They are shipping me one tomorrow. I guess they have caught up on their backlog.

Mike

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 2 Oct 2012 10:11 am

You will like it. For whatever reason, I couldn't use the preprogrammed Newman tuning in a Strobe-O-Flip (my guitar just didn't want to tune up and it sounded out of tune) so I was using my own modified Newman tunings. With the ST122A, I'm able to use the Newman Tunings without problems.

The only thing is they have the wrong A octave programmed for the C6th 10th string drop to A. They have it programmed as "A2" and it should be "A1". You can change it yourself if they haven't updated the PROM in the tuner. You can call support and they will walk you through changing it if needed.

The older ST122 didn't have this issue and "A2" would work. Their Engineer told me they changed the input detecting circuitry and apparently the reason A2 works in the ST122 but not in the ST122A

Larry Ray Miller · Post by **Larry Ray Miller** » 2 Oct 2012 4:34 pm

I ordered one by phone Monday. It is suppose to be here Friday, or Sat. The price has gone up to $169.00 free shipping.
Larry

Michael Hummel · Post by **Michael Hummel** » 3 Oct 2012 6:35 am

Jack:

Thanks for the tip on the A2/A1 fix. Will likely save some head-scratching.

Mike