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Five Stars!
This my 1st. Experience with a strobe tuner. They are so much different than a regular tuner. I don’t regret paying the extra for the Peterson brand. There are so many others out there but the quality of the Stomp Classic is what really sold me. It was well worth it. - Gordon

The Peterson VSS-C StroboStomp Classic Tuner is the most fully-featured pedal tuner made by anyone to date. A high-contrast LCD screen makes this tuner the perfect choice for both indoor and outdoor use as well as for anywhere that lighting conditions are less than ideal. Integrated, fold out, steel mounting lugs at the unit’s bottom rubberized plate keep it in place on your pedal board without unsightly tape or messy adhesives. Its ultra-robust die-cast chassis and Switchcraft brand input/output jacks assure a quality tuning even after the roughest of voyages. Also, its unique quick- release battery-access door steers you far away from having to deal with delicate, easily broken, battery lead wires. Battery changes are a breeze!

The professional-quality active DI on board is mutable and lets you select one of three stages of signal attenuation—all while remaining 100% true bypass. Finally, the tuner’s side mounted USB jack makes your unit future-proof and custom tailored to be exactly what you need it to be by allowing Mac or PC connectivity for updates and unit user programming/modifications.

TRUE STROBE TUNING IN A PEDAL | Peterson Strobe Tuners

TRUE STROBE TUNING IN A PEDAL

Building off the success of the legendary StroboStomp™ pedal, the Stomp Classic™ is a workhorse that will enhance any pedalboard. From the true-bypass signal flow to the active, on-board direct box. We have redefined the standard and created the ultimate pedal tuner.

HIGH DEFINITION TUNING | Peterson Strobe Tuners

HIGH DEFINITION TUNING

All Peterson products provide guaranteed tuning results to within +/-0.1 cent. That is 1/1000th of a fret! The large 2.25" , high-contrast screen is easy to see on your pedalboard amongst stage lights or out in the sun.

Tuning with the Stomp Classic™ allows your instrument to sound its best and helps ensure its tuning stays true during playing.

This level of accuracy is the highest in the industry and what has made Peterson the choice of professionals around the globe for over 65 years.

STUDIO QUALITY ACTIVE DI | Peterson Strobe Tuners

STUDIO QUALITY ACTIVE DI

High-impedance signals get balanced and matched with ultra-transparency, extreme detail and sparkle. Perfect for use with acoustic or bass guitars, electric pianos and synthesizers. Fully mute-able for private tuning at the gig between songs.

Three step attenuation pad reduces the incoming signal level from loud sources that could overload the circuit and cause distortion. Selectable ground lift reduces noise and helps prevent ground loop hum in your rig.

High-quality Neutrik® XLR jack for optimum reliability and roll cage bar to protect your XLR cable on stage from accidents.

IT'S YOUR SOUND | Peterson Strobe Tuners

IT'S YOUR SOUND

Enjoy transparent operation no matter its location in your signal chain.

LET'S CONNECT | Peterson Strobe Tuners

LET'S CONNECT

Connect the Stomp Classic to your Mac or PC to customize the included tunings or load in the tunings you've created with our Peterson Connect online utility.

RUGGED. RELIABLE. ROADWORTHY. | Peterson Strobe Tuners

RUGGED. RELIABLE. ROADWORTHY.

The Stomp Classic™ is built like a tank and capable of taking the most grueling punishment.

We have designed this to be the most roadworthy tuner you can place on your pedalboard.

BUILT TO LAST | Peterson Strobe Tuners

BUILT TO LAST

A heavy duty, die-cast chassis with a 3PDT stomp switch makes the Stomp Classic™ road-worthy and reliable. The 9V battery drop is located under the pedal and is easily accessed with one finger for quick loading before the gig.

No more thumbscrews to remove or battery doors to lose.

The thick rubber matting securely grips even the most abused of stages. For those looking to permanently mount the Stomp Classic™, flip-out mounting tabs are located on the bottom of the unit.

Default

EQU
Standard tuning temperament suitable for regular or alternate tuning, 100 cent intervals - no Sweetening.

Guitar & Bass

GTR
Designed for use with guitars tuned to standard EADGBE. The strings are adjusted to allow for deflection by varying amounts according to the gauge of the string in each case. This improves and helps counter the often problematic “unwound 3rd string” problem on short scale electric guitars such as Les Pauls and the three saddle compromise on Telecasters.
ACU
Designed for use with acoustic guitars tuned to standard EADGBE. The strings are adjusted to allow for deflection by varying amounts according to the gauge of the string in each case. The guitar is sweetened in the same way as if tuned by the ear of an experienced musician such as James Taylor who uses these settings.
dAd
Peterson Sweetened tuning for acoustic guitar in modal DADGAD tuning with optimized fifths.
G12
Peterson Sweetened tuning for 12 string guitars with regard to the string courses.
BRT
Peterson Sweetened tuning for baritone guitars.
7ST
Peterson Sweetened tuning for seven string guitars.
bAS
The BAS Sweetener was originally designed for use with basses tuned to standard EADG, from the HD series onwards, BAS also covers 5-string basses tuned to BEADG. The strings are adjusted to take into account ensemble playing which includes a stretch tuned piano.
BSn
Displays string numbers instead of note names for 4 and 5 & 6 string bass guitars ( 54321 instead of BEADG ).
GTn
Displays string numbers instead of note names for 6 & 7 string guitars (7654321 instead of BEADGBE).

Buzz Feiten

bFE
Tuning and intonation offsets for electric guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten Tuning System. (Buzz Feiten Tuning System is a registered trademark of Buzz Feiten Design).
bFb
Tuning and intonation offsets for electric bass guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten Tuning System. (Buzz Feiten Tuning System is a registered trademark of Buzz Feiten Design).
bFA
Tuning offsets for acoustic guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten Tuning System*. For Buzz Feiten Acoustic intonation work, a Peterson AutoStrobe 490 is recommended. (*Buzz Feiten Tuning System is a registered trademark of Buzz Feiten Design).
BF12
Tuning offsets for 12 string guitars equipped with the Buzz Feiten Tuning System*. (Buzz Feiten Tuning System is a registered trademark of Buzz Feiten Design).

Steel Guitar

SE9
Peterson Pedal Steel Guitar Sweetened Tuning for 10 string pedal steel in E9 tuning. This is based on Jeff Newman's later system where the E strings are sharp of concert pitch.
SC6
Peterson Pedal Steel Guitar Sweetened Tuning for 10 string pedal steel in C6 tuning. This is based on Jeff Newman's system (www.jeffran.com)
OE9
Peterson Pedal Steel Guitar Sweetened Tuning for 10 String pedal steel in E9 tuning. This is based on Jeff Newman's earlier system where the E strings are at concert pitch.
U12
Peterson Pedal Steel Guitar Sweetened Tuning for 12 string universal pedal steel guitar in E9/B6 tuning.
LA6
A6 settings for lap steel guitar.
LC6
C6 settings for lap steel guitar.

Bluegrass

dBO
Compensates by making the thirds pure. This makes the sweetest sound, especially with long sustained chords where not using a Sweetener can grate on the ears due to an Equally Tempered third.
dBH
Major thirds in all three tunings are lowered slightly from Equal temperament, but not entirely beatless. This Sweetener is useful in band settings where instruments with fixed intonation are present.
bJO
Counters the typical sharp B string which is encountered when tuning a 5-string banjo without compensation with an ordinary tuner. The B is sweetened in the same way as a banjo tuned by the ear of an experienced musician.
MAN
This sweetener was developed for the mandolin, mandola and mandocello. Using it will result in perfectly tuned and voiced unison string pairs. Detuning in instruments with multiple string courses, as opposed to single strings, is much less pleasing to even the most untrained ear because both chords and melody lines are affected. The MAN setting can be used for 8-string mandolins, including Gibson Styles A and F as well as the Weber A and F series.

Orchestral

VLN
Open strings tuned in perfect fifth intervals. Both four (GDAE) and five string (CGDAE) violins are catered for within this one tuning preset.

Compare to Sweetened Tunings offered in other products.

Power Supply: Optional (9VDC Negative Center Pin)

DI: Active/Mutable/3-Stage Attenuable

Peterson Connect Compatible: Yes

Note Range: C0 - A#8

Note Selection: Automatic

Firmware Updateable: Yes

True Bypass: Yes

Buffered Mode: No

Form Factor: Pedal / Floor

Accuracy: 0.1 Cents

Display Type: LCD

Display Resolution: 256 Segments (128 per row )

Construction: Die Cast

Product Dimensions LxWxH: 6" x 3.25" x 2.75"

Product Weight: 1.7lbs

USB Port: Yes

USB Type: Mini

Rechargeable: No

Battery Type: 9V (Included)

Power: 9VDC 80mA (Nominal)

Built-In Microphone: No

Built-In Speaker: No

Headphone Jack: No

Inputs: 1/4" Mono

Outputs: 1/4" Mono ( through ), Balanced XLR Output

Mute-able Output: Yes

Concert A Range: 390Hz to 490Hz

Transposition Range: -6 to +5

Frequency Response Range: 16.35Hz - 7302Hz

Warranty: 3 years

Sweetened Tunings: 25

User Presets: 10 Locations

Historic Temperaments: Equal Only

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Stomp Classic
Five Stars!
By Gereon Stefer on Sunday, January 3, 2021

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Nice one.

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Stomp Classic
Five Stars!
By Daniel Rheault on Friday, July 10, 2020

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Stomp Classic
Unquestionable Peterson Quality
By David Luther on Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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Plays 6-String Electric Guitar, 4 String Bass, 6-String Acoustic Guitar
The features that are on this tuner can't be matched by any other tuner on the market in it's range. Period. The build quality is extremely rugged. I like the fact that is has mounting lugs so that you can screw it down to your pedalboard if you choose to do so. Peterson has the finest tuners available. You can't go wrong with a Peterson.

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Peterson Stomp Classic
By Michael Haring on Sunday, May 10, 2020

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Peterson Stomp Classic.
Genialer Tuner mit unendlich viel Möglichkeiten im Custom Mode.
Aber auch in der Standardkonfiguration ist er ein absoluter Meilenstein, der sich - nicht nur optisch - zu Recht am legendären CONN ST-11 anlehnt.
In die Konfiguration des Custom Mode gelangt man über die Internetseite von petersontuners.com und wenn man da nicht weiterkommt, hilft einem der Peterson Support mit unendlicher Geduld. Ich habe nie länger als 24 Stunden auf die Beantwortung einer Frage gewartet.
Gleichzeitig kann man den Tuner als aktive DI-Box benutzen. Was will man mehr?
5 stars - no... 6 stars (!) - from Berlin (Germany). Thanks a lot.

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Stomp Classic
Five Stars!
By Donald Ducharme on Monday, January 20, 2020

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Plays 6-String Electric Guitar, 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 4 String Bass, 5 String Bass
Simple to use, precise, rugged, has a handy DI out and is easy to see in many conditions.

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Stomp Classic
I Love it !
By Alan Brandle on Thursday, May 23, 2019
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Plays 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 6-String Electric Guitar, Mandolin, 4 String Bass
I love it. It's tons more accurate than my Polytune stomp and it's built like a brick outhouse. I mean it's SOLID. I wish I'd decided to take the plunge years ago, but, as the old saying goes, better late than never. I highly recommend this tuner.

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Stomp Classic
Amazing tuner
By Morgan on Thursday, May 9, 2019

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Plays 6-String Electric Guitar, 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 5 String Bass, Classical Violin, 6 String Bass, Buzz Feiten Electric Guitar, Classical Viola, Buzz Feiten Acoustic Guitar, Buzz Feiten Bass, Buzz Feiten 12-String Guitar
Is a amazing tuner, fast, accurate, work perfectly on bass and guitar.

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Stomp Classic
It's a Peterson! Need I Say More?
By Rande Holder on Wednesday, April 24, 2019

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Plays 6-String Electric Guitar, 5 String Bass, 6 String Lap Steel, 4 String Bass
The best stomp box style tuner hands down. I wish I had tried this year's ago. I've been suffering with a TU-2 and it's imperfections for years. I recently built a home studio and while purchasing new gear I knew that I definitely needed a more accurate tuner and of course Peterson was the first and only name I thought of. Like they say, the rest is history. The Stomp Classic works exactly as described. Couldn't be more happy with it! I chose the Stomp Classic for the ease of being able to pass it around to other players and to carry it around the studio anywhere it may be needed with ease. Just pop a battery in it and go.

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Stomp Classic
Five Stars!
By Gary Willmott on Thursday, April 18, 2019

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Plays 6-String Electric Guitar
For me there’s no going back having tried the accuracy and “Sweet Tuning” guitar presets of the Peterson Strobe tuner, the Stomp Classic looks and feels extremely robust and unusually has an active DI XLR output, this is a great choice for the studio, stage and luthier, as well as the more demanding enthusiast!

The design and connectivity will no doubt appeal to audio professionals and performers, for me even at an enthusiast level it was quite a revelation being able to achieve those elusive pro tunings, a very satisfying game changer!

Having personally experienced Peterson’s reputation for customer satisfaction and support recently, they really excelled and I would like to thank John and all at Peterson for their help and kindness!

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Stomp Classic
It's a Peterson Tuner
By Randall Steichen on Monday, April 8, 2019

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Plays 4 String Bass, 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 6-String Electric Guitar, 6 String Lap Steel
Peterson quality. That says it all.

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What power supplies can be used with my Peterson Pedal Tuner? ( StroboStomp 1 & 2, Stomp Classic & StroboStomp HD )

9VDC - Regulated - Center negative - At least 85mA

Partial list of regulated power supplies:

  • Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 (Eight isolated 9VDC 100mA regulated outputs)
  • Dunlop DCB-10 DC Brick (10 outputs)
  • Visual Sound 1-Spot (9V fully regulated output)
  • Carl Martin Big John 9v Power Supply (Seven 9VDC outputs 600mA total)
  • Sanyo Pedal Juice
  • T-Rex Fuel Tank
  • Godlyke PA9 Power All (9V 800mA regulated output)
  • Boss PSA120 adapter (9V 200mA regulated)
DO NOT use the Boss ACA120 Unregulated power supply! Boss ACA, Danelectro DA1, RadioShack, etc., do not have a voltage regulator and are not suitable.

As always with any pedal, be careful - check voltage (9V or 12VDC regulated) & polarity (positive barrel-negative inner sleeve) first and don't overload the power supply's ampere rating by daisy chaining too many pedals from a single supply.

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How do I read a strobe display?

Basically, the strobe image appears to travel to the left if your instrument is flat of the desired pitch and to the right if it is sharp. On earlier models such as the StroboStomp 1, StroboStomp 2, VS-1, VS-II and V-SAM, the strobe image travels upward if your instrument is sharp and downward if your instrument is flat of the desired pitch.

Adjust your instrument until the pattern is as close to still as possible. Strobe displays are 'real-time' and extremely high definition. They require very precise tuning adjustments to stop the display because the frequency/pitch of any instrument is never totally stable.

You'll quickly learn to read the display, make the most precise adjustments and appreciate the high resolution that only a Peterson provides.

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Peterson Connect does not detect my Stomp Classic in Linux environment.

Chrome needs access to /dev/hidraw*, so either set "chmod a+rw /dev/hidraw*" or start chrome as root with the --no-sandbox option

*Some Ubuntu based distros do not allow running Chrome as root with the --no-sandbox option enabled. -Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180. You can however run Chromium as a normal user and invoke that option.

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Is the accuracy the same for all Peterson tuners?

Yes, the accuracy is within 0.1 cents (1/1000 of one semitone) as with all Peterson Strobe Tuners. An important thing to note is that Peterson Strobe Tuners have ultra high definition displays, so not only are they highly accurate in detecting a note but they have the ability to display that accuracy. Other products claim accuracy but do not have the high definition screen to display the level of accuracy in which they claim. If you cannot see the accuracy, it is of little value. Only Peterson provides High Definition Strobe Tuning.

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What is my Stomp Classic’s Sweetened Tunings feature all about?

A Sweetener is a set of cent offsets or a deviation from generic Equal Temperament interval spacing traditionally used in tuning. Tuners made by Peterson, including the Stomp Classic, contain many choices of “Sweetness“, in other words, several presets with differing interval spacing relevant to the instrument being tuned. If you’ve never been happy with how your instrument tunes up with your present tuner, a Sweetener could be just the thing to change that without any modifications whatsoever. The Stomp Classic offers 25 unique and very accurate “tweaks” which often make all the difference, try it!

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Stomp Classic Version 1.0.06

Thursday, May 4, 2017 3:01:00 PM EDT

  • Various bug fixes and performace improvements.

Stomp Classic Version 1.0.05

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:40:00 AM EDT

  • Various Bug Fixes

Stomp Classic Version 1.0.04

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 10:37:00 AM EDT

  • Note display default is now the sharp ( # ) version of en-harmonic equivalents. Previously a combination of sharps and flats ( #/b ) were used.
  • Peterson Connect now supports characters P and L for custom octave names ( Pedal and Lever indicator for Steel ).

Stomp Classic Version 1.0.02

Sunday, January 1, 2012 2:01:30 PM EST

  • Enables Peterson Connect functionality
  • Various Bug Fixes.

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