I bought my first Peterson StroboStomp way back before I got married and came off the road to live the life I wanted more than I wanted to continue touring, and way before my transition which included a legal name change,

So when I decided to learn to play bass guitar at 64 years old I bought my first bass and a Super Snark clip on tuner. Seven months later I upgraded to a five string bass while keeping my original bass guitar as a backup. The clip on tuner worked fine for that bass, but couldn’t handle the low B string of my five string bass. I compared several pedal tuners including the StroboStomp HD amongst them.

In the end it came down to two tuners. Big surprise here is that the only two leftover, after trying out several other options, were the StroboStomp HD and the StroboStomp Mini. I liked the HD for its larger Sweetener library (over 135) while the Mini boasted a smaller library (over80). I went back and forth on it asking myself “is the HD’s larger sweetener library worth the extra $30.00 to me?” In the end the answer was No. The Mini would fit better with my growing arsenal of pedals. As long as I could fit it into my Gigbag and use it to tune my bass whenever I needed to, I would be very happy.

I bought the SSM and it arrived this afternoon. I put it through its paces until late this evening through my practice session and then rehearsal. The mini did not let me down. It fits perfectly with my other two pedals, it stays on even when playing so I can see instantly if anything goes out of tune and I can just step on the switch between songs and tune up without the audience having to listen to it.

I’m certain that I have made the right choice and that the Peterson StroboStomp Mini will serve me well for many years to come.

Edit-so here I am about three weeks after receiving my StroboStomp Mini, and I am in love with it more now than I was when I first bought it.

I love being able to change the screen color to make it easier to see what tuning sweetener I am using. This makes it easier to tell from six feet up which one I am on without having to strain to see the small indicator in the lower right hand corner.

I like the screen size and the ability to see it in every lighting brightness that I have exposed it to thus far regardless of whether the lighting situation was indoors or outside in bright sunlight.

It is small enough to carry in all three of my gigbags yet big enough to make seeing the screen easy. It is so easy to use and then pack away with my compressor/DI and my Big Muff Pi 2.

One thing that I am not crazy about, though is Peterson putting the input for power cord in the left hand side of the unit instead of on top where they put a USB-C input instead. With power cord in this position, it is necessary to move my BMP further away from the tuner so as not to bend the cord which could cause it to break if bent enough times. I would love to see Peterson correct this in future versions of the SSM.