Peterson VS-R StroboRack - Manual (Page 28)

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Tips To Keep Your Instrument In Tune
1 Wash your hands before playing
2 Allow the instrument to reach room temperature before tuning
3 Always tune up to the target pitch, never down
4 Keep the instrument at a constant temperature while playing
5 Check your tuning frequently
6 Wipe down your instrument with a cloth after playing
7 Change strings as frequently as your budget allows
8 If changing string type/gauge, re-intonate/ regulate the instrument
9 On fretted instruments, check for fret wear
10 Clean your instrument regularly and thoroughly
11 On stringed instruments, keep bearing edges lubricated
12 On wind instruments, keep keys/ valves lubricated, check pads.
Tuning Guitars
Peterson tuners are the most sensitive and accurate tuners in the world. They differ completely from digital/needle tuners, so you need to interact differently with
them.
Brush the string lightly with the flesh of your thumb; the StroboRack
TM requires very little signal to perform optimally. Pluck the string once, not repeatedly.
The StroboRack’s superior sensitivity means that the image of the string’s signal appears IMMEDIATELY (without the time-lag common in digital tuners) and
remains on the display longer. Always tune in the playing position, even when setting intonation.
If you’re a 12 string guitar player, you can choose to use EQU to tune all 12 strings or assign a separate sweetener to both the standard and octave strings.
Tuning Pedal Steel Guitars
Peterson tuners are the first and only tuners to contain specific tempered tunings for pedal steel similar to the settings popularized by Jeff Newman.
Generally speaking, these tunings should be executed with both A & B pedals depressed unless the guitar has minimal cabinet drop.
These presets are chromatic and are designed to cover both open strings, pedals and levers.
SE9 is a non-Equal temperament in which the E notes are 9.8 cents sharp
0E9 is a non-Equal temperament in which the E notes are at 00.0 cents
SC6 is a non-Equal temperament for steel guitars using the C6th tuning.
U12 is a non-Equal temperament for steel guitars using E9/B6 tuning.
Tuning Lap Steel Guitars
Many specially tempered lap steel tunings are available on our forum & website
www.petersontuners.com .
Tuning Dobro ® * or Resonator Guitars
The StroboRack contains the first and only presets with pure and half tempered third tunings for resonator guitars. The following tunings are possible using either of
the two presets:
Open A (A-C#-E-A-C#-E )
Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D)
Open G (G-B-D-G-B-D)
Remember to tune with your instrument in the playing position.
* Dobro® is a registered trademark of the Gibson Guitar Corporation.