dave
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Post by dave on Feb 11, 2006 15:51:03 GMT -7
I have had a strobsostomp for a couple of months now and have really got to like it. However I had an accident with it today when our drummer knocked the guitar jack input with his foot as he walked past and sheared the flimsy plastic jack socket out of the chassis, damaging (I think) the pcb which it is soldered directly onto. The strobostomp is velcro'd to a pedalboard and the jack fitting abviously cannot take a sideways hit without risk of breaking. Peterson claim they are indestructible - drive trucks over them, bat them into oblivion with baseball bats etc (see link) www.petersontuners.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=465... but they are not. The crappy plastic pcb mounted jack socket is just cheap and asking for trouble. Snatching the jack lead (walking back too far, people tripping over the lead etc) is just an everyday thing right? Has anyone else had a problem like this or even managed to destroy their strobostomp in a more spectacular fashion? I can see a challenge coming on here. Has anyone shot theirs? Set fire to it? Had it pass through the digestive tract of an elephant? I have vented my feelings on the Peterson forum and I hope John Norris is going to come good on this. I just need a spare jack and I can fix it myself but the warranties void then. They seem to have a good customer service ethos though. Lets see. But I live in the UK and it is a several thousound mile round trip to get it fixed.....
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Post by nickg on Feb 12, 2006 2:12:41 GMT -7
Ah, drummers! Can do a lot more damage than any truck or baseball bat.
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Post by bluzsteel on Feb 12, 2006 9:18:10 GMT -7
yes the jacks are cheap , might replace mine
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Post by foxx on Feb 13, 2006 7:55:29 GMT -7
I always loop the cable in my pedal train so some slack can be taken before putting stress on the first pedal. I just got my strobostomp yesterday. It does work really well. I am pretty sure that I've never actually been in tune before. Now the pure glory of my tone can shine through like some divine shower of sonic bliss. One question, my strobostomp seems to not have the left bar in the display window. The pixils seem more sparse than the one on the website. I changed the battery and have it plugged in to a 9v dc adapter @200 mA. The display also seems to jump around more than the one on the website. Any suggestions, send it back?
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Post by guitarman1 on Feb 13, 2006 11:43:26 GMT -7
One question, my strobostomp seems to not have the left bar in the display window. That threw me for a loop also, but after research, I found that that bar only shows up for notes lower than a guitar's low E. For bass tuning I think.
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 13, 2006 11:47:34 GMT -7
My Strobostomp has a very stable image. I usually use my guitar's humbucking pickup for tuning. It may be picking up single coil hum. If your guitar is humbucking when two pickups are on see if that helps. You might turn your tone pot on your guitar way down also.
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Post by foxx on Feb 13, 2006 12:26:41 GMT -7
Yes I just got that about the bass a few minutes ago. It jumps a little more than I though it should, but I got it for it's accuracy. It's more stable than the LED tuner needle. But I have seen some odd streaming shapes appearing in the last bar space. Messages from space? Thanks for the info guys.
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Post by bluzsteel on Feb 14, 2006 7:00:51 GMT -7
I always loop the cable in my pedal train so some slack can be taken before putting stress on the first pedal. I just got my strobostomp yesterday. It does work really well. I am pretty sure that I've never actually been in tune before. Now the pure glory of my tone can shine through like some divine shower of sonic bliss. One question, my strobostomp seems to not have the left bar in the display window. The pixils seem more sparse than the one on the website. I changed the battery and have it plugged in to a 9v dc adapter @200 mA. The display also seems to jump around more than the one on the website. Any suggestions, send it back? I do the loop thing as well on my pedaltrain , as far as the readout , if your using other pedals have it 1st in the chain and try turning down your vol pot on your guitar
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Post by foxx on Feb 15, 2006 20:46:22 GMT -7
Thanks for the info bluzsteel, I was wondering if anyone with the Srobostomp has tried the Peterson accessory called a "tuner pickup". My Martin acoustic does not have an pickup of it's own. The tuner pick up is only $9.99 on Musiciansfriend.com. You clip it to the head of an acoustic or on many other instruments. I assume this would work with the strobo just fine, any experience with that?
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Post by RC on Feb 16, 2006 14:13:16 GMT -7
Foxx- I tried both the clip-on and the suction cup tuner pickup with my Strobostomp and Martin. They both worked really good but I kept the suction one. It was just a Little easer to use and tuned off the main body of the guitar. I have also used a pair of headphones plugged straight in to my tuner and the ear piece over the body. It actually works pretty well too.
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dave
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Post by dave on Feb 23, 2006 10:53:18 GMT -7
Follow up to the story. Chris Labriola from Peterson promptly responded with an offer of a FedEx prepaid pick up and a promise to have it repaired or a replacement unit sent back within 10 days - OR send me a spare jack to fit myself without voiding the warranty. I opted for the latter to speed things up and the jack arrived quickly and I am back in business. Excellent service given the circumstances. Thanks Peterson! They kinda sidestepped the issue of the jack being plastic and secured directly to the pcb rather than a metal jack bolted to the admittedly indestructable alloy box. Cost and manufacturing ease I daresay. Anyway, I expect none of you would ever dream of doing anything else, but use angled jacks with the unit to avoid any excessive sideways leverage, and keep well away from passing drummers!
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 23, 2006 17:06:28 GMT -7
Drummers! They're a different breed. Just fired one today (in a very nice way).
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Post by guitarman1 on Feb 24, 2006 9:17:09 GMT -7
Follow up to the story. Chris Labriola from Peterson promptly responded with an offer of a FedEx prepaid pick up and a promise to have it repaired or a replacement unit sent back within 10 days - OR send me a spare jack to fit myself without voiding the warranty. I opted for the latter to speed things up and the jack arrived quickly and I am back in business. Excellent service given the circumstances. Thanks Peterson! They kinda sidestepped the issue of the jack being plastic and secured directly to the pcb rather than a metal jack bolted to the admittedly indestructable alloy box. Cost and manufacturing ease I daresay. Anyway, I expect none of you would ever dream of doing anything else, but use angled jacks with the unit to avoid any excessive sideways leverage, and keep well away from passing drummers! Thanks for the heads up.
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Post by Curt on Feb 24, 2006 10:05:12 GMT -7
Drummers! They're a different breed. Just fired one today (in a very nice way). What has 3 legs and a Di#k on it? (A drum throne!!) Stole that'n from BW ;^)
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Post by BW on Feb 24, 2006 13:17:45 GMT -7
Y'all hear about the drummer that was so despondent over his terrible sense of time that he went and jumped behind a train?....
Bassist to drummer: Sounds like tennis shoes in a dryer back there...a herd of carpenters! Bass player locked his keys in the car, took two hours to get the drummer out! Guess I better cool it, ya know SOME drummers are expert AMP DESIGNERS/BUILDERS (an' I AIN'T referrin' to Sir Jim Marshall OBE).....shhh!
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 24, 2006 15:30:03 GMT -7
How do you get the drummer off your front porch? Pay him for the pizza!
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Post by LittleBlindShakey on Feb 24, 2006 17:28:10 GMT -7
I had my Strobo for about a year and then the jack became sloppy and that little thin nut/washer kind of came off. And of course with my big fat guitar fingers… well somehow I stripped the threads in the repair process. Then I started to receive radio and had some bad noise show up on stage. I called the Peterson people. They said they would send me an upgrade/repair kit, cool. The kit consisted of two plastic sleeves that went into the jack holes, which I though was, well why mince words… cheap. But I do have to say that after 8 months since the upgrade the Srobo works fine. No radio and no bad noise. Plus Peterson immediately shipped out the two sleeves FedEx. I love that pedal tuner and the only way I will voluntarily get rid of it is if a new model comes out. I think I have my wife convinced to name our next dog Peterson.
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Post by foxx on Feb 24, 2006 18:06:57 GMT -7
What do you call someone standing around with a bunch of musicians? A drummer.
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Post by BW on Feb 25, 2006 5:34:03 GMT -7
Whaddaya call a beautiful woman on a drummer's arm? A TATTOO! You guys are makin' me want to get my ancient Peterson model 420 out of mothballs and get 'er recalibrated. Also have an old Conn strobotuner that's seen better days, but there's nothing better to intonate your axe with. They're jes' kinda old and beat up like me.
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Post by dave on Feb 25, 2006 5:57:44 GMT -7
Excellent guys! Keep it coming. When the post is full I'm going to sent it to certain band member I know! To BW. Completely messed up getting tickets for the 100 Club show in April 3rd. Sold out and very disappointed! Did you say the bluesbreakers are back in the UK in the fall? This is the only other drummer joke I know.. What's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine? You only have to punch the information into the drum machine once. I love the tennis shoes/herd of carpenters one. Saving that for the right moment!
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 25, 2006 16:42:41 GMT -7
I read where a drummer that played with Danny Gatton got this remark from Danny at his audition, "Well you've got the 2 and four, now cut out the rest of that crap", or something to that effect.
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Post by BW on Feb 25, 2006 17:01:12 GMT -7
Never spill beer in a drum machine, it'll start SINGIN'.... Dave, I MIGHT could help ya out! Is that a GHIA I see in your avatar?;^) Isn't the 100 club a really SMALL venue? Probably too small for a full-tilt Senior! I was gonna bring my Airbrake over, but I figgered those brilliant TSA inspectors might close Heathrow down if they saw an X-Ray of it....And yeah, the last I heard, we might have a complete UK tour in the fall if all goes according to plan. Hope so, we always have a blast and I get to play with all my heroes like Kim Simmonds, Mick Taylor and Peter Green! And even Derek Clangston once! Not bad work if ya can get it.
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Post by Curt on Feb 25, 2006 18:45:03 GMT -7
Never spill beer in a drum machine, it'll start SINGIN'.... Dave, I MIGHT could help ya out! Is that a GHIA I see in your avatar?;^) Isn't the 100 club a really SMALL venue? Probably too small for a full-tilt Senior! I was gonna bring my Airbrake over, but I figgered those brilliant TSA inspectors might close Heathrow down if they saw an X-Ray of it....And yeah, the last I heard, we might have a complete UK tour in the fall if all goes according to plan. Hope so, we always have a blast and I get to play with all my heroes like Kim Simmonds, Mick Taylor and Peter Green! And even Derek Clangston once! Not bad work if ya can get it. JUMP on that offer Dave...get BW ta sign the back of the amp after the show..SWEET!
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Post by BW on Feb 26, 2006 2:35:54 GMT -7
I'll sign a bad check for the rental;^)......
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dave
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Post by dave on Feb 26, 2006 3:26:32 GMT -7
Is that a GHIA I see in your avatar?;^) Isn't the 100 club a really SMALL venue? Probably too small for a full-tilt Senior! I was gonna bring my Airbrake over, but I figgered those brilliant TSA inspectors might close Heathrow down if they saw an X-Ray of it.... I have not been to the 100 club for decades but it famously was, and presumably still is, 'intimate' (!) - the stage area is certainly pretty small. Their website has a plan of the venue - I reckon the room is definitely Ghia sized !! ;^ (about 35 by 75 feet, aided by a 4kw house rig - see link) www.the100club.co.uk/100%20Club%20Lighting%20Spec.pdfSo, there's a Ghia or Z-28 ready here for you if you need it. Nooooo problem whatsoever!!
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Post by nickg on Feb 26, 2006 9:59:45 GMT -7
I gotta start putting pics of my ghia in my avatar! See you guys on the 3rd.
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Post by BW on Feb 26, 2006 17:02:31 GMT -7
Thanks Dave! I'll have an 8 ohm 1X12 cab with me so no need to lug one w/ya. Is it a220/230 export model, or 110 volt? Don't think we'll have a transformer. Nick, do you have/need tickets? I'll do what I can for the Z Brethren, hopefully they'll allow us a few guests. John has lots of family in London town, so let me know.
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Post by dave on Feb 26, 2006 18:21:35 GMT -7
Dont worry, the Ghia is an export model. It will be brilliant if you can get a couple of guest tickets (british understatement kicks in here!)
Let me know nearer the time when you need it for set-up/soundcheck? Maybe email me direct (address in my profile) and I'll give you contact mobile numbers.
Nick - looking forward to meeting you there!
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Post by BW on Feb 27, 2006 6:20:37 GMT -7
Thanks Dave, I'll e ya.
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Post by bluzsteel on Feb 27, 2006 6:54:03 GMT -7
BW I can bring my Ghia as well I just need a ticket across the pond!!
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