Peterson gives Eddie Van Halen’s tunings the strobe treatment

Peterson has launched the StroboStomp EVH, a $179 signature edition of its compact pedal tuner built around 13 tuning presets created specifically for Eddie Van Halen’s catalog. The company says the EVH Sweeteners are based on songs from Van Halen’s 1978 debut, translating the small pitch offsets and string-to-string relationships associated with those recordings into selectable presets rather than asking players to calculate them by ear.

The pedal keeps the StroboStomp platform’s ±0.1-cent claimed accuracy and color LCD, while adding EVH graphics and access to more than 150 additional Sweetened and Guided Tunings. Players can choose true-bypass or buffered operation, which makes the unit usable either as a transparent mute-and-tune stop or as a buffer near the front of a larger board. Peterson’s wider library also covers altered tunings beyond the Van Halen set.

Guitar World’s launch report frames the model as more than a cosmetic signature run: the useful change is the song-oriented programming inside it. That gives players a repeatable route into recorded Van Halen pitch references while preserving the ordinary high-accuracy tuner functions needed for rehearsal, stage and setup work. The EVH model is listed as available now through Peterson and dealers.