![]() ![]() I have used my Peterson to check the tunings all over the neck at various points during the tracks. I used my 1968 Fender Strat to find and notate the tunings on the recordings like the intros to "Women In Love" and "Hear About It Later" where Eddie used standard strat style guitars with three single coil pickups. For "Panama" I used my black Musikraft 5150 replica.That song may have been recorded with Eddie's '83 era Frankenstein, but I only own one guitar with a Floyd Rose, which is my Musikraft 5150, so I used that guitar as the closest I have to what may have been used on the original recording. For "Girl Gone Bad" I used my '58 reissue Gibson Flying V. ![]() For the electric parts of "Ice Cream Man" I used my '78 era Musikraft/Locke Frankenstein with a standard Fender tremolo. ![]() For example, for "Runnin' With The Devil" and "You Really Got Me" I used my '75-'76 Ibanez Destroyer. I also try to use a guitar that is as physically close to the guitar that Eddie used on the original recordings as possible (at least as far as we know from Eddie's interviews). I generally refer to the isolated guitar tracks where possible along with the best available CD releases. This thread contains tunings from Van Halen recordings that I have found using my Peterson StroboPlus HD digital strobe tuner. So for only $16, you can jump in and start using the tunings that I have found. These presets make your guitar and any stringed instrument sound as in tune all over the neck as possible and your overall guitar sound will change for the better. You can also get the Peterson digital strobe tuner app for $10 and spend another $6 for their "Sweetened" tuning presets. There is a free online storage and retrieval of any tuning you find or make up which you can save to the StroboPlus HD or any other Peterson tuner with variable cent offsets. It will also make it extremely simple to keep track of any tuning you find and tune to it more or less instantly. ![]() I recommend spending $130 on a Peterson StroboPlus HD.it will make tuning in general one hell of a lot easier and more accurate. In order to use these tunings, you will need a digital strobe tuner with variable cent references. This thread will list the "actual pitches" of each string as nearly as I can gather.my older thread on this site required the use of Peterson's "Sweetened GTR" preset, but this thread will list all of the offsets with their "actual pitch" WITHOUT requiring the use of the "Sweetened GTR" preset. This helps a lot when you are learning the material. I could go on but, these are seriously good things.I wanted to post an easy to refer list of Van Halen tunings that I have found and notated for those few out there who may be interested in getting as exactly in tune with the Van Halen recordings as possible. The reason we buy them in bulk is that so many of our customers ask(ed) about what they are and why we use them that we now sell them. The SN-8 has faster tracking, dead accurate dispaly and is a much better and brighter display than all the other Snarks I've used and they are about $14 from Elderly (and many others) from whom we buy in bulk. Best thing for stage work - no power chords, no instrument cables, clip on vibration or microphone sensor, stick em in your pocket, afford to lend them or lose them.I thought they were a bit of a toy until I used them and then it made a lot of sense. Seems like a bit of "me too" here as we see the usual suspects line up: Peterson VS-1 for mapping and measuring intonations and showing customers just how their instrument looks all around the fret board and why they may not be able to play accurately in certain places / what needs to be done etc etc and the latest Snark SN-8 for general tuning and stage tech work. ![]()
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