Comments on: DIY: How to fix your defective Guitar Hero controller

By: Me

Me — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:50:49 +0000

I bought 2 guitars (normal ones) one has only the green button working and strum, other has no buttons working but the strum…I will never buy Nintendo crap again!

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 04 May 2011 06:01:18 +0000

I’m having a hard time keeping myself from throwing my brand new RedOctane wireless World Tour Guitar controller at a wall. I just opened the box, and played with the drums, but I cant even get the lights to turn on the guitar when I press the PS button. I’ve changed the batteries and turned off the system and restarted… What now, why won’t it just work?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:45:16 +0000

My guitar doesn’t work when it comes to the tapping sections. I press the buttons but nothing happens – they don’t even ‘light up’ on screen. They work in normal mode, just not in tapping. can’t figure it out. Any clues?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:58:52 +0000

My problem is that whenever I press the blue button the yellow lights up and flickers also, I have taken it apart but it looked fine to me, if anyone knows what my problem is please email me at robbie12381@hotmail.com

The guitar is for Playstation 3 and it is a wired controller. I don’t know what name brand it is but its a Guitar Hero guitar. Please Help

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:13:03 +0000

For those who are having problems with the strum switches of their guitar hero controllers, i also had that problem with my controller when strumming down, mainly due to overuse. What you can do is to fix the sort of metal lever that hits the switch when you strum down:

1. take the bridge part (where the buttons are) of the guitar out, there is a an unlock switch at the back, somewhere in the middle of the guitar.

2. take the faceplate off the main body of the guitar, there is a switch another unlock switch at the back, at the right most end. there are no screws attached to the faceplate, you just need to pry it a bit.

3. take all the screws out of the main body and you’ll be able to open it.

4. at the middle is the main circuit board. take the four corner screws out. the 2 in the middle are just for the springs.

5. you can also remove the cable holders around the circuit to make it easier for you to turn the board.

6. when you turn the board over you will see the up and down switches with a metal piece on top of each. i guess the metal of the down switch gets a bit reshaped when its worn out. you can use a pair of pliers to make the angle of the lever higher or reshape it better so that the switch under it will get pressed quicker, making the down strum more sensitive. you might also need to fix the up switch’s metal since it also affects how the strum bar will bounce back.

7. it also helps to invert the strum bar from the inside. in my case, i realized that the plastic of the part of strum bar that hits the metal lever got a bit carved out due to the friction with the lever, and that causes the switch to react later than it should. so i inverted the plastic so that the part that used to hit the up switch is now for the down switch.

8. you need to test the way the strum bar reacts with the fixed metal switches. sometimes it becomes too sensitive.

9. put all the pieces back and that should do the trick.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:14:48 +0000

I have a RedOctane Guitar Hero wireless controller. The analog selector knob acts like it is stuck in the down position but the knob doesn’t appear to be stuck. I am unable to move up on the menus. If I let go, it scrolls down at max speed. If I try to move up, it stops. Any ideas? email me dcoursen@embarqmail.com

By: jamal

jamal — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:09:47 +0000

my problem is that i put batteries in my ps3 guitar controller and pressed the ps button on it it flashes red but doesnt turn on plss help me i really need help thank u

By: svenni

svenni — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:12:30 +0000

my buttes ar all screwd up when i press red butten it shows as yellow and when i presss green it dosent show and whne i use the strum tingy it wont work but it works perfectly in the menu there all the buttens work like they shude

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:03:48 +0000

DUDE ~ if anyone knows how to fix the problem with not being able to strum down PLZ let me know. As Molly posted….its really pissing me off too!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:51:12 +0000

my wii guitar’s green fret doesn’t work most of the time!