Broken Guitar For Guitar Hero

bballaplaya4life · Post by **bballaplaya4life** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:43 pm

Hey guys. My green button on my guitar is broken and I don't really know how to fix it. It's not completely broken, but it barely ever works. I thought maybe I could get a new one, but I lost the receipt

. Could I still get a new one through some kind of warranty, or am I screwed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:51 pm

You may not need a receipt as you'd get the replacement from the company that makes it, not the place you bought it from, though you probably still might need it as proof of your purchase.

Otherwise, you could take it apart and manually fix it, though this would probably most definitely void your warranty. You could also just buy a new guitar.

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:43 pm

Kirk wrote:[...]You could also just buy a new guitar.

They sell guitars separate from the game?

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:56 pm

Senor_Grunt wrote:
Kirk wrote:[...]You could also just buy a new guitar.
They sell guitars separate from the game?

Craigslist, eBay, and google are your friends.

{TP}Spartan · Post by **{TP}Spartan** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:09 pm

Cuda wrote:
Senor_Grunt wrote:
Kirk wrote:[...]You could also just buy a new guitar.
They sell guitars separate from the game?
Craigslist, eBay, and google are your friends.

The Les Paul is sold seperately at the Wal-Marts here and GH3 is bundled with the Xplorer

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:12 pm

They also sell used ones at EB Games/Gamestop and other game stores.

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:39 pm

sakldjfoihbd.

>_<

I forgot about Craigslist, and I didn't bother looking at eBay. >_>

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:46 pm

{TP}Spartan wrote:The Les Paul is sold seperately at the Wal-Marts here and GH3 is bundled with the Xplorer

Really? My GH3 came with the Les Paul, and the Xplorer is the only one I see available separately.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:52 pm

There are bundles with the Xplorer that are $10 cheaper.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:56 pm

Ar5eNiC · Post by **Ar5eNiC** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:43 pm

Depending on how technical you want to get, you have a few options. First off, you can do what I did to temporarily fix my green button. I pretty much took a few pieces of small paper and wrapped them around the part of the neck that goes into the base of the guitar. It is hard to explain but if you'd like, I could take pictures. Basically this tightens up the connection between the neck and the base so that the neck doesn't move around as much. The problem is that while you are playing, the neck moves and the pins lose their connection.

The other option is a bit harder and involves taking your guitar apart. I'm not going to explain it in full, but you can follow this link (involves soldering) or this link (no soldering).

I haven't played GH much recently so the paper in the neck thing works good enough for me.

Edit: This is all assuming you have a Les Paul...if your green button isn't working on a Xplorer, then you probably have a defective guitar.

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:18 am

This happens with my red button, sometimes it doesn't work, and most of the times it just cuts out, I really hate it. By the way, this is my Les Paul wireless one, if that matters.

bballaplaya4life · Post by **bballaplaya4life** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:07 pm

Yea, mine is the Les Paul one too. My red button used to be broken, but I stopped playing for a while and it fixed itself. Apparently, this method is not working for the green.

gtavcmaster100 wrote:It is hard to explain but if you'd like, I could take pictures. Basically this tightens up the connection between the neck and the base so that the neck doesn't move around as much. The problem is that while you are playing, the neck moves and the pins lose their connection.

The other option is a bit harder and involves taking your guitar apart. I'm not going to explain it in full, but you can follow this link (involves soldering) or this link (no soldering).

I haven't played GH much recently so the paper in the neck thing works good enough for me.

If you could take pics, that would be great because it's kind of hard to picture that in my head. Does the paper make it harder to play/ get in the way? I play expert so I don't want to get all messed up.

I don't think I want to take apart my guitar, but if that is my last option, I will. I might just end up buying a used one at gamestop. Thank you everyone for the suggestions, keep them coming.

Ar5eNiC · Post by **Ar5eNiC** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:52 pm

bballaplaya4life wrote:Yea, mine is the Les Paul one too. My red button used to be broken, but I stopped playing for a while and it fixed itself. Apparently, this method is not working for the green.
gtavcmaster100 wrote:It is hard to explain but if you'd like, I could take pictures. Basically this tightens up the connection between the neck and the base so that the neck doesn't move around as much. The problem is that while you are playing, the neck moves and the pins lose their connection.

The other option is a bit harder and involves taking your guitar apart. I'm not going to explain it in full, but you can follow this link (involves soldering) or this link (no soldering).

I haven't played GH much recently so the paper in the neck thing works good enough for me.
If you could take pics, that would be great because it's kind of hard to picture that in my head. Does the paper make it harder to play/ get in the way? I play expert so I don't want to get all messed up.

I don't think I want to take apart my guitar, but if that is my last option, I will. I might just end up buying a used one at gamestop. Thank you everyone for the suggestions, keep them coming.

Yeah I'll take some pictures when I get back from work...it doesn't get in the way at all, the paper ends up in between the neck and the base of the guitar. It's really hard to explain so I'll get some pictures.

bballaplaya4life · Post by **bballaplaya4life** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:47 am

Alright cool.

Xero · Post by **Xero** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:50 am

Just buy rockband and get a new guitar with it.

bballaplaya4life · Post by **bballaplaya4life** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:51 am

I don't want to buy rock band I already spent a lot of money buying games lately. I used up all of my gamestop giftcards!

{TP}Spartan · Post by **{TP}Spartan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:38 pm

Xero wrote:Just buy rockband and get a new guitar with it.

RB Guitar doesn't work with GH for some reason stated in a vid on youtube.

bballaplaya4life · Post by **bballaplaya4life** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:04 pm

{TP}Spartan wrote:
Xero wrote:Just buy rockband and get a new guitar with it.
RB Guitar doesn't work with GH for some reason stated in a vid on youtube.

Yea what he said.

Ar5eNiC · Post by **Ar5eNiC** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:21 am

Hey, sorry it took so long for me to get back...I totally forgot that I did one internal fix that brings the PCB in the neck closer to the pins. It's actually really easy to do, you can find a tutorial here.

Here's the picture of my guitar. I have a small piece of paper on the other side as well.

Hope this helps.