Comments on: Guitar Hero Broken Whammy Bar Repair Guide

By: jesus

jesus — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:00:17 +0000

thanks for the repair guid but do you know were i can find the wammy bar for guitar hero 3 it doesnt work at all

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By: daniel

daniel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:34:01 +0000

when i opened my guitar thinking the spring brook i relized the plastic in between the spring brook i thought i was screwed, but then i thought if i warped a string around the movable spring hook to the base piece it might work. and surprisingly it works great ROCK ON!!!!

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By: James

James — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:21:25 +0000

Is there a repair guide for the "star power" tilt sensor? Out of the box, I would literally have to shake my guitar violently up and down to get it to register. It's hard to look cool while rocking out with plastic instruments when flailing the guitar around like a drunken wombat….

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By: Don Julio

Don Julio — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:55:26 +0000

Well for the black plastic tang that breaks off here is the fix. My tang busted and I decided to fix it myself, so I took the original spring off of the 2 white plastic pieces and took one loop and straightened one ond to make a hook instead of a loop. I took a safety pin (large one, but a paperclip will work fine) heated up the tip and put a hole in the half moon black plastic piece that the actual whammy bar goes through and hooked the modified spring end to it and then stretched the spring to the stationary white plastic piece and put the loop end of the spring on it. Put it all back together and it has been working this way for over 4 months now and it is the same tightness as the original design. No new parts to buy just one small hole to make in the half moon piece. Make the hole on the half moon below where the white V original attachment point is and just slightly more (I mean slightly) toward the bottom of the guitar. Hope this helps as it is not very difficult to improvise and improve on original design, you just need patience and thinking capabilities.

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By: David

David — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:14:33 +0000

I just put a rubber band on it attached to the guitar strap attachment, works just fine

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By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:29:59 +0000

Kevin, you might have overlooked part "Opening the Guitar": http://5frets.com/19/guitar-hero-broken-whammy-bar-fix/#OpeningGuitar where I mentioned:

The process is largely the same as illustrated in my Loose Whammy Repair Guide. Follow that guide up to Step 3 first, and then let’s proceed:

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:21:02 +0000

For the information here, the guitar body is taken apart with Torx screwdrivers, Torx 6 & 10 to be precise. These screws can be accessed by removing the faceplate from the top of the guitar (where the strum bar is). You remove the faceplate by taking a thin object, like a butter knife, and slide it under the faceplate, there are a few places where there are faceplate anchors, and they basically pop out with brute force, it may sound like you broke something when you take it off, but don't be alarmed.

As for the plastic parts being broken, I don't think there is much you can do. You probably can't get replacement parts because you voided the warranty

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By: joe

joe — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:06:12 +0000

yeah the spring is fine but the black plastis broke on mine too. Im stuck.

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By: Guitar Hero Loose/Sagging Whammy Bar Repair Guide • 5Frets.com

Guitar Hero Loose/Sagging Whammy Bar Repair Guide • 5Frets.com — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:28:09 +0000

[...] If your whammy has snapped inside and now flops without springing back, you need my Broken Whammy Repair Guide [...]

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By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:08:40 +0000

is there a place to buy replacement springs?

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