Guitar Hero Controller Photo Repair Guides
Got a loose or broken whammy? Red drum pad that doesn't work? Guitar that double-strums?
Learn how to fix your broken controllers so they work as good (or BETTER) than new.
Featuring large photos of the repairs. By Josh Straub, ©2008-2009
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| Fixes & Repair Guides: Guitar (4) | Drums (2) | |
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Guitar: Fix your loose whammy bar (Guitar Hero 3 Les Paul & Guitar Hero World Tour guitar)
  Do you find your Whammy bar slipping down, pointing at the ground by the end of a fast strumming song? Would you like it to stay in place near your strum bar, like the white arrow in the photo to the left? It's as simple as opening the guitar, popping an E-clip, and wrapping 6-7" of teflon tape around the whammy's rubber friction point. Skill: Novice Visit the Loose Whammy Repair Guide |
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Guitar: Fix your broken whammy bar (Guitar Hero 3 Les Paul & Guitar Hero World Tour guitar)
Did your whammy bar snap suddenly? And now it lies limp with no spring action? In this guide you will learn how to quickly and easily repair the whammy without having to buy anything. Skill: Novice Visit the Broken Whammy Repair Guide |
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Guitar: World Tour Broken Strum Bar Repair (Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar)
Has your strum bar stopped registering upstrums, downstrums or double-strumming/overstrumming on its own? Learn how to replace the unreliable switches inside, with one that'll last 10,000,000 clicks! It only takes $6 for new switches, and a steady hand for some soldering.
Visit the Strum Bar Repair Guide |
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Guitar: Tighten up your strum bar for quicker response with less travel (Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar)
You can tighten the slop in your strum bar (the distance you can wiggle it in both directions before it registers a strum) by bending the metal prong on the strum switches inside the guitar. This can make it easier and much more consistent for fast strumming – where you need to rely on small movements. Especially necessary after replacing your dead strum switches with the Radio Shack replacements (see above guide). Skill: Medium Visit the Strum Bar Tightening Guide |
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Drums: Fix your dead "red pad" or nonresponsive cymbals (Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Kit)
The GHWT Drum Kit is notorious for malfunctioning right out of the box; usually the cymbals or the red drum pad will be much less responsive than the rest, making it hard or impossible to play a song and keep a note streak. By securing the drum sensors with hot glue, the sensitivity is greatly increased. After this fix, I was able to do 200-500 Note Streaks on medium drums. Skill: Medium Visit the Drum Sensitivity Repair Guide with HQ videos – before vs. after |
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Drums: Fix your collapsing drum kit stand legs (Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Kit)
While my drum kit was malfunctioning, I had to strike the red pad especially hard. This caused the left side of the drum kit to slowly collapse, so that after each song I would have to loosen the clamp and pull it back up to level height. The plastic clamp is simply inadequate. I fixed this by drilling a small hole through the leg at maximum height, and then inserting a cotter pin to lock it in place. Skill: Novice Estimated time for repair: 5 minutes |
