Over at GrownUpGamers.com they've posted a helpful tutorial to fix those unreliable Guitar Hero II fret buttons on your X-plorer guitar. Their tutorial is for those of you who experience not so responsive fret buttons when rocking out to your favorite jam. This unresponsive fret button problem occurs when the fret buttons don't fully press down on the contact due to some shifting action. And all you need to fix those buttons is some confidence to open up your guitar, some cardboard, scissors, and tape. And voila! Fret buttons fixed. We're just wondering what type of cardboard would work best. Gushers, Pop-Tarts, Fruit By the Foot, or Cheerios ... oh the choices.
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5-05-2007 @ 4:22PM
Dragod said...
That's pretty cool, but for right now I'm focusing on beating my friend's score in "Dead!" on Expert...
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5-05-2007 @ 4:51PM
Peter Clark said...
What, exactly, does adding cardboard do to how the keys work? Can anybody explain in more detail? I don't quite understand it. Wouldn't it mean that you don't have to press the keys as far to activate the trigger?
A problem I have with my frets sometime is that they don't press all the way (mainly the yellow one) and seem to kinda get stuck... is this supposed to fix that?
Thanks
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5-05-2007 @ 5:22PM
MDB said...
Okay retard, did you even read the article? It is supposed to fix stuck buttons, it's supposed to make the buttons more sensitive to the touch so you wouldn't have to push them in as much as you normally do. By putting cardboard on top of the threshold sensors, it makes it so you don't have to push the button down as far as you normally would. Think for yourself for once, idiot, or you will fail in life.
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5-05-2007 @ 5:42PM
Peter Clark said...
Heh, thanks buddy, hope life gets better for you.
Now to go mod my controller....
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5-05-2007 @ 5:58PM
Otis Whitaker said...
Holy God, MDB, was it actually required for you to be such an absolute jerk?
What you said, wasn't said on this page, and that was what he wanted to know. You didn't have to insult his intelligence for being curious.
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5-05-2007 @ 5:58PM
Raffi said...
You post this AFTER I try to exchange my guitar and have a big fiasco with Best Buy? Great.
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5-05-2007 @ 6:28PM
Phour ZwanZig said...
Funny, I just used a Hamburger Helper box a few nights ago to finish off my Home-Made PDA cradle for in my work van.. Those cardboard boxes are stronger than you can imagine if used right..
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5-05-2007 @ 7:28PM
Michael said...
Where's the mod that makes more than a third of the songs in GHII fun to play?
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5-05-2007 @ 7:53PM
Mike said...
an excellent use for a discarded gushers box.
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5-05-2007 @ 10:04PM
massive_98 said...
Reduce!
Reuse!
Recycle!
Yay!
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5-05-2007 @ 10:34PM
Beacon said...
Out of the box the buttons have a small amount of space or slack between the bottom of the button and the rubber "trigger" on the circuit board. The small pieces of cardboard, as thin as they are, reduce the gap between the two.
It gives the buttons a more positive feel. Which, in turn, will help your timing - and more importantly make some of those songs that kill you actually fun to play.
Sticking buttons are sometimes the result of ridges left along the edges from production. Those can be fixed with a nail file or high grit sandpaper. Neither of mine had the ridges, but after doing this it solved my sticky button (orange) problem as well.
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5-06-2007 @ 5:22AM
Taylor said...
Yeah, seriously, i have to say, MDB was being absolutely ridiculous. the guy was 100% serious and asked a very worthwhile question. calling someone a retard because they asked a valid question? Ummm... i'd call THAT person a retard (if i called people retards for being stupid... but i don't, because they're two separate things...). so, uh, MDB, just stay away from here.. don't you have clan meeting to go to anyway?
-Taylor
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5-06-2007 @ 5:39AM
Taylor said...
Oh yeah, and i got distracted, but i meant to say - Try some graphite lubricant! It's a dry lube that is great for plastics, and it won't mess anything up. You can get it at hardware stores - they normally use it for lubricating locks. But yeah, if things stick - on any mechanical device - you should try lubricating them before you go to the trouble of replacing them!
-Taylor
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5-06-2007 @ 9:16AM
Chaval said...
I modded my xplorer after reading this post... didn't make any difference on my score.
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5-06-2007 @ 11:12PM
Viridium said...
Sorry, I just still can't get into this. If I want to rock out, I'll go grab an actual guitar and start rocking out.
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5-06-2007 @ 11:21PM
Hey Apples said...
First, this is old news and has been used for guitar hero 1 and 2, so it's no surprise that it works for guitar hero 2.5 as well.
Second, I am of the opinion that this technique doesn't really improve anything. I've played on a dozen controllers, including some with this addition. I did not notice any discerable difference in gameplay between 'modded' ones and 'stock'.
Seems to me to be a bit like the myth of the corked bat in baseball... where it's largely believed to have performance-improving effects when science says otherwise.
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5-12-2007 @ 10:16PM
Kevin said...
Adding cardboard is supposed to make it easier to press the buttons, not improve your score. By putting cardboard under the buttons it lessens the gap between the plastic peice and the electronics inside. That way you don't have to push down as far to make the button work.
No more complaining about cardboard not improving your score. (Who would think it would anyway?)
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