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  • My rockband guitar has two sensors that pick up when metal strip inside the strum bad come close enough.

  • i wonder is it possible to turn a rock band guitar into a real one

  • This is great but my question is will this fix work on a Rock Band 3 Guitar? Because the little white plastic peaces that stick out on the strum bar broke off the strum bar on the in side. the ones that hit the connect pads. and will this make it clickie ???

  • @MrsEVILJESS i'm pretty sure its the same strum mechanic, so probably

  • From the way this video looks it might as well a 80's tech-show. :D

  • hi i have a cuestion, the problem that i have with my guitar is a problem with the connection because i connect my wireless guitar in my nintendo wii and it doesnt work's, so i wanna know what can i do with this problem. the guitar have power and it turn it on but doesn't make the connection! please help me im waiting for your answer!!

  • I have a permanent fool proof fix. LEARN TO PLAY THE GUITAR. YOU WILL NOT SCORE CHICKS PLAYING A FUCKING PLASTIC GUITAR! A decent guitar, amp, cord & tuner is cheaper than the video game & console. Put the same effort into playing a REAL guitar as you put into a dopey video game, get a band together & you will score chicks. Frank Zappa said it best " The Guitar Player always gets the blow jobs" Stop being a poser, become a REAL musician!

  • @MrUltraworld K well then, stop playing cod and go over to the middle east. Real people can die from bullet wounds.

  • @MrUltraworld so what happens if i know how to play the guitar? am i now no longer allowed to play guitar hero?

  • @MrUltraworld So by this asumption if i learn how to play guitar i will het head hmmmmmm good thing im a drummer then that means when i make it big i will bang the most! well its a good thing im not like that cuz i rather make music to make music so peple can hear than make music to have a sorry excuse to get laid and just by playing rock band or guitar heroe doesnt make you a poser its just a hobby you love now getting a guitar just to get laid now that , that makes you a poser

  • @DeathBringerOfDeath Back to your WOW battle.

  • @MrUltraworld Back to your poser life style

  • Hi!

    My guitar is a revision(?) 4, does this method works on it? Cheers

  • why doesn't my penis fit in my vacuum?

  • Music.... huh... oh.... its finally over. I was getting a nice nap in. There is a new thing in video... its called editing. Can you shortin that puppy up to a minute?

  • Nice tip but 13 minutes???? a bit long winded. Could have accomplished the same in a third of the time. Plus commercials? Yer killin' me.

  • works great...and i miss the clicking sound in a plastic guitar....the rockband ones were too quiet

  • did this mod it works great the only down side is it clicks

  • because guitar hero blows even tho their guitars are superior

  • it would be quicker, and cheaper if u just bought a GHII guitar, the GH2 guitar is perfect i had it forever and i still works, i just wanted a have a second controller so others can play but ohwell

  • Lmfao why not just buy Guitar hero?

  • @LittleMisterBoi I'm wondering if you're serious or not. Judging by your name and use of "lmfao" I'm assuming you are. Your fanboy attitude is rather crass, and hopefully some day you will grow up a bit to learn that different people enjoy different products for different reasons.

  • buy a fucking guitar hero guitar for fuck sake then do yourself a favor smash the rock band guitar

  • do i see a heineken in the back ground? :P

  • 0:01 to skip commercials

  • my guitar activates overdrive automatically when I earn it

  • dude i drop my rock band 2 guiter it stop turning on its just wont turn on

    give me a massage men thanks

  • haha good thing i only use a guitar hero controller

  • Got a fix for the Gen 4 guitars? I have two tiny PCAs with magnetic reed switches. My strum bar has two magnet posts near the center of the strum bar to engage the switches. Both switches are broke off at the solder wells.

  • If you got RockBand you got problems lol

  • THE GUITAR HERO GUITAR USS THEM SWITCHES AN THEY FAIL :(

  • @shelly251088 how do you figure they fail...mine has never failed...and ive had mine since well guitar hero 3 came out...

  • wtf is a soddering iron? lol

  • the beer 00:30 xD

  • Pleas hack You Tube so we don´t get those ads and the old YT back and disable WMG to delete vids etc.

  • Is the same thing for the Rockb Band Rikcen Backer Wii Guitarr?

  • Oh, this is about that toy game-system "guitar" controller for "Guitar Hero" or somesuch ersatz musical nonsense.

    "If you got a thumb, you, too, can strum!"

  • thats funny,but i wouldnt open with it,buying a bass is a better idea

  • @yescharliesurfs I actually started by playing bass... keep it up man

  • me has rock band. me no has teh problems. use GH guitar lawlcrackerz

  • Very cool,is there  any way that you will hire for rock band to remodel theirs guitar designs?

  • so do i get a sodering iron at radio shack and soder there to or were do i get it and how much does it cost?

  • I believe that harmonix and EA make shitty products just to encourage people to buy more of their expensive and more advanced products. For example the ion drum rocker= over 400$. Which is very fucked up if you ask me.

  • Yeah, too bad the Ion Drum Rocker is a 3rd party controller, and EA gets no profit from it.

  • ok this is off topic but WTF?!?! google put in ads before we watch vidoes??

  • I was just thinking the same thing, WTF

  • you tube loses money with all these videos so now theyre starting to be ad heavy.

  • They gotta make money some how.

  • @rJ11991 I thumb down the video because I couldn't reload to bypass the ad.

  • @rJ11991

    Of Course, how else is Google going to recuperate their frickin 1.65 Billion Dollar purchase?

  • "So for this mod you will need: A couple of screwdrivers, some gizmos and a beer"

  • When I do this mod, I am going to drink Dos Equis, and I will feel like the most interesting man in the world is looking over my shoulder.

  • dos not help for the ps3 one different on the inside and i busted the power supply to the battery and some other things oh well ill have to buy a new one

  • i did this but i couldnt get the up strum back how its suppose to be so i put the switch right above the bottom fret buttons and now i can play 1 hand on hard n some expert songs :P

  • He made a "technical" video for non-technical people, no? So his use of words might make it easier for laymen to understand. Criticism can be constructive or it can be more arrogance, as brandon demonstrates.

  • look.. I guess I was a bit rude.. but seriously.. It's one thing to simplify things for a layman and its another thing to be incorrect. A switch is a switch.. you can't get anymore simple than that. He says "pickups" repeatedly throughout and that's blatantly incorrect. He's obviously on of those I.T guys that thinks just because he can install Linux that he's some sort of Electronics Engineer or something.

  • Ok, here's another example: An engine is an engine, but should we go around criticizing General Motors, Motor Trend, the DMV, etc?? Because technically, cars have internal combustion engines, not electric motors. BUT, a motor can be defined more broadly as something that causes motion. Similarly, a "pick up" can be a lot of things. This can be a transducer in a real guitar that converts motion into an electrical signal, or it can simply be something that registers. He gets his point across

  • Nice try.. According to webster's the word motor was used at least as far back as 1586. The electric motor was invented 1821. So obviously the word motor is not exclusive to electric motors. Please find even ONE example of where "pickup" is used synonymously with switch. I wont be holding my breath...

  • "the word motor is not exclusive to electric motors." Do you realize you just reinforced my point? Few words exclude a particular subject in its definition or origin(s), and the terms pick-up or pickup are no exception. Besides, he uses "pick up" sparingly and I believe is referring the system as a whole. At one point he even says "pick up system." But he frequently says "switch" to refer to the switch circuit itself. (cont.)

  • (cont.) Further, the term pick-up is so broad that it doesn't matter what he meant exactly. But I submit that it CAN specifically refer to an actual switch or at least the contacts. Here's one just for you, took 5 seconds to find: (I can't post the link I'll msg it)

  • I never said that the word pick-up COULDN'T mean a switch under ANY circumstance.. but in the case of THIS video it was incorrect. That link you sent me is a VERY specialized device where an inductor (coil of wire) is used as a magnetic proximity switch. IT hardly proves your point that the word "pickup" is synonymous with switch under any normal circumstances and especially not when you are talking to nontechnical "layperson" that this video is aimed at.

  • (cont.) Most people correct others to elicit clarity. But I see no ambiguity in this video. So, your comments are laughable and only make you look stupid.

  • my comments are laughable? ok.. when some kid goes to Radio Shack and ask the salesman for "pickups" for his Rock Band guitar we will see who gets laughed at! lol

  • I'm not going to repeat myself, it's all there. I can just hope someone else chimes in with their input on this.

  • thanks for giving it a rest.. your weak argument has enough holes in it. Big a big man and admit you were wrong. Its the adult thing to do when arguing about video games and plastic guitars ;p

  • You ask for an example, I provided one, then you change/adjust it to attempt to make your argument work. Besides that, my final point was that he gets his point across clearly so who cares about definitions. There was no sense in repeating myself since I said it all previously. And your thumbs down on my comments.. pretty pathetic. But this is so far beneath me already and it wouldn't be very gratifying to argue with such a stupid person anyway.

  • Your example was incorrect! It was an example of a pickup being called a pickup. It was an inductor being used to detect motion which generates a voltage which triggers a transistor. The transistor is the actual switch in the circuit. That has NOTHING to do with this guitar mod. A mechanical switch (ie two metallic contacts making a circuit) is not the same and its NEVER referred to as a pickup. Ive been playing guitar for 16 years and I repair electronics by trade.Face it, you are wrong!

  • Again, these are broad terms. Both a switch and a pickup can be a number of things. I understand that these can be very specific in your line of work, but that doesn't dictate how these terms apply to the rest of the world. In the video, he refers to the contacts or the whole system as a pickup. These detect or "pick up" something, albeit just DC, and NO ONE IS CONFUSED HERE BUT YOU. Nitpicking about specific definitions has its place but definitely not here.

  • I never said I was confused.. I said the guy making the video barely knew what he was talking about and the basic word "switch" must've escaped him. he said "pickups" because he was thinking about real guitars and maybe he went to a music store once or twice and overheard somebody say it. He called what he took out a "pickup" and called what he put in a "switch" as though they were technically different or like he did some sort of major hack. He replaced a cheap switch with a better one. period

  • Yup, and with the new switch, this toy guitar's "pick up system" and the contacts pick up the strums and voltage perfectly. He also does a perfectly fine job of explaining how to put the new switch in. I think the switch model even shows up on the screen and says "switch". Yup, no ambiguity here, and a fine job of explaining this mod. Great job, Matt. Thanks for helping us out.

  • Morons like you criticize other peoples videos, but don't upload anything better. His mod works, who cares if he avoided using the word switch.

  • Thanks for reminding me.. because after I saw this video I DID record a video of doing this mod on the other type of guitar that looks just like this one but uses magnetic reed switches. I have to upload it.

  • Yeah, and I made a video of modding this guitar using a flux capacitor and a stick of chewing gum. I also need to upload it.

  • Do I "switch" when I walk? Sorry, I'm not familiar with your ghetto slang. If I need to churn some butter I call your mom. P.S Go fuck yourself..

  • Thanks, that would be great. My Mom loves to churn butter! P.S. Your ass has a blown O' Ring..

  • @OneCoolDude08 haha nice comeback dude

  • Omg why would you make videos up to 60-70 minutes long for only 5000 subscribers? Good vids, but, cmon, one full hour?

  • maybe he just likes posting vids, oyu know, doin it for fun

  • Hmm, thats some fun...

  • It's called a wire striper.

  • my rock band guitar reciever (the square-ish box) keeps flashin instead of just being glowing red. i tryed everything like change the batteries and also. and in the guitar, the lil red button (not the fret) that next to da start and select button doesnt glow red . i need help. thanx =]

  • you can use a Guitar Hero guitar for Rock Band.

  • my rb guitar doesnt even connect. the guitar has no signal. can anyone help?

  • Did you sync it?

  • I prefer the fender Rock Band guitar over the guitar hero guitar (PS2)

  • lol wtf is wit the beer bottle in the backround????

  • Lol, he he has a beer bottle in the background...

  • ok i can give you a new solution for free; BUY GUITAR HERO

  • Then you either have to fix the fret buttons on the les paul or fix the squeaking on the wt guitar. If I had to choose I would try to just fix the les paul.

  • I still use the Explorer =D

  • its the best one, except for overdrive/starpower, your have to tilt alot and the back button is too small

  • you can use like cardboard so you can use it like a GH3 back button

  • Alright man, let's point one thing out, if it's a free solution you don't have to buy it. Dumbass.

  • yeah, buy GH for PC. Keyboards won't crash so fast! It might sound lame, but believe me, it's more fun than a fake plastic geetar! (me: G->O is A,S,D,F,Space; strum:num4,num5; SP:num6; whammy:num8;; and I beat TTFAF on xpert with 300kpts)

    U can get now GH3, GH:A and GH:WT for PC. GH:A is buggy so I don't recommend it. But the other 2 are good...

  • does not work!!!!! I tried it and it does not work!!!!!!!

  • aguante estados unidos =)

  • Are you crazy man???

  • mine doesnt clik en u strum

  • does this work 4 the rock band 2 guitar?

  • Yes, it does. I just did this and it works beautifully, I no longer have the down strum misses or the up strum misses. However, the drawback is that of insufficient signal control in the Rock Band hardware that prevents it from registering quick up and down strumming which is required with the really fast songs.

  • @spikedboot yes

    

  • Does the Rock Band 2 guitar have problems?

  • i wonder if anyone actually , has done this , coz most people just watch it coz, well they just do

  • why is the beer there if he never drinks any? Am I the only one bothered by this?

  • what do u mean if u have rock band u have guitar problems ?

    are they crapier them guitar hero ones cuz i been reading all the reviews of guitar hero guitar and i thouth that the rock band guitar were better............i want to buy a rock band guitar to use it with guitar hero world tour ...what will be better to buy a rock band guitar or just use the crappier guitar hero one??????????????????????????

  • actually the guitar hero ones are better one they dont hurt you to strum they dont miss notes you can tell where the frets are there hard to break and there compatible with almost all guitar games and rock band only works on rockband

  • No, all the rock band instruments work on all guitar hero games

  • no dumb ass rock band guitars dont work with gh3, gh aerosmith, gh2, and gh1

  • Do we have to do the same thing (the cutting) to the other side of the strum?

  • The best screws to use are #4 1/2" Pan Head screws for metal. Also, take a 3/32 drill and widen the hole in the switch first (it's a brittle type of plastic, so it's a good idea). With the same drill bit, drill the holes in the case a little wider (after you cut off the 1/8 inch).

    Also, you don't need a test meter, The three terminals are labeled C, NO, and NC. They stand for Common, Normally Open, and Normally Closed. The ones you want are NO and C.

    You flush cutters and nippers, not snips.

  • lol when he strippes the wire its like he goes nah i dont need the thing, than he gets shocked:P

  • I didnt try this becuase the radioshack I have here is always sold out of this type of stuff but this was awesome

  • or you could buy a guitar hero guitar and use it

  • U R RIGHT!!

  • whats with the beer?

  • What bullshit that we have to do this to fix the guitar. I hope people read this and don't waste their money on Rock Band.

  • what's the size of the wood screw?

  • 4/40" x 3/8" wood screws

  • dude your stupid it like 5 time easier and faster just use a wire stripper

  • could you do one with a guitar hero world tour guitar because my down strum is broken.

  • stating what generation rockband guitar your modifying would of been helpful to your viewers. as the different gens have different strumbar switchs.

  • Gay.

  • ya my first rock band guitar had those two bars on the strummer bent after hard playing so it wouldnt trigger a note it would just be held on the strum because the two bent together Should be a safety tip:Take the batteries out first -______-

  • made this mod to my wii guitar as a last resort to throwing it away. worked well but had to fit the switches a bit differently to get it to work without catching the strum bar on the switches.

  • does it matter what contacts you put the wire on? i mean does it go in any order?

  • owned

  • SOLD!

  • owned

  • Owned period. biatch

  • Damn nice works good job

  • I beleive You did that all by yourself. Congratulations, You clumsy fuck. You should REALLY not attempt to mod something this expensive unless You have some experience with electronics.

  • Owned.

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  • Winner!..

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    I mean

    Owned.

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  • Ha. Idiot.

  • i don't know if you talk to me but yes for the ps3......so i'm gonna do the same thing as you but normally close....thanks again for the information for the switch!!

  • do u have a ps3

    hi

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  • GODDAM i think you save the life of my rockband guitar....i hate this fucking stupid guitar...especially for solo....GUITAR HERO guitar is the best....so i'm gonna try what you do...THANKS!

  • Whats wrong with cutting out the shitty bendy metal contacts in exchange for a real switch? Hell I would do this JUST to prove a point! haha.

    And yes, I agree....beer SHOULD be part of the materials list to calm your nerves and give you a steady hand. Just make sure you save the other 5 for afterwards if you manage to kill your controller. Cool project if your guitar woulda ended up in the dumpster anyways. :)

  • lol if you look one the corner of the table theres a beer bottle

  • This is a very good video.

  • this is stupid ur bascily just changing it from a rock band guitar to a guitar hero guitar!!! and plus what if some kid watches this and destroys the guitar??? like u said after u have done this the warenty is off

  • if you break the guitar all u have to do is go to target, walmart, or anywhere that sells rock band and buy another guitar

  • My rockband guitar works perfectly. I beat the crap out of it, even did one of those stage smash things... (it didn't break =P) and it still works. Soda spilled in it even. Works like a charm. The strum bar is so silent, I love it. But the buttons are loud as crap, and I'm thinking of replacing them.

  • your stupid!

  • YOU'RE a retard.

    learn to spell

  • umm ok, i took out all the screws why the hell is the top still on?

  • if u remember when u put the guitar 2gether, u had 2 put the top on urself. its a diffrent piece . lol

  • my guitar broke and when i opened it up it actually had to switches that were similar to the ones he uses in side so i actually went out and bought an explorer guitar from guitar hero 2 took out the entire strumming assembly and mounted it in my rockband guitar its very ugly but it works like its supposed to

  • he does look alittle buzzed

  • are you saying we can mod our rock band guitar so that it doesnt miss a not?

  • is it true that the rock band instruments are less likey to break if u got rock band recently?

  • Dumb question, why are you showing us this, really cool fix, but you have 2 bottles of beer, opened and mostly gone, on the left side of the table, from the viewers view ... I mean that just makes me think "What the hell..."

    :3

  • :S is anyone gunna ccualy do this, ide rather buy another gitar.

  • i actually did this but messed up the up-strum so i put the other swith somewere else

  • ohh, and after i took the cap off a GH3 guitar (dont know if u no anyhting bout this but..) the buttons started fucking up and i go to hold down a note and it flickers and sometimes doesnt work....thanks if u can help./

  • use a string glue i have samwe problem i use tape but glue is a good fix too

  • good to go

  • Someone should make a video called

    "Permanent Fix for Guitar Hero/Rock Band Guitar" or similar

    and just smash it ^_^

  • Hahah he has a beer on his desk :)

  • how did he get a 12 minute video???

  • i think cause the video is under the size limit...

  • your gay