Quick Fix For Your Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Strum Bar In 2023 (PS3)
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2025
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I was going to play Rock Band (I no longer play Guitar Hero, and Rock Band can import the songs.) with my daughter, only to find that neither of my Guitar Hero guitars actually worked. My Guitar Hero III guitar would not sync, and my Guitar Hero World Tour guitar would not properly strum. In this video, I show you how to quickly fix the World Tour guitar strum bar without the need to solder. It only requires a quick mod to the strum bar contacts.
We will need to solder something on the Guitar Hero 3 guitar. So far, I have been unable to fix the guitar.
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There is another way to repair this same issue, without potentially damaging/over-bending the lever arm on the switches.
The strum bar has two raised plastic ridges, placed in the middle of the strum bar and on either side.
These ridges are the contact surfaces between the strum bar and the metal lever arms of the switches.
Over time, the metal lever arms can wear away at the plastic ridges, which means there is less consistent contact between the strum bar and the switches. This is obvious when you compare the wearing on the up- and down-strum sides of the strum bar.
I fixed it by just folding a thin piece of flexible plastic over the end of the strum bar, to fill in the worn-away gap in the plastic ridge, then just taped it in place.
I'm trying to think of better solutions for a long-term fix, but this should do for at least a few months, and is easily repeatable.
This way you don't need to do anything to the switches.
If that lever arm snaps or becomes too flexible with repeated bending, you're going to have to replace the switch, which is considerably more effort.
I like it. In fact, I pinned this comment. Do you have nay ideas on a Les Paul GHIII guitar not syncing with the receiver?
@@GenerationalGamerswap out the capacitor on the board. It’s a 220uf10v i believe.
@@clairoux.matthew I have those capacitors, but still haven't gotten it to work.
@@GenerationalGamer strange, that’s usually the fix. I’ve done about 10 for the ps3 and they all worked after that.
I’ll have to keep trying.
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Had to spend a decent amount of time on trial and error (i think i adjusted the UP strum first by accident) but it's back to perfect now!
Awesome! Glad it worked for you.
So far, I have been unable to fix the Guitar Hero 3 guitar I mentioned. Fortunately, this one now works. I will see if my kid WANTS to play this game before I spend time/money to keep going trying to fix the older one.
The part of the bar that hits the metal is worn. You can alternatively add padding where the wear is at with layers of scotch tape, but that may only be a temporary fix and there is a risk of the tape coming off and causing more issues.
I appreciate the other options
This worked perfectly, thank you for posting your video - super helpful!
Awesome! Glad it helped.
If you over bend the lever, I found that if you apply pressure on top the lever with your finger (where you bent it) and take some hefty tweezers and slide it lever in-between, you can bend it back without cause too much damage
Thank you for the advice. The more people who share their ideas, the better we can repair these old controllers.
@@GenerationalGamer No problem. I appericate the fact that you even made this video because without this I would've been down $40 bucks
@@sleepyturtle9626 I still need to figure out how to fix my GH3 controller. Any ideas? It won't sync with the PS3.
Just the video I needed to see, Very easy to follow! Awesome work brother thank you for the upload!
Thank you for the kind words. I am still working on my other guitar (GH3 version). If you have nay ideas why it won't sync, I am all ears.
@@GenerationalGamer Could be a small chance the wireless receiver for the guitar controller has died, Only in rare cases has this happened to me
@@AndrewKings4 I think it is is the capacitor in my guitar. It could be the receiver too. The capacitor was pretty gross though. It looks like it leaked. I will have to do some testing to see if I can get that to work again.
It worked for me! Thank you a lot!
Awesome! Glad it did.
using a contact cleaner on the broken switch also helps (on the side holes and at the beginning of the metal strip), I solved it with it
I should have started with this. Great idea!
This worked for me, after trying to bend the metal part of the switch! Thanks!
@CaseyKowalchukIsHere glad it did. Thanks for watching.
Why in gods name didn’t they just use all torx lol. Got home with the torx and didn’t realize I needed a different tool for the last 4. Missed that in the video the first time….😖
Were you able to get it working?
We just got the buttons working so we are going to play but I am anxious to rip it apart and try this on the one that has the problem to be continued...
Let me know how it goes and please share the video.
Mine works and so does the dongle but they just won’t sync together anymore. I’ve seen that ppl say u can just replace the capacitor but I don’t even know where to begin to look for a new one, let alone install it 😢
I am looking into that one myself. The capacitor that I thought it was, is not correct. Fortunately, there isn't much to disassemble with these controllers.
I'm having a similar problem but with the gh3 guitar, I bought it a few days ago and discovered that the strum bar doesn't work up just today, and it seems that sometimes the strum bar seems to be Late
You should be able to do the same thing with a GH3 guitar.
having the same problem with the down strum on my wt guitar. It doesn't register unless you hit it just right. The switch clicks audibly and feels the same as the up strum, but it doesn't work as well. Bending the end of the metal a bit fixed it for about ten minutes or so. I might just need to replace the switch
Unfortunately, yours may have been worse off than mine. Good luck.
@@GenerationalGamer I have tried a few things. I added a bit of duct tape between the strum bar and the switch in the spot it makes contact. I also folded up a small piece of paper and placed it inbetween the actual plastic "button" on the switch and the metal prong. That actually worked quite well. But it still isn't perfect. The switch itself is most likely faulty (either that or the pcb) since the joints look good.
I am just going to replace the switches entirely with new mechanical ones at this point
@@rylanyoung2018 That may be your best option, at this point.
Mine does the same. I actually open the little switch up to take a better look of everything. The inside is a bit similar to a PC mouse.
Anyways, my question is did you ever find the click switch part? If so, can ya tell me where you got it? Might need to get one….or maybe I’ll just have to switch both clicks with each other since i strum down more.
@@ShredTheFetus I have not looked for a replacement part. My guitar worked just by bending the bar back in place. I imagine that it is temporary fix, at best.
I am having the same problem, but with my gh3 guitar for xbox 360. Is this video still relevant in taking apart the guitar, or is it totally different? Thanks!
They use similar buttons. My GH3 controller will not connect so that one has its own issues.
i was wondering if you can help me i have the same guitar but when i strum up there is like a 70 percent change it will double strum and its pretty annoying to lose my combo a bunch
Have you looked at the copper pieces I showed here? Maybe the button needs to be cleaned…?
What about over strumming strum bars? :(
I have not had that problem.
Nice
I will have to see if I can fix the other one.
Mine is paring? Any help?
Is it isn’t? I haven’t had a problem pairing with this one. The Les Paul guitar is another story. Mine doesn’t work. I’m still trying to figure it out.
@@GenerationalGamer sorry I meant isn’t.brand new batteries and all idk if I’m doing something wrong I just got the world tour complete in box
@@eustaciosolisii From my research, it is usually a capacitor in the guitar. I have been looking into that for my problematic guitar.