5frets.com i found this site after buying 4-5 controllers that go out a lot, and i decided to try to repair-fortify my controller than buy a $140 logitec so id have a reliable one, because the ones that come with the game are good but not great and im tired of buying $40 guitars every 3-8 months. buying all the tools cost a total of 25 dollars. then it was 7 dollars per guitar, for the replacement switches. :cry: i burned myself on the sautering iron. no feeling in 3 of my fingers whatsoever! i had no previous experience with a sautering before tho, so its worth the cost of experience. i did a poor job, scratching up and burning small areas of the board with the switches on it. but apparently those boards can take a ameteur sauter's beating, im glad to say it worked like a charm. once you replace the switches, your even able to customize the sensitivity to give you a bit of a buff. these should last up to a year or more as well. so if you have sautering experience or would like some, and have a controller or xbox that needs fixed, take it into your own hands try to keep some feeling in your fingers mates.
This is why you should leave it to us experts, No feeling in 3 fingers? Usually people just get high degree burns.
I have that site bookmarked already! Great site for GH controller repairs.... I took a couple of my guitars apart because of noisy strumbar, then found that site and used his instructions on tightening up the bar by bending the button tabs. After I did that and applied a bit of grease to the pivot points, I stuck a couple of layers of automotive double sided tape (leaving the backing on the top layer) to the spots where the strum bar contacts the body. BEST thing I have ever done to them! It plays so tightly and quietly now that I can play and not wake up my wife sleeping on the couch beside me! I'm gonna do it to all my guitars, 2 xbox and 2 wii.....
Heehee, it's called "soldering". Anyway, this is the sort of stuff I do on a daily basis. I own a computer and small electronics repair shop, and I do a lot of work on video game stuff. I actually never looked at Guitar Hero controllers as worth fixing, because I didn't think the switches would be so readily available. Thanks for the link, I might try this repair out sometime.
I assume a joystick isn't working on your 360 controller? When the joysticks go out, usually something has physically broken inside. You can replace the joystick module, but the soldering work is going to be a bit more intricate than with the strum bar repair.
