Can someone help me fix my X-plorer?

CATER 4 Prezzz · 01-02-2008

I was strumming away happily on my gh2 guitar playing Cult Of Personality, and I almost got the 200k w/o star power achievement. Suddenly the strum bar starts freakin' out.

It started to act like I was constantly holding it down... No the strum bar isn't loose it just seems like the sensor is messed up or something.

The guitar seems to think I am just holding the strum bar in a down stroke, so I can only upstroke, AND I can't pick a song... (If you don't know what I'm talking about I'll give you a video"

It's not like the strum bar is broken and loose, it pops back up when I hit it down... It just doesn't THINK it goes back up.

Can anyone help me on how to fix it? I don't want to buy a new x-plorer because the thing is so expensive, and I'd rather just get the Les Paul when it sells seperately...

If there's a link to a tut on how to fix everything in the guitar, it'd be appreciated.

MockʎG3 · 01-02-2008

The same thing happened to me, I oppened it up and took of a screw on the strum bar, don't remember which. :\

CATER 4 Prezzz · 01-02-2008

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Originally Posted by MockʎG3

The same thing happened to me, I oppened it up and took of a screw on the strum bar, don't remember which. :\

I'll try each one, I'll get back to you.

If you remember it'd be nice.

Drax · 01-03-2008

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41538

People having the same problem:

"I'm having the exact same problem. With both my guitars. The X-plorer and the Les Paul.

the x-plorer started doing this mid-song while a friend was playing. The les paul was after I changed the batteries because the guitar was lagging (strums and fret pushes were registering close to a second late, and batteries looked low). This was not the first battery change. More like the 4th/5th.

As soon as I turned it on with the new batteries it started downstrumming forever. I can stop it by detaching and re-attaching the neck, but as soon as I strum down again it starts.

I took the X-plorer apart to find out what was wrong, and it seems that the down-strum button is always making a connection, or not at all. Regardless of how many times you actually phyiscally press the button. So I would assume the button is fucked, and should be replaced with a new one. But I'm too busy to go buy a new button and solder it on to replace the old one in my X-plorer, and I'm hoping to make good on the warranty for the Les Paul, so no news on whether this actually is a viable fix.

If you find anything else out let me know. Until then, I'm a controller hero I suppose."

It seems pretty difficult to fix, but browse that topic and see if you find anything.

CATER 4 Prezzz · 01-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drax

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41538

People having the same problem:

"I'm having the exact same problem. With both my guitars. The X-plorer and the Les Paul.

the x-plorer started doing this mid-song while a friend was playing. The les paul was after I changed the batteries because the guitar was lagging (strums and fret pushes were registering close to a second late, and batteries looked low). This was not the first battery change. More like the 4th/5th.

As soon as I turned it on with the new batteries it started downstrumming forever. I can stop it by detaching and re-attaching the neck, but as soon as I strum down again it starts.

I took the X-plorer apart to find out what was wrong, and it seems that the down-strum button is always making a connection, or not at all. Regardless of how many times you actually phyiscally press the button. So I would assume the button is fucked, and should be replaced with a new one. But I'm too busy to go buy a new button and solder it on to replace the old one in my X-plorer, and I'm hoping to make good on the warranty for the Les Paul, so no news on whether this actually is a viable fix.

If you find anything else out let me know. Until then, I'm a controller hero I suppose."

It seems pretty difficult to fix, but browse that topic and see if you find anything.

Boy, I don't want to solder anything. I was hoping it was just a "loosen this screw" type of thing.