SG MOD: Buckethead "Killswitch"!

**Nextonex** · Joined: 31 Oct 2006 Posts: 127 Location: East Coast

Like most of my mods, this mod is purely for fun, especally if your a Buckethead fan like me.

Here's what you'll need:

Phillips Screwdriver
Soldering Iron/Solder
A six inch piece of wire
Scissors
Chicken bucket, mask and wig

Start by taking the back off of your controller. You do not need to take the neck off for this mod.

Locate the circuitboard for the start and select buttons and remove the three screws. You will notice that they are labeled ST for start and SEL for select.

Mark the SELECT button on the other side of the circuit board. This will keep you from screwing up later. Cut a notch in the wire on select side. This disables the select button.

Solder one end of your wire to the SELECT solder point of the wire you just notched.

Solder the other end of your wire to either of the 2 strumbutton switch solder points. Either of the 2 in the middle will do. The outer points are to ground.

Now, place the START/SELECT board in BACKWARDS so that the select button is where the start button used to be (closest to the strap nut). Replace the 3 screws.

I painted my button red with a sharpie.

I tested this mod with Jordan, it worked great. I did not hit the start button once and I was easily able to transisition between the button and the strumbar throughout the song.

DISCLAMER: This mod disables the select button on the controller. If you feel you need select on your controller you have a couple of options.

Option 1 - Add another button for select - You can follow my instrutions for adding a select button in my starpower pickup switch mod found here: http://forum.guitarherogame.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=1113 You can substitute a pushbutton for the bat switch.

Option 2 - Add another button for the "killswitch" button. Follow the same directions as the link above but instead of connecting the wires to the select button, you connect them to both sides of one of the strumbutton switches on the controllers main circuit board and connecting the other ends to your pushbutton switch.

Myself, I could care less about the select button, unless you use it to activate starpower it's moot. If a future version of Guitar Hero requires the use of select i can eaisly change it back by removing the wire from the strumbar switch and connecting it back to where we cut the notch.

Using this mod while wearing a bucket on your head will not help you beat Jordan on expert
... or mabe it will?

**toymachine** · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 9629 Location: Toronto

if I was good with my hands I would do this- but I am way too scared I'll fuck up my guitar- oh well maybe I will try it with my broken one after repairing the already messed up cord!
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**Nextonex** · Joined: 31 Oct 2006 Posts: 127 Location: East Coast

you can fix it. go find a good soldering tutorial. Goto radio shack and get a cheap iron and some solder. Find some old computer boards and practice soldering small wires (cut up network/phone cord is a good start). It really only takes a little while to learn.

Here's a nice tutorial

http://www.kingbass.com/soldering101.html

**Mordred** · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 249 Location: Austin, TX

What exactly does the kill switch do? I can't understand why you would want to use this at all.

(I understand on a real guitar, but not for GH)
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