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Skogsharald
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 252 Location: Malmö, Sweden
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Okay a question about the velcro here..
Am i supposed to place it so it goes all the way around to the front of the guitar, or just on those 4 specific places on your picture shin? Since I tried
it but i thought i should put it round out to the front aswell, but that made
my strum bar getting stuck while playing :P |
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BriGuy
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 1894 Location: Boston
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Just on the inside where the rubber pads on the strum bar make contact with the shell. |
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Chris9092
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 754 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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It works very well, sometimes it barely doesn't even click :o Its a great mod especially in songs like misirlou where all you usually hear is clicking now u hear the song! |
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Phuzzle
Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 255 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Quiet Strum Bar Guitar Controller? |
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Squirrel wrote: | If your strum bar is squeaking, take out the strum bar completely, then oil the metal rod. That's it. |
Thank you oh-so-much. Misirlou and Dragonforce has made mine way too squeaky |
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classicrockr2112
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 44 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:11 am Post subject: |
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Hey, Shin, in regards to your modification, I don't see how it would work. I cracked open my SG controller to get a better look at what's going on in there, and as illustrated in the picture below, the white switches circled purple are what cause the clicking.
What you've done with the velcro is merely padded the strum bar from hitting against some other plastic. The parts circled in red hit against the velcro. Personally, I have had no trouble with the parts circled in red. But the switches (once again circled in purple) are still unaltered, allowing for their clicking rampage to continue, no?
If it does stop the clicking, I would just like to know how it does. I haven't gotten the velcro yet to try it out, and I just wanted to know if this stops the clicking I am specifically talking about or if there are more effective solutions I can try. _________________
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urikobb3
Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 502 Location: Middlesbrough, England
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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I've used the electrical tape method. It doesn't stop the clicking (as you say, that's caused by a switch anyway), but it cuts down the noise the Strum Bar makes as it comes into contact with the plastic of the SG itself.
Mine is quieter now, but yes, it still clicks. |
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classicrockr2112
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 44 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:46 am Post subject: |
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Well, it is the clicking that I want to stop so I think that I will go ahead and try the electrical tape method only I will cover the switches themselves. That will at least muffle the clicking. _________________
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adcurtin
Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 39
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: |
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I was doing it the electrical tape style, and after putting it where other have put velco, I noticed there was still some excess clicking (not the switches doing their job loudly). I put 4 layers of electrical tape on top of the switches , the parts previously circled in purple. I found that 4 was too think and playing didn't feel right and it messed up playing a bit, so i took it back down to one layer and it is still fairly quiet. If you do this, make sure the electrical tape on top of the switches is slightly smaller than the top of the switch, otherwise it will stick to the black part of the switch.
I also found out that the switches click before they actually close, meaning that if you used the perfect thinkness of tape, you might make them stay in between where they click and actually completing the circuit, eliminating that too, but I think it might interfere with playing to much to be feasible. |
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Blacklabel
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 389
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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im 13 and i did it easy. But be careful wit da screws. dont strip them. _________________
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classicrockr2112
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 44 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: |
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Well, I tried the electrical tape method on the switches a few days ago and I couldn't get it where it was normal unless I alternate-strummed, which I hate. So I took it off.
If I left the electrical tape on and played it long enough, would it stretch the tape to the point where it would be good again? _________________
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BriGuy
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 1894 Location: Boston
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Netonex wrote: | I placed 4 small(tiny) washers, about the thickness of my switch padding, under the strum bar circuit board, on top of the screw holes to raise the circuit board away from the switches enough to make up for the extra padding on the switches. Now, my strum bar is quieter and I cannot get it to bounce back and "double click" nomatter how hard I try.
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porkchop
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 151
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: |
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why dont you just take the clickers out if the clicking is the problem, there is a lot of info on here about how to take the clickers out. its a very tiny piece of metel in each of the white switches you have circled in purple |
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Rickles
Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 1443 Location: The people in white coats won't tell me!
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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my friend VERY VERY carefully sprayed wd-40 in the four corners of the strumbar (without opening it) this magicly disabled the clickers.(the plastic still hits a little.
not recomended cause i have no idea how it worked.
by the way. its a original sg. and i mean original, engraved red octane logo on back instead of sticker |
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FearTheSkyBass
Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 59 Location: St. Louis
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:05 am Post subject: |
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Need to find me some velcro. Stat. |
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guran
Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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