Holee Mod Tutorial - The ULTIMATE Stabilizer Mod!

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0:00 Introduction
1:17 Stabilizer Overview
1:46 Cleaning Stabilizers
2:17 Clipping Stabilizers
2:47 The Holee Mod
4:25 Lubing Stabilizers
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[@hamajineo]

Full credit goes to Tet from my Discord server for introducing it to me! kzbin.info/door/VBmnwa-yqnZGeOE20JjlbQ

[@fifiindriani9183]

Hamaji random quick question what monitor u use

[@idonthaveavalidnamename8058]

Should you so the mod after lubing or before lubing?

[@Fate025]

@@idonthaveavalidnamename8058 Before lubing the stabs. I tried it on my lubbed stabs, and I had to go through the tedious process of cleaning and drying the stab stems before modding, just like what was shown in this video.

[@brandoneich2412]

Do you still bandaid mod the pcb?

[@edwardscissorhandz]

@@brandoneich2412 if u want if makes the sound more cushioned and less tecky

[@12345678946513]

Ngl, it's kinda comforting to know that I'm not the only one struggling with stab rattle

[@hamajineo]

dude it sucks when people don’t acknowledge it because it makes it look so annoyingly easy. it’s hard but it gets easier!

[@blitzkreep4905]

I don’t know how many times I have tuned my stabs to get it right.

[@fr4u_keebs604]

@@hamajineo "it’s hard but it gets easier!" thats what she said

[@Zamm1n]

I've literally spent every night for an entire week trying to tune a set of stabs with little success. They are the most infuriating things, yet when I watch some famous streamers do stabs they often just chuck some 205g0 on the wires and it sounds perfect, no special mods or anything. I've never experienced it that easy in the 2 years I've been doing keyboards... :/

[@blitzkreep4905]

@@Zamm1n I'm fairly certain that sometimes they just make it seem like they got the stabs done up 100% percent perfect. The holee mod does make a huge difference tho. If you haven't tried it, you really need to give it a go. I just built a tofu 60 with holee modded stabs, and by far its one of the best sounding setups I've done so far.

[@CoffeeJip153]

holee hell I’ve been waiting for this *punny drum sound affect*

[@rainwaiv]

ba dum tss

[@augustbrandow9989]

its called a rimshot I think

[@_caoss]

@@augustbrandow9989 yeah it is

[@jisun2695]

*effect

[@doge8153]

What?

[@BarbellBinks]

be warned: holle modding zeal stabs can result in a very mushy break in period due to the reduced space in the stem compared to durock v2s. To accelerate the break in process, I recommend extra time to be spent flattening the bandaid to the stem, and also pre-soaking it with whatever lubricant you are using on the wires (of course, with the bandaid already installed... or else the adhesive won't work)

[@usqd5785]

using electrical tape instead of band aids might help with the mushiness :)

[@damianliew5243]

The mod gives me such a mushy bottom out that I really hate... How long is the break-in period on average?

[@pvp_playz7866]

BEEEEEEEEEEEE WARNEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:D

[@littlemoocheese9473]

thanks for the advice!

[@anujv2909]

Pro tip: Cut the band-aid before removing the plastic covering the glue :-)

[@Xirree]

actual legend, thanks!

[@ArkiTechnology]

Holee this is a nice vid. Well explained & camera work is on point- smashed it as always bro

[@kirti3839]

i tried this on my first keyboard i ever build and never was quiet happy with, but now it is actually good to press the spacebar instead of trying to hit that one sport where it sounded alright. and it was much faster than I expected. great mod

[@Fate025]

Thank you very much for doing this video on the holee mod. I thought my boards sounded decent before. But after trying it out on all the stabs for 2 of my hotswap boards (NK65 EE and a 60% alu case), my boards sound SO MUCH better! I never knew my boards could make such sounds before, its like unlocking the potential that I never knew existed out of these boards. The holee mod removes that annoying metallic ticking sound that is produced when the metal stab wire hits the stabiliser stem when we push down on the key. I had thought my quality everglide screw in stabs didn't produce any ticking sound. But upon closer sound comparison with my holee modded stabs. I DID notice a subtle ticking with the screw in stabs that I never really paid attention to before. After holee modding all my everglide screw in stabs, it resulted in the stab keys having a much more muted, more homogeneous sound profile as compared to the other normal keys. When I do a typing test, the entire keyboard sounds smoother, as I can't tell the difference in sound when I press on a spacebar, a shift key or a normal key. The typing sounds and experience has become so much more satisfying, that I'm buying desoldering tools to desolder all my other boards to holee mod all the stabs moving forward.

[@PandaXpress17]

Hamaji, thank you so much for doing this tutorial. I tried doing this several months ago going off of just written instructions and failed miserably - so I gave up because I got frustrated. But, I decided to revisit the mod and found your video... now I cannot stop pressing my beautiful spacebar! I had a tick on the right side of my space bar, even after lubing and straightening out my stab wires. You've earned a sub from me, hands down!

[@heroic9655]

0:10 pain

[@brendanressler4359]

This saved my sanity. I have been in an endless cycle of relubing my stabs, having them sound good for about two weeks, and then suddenly becoming rattlecity

[@apk4515]

Holee Modded my stabs for the first time using your video and it was hands down the easiest to follow out of other stab how-to’s I’ve watched. The clear, simple instructions and up close footage was super useful. Thanks for the video!

[@DailySetupTech]

I'm definitely trying this, awesome video!

[@kiwiasian]

Great video! For my very loose wire, I needed to also dampened the side to side play inside the housing. So instead of putting the tape inside the housing itself, I wrapped 1 layer of duct tape around each end of the wire, being careful to keep it only 1 layer thick so I can insert the wire back into the housing.

[@sviz]

Beautifully explained Hamaji! Very clear and well done

[@lawrencelau2612]

Wow! thank you for the excellent tutorial! I just did the Holee Mod on my NK65 and you have helped me endgame my keyboard even further. Thank you! I didn't think i'd be able to get rid of that damn rattle.

[@w3llplad783]

Note: The holee mod only helps with the rattle from the stem and wire. If your wires aren't balanced, your stabilizers will rattle.

[@xDistinction]

For anyone who's trying this mod and felt like giving up because it's taking so long. Push through the pain!!! I'm new to lubing and this mod took my over an hour and a half to complete but it was so worth it!

[@fuunds]

good advice even outside the keyboard hobby

[@matt-wt9xg]

i pushed through it for the first time and OH MY LAWD. IT SOUNDS SO GOOD????????????????????????

[@AlkaVirus]

no, no it isn't worth it. squishy feeling and sounds barely better. Using dielectric grease is much better.

[@PaperDecoy]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial. Just followed this last night and can already hear a big improvement in my stabs!

[@riveralight104]

This is my first time doing a holee mod and only your video is a guide for me. After some time that really drained my patience, finally the rattle on my spacebar was gone. I am very happy with the result. Thank you very much :)

[@qwoofie5961]

finally a high quality holee mod vid

[@d1_un]

I just did it, and i'm in love. My spacebar stabilizers are better than lubed ones. Thank god hamaji posted this. My gk61 is better than usual.

[@fad2679]

Just did this for the first time after 6 months of a rattling spacebar. It actually works very well. Thank you for this very clever mod.

[@chronischdope]

Man, I was waiting for a good guide for too long. Thank you!

[@johnkarllopez8805]

thank u this really helped me it took me like 20 mins because its so hard to fit the band aid in the hole but at the end the holee mod actually solved the problem

[@camron1130]

Thank you so much. My space bar was driving me nuts, I had to keep taking the stab out over and over because it would sound find after a test, then an hour later it would start to rattle again. This really helped me overcome this tragic hurdle :)

[@gorgnof]

Thank you so much for this video I did this yesterday and my Durock V2 stabs are SO nice now :) totally worth it and I kinda even got the hang of it after the 2nd stabilizer :)

[@menthalightfoot4948]

Just used this to fix a rattly backspace, when modding stabilizers is one of my least favorite things to do. This made it as painless as possible - even three years on this video is priceless! Thanks for making it.

[@phiminu3243]

Tip: go through the stem with you tweezers and apply it on the top of the tweezers, it will be much easier for you to get the band aid inside of the stem by pulling it! Pushing is a bit inconvenient

[@patnelson2585]

You're a mad genius!

[@brutaldabs5829]

thanks for the tup man

[@hannah5567]

I've been waiting for this one! Can't wait to try it. Thanks for the tutorial!! :)

[@verodeus]

this is literally what I was looking for thank you hamaji

[@Irwansyahhh]

wow, i just did the clipping stabilizer thing and lube the wire (no the holee yet, cant find my band aid). and the difference really noticeable. big thx mate...

[@davidkim6755]

Your camera work is so excellent. This video is so professional. I love your channel! Great job!

[@normconel2907]

Thanks for the great guide. I'm currently building my first keyboard and this helped a lot! Also, nice camera work. Hard to get clear shots with such small subject matter.

[@BennyTygohome]

Very clear instructions and images and no rambling which helps in my comprehension. Thanks. Subbed.

[@KeenyNewton]

dang, this was crispy video .. loved the clarity, to the point, the detail and of course the Holee mod .. cheers ..

[@debadityabarman2355]

Thank you so much. This changed my keyboard. The sound before and after is completely different, its like its not even my own keyboard. Thank you. Thank you so much!

[@JacksonTwidle]

Sound test was so relaxing I nearly fell asleep 😂 you should do a similar video to lubing switches, that would be super useful

[@goblinkrunch]

I bought a set of the glorious stabs, and am now considering modding the stock stabs first, to see the difference (and as practice). Thanks for the tut!

[@balcaide87]

Hi Hamaji, I spend days using dielectric grease, krytox, super lube, bandages etc on my Womier k68 65% board. There was always a tiny rattle, and then I saw this video and it worked. I was really impressed and I just wanna thank you for this great mod!!! Youre the best.

[@Holly18th]

Nice and thorough tutorial! Defs gonna use in on my next build :)

[@michaeldimen2256]

This finally made my drop ctrl nice to use! Thank you!

[@ZemzyOseris]

Dude, thank you so much. Currently redubbing the stabs on the GMMK PRO and it's my first time modding a keyboard more that switches and sound deadening. This helped me so much!

[@Microjam]

Thank you. Great video quality makes it very easy to see what's happening.

[@ceejaylomibao1433]

i had a headache with my spacebar rattling on the left side. thank you for this tutorial. it is fixed now

[@seymourlim8420]

Best stabilizer mod that I have seen on KZbin

[@Evan_0706]

thank you so much, this was the first time in 3 months i was able to actually get my spacebar to not rattle

[@maretheking7217]

This is gold, I did not even use lube or fabric band-aid. Just wanted a quick fix for my annoying spacebar. I put 2 layers of thin plastic band-aid on the stems, with no lube. The results are amazing. For just 5 minutes of work this is superb.

[@brankerroberts3360]

dude. this crap just saved me a bunch of time, my holee modded keychron stabs with cheapo dieletric and teflon grease sound better than my screw in durock v2s with krytox 205g0. you earned a sub and im doing this for every single keyboard i touch for now on

[@lseagle61]

Using the right bandaid and a good pair of small scissors makes this a lot easier. Also I found it easier to cut the bandaid by peeling the cover off, turning it 90 degrees and putting it back on. That way you can cut the bandaid without the scissors sticking but you can still peel off the cover since it will stick out past the ends of the bandaid.

[@mogtrader8]

I have trouble getting the band-aid to actually stick to the stem. Does the brand matter?

[@geraldlim4236]

wow! I've tried reassembling and relubing the stablizers a ton and nothing would fix the spacebar rattle on one side.. however the Holee mod solves it all!!!! THANKS SO MUCH Hamaji! Will post a sound test soon and you can be the judge of that! ;)

[@saylordoub7656]

this was beyond helpful thank you

[@OxygeenFR]

Finally, a proper tutorial to do the Holee mod with CLOSE UPS ! I'm so glad i found this !

[@andylok5742]

thank you so much! very much needed this :D

[@GlitchingYT]

OMG thank you so much this made my keyboard so much more thockyyyyy ily vids keep up the good work

[@LilDozyXD]

Wow amazing tutorial keep it up some of the stuff feel a little off but it’s getting better so I assume it will work all the kinks out with use

[@kralovic.m]

Nice video. Really helped me out. Keep them coming 👍👍

[@truuuupR]

Nice. Was literally googling for this type of tutorial 2 days ago.

[@drawowo]

didnt expect this to work so well

[@Potato-ey1xs]

7:26 thanks dude! two out of the 4 stabs I holee modded were giving me a clicking/tactile feeling when i’m using linear switches. Was driving me crazy. I added more lube to the back of the stabs and bam the clicking was gone. amazing

[@TheRectangularCircle]

Had the most annoying clicking sound on one side of my spacebar that I couldn't figure out, but this seemed to do the trick! Thanks for the tutorial

[@brokenhandle]

So helpful, thank you!

[@Oscar-rl4wm]

Just did this mod. haven't assembled the keyboard yet. The spacebar is too goddamn satisfying now. Upgrading from cherry stabs to durock and applying this mod worked wonders!

[@_jdfx]

Very cool! Tip for the holle mod: insert the bandaid the other way and catch it with the tweezers on the other end, and pull. this worked a lot better for me. obviously it depends on your tweezers size.

[@daan8052]

Finally did it. It was time consuming but it was worth. I test it with band aid but it was too mushy so I ended up doing it with medical tape and it was way better! I really hope the adhesive will stay in place 😬🤞

[@ayy1268]

Thank you :) the bandaid mod actually work for my spacebar

[@Alex-eq9jz]

You are amazing this will be so helpful for my build I’m hoping to make soon thanks so much

[@funwithoutstress]

I just did this mod and holee molee does it make a difference! The crisp sounding squeak/creak is gone! Now my keychron sounds like a $500 mechanical keyboard, Thank you!

[@mooshkeys]

when you asked in kb-help i had no idea what holee was. had no idea it would be this good/popular!

[@meepcheep314]

thanks for tet giving this idea and thanks hamaji for spreading it!

[@Bobboboll97]

Thanks for the great guide! Works very well.

[@carlbo]

just got some durock screw ins and i did this my spacebar is sounding amazing :D

[@darrellciruela1116]

found out about this mod from one of your earlier build videos, been using it ever since! quality content!

[@darrellciruela1116]

i also started putting a band aid strip on the bottom part also, a snug fit but i found out that its a longer lasting solution

[@speaktobrett]

You don't experience any mushiness or slow response from the stabilizer?

[@darrellciruela1116]

@@speaktobrett none for me at all, i use medical tape

[@VicharB]

Perfect instructions. Thank you.

[@ryanzhang9561]

This mod really helped me out :)

[@itsyabrodie]

I used this video of yours as a guide, and the mod worked pretty well for me and now I can't stop pressing the spacebar.

[@v4llyy]

Just tried on my GK61XS, just in case - it worked flawless - a bit tricky at first but even some clipIn stabs are more than okay. THANKS never tried it before ;D

[@euzelvillanueva3886]

Holy crap thank you! I finally fixed the tick/rattle on my stabs with this.

[@xgdubjrx821]

Really appreciate the guide

[@funwithoutstress]

Thank you. My Keychron k2v2 75% board has been amazing... except the space bar rattle. It was the only thing that has prevented the board from being perfect.

[@al-du6lb]

at first I thought you guys were crazy, but here I am preparing for my first board 🤣

[@serene4566]

Great tutorial, well explained thaaank you

[@homerreal]

Simply, Thanks ❤️

[@fernquan6817]

Looking forward to doing this mod on the Ikki68 later

[@olmop7785]

Thank you so so so much, I was getting so frustrated that my spacebar was rattling and then I did this, It frustrates you a little bit while doing it but it's so much more worth it in the end. Thank you. (Although it feels really weird and sometimes my spacebar wont fully go up and it's really annoying.)

[@olmop7785]

I just re did it after a year and its so much better 💀

[@kimtran6536]

Bro your so underrated you just got a sub and a like well done bravo

[@ervinpoldejesus9945]

OMG it worked!! Thanks! *tears of joy* LOL

[@ginnayyyy]

ty for this!! used this for my first keeb ;;

[@quokkaokka3473]

omgosh absolutely perfect thankyou.

[@jtechmkb]

thanks for this tutorial, really helpful. :)

[@fandonproductions1905]

This mod is definitely worth the time. Btw if you guys dont have tweezers, you can use a toothpick as an alternative.

[@caveman4191]

doctor hamaji performing holee operation

[@AimanAmirul11]

Thank you for this!!

[@MuffyLantis]

bruh this worked so well. thank you man. the annoying spacebar rattle is gone.

[@brokenakuma1753]

I needed this🙏🙏🙏

[@pvdv2000]

Finally fixed my ticking space bar. it makes satisfying sound now.

[@coysettimo6955]

Thanks for helping me i clipped all my stabs all of them sound great. except for right shift because i messed it up. But it doesn't matter nobody uses it lol

[@ermomtash9917]

Right as I order my stabs I see this vid in my subscription feed fantastic timing

[@nick-nameW]

at first it was very frustrating but than i got it and i love it

[@Typell]

My spacebar has been ticking for months and I finally decided to do the holee mod, I was too lazy to do it before. And holy even tho it's extremely scuffed, the unbalanced muted sound still sounds better than extremely ticking sound. Please do it it's worth it