How to repair a broken guitar hero rock band guitar strum

In this video I give a brief demonstration on how to fix a broken Strum on your guitar hero or rock band guitar

[@madrazz8888]

This still helped me in 2021. Thank you!

[@opokalipsa]

My guitar literally came today and I checked it. Unfortunately I came across the same problem but thankfully I found your video. Much later I'm gonna try to do it on my guitar cause I don't have time now and I hope it's gonna work. Thank You man, I really appreciate it. Keep up the good job

[@lorenwillcock]

Opokalipsa cool. I hope you can get it working.

[@Guirock1]

Thanks for this video!! Instead of bending the metal I got some double sided tape over the piece so it would raise it's volume, worked just fine. I just didn't remove the protective paper from the tape so it wouldn't stick on the strum.

[@trentreyes7809]

2023 still helped me!! Thank you!!

[@lorenwillcock]

Glad it helped. Rock on!

[@stephenb5469]

@@lorenwillcock I got as far as the housing for the strum bar and i couldn't get those screws off. Do you know what tool I'd need? I had to order a Philips 0 to get the 4 screws where the neck connects but that won't get the screws for the strum bar housing. Thanks!

[@marlaparraguirre277]

wow.. So simple.. I was about to buy new ones too since, BOTH my original guitar hero guitars finally gave out. xD I was about to be very sad because I've had them since 2010. Thank you for the video.

[@lorenwillcock]

Marla Parraguirre 🙂👍🏻

[@addidaswguy]

Thanks, hopefully the Guitar Hero Live is similar

[@noog8756]

Thanks for this. I can finally l play with my daughter on this guitar which must be twice as old as her 12 years. :-)

[@faereif]

I just recently got a brand new guitar and spent such a long time trying to just get the inside open, I’m hoping when I try this later it works!!

[@corhellion]

This fixed my upstrumming only GHWT guitar, thanks!

[@lorenwillcock]

Awesome! Glad I could help.

[@ClicheXeveryXday]

It works! We used some extra rubber pads as well

[@papetaman6895]

Thank you so much. I got the same problem since the day I got my guitar. I hope the strum will work after that.

[@lorenwillcock]

I hope that fixed it for you! :-)

[@papetaman6895]

@@lorenwillcock Yeah, it did! It now works perfectly. Thx!!

[@lorenwillcock]

@@papetaman6895 AWESOME!

[@iguil]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm 99% sure this will fix my guitar, will try it tomorrow!

[@ajdorrington-sadoski9420]

Awesome 😎 mate just what I needed to do, works great now

[@officialforehead]

y’all my guitar won’t stop strumming

[@adam180483]

Thanks just used this guide to fix the same problem on mine :)

[@lorenwillcock]

Awesome! Thanks for watching. I’m glad you were able to fix your guitar.

[@Marcin_z_bloku_obok]

*playing on easy - "don't judge me" :D

[@ChenTheRainbow]

2023, thanks for the help man 😅

[@ShelbyRules-qf1zm]

Thx for your help, but a.... I opened it up just to realize nothing was wrong with it I just sucked so bad I thought it wasnt working. 🤣 havnt played in over 3 years.

[@p.s.l7777]

i know its been 5 yeats budt i have the same guitar and my whammy bar is loose so it just spins with no force do you have a video in how to repair that ?

[@caniscanemeditbully214]

I was hoping you showed how you opened the guitar :(

[@lorenwillcock]

Sorry. Didn’t occurred to me to film a tutorial until I had already broken it down. They’re not that hard to get open though

[@ridezz6743]

Hey man I’ve got a problem where I can’t split the body into 2, it splits from the base fine all and up the body but when I get to the neck it’s like it’s still being held down by something. I’ve taken the four screws out from there but still doesn’t budge and I don’t want to go full monke and break it haha. Any suggestions?

[@lorenwillcock]

Make sure all labels have been removed and you’re not missing any screws. Also make sure if there is a removable face plate… There might be something hiding under there. If this is a model that you can remove the neck on make sure you remove that. After that I would assume there is some kind of plastic clip inside holding it together but it’s kind of tough to be sure.

[@PonchoGGaming]

Thanks man! Now I'm glad I didn't throw them in the trash... Just one question: Do you need the special "triangle" screwdriver to fully open this?

[@PonchoGGaming]

PD I have the same guitar, just the wii version :)

[@lorenwillcock]

The best I can remember I did not need any specialized tools for this but each model is probably different... I bet you could pick up one of those triangle screwdrivers on amazon for a fraction of what it costs for a new guitar tho.

[@PonchoGGaming]

@@lorenwillcock I did it! I just needed like a 6 pointed star screwdriver, did what you showed and now it works fine! Thanks for the tutorial! :)

[@lorenwillcock]

Alfonso Garza That’s awesome! Those guitar hero guitars get really expensive now that they don’t make them anymore. I’m glad you were able to save yours!

[@EduardoHernandez-hc6tj]

​@Alfonso Garza what size you use bro?

[@serajean1056]

How do you remove the cover to get inside the guitar controller? Cause I’m having the hardest time to remove the top from the bottom. Please let me know.

[@lorenwillcock]

There can be screws in multiple different places throughout the body. If the neck is removable you will want to remove that first. Also some models have a removable faceplate. It is usually just hold on with some clips that you cannot see and you just need to get a thin screwdriver to pry that off gently. There could also be some screws on the back of the guitar body and they are often hidden behind stickers.

[@Blayest]

I feel that my world tour's guitar strum is really soft, It doesn't center at all and It isn't as strong as the Les Paul of GH3. Maybe this could help me out?

[@lorenwillcock]

if the construction of your guitar is similar to the one in this video... and you feel the strum is weak it could be the momentary switches like in this vid but it is more likely that the springs on the strum are worn or maybe one is broken... its easy to take them apart and put back together so I would just open it up and take a look.... Probably could order the springs on line.

[@SpecOpsProductions2]

Thanks man worked great!!!

[@marandabaker2485]

I've opened mine up and the down is not registering at all but the up works fine any idea on how I can replace the down button?

[@lorenwillcock]

Well, first I would test it it’s just maybe the metal tab on the momentary switch that needs to be adjusted by bending it… Sometimes those little metal tabs get worn out and need to be adjusted so that they push the little black button that resides under the metal tab all the way down. If that is not the issue then you will need to see about ordering a replacement momentary switch for your guitar.

[@anarchyamp]

Well done

[@MOTWMB]

Thank you !!

[@passion4drums]

The body on my controller won't come off all the way, only half way. Trying to fix a wired version of this guitar. Should I force it? I don't want to break anything obviously, I would lose a lot of money

[@lorenwillcock]

First i would double check under any labels. Warning labels or stickers etc. any rubber plugs or anything like that. They like to hide screws behind that kind of thing. I have never taken apart a wired guitar. It is possible it is just held together with plastic clips being part of the body but i dont know for sure.

[@savannahrhoades3919]

Hey Loren idk if you’ll see this but any tips on a guitar that is adding in random strums when you aren’t even touching it? But then other times not registering strums? Mine just broke tonight playing with my cousin and I’m devastated I wanna try to fix her before I replace her

[@lorenwillcock]

Could still be that momentary switch. You could try adjusting it like in my video. But the switch could be wearing out entirely. You might be able to purchase a replacement switch somewhere. You could pull the guitar apart and then try to play it using just the switch instead of the strum and see how the switch behaves. If by activating the switch on its own the guitar works properly then the switch is probably fine and might just need some adjustment. Also if it’s adding in random strums it’s possible your springs are either out of place or wearing out. These are the springs that return the strum to its neutral position. You could try replacing those. that would be the first thing I look at. I’m assuming this is a wireless guitar?

[@jacobnotjake414]

ty

[@lorenwillcock]

YW

[@hazyhazel975]

THANK YOUUUU

[@lorenwillcock]

You’re welcome 🙂

[@biofreak96]

So I replaced the switches in mine, but the strumming sort of gets stuck. Like I have literally have to center the the strum bar in order to be able to strum again.

[@lorenwillcock]

sounds like the springs are either not installed properly or worn out

[@biofreak96]

@@lorenwillcock sorry what I meant is it does move back to the center, but I have to completely center it in order to strum again. If I don’t it doesn’t make the click noise.

[@lorenwillcock]

@@biofreak96 it sounds like perhaps the clearances of the switches are too tight so to speak. The small button under the metal tab on the switch may not be able to fully extend up unless the strum is perfect. So the metal tab may need to be bent slightly in such a way that the strum can rest at center without depressing the small black button that resides under the metal tab on the switch. You may need to bend the metal tab on the switch in two places. Up and away from the switch body closer to the button (which is under the tab) and then back down at the end opposite the button. this would make it so the metal tab would have to be depressed further to activate the button and the strum would have to be ... strummed more to activate the button.

[@biofreak96]

@@lorenwillcock hmm alright I’ll see what I can do and let you know.

[@biofreak96]

@@lorenwillcock sorry for taking a while but it works now. Just like you said I bent the switches a little and now it feels perfect.

[@rizkiahmad6948]

My strum just keep going up on makn menu idk whats the problem , i tried change its spring but its still stuck

[@lorenwillcock]

Sounds like the switch that the strum activates may be bad. Check to see if the little button that spring pushes down is stuck

[@Mehumies12]

If you are using clone hero, it registeres left as up

[@damianflores6393]

My les Paul ps3 strums up but the strum down doesn't work?

[@lorenwillcock]

It’s probably the momentary switch just like in this video.

[@damianflores6393]

@@lorenwillcock I thought so too I'm just terrified to open up the controller lol. Thank you for confirming

[@LM4R]

What screwdrivers did you use?

[@lorenwillcock]

Its been so long i do not remember. Probably a small philips but i do keep a precision screwdriver set on hand so maybe something out of that. U can get one of those for like $10

[@FloatFam]

Got all the way inside my guitar and messed with the buttons.. still no luck i think it is actually broken

[@lorenwillcock]

That’s possible. FYI I see these things at Goodwill‘s and other thrift stores fairly often for like 10 bucks if you want to buy a new guitar

[@lukewalker1639]

Imma remember this dudes thumbnail as the dude who ruined my guitar