How-to: Fix your faulty Guitar Hero 2 controller yourself

There’s a post over at All About the Games that’s very helpful for those folks who happen to have problems using the whammy bars on Red Octane’s controllers. They’ve written a guide that instructs users on actually fixing their Guitar Hero 2 controllers themselves.

The fix itself is relatively simple if you know how to follow directions. It’s only a matter of tightening screws inside the controller itself, no cutting of wires and realigning positronic accelerators here. It’s great news for those folks aren’t actually in a position to get their defective controllers fixed (such as those who bought the controllers and had it shipped to other countries), as well as an excuse to look at your controller’s insides (it’s mostly hollow).

The even more heartening news regarding this fix is it presumably won’t void your warranty. Since there shouldn’t be any intrusion protection stickers in the way, you’ll be able to do this without anyone really being able to tell if it was opened or not. Still, just make sure you’re very careful, else your defective whammy bar might end up becoming just another piece of useless plastic.

There’s a post over at All About the Games that’s very helpful for those folks who happen to have problems using the whammy bars on Red Octane’s controllers. They’ve written a guide that instructs users on actually fixing their Guitar Hero 2 controllers themselves.

The fix itself is relatively simple if you know how to follow directions. It’s only a matter of tightening screws inside the controller itself, no cutting of wires and realigning positronic accelerators here. It’s great news for those folks aren’t actually in a position to get their defective controllers fixed (such as those who bought the controllers and had it shipped to other countries), as well as an excuse to look at your controller’s insides (it’s mostly hollow).

The even more heartening news regarding this fix is it presumably won’t void your warranty. Since there shouldn’t be any intrusion protection stickers in the way, you’ll be able to do this without anyone really being able to tell if it was opened or not. Still, just make sure you’re very careful, else your defective whammy bar might end up becoming just another piece of useless plastic.