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daeyeth
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 Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: Quiet Strum Bar Guitar Controller? |
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| Has anyone come across a significantly quieter strum bar modification or custom controller with a quieter strum bar? |
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Squirrel 
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Quiet Strum Bar Guitar Controller? |
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| daeyeth wrote: | | Has anyone come across a significantly quieter strum bar modification or custom controller with a quieter strum bar? |
I have 
The clicks are still there, but you can't remove those: its a microswitch.
What I did was, I opened up the base of the guitar, then unscrewed the 4 screws holding the board down into place. When you look at the strum bar, you'll see the 4 pieces of rubber that hit the plastic, 2 on each side. I put several strips of electrical tape on the plastic, where the 4 sections of rubber hit the plastic.
Its much quieter now. Velcro will make it quieter, but I'm perfectly happy with 4 or 5 strips of electrical tape.
If your strum bar is squeaking, take out the strum bar completely, then oil the metal rod. That's it.
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daeyeth
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Are the clicks at least quieter? |
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TheShineNSB
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| This isn't a homebrew suggestion, but the TAC Flying V doesn't have a clicker and is very quiet--there's only the sound of the plastic clacking. You could probably silence it entirely by opening it up and putting in some padding... I might try that tonight. |
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Huwonk 
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Are you kidding? I rely on that wretched clicking to keep my time in songs like The Breaking Wheel. I couldn't do it without the clicking.
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IEatGlue
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yeah dude, when your not playing the game, take the strum bar and move it a little, make sure you don't hit the side of the guitar tho, and you will be able to hear the click noise
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daeyeth
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:53 am Post subject: |
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| IEatGlue wrote: | | take the strum bar and move it a little, make sure you don't hit the side of the guitar tho, and you will be able to hear the click noise |
yeah that kind of works, I tried that. But it messes up my alt. strum rythym since I'm not that good at it yet. Funny thing though, I recently got so annoyed with the clicks (when I'm off rythym it distracts me really badly) I tried covering the base of the guitar with a bunch of blankets haha. It works somewhat but the blankets make it difficult to play. |
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Shin
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:20 am Post subject: |
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I used velcro.
Not only does it silence your strumbar, it also makes control tighter.
4 bits of self-adhesive velcro, check it out.
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Dandaman
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| Shin wrote: | I used velcro.
Not only does it silence your strumbar, it also makes control tighter.
4 bits of self-adhesive velcro, check it out.
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awesome idea shin, but i dont trust my 12 year old handyman skills |
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Shin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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It's almost impossible to screw up, Danno.
I'm a total noob at stuff like this too. Just be sure you don't lose any screws, for there are many. |
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Squirrel
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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I do have some spare velcro now i can use to silence this thing... hmm...
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quackadilly
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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I like the clicking...it's the squeaking that drives me crazy.
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Squirrel
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| quackadilly wrote: | | I like the clicking...it's the squeaking that drives me crazy. |
that can be fixed by opening it up and oiling the metal bar where the strumbar is.
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Shin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Then just put vaseline on the metal rod in the strumbar. That's even easier than the velcro. Did it months ago, and it didn't squeak since. |
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ssick92
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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i did the velcro silencer..
it worked a little..but it feels so much tighter  |
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