Rock Band Guitar Mod: Guitar Hero Buttons and Strum Bar

Step 10 Managing the Wires

Now is a good time to mention: The people who made these controllers LOVE hot glue.
They use to to hold wires in place, they use it as an insulator, they use it to hold otherwise mobile contacts in place. It's everywhere.

So break out your hot glue gun, It's time to contribute!

Unfortunately, I didn't get photos of this part of the project, but I will describe it really well, okay?


There are a lot of wires in the way here, and what we want ultimately, is the PS2 button piece to fit snugly with the neck of the guitar. this means we have to get some of that cable out of the way.

I used Hot glue to affix the Rock Band ribbon cable to the wall of the bottom neck piece.

The Guitar Hero Cable was a little trickier.

I had to cut it in half down the center, to run half the wires on the right, and half the wires on the left. Use the hot glue to stick 'em in place. There will be plenty of slack that folds up right beneath the circuit board.

If I were to crack my guitar open again, and I will eventually, I would place spacer in between the screw holes on the neck of the Rock Band Guitar. Place a spacer here. Something running in between the screw holes, at about the same height, to support the center of the SG button control board, and reduce flex as you depress the buttons. A stack of electrical tape will be fine.This would provide additional support to the center buttons from the Gibson SG. A stack of electrical tape or a 2x6 flat lego piece should do the trick.