SheepStampede
12-06-2007, 06:17 PM
After tweaking the overdrive yesterday, (http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=13523) there were still some problems and this is why.
As you can see below with my wonderful artistry, the Overdrive sensor is a tube with a ball inside. At one end is 2 contacts which create a circuit when the ball contacts them both. When standing and playing the guitar face is vertical, and inside, so are the contacts in relation to the tube. You can have the guitar in the normal position (10-20 degrees up at the neck) and even though the bearing is at the contact end of the tube your overdrive will not activate This is because the round ball stops when it hits the lower contact but is still not touching the top one. (this is basic geometry, the ball is slightly smaller than the tube, but the prongs are both evenly placed) It isn't until the guitar is tilted back when the ball rolls up on to the lower prong and touches both.
However when you're reclined it's a different story. With the guitar now rotated back the prongs are now roughly on the sides of the overdrive tube. Even that 10 degrees you have the neck tilted up will cause the ball to touch both prongs and activate overdrive.
Relating to my post from yesterday, I needed an additional tweak. After rotating it down 45 degrees like that, if I played standing then I had to put the guitar nearly vertical for the bearing to rest on both. While reclined it was almost the same. It no longer went off on it's own, but my preferred movement wouldn't get it to a spot where it touched both either, making me raise it quite high for it to activate.
To fix this I have now twisted the board a bit as well, so it's about 60 degrees laying down and 30 degrees tilted from its original position. This truly has made it work 100% as I prefer it. Your preferred spot may be somewhat different depending if you primarily sit back or stand to play, but I think this works very well for both postions.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/sheppard2jt/Overdrive.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/sheppard2jt/100_1248.jpg
As you can see below with my wonderful artistry, the Overdrive sensor is a tube with a ball inside. At one end is 2 contacts which create a circuit when the ball contacts them both. When standing and playing the guitar face is vertical, and inside, so are the contacts in relation to the tube. You can have the guitar in the normal position (10-20 degrees up at the neck) and even though the bearing is at the contact end of the tube your overdrive will not activate This is because the round ball stops when it hits the lower contact but is still not touching the top one. (this is basic geometry, the ball is slightly smaller than the tube, but the prongs are both evenly placed) It isn't until the guitar is tilted back when the ball rolls up on to the lower prong and touches both.
However when you're reclined it's a different story. With the guitar now rotated back the prongs are now roughly on the sides of the overdrive tube. Even that 10 degrees you have the neck tilted up will cause the ball to touch both prongs and activate overdrive.
Relating to my post from yesterday, I needed an additional tweak. After rotating it down 45 degrees like that, if I played standing then I had to put the guitar nearly vertical for the bearing to rest on both. While reclined it was almost the same. It no longer went off on it's own, but my preferred movement wouldn't get it to a spot where it touched both either, making me raise it quite high for it to activate.
To fix this I have now twisted the board a bit as well, so it's about 60 degrees laying down and 30 degrees tilted from its original position. This truly has made it work 100% as I prefer it. Your preferred spot may be somewhat different depending if you primarily sit back or stand to play, but I think this works very well for both postions.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/sheppard2jt/Overdrive.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/sheppard2jt/100_1248.jpg
