Is My Guitar Strum Bar Broken?

[ruxpin23]

hey folks,
i purchased rock band a little over a week ago. the drums and mic are fine.

the strum bar for the guitar isn't as responsive as the gh guitars (which seemed to snap back into the "neutral" position much faster) and that's fine for the slower songs.

my problem is with songs that have notes in very fast succession, it seems like i can't down strum them fast enough because the strum bar is too slow. (i have to alternate between up/down).

i know the strum bar is registering notes because when i play a slower song or on practice, every down stroke registers perfectly. i just can't do it in quick succession for the really fast songs.

i can get through most songs on expert in the guitar hero series without a problem so i don't think it's because i'm timing it incorrectly.

so my question is: is my guitar defective or is it like this by design? it's hard to tell. i don't want to get a replacement guitar that feels exactly the same.

thanks!

[ixFatalDeathxi]

It might be starting to go bad but next time you have a hardware question go to Tech Support.

[boboette]

If it registers in slower songs 100% of the time, it doesn't sound like a strum bar problem. It could be just me, but I honestly don't think it's possible to do one-directional strum on RB for hard/expert songs.

I have to alternate.

[DesiredFX]

The typical first symptom of a defective strum bar about to go bad is the double-strum: you flick the bar once and it registers twice. The easiest way to detect this is when playing sustained notes: if your bar is double strumming, you will hit the note which will immediately cut off. It will also be impossible to sustain any sort of streak.

Not long after that, the strum begins to fail altogether.

[bamaredwingsfan]

The typical first symptom of a defective strum bar about to go bad is the double-strum: you flick the bar once and it registers twice. The easiest way to detect this is when playing sustained notes: if your bar is double strumming, you will hit the note which will immediately cut off. It will also be impossible to sustain any sort of streak.

Not long after that, the strum begins to fail altogether.

that is exactally what my guitar is doing. I have been using the xplorer so its not like im without a guitar. But i really want to use the rockband guitar, but i can't seem to get the same performance out of it like i can the GH2 one. The main thing i hate is the strummer is too stiff, along with the symptoms you mentioned above.

[voodoo idol]

hey folks,
i purchased rock band a little over a week ago. the drums and mic are fine.

the strum bar for the guitar isn't as responsive as the gh guitars (which seemed to snap back into the "neutral" position much faster) and that's fine for the slower songs.

my problem is with songs that have notes in very fast succession, it seems like i can't down strum them fast enough because the strum bar is too slow. (i have to alternate between up/down).

i know the strum bar is registering notes because when i play a slower song or on practice, every down stroke registers perfectly. i just can't do it in quick succession for the really fast songs.

i can get through most songs on expert in the guitar hero series without a problem so i don't think it's because i'm timing it incorrectly.

so my question is: is my guitar defective or is it like this by design? it's hard to tell. i don't want to get a replacement guitar that feels exactly the same.

thanks!


the easiest way to test this is to go to the basic guitar tutorial and during the "tuning" section, press a fret and start strumming. I know with my guitar (now in the process of RMAing my 2nd guitar), it registers fine both up and down strumming if I strum slowly. As soon as I increase the tempo of my strums, they stop registering. If this is what happens to you, head on over to http://support.ea.com/rockband and RMA your guitar.

[snootyusher]

(meant to post separate topic- pls ignore)

[sdpearso]

I don't even need to read the details of your post to feel confident in answering...

Yes, most definitely it is broken!

[zerogeo3]

If it dosen't feel right to you replace it via RMA...:eek:

[Ninjalo]

If it dosen't feel right to you replace it via RMA...:eek:

QFT! This warranty isn't forever. Make sure you've got a working guitar, and chances are, if the strum don't feel right and you're a veteran, then it's likely bad.