Strum Bar Conversion?

[RoyalTenenbaum]

I don't think that replacing my 360 Strat will give me reliable strum bar performance. Has anyone thought of trying a strum bar conversion?

I'm about to crack open my old GH1 SG to see how they designed their strum mechanism. I expect to find cherry microswitches in there (since the click like arcade buttons).

I really like the design of the Rock Band strat, but the strum bar issues keep me going back to my wireless Les Paul. I hope I can find a way to replace the Strat's leaf switches with cherry microswitches.

-RT

[blakbuzzrd]

I don't think that replacing my 360 Strat will give me reliable strum bar performance. Has anyone thought of trying a strum bar conversion?

I'm about to crack open my old GH1 SG to see how they designed their strum mechanism. I expect to find cherry microswitches in there (since the click like arcade buttons).

I really like the design of the Rock Band strat, but the strum bar issues keep me going back to my wireless Les Paul. I hope I can find a way to replace the Strat's leaf switches with cherry microswitches.

-RT1. Yes, numerous people have undertaken some form of strum mechanism conversion, including myself. I've actually tried a couple different configurations using microswitches, and most recently have two Sanwa SW68 switches firing directly downward toward the strum bar. You can look up ZenZen's work for an example of someone using Cherry switches, or for a more radical solution just check out the "Stratogibson" thread over at the Scorehero/RB forums.

2. GH1/GH2 guitars don't use Cherry switches. They use something closer design-wise to the Sanwa. Both switches fire directly downward toward the strum bar. The clicking you hear isn't part of the switch's function per se; there's actually a separate metal ribbon that makes the clicking noise. I took mine out, because the click isn't perfectly simultaneous with the switch activation.

In the Strat, the switches are mounted obliquely vis-a-vis the strummer.