I made my own Guitar Freaks controller. Why? 'Cause I could.

[Kalek]

Originally Posted by DizzyBum

Dualshock PCB -- Using a solderless A-series DualShock hack, I was able to map the contacts I wanted to an 8-screw terminal.

Could you explain or link this please? I need to make a pcb for my DDR pad, but I don't have a soldering iron and try to avoid soldering if I can.


This is an amazing controller by the way. I'm at a loss of words to describe how awesome it is.

[MidnightRecession]

That's a fucking incredible piece of work.

[Baby Bonnie Hood]

You, sir, rock hard

[Akira]

oh god. I can't believe you can do that with K'Nex O_o

how many pieces are there all in all approximately?

[Zarcom]

I wonder how much the k'nex materials were? I plan on doing this someday .

[Zarcom]

Originally Posted by Kalek

Could you explain or link this please?

I hope this is what he meant:

PS2 Dual Shock 2 pad hack questions - Shoryuken

See yaz bye.

[DizzyBum]

I fixed the tilt sensor, and wailing works as it should -- a quick upward flick of the guitar neck is enough to score a wail. Assuming you wire up the two longer leads on the sensor, the sensor activates when it's lying flat with the leads pointing straight up in the air. This particular sensor has four leads; the other pair of leads is probably for the other axis of orientation, which will not be used.

I need to get some Krazy Glue to make certain parts of the project more permanent and immobile, such as the neck and the pick spring. Jerking the neck for wails tends to make it squeak and twist out of place a tiny bit. I might also make a removable backplate for the guitar since my clothes tend to get caught on the ends of the rods that hold the body together.

Compared to some of my larger go-by-the-manual projects, the guitar has a pretty decent amount of pieces. There's a lot of smaller pieces packed into a smaller space for stability, as opposed to some of those huge K'Nex projects that use the long rods and other custom pieces. I don't have an exact count and I'm probably not going to bother counting unless enough people ask.

I couldn't give an exact price on the K'Nex. You can probably browse knex.com for a kit that has enough materials, if you really want to try something like this.


Oh yeah, I actually have an archive of that A-series solderless hack. The original site has long since gone down but I can host the mirror somewhere. I'll set that up later.

[Zarcom]

DizzyBum: awesome, please do so. Thanks for the info on the K'Nex.

After my piano exam, I might try this out, not to sure yet.

See yaz bye.

[RVN-G]

Originally Posted by Akira

oh god. I can't believe you can do that with K'Nex O_o

how many pieces are there all in all approximately?

Hey, Akira, I know you're good at these stuff.

Maybe you should build one for us in PBPT!

Anyways, nice work, DizzyBum. You've really put all (if not all) of your creativity in making this controller, hands down! You even said that you didn't soldered anything with this thing. About the K'NEX pieces, did you glued them (perhaps for stability) or just the usual snapping? And oh, the stability. How's that when playing?

[☼Pepe☼]

You used K'nex!?
You should've used LEGO...



Anyways, awesome controller.
I can imagine how light that thing would be.

[DizzyBum]

Originally Posted by Pepe

You should've used LEGO...

It's been done before:

TechEBlog » Incredible LEGO Guitar Hero Controller is Fully Functional

[Crilk]

This is amazing...

[General_Norris]

Man you rock

Excuse me i'm going to check my k'nex

[Zarcom]

Better yet, you should of used SOFT-PLASTIC lego , you know, the kind tha tis orange and very "rubbery", that would look cool .

ug, two more songs to go then its, PIANO EXAM.

See yaz bye.

[Ryuutsuki]

I kneel to you.... Anyways question... is it possible to play any songs on extreme with it? lol.
Cause I play on extreme and I keep on thinking what would happen to the god-like creation you made. lol