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I tear-down a Rock band Fender guitar to see why its rattling.
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Hi guys, rhett rotate Ralph here, right? Um, you know before I've done them, drunk ebay.
Basically just got on there and thought stuff.
It I'll, buy it, um, I'm, actually trying to cut down a little bit on the booze so I'm having a dry weekend.
But it was payday.
So I went out buying again.
Now, yeah, how we played this? We played guitar hero rock band.
The national video game Museum in Sheffield, a few a month ago and both me and me and the missus absolutely love playing.
This I have a guitar and rock band way.
We're gone my original ps3 for 13 years ago, climb out that passes pretty well, but we're having the PlayStation 3 and it's done it's on the cupboard on the bookshelf over there.
We wanted to get a rock band sort of guitarist sort of thing.
So I, look on Marketplace on Facebook they're on eBay.
So this is sober facebooking.
So the car in touch with somebody got the guitar it's.
The Beatles guitar was it.
Any of the Beatles guitar, Fender Stratocaster.
It says over there, because rock band can tell you that because there's a shine on it original rock, band rock, band, 3, all these I've got the games there's only a think rock band.
I haven't got a manual, but a foot pedal fuel import dongle for the wireless circuit are a rock band, four-way USB, splitter.
So I'm, guessing, maybe needed to plug into one.
Maybe you haven't a full band on this.
What you ask ask you now is how much you think I paid for all of these I said, they're, all for the ps3 cuz station I could have got either the Xbox 360 version or the PlayStation version methyl stuff.
It let's get let's get the PlayStation because it was a good enough bargain.
All of this thirty quid is absolutely mint.
The other thing that's missing at the moment is when she's backed everything up it's missing missing the drum kit and that's, why they dropped the drumsticks, but I've actually fashioned a couple song actually play this tonight.
But what I'm a major part at the moment is? So what I do is my strip the guitar down for you and show you what's inside these.
This is one of the guitars that I've set the button is on the upper section, the neck as well as the lower section.
So you can either play I like whatever and then really really up for the high note sort of thing.
But you think that this importance green, red, yellow, blue orange.
So let me get this Adam way.
Let me get it turned round and better to let you have a look inside.
What is inside a guitar from the rock band? I've got this thing turn around they'll publish matches on the bike I would expect anything better than this for 30 quid.
This is what 40 to 45 euros $45 for a full set of everything it even came with the batteries, the battery compartments off so I've been unscrewing for you don't.
Watch me, screw in old area right? So basically you for hold for hold on the neck.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine loads of screw there's.
Two small screws down here.
So keep all of them, the rest of these are all actually the four of those at along two of these are short and the rest of these are the same size, one, screw holes in the battery pack.
And that goes there.
You can unscrew this part of the strap where the holds on to.
But once you're at the back off, they both drop out anyway, there's, no, real problem with that.
Once it hides underneath everything.
So the straps off I said, the battery pack is also off as well so screws out.
And the rattle inside here, that's good news.
Everything in here seems to be geared towards its gonna Tek some hammer.
So everything is hot glued in place.
So the thing that's actually, rattling around is hot glue, that's that's, a good relief asset to sir now I didn't show you the rattling I don't, really want to because it's just a rattle.
So it's like old blue is kind of not doing too well what's that before, oh, no that pretend it's a pretend plug-in for the corner.
There I'm gonna reset button or anything like that.
So just hold in place.
Now as I've been on dabbing I've been down there lost my pin.
Well, yeah, if she goes so sense is on here for just two pressure switch.
Nothing made you nothing fancy.
You have I switched I, don't know, what that's which does I have a guitar, which only and the five buttons up here or any play with played in easy mode because I'm, yeah, like that.
This may could do with a little bit more gluing on place that's.
It would take that one off that removes that.
So you've got your battery pack to a switch.
Yeah, on-off switch over here, isolates that don't don't us.
What imma do actually since I've got this off is I'm gonna reglue certain parts in here that I think of fell off just keep that to one side and where's the other one, yeah, it's, Delinda.
The strap take that off the one I had before I think that was one screw here and a couple screws on here.
And then the whole neck section came off I'm, not gonna undo the neck, I don't think, there's any point because all there is, it looks like the end part where over here that section will come off.
So yeah, let's take that off in a second don't screws out.
And for curiosity's sake, there is absolutely nothing in here.
There's a metal plate there for no reason just to keep the head part on the neck I'm betting those that is just another cover and come off come off there as well.
That'll just have the back of the buttons on there.
So it's, very simple, two ribbon cables here, we'll go to each set of five buttons.
There, five buttons, there that'd be quite a point really, but I.
Suppose you could possibly swap out certain things if you wanted to really be a little bit pin the arse and customize a lot, but there's, no need for that with this.
This is gonna be as is.
So what I'm gonna do now put that back together got this part out it's, almost like it's, kind of a Raspberry Pi sort of thing now, it's not, but your small board controls all this and that's your wireless section of it.
Yeah, it's 2.4, gigahertz maximum so that's.
The wireless transmitter or Bluetooth, I said, everything is on here to be in place.
So yeah, it's a Patek resist a variable resistor.
But yeah, you know what I mean at a meter.
Yes.
Thank you.
So up-down, left-right, that's, where you control part.
This is basically your joypad on here.
You've got you start your back button.
You're down.
Yeah, he's, very simple, but it's, a very elongated controller to put everything in so give me five minutes, I'm at marketing place.
I think one piece of the wind there.
This is just a make sure it's, not gonna be fallen to pieces anytime soon and rattling when we play it.
Screw on the end, rattle in there, that's, absolutely fine so doesn't.
He maybe I'll put a little more dabs on here to make sure these connectors don't come off, including that one wanna put the different back on again, cuz, not much thing.
Nothing much is actually screwed in it's either clipped in.
Why is it you're not holding off of that for your locker because a plucking instrument? Good luck.
Yes, I do not know what that does I mean, normal guitar.
It do is it your pitch if you change for your pickups, you know, I used to play guitar.
You know, very well in my youth, but there's, no need for any rebuilding redoing or anything like this is absolutely spot-on condition, that's.
What working it we're going to use it for.
So let me get some.
Yeah, the hot blow out stick you back it together and we'll them.
Yeah, put it back toys.
It should be okay.
All done all the best the done is read as much as I can much I said need to my larva.
Don't really need to easy only solid in to be honest.
There's.
A lot of these in the old glue parts, which is the quality is its it's weirdly solid, but it kind of crumbles so I think he's exceptionally cheap glue, the speed on it.
So make sure it everything that can fall off.
Then they will focus I soldered in place.
And then it might fall off is in place and it's happy I'm, but nothing's gonna rattle around at all anymore over here, which was the deluded if I laugh on there, it's, nothing major thought, then the people might all seller this thinking, huh, it's, rattling let's, sell it and get rid of ribs.
But it's now it's, nothing broken on him.
So everything's back in place, normal a he's, fine and crap with this other glues, put a little on this one.
When I put the connector on for the front as a back panel with a battery pack.
So if they're you know, nothing's going on, no I do hope I.
Remember which way around it goes that's.
Okay, I do so yeah, nothing much to it so we're in the great little just sensors there for your strumming.
These contexts, some families will get hammered so it's, it's, definitely one of those things that you know will break for a surprising how these are routing around.
What 2007 they rock battle beetles.
We got a diss on this one then under under no no under no 2009, probably an original rock band was out to the Nate.
Okay.
So came up for you after that.
So what they do a yearly one? You know, 2010.
So you have got three games guitar drum kit.
Dongles myself, I'm missing with it present Agra microphone as well is the drum sticks, which are fashioned these.
Yeah, they'll they'll do me for time being this through and all the blinds.
Yeah.
Some blinds we have in the house and I've kept the plastic rods.
Would you turn it and the open up line and sure put some hot glue on the end so I'm, not gonna kill the drum kit.
So until the drum sticks, turn up and I went up in without one a bit weird, but they'll do me.
It is kind of hard with a little bit of soft to it coulda.
Probably doing pretty silicon seal.
It on the end and making a blob on it and just letting it dry wouldn't, be able really you're almost right lens.
Yeah, oh that weekend little dune to the turns up in the post now I'm here at the back on get this connector back on a little back in place and I've it switched on for you twist, your shoe there, cleanses back on I've, actually this square pug part here, which just let you shoot a little hole on the side looks like there might be reset, but on a different model of something, but kinda looks like where you lassy.
You wouldn't be where you plug the cable in if it was a real guitar cuz, that's around here, but that's there I don't do apps do anything at all, but that's delude in place glued in so let's, get it back on and get this thing.
Finished.
If you go take one of these apart yourself is a bit of a warning I did do this correctly book make sure when you screw put the screws in make sure you put this end in before you screw up, otherwise, you will screw up because you need to unscrew it all because this doesn't, screw in the other end for the strap has a thread on it.
So if you want to be left-handed just that way for me that's, the thing they're up, then fine, but I'm right-handed.
So these are this way around that's all in the back anyway, you got two holes top and bottom.
So you can have it either either way around Oh, screw the enter there, I'm tight.
So then your strap will go back over and your job done.
If you loose strings around, but that's, not a problem taller, don't mind that.
Yeah, this is a another good bargain.
I thought, why is that twisted round haha? Yeah, really is twisted round.
Well, you know, yeah, why God why you twist it around for me? But that's that way around that's in there I goes around us on the inside of it here's a minute.
Everything back in place, everything's screwed up, get it very clean.
So it looks a little bit finger, print, E and stuff.
I always remember if he binds stuff second.
And then, yeah, you might have got certain people they're, not as careful with the stuffers as others.
I mean, this came from a from a couple with a couple of kids and I think this must have been other kids.
Other I'm, not sure if their dads are only a youngish so a lot.
Well, I'm, oddly ancient.
But it just shows you don't damage the guys on this back corner here, a few scratches on the the back there, but I couldn't give a monkey's that the cost of this is absolutely brilliant that's, a 30 quid for the entire lot.
This the drums the mic, the games I'm gonna take this into the house now get the ps3 out and I mean, the missus are gonna start playing Rob and spot on open like that abuse of your street.
Anyway, if it's not then there's plenty of the videos on the channel check them out, some rolled some are good.
Some are bad.
So yeah, so we'll end.
It there.
Thanks for watching watch.
Thanks very much for watching and I'll.
See you the next video bye for now you.
FAQs
Rock Band Guitar Teardown? ›
Instruments are expensive because they haven't been made in nearly 5 years (low supply) AND because Rock Band 4 is still supported with new DLC songs (steady demand). In other words, you have low supply and larger demand.
How to fix a broken Rock Band guitar? ›- Step 1: Remove the 16 screws on the back of the guitar. ...
- Step 2: Remove the back of the guitar. ...
- Step 3: Tighten the screw holding the microswitch in place. ...
- Step 4: Reattach the back of the case. ...
- Step 5: ROCK!!!
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Why did they stop making Rock Band guitars? ›It doesn't take a business genius to tell you the market was over-saturated, and was certainly a factor in the franchise declining shortly after that. The franchise had simply expanded too much, too fast, much like Oasis circa 'Be Here Now'.
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Super glue, epoxy, and even hot glue can work in a pinch. However, we recommend using epoxy for the strongest and most lasting hold. Simply apply a small amount of epoxy to the nut, and then press it into place. Hold it there for a few minutes to allow the epoxy to set, and then you're good to go!
Is wood glue good for guitar repair? ›The best wood glue to use for almost all aspects of guitar building is Franklin Titebond aliphatic glue. When set, it is often stronger than the wood itself.
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Begin by cleaning the crack with a clean rag to make sure that it is free of any dirt or debris. Then, run the sandpaper along the crack to roughen up the surface and help the glue adhere. Next, apply a small amount of wood glue to the crack, using just enough to fill it in.
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