What? Did someone say Auto-Whammy? *Teaser vid up* *Tut for gh3 guitar up*

[PspKicks316]

Yeah. I made an external module to plug into the RJ11 jack on any Guitar Hero guitar. I personally used my new GH:WT guitar for it.

*edit*
TEASER VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkLedFVn0ww

This is just a teaser video, I'll have the guitar hero video up tonight.
This is only to show the module size, use, etc. and the rest will be up later on once I've fixed up my guitar(s).

Yes, I know it's CoD4. Yes, I'm expecting comments on that.
The reason I used this game to show the use off for STARTERS, is because when played CoD4 with the guitar, the player automatically looks to the right continuously. When the Auto-Whammy is plugged in, the player "shakes" back and forth because he is now trying to look to the right(in pulses) and continuously to the left.

You might not be able to see the "shaking" occurring, but it's there. In real life, it's much faster and noticeable. In the vid it's less frequent, but that's because of my piece of crap camera.

Size comparison to a regular AA battery:


Guitar Hero 3 guitar Auto-Whammy tutorial
Sorry about the crappy quality pics sorta. *CLICK PICS FOR FULL SIZE*

Part 1: Modding the Guitar Hero 3 guitar

Step1: Wiring the board
You're gong to take apart the whole guitar body, down to the main board. Flip over the board, and on the pins for the long connector you'll see +V, WH, and -V.
Wire 1 wire to each of these pins, keeping track of which wire is which.


Step2: Prepping the jack
All you're doing here is cutting the 2 traces for the jack.


Step3: Wiring the jack
Looking at the jack oriented the way I have it in the picture, you're going to wire it up like this:
N/A     WH
     -V       +V

That is, the pins farther away from you: Left is blank and right is WH. The pins closer to you, left is -V and right is +V.


Step4: The finished guitar
You're DONE. Just put the guitar back together and move on the the next part.


Part 2: The Whammy module

Step1: The connector
Just get any ordinary RJ11 cable that has all of the middle pins. Preferably get a 6pin cable. It's a fax cable, in case you didn't know.
There's 6 pins, the ones we're using are in bold here, so make sure your cable has those:
- - - - - -


Step2: The guitar jack
This really isn't a step, but really just a picture of how the jack is wired up right now, for reference reasons I guess.


Step3: Shaving the connector
At this point, what you're going to do is just shave down the little clip on the top of the connector so it's nice and smooth.


Step4: The wires
Here's a pic of the 6 wires for my cable. You're going to want to (IF YOU HAVE A 6 PIN) cut the far left wire, and the 2 far right wires.


Step5: The Whammy module
This is just a basic TLC555CP rapidfire module, the same as if it was in a controller. To make one, follow one of the MANY tuts on here. Be careful, as there's tuts for the CMOS 555 and the TLC555, which are different. One of the many tuts can be found right HERE.(Note: You do NOT need any potentiometers or the transistor for this...or a switch)


Step6: Wiring to the connector
Pretty basic, wire the left wire to +, the middle wire to trigger on the 555, and the right wire to GND.

[blackburn]

cant wait to see it! make a tut as well ill definitely do it.   

[PspKicks316]

Ehhh. Alright I'll make a tut, but only for the new World Tour guitar(my old GH3 guitar is...lost in my room somewhere...in pieces)

[Ghost In Black]

Sweet I'd definitly make that but I'm not electrical  so I'd need a tut

[PspKicks316]

Come on no one else is interested in this?

[Skullmaster]

I think that jack is made for a foot whammy bar isn't it? Thats what I allways thought it was for anyhow

[PspKicks316]

Don't know. I've never seen anything out there. And looking inside the controller, 2 of the pins are shared with the sync button o_O

[robin1989]

i cant wait to see a video

[PspKicks316]

Just got back from Radioshack... ;D
Working on it now to finalize it and then I'll be working on something I've wanted to make for a longgg time.

[PspKicks316]

Teaser video being uploaded.

Dinner time, I'll post the teaser once I get back.

*edit* teaser video now up
Sorry for the bad quality. I had lights on in my room too... weird. It's brighter on my camera. Oh well, the real video will be up later today.

[PspKicks316]

Tutorial for the Guitar Hero 3 guitar is up now. Tut for the GH:WT guitar is coming tomorrow. It's basically the same.

Video coming tomorrow sometime, either before or after my friends get here/leave. Lol.
Tell me what you think, any improvements, the usual.

And in case any of you are wondering, you're allowed to double post for updates.

[Modded Matt]

why??? this port was made for a foot pedal that Microsoft dropped because most people don’t care about the whammy. this is going to make every note distort with the whammy. please explain the point. I have the guitar hero games and I don’t believe you get extra points fo using the whammy. the only thing being accomplished her is distorted music.

however, nice initiative on your part to think of something completely useless, I hope you had fun building this. you do know Google has many listings for the use of this jack? did you know if you look hard enough you can find a foot pedal that’s been modified to work with the guitar and you don’t have to open the guitar. that port is made for power supply and whammy input, why are you cutting traces? whatever, LOL have fun

[PspKicks316]

Uhm, screw you?
Get out of my thread if you don't have anything nice to say.

Maybe I wanted to make this? Ever think of that?
There's TWO TRACES on the gh3 guitar jack. TWO. That will NOT provide power and whammy.
I don't care what you say about this, just shut up and butt out if you don't like it.

[kink192]

@modded matt:
dude, the best way to gain star power is with the whammy. wiggling it back and forth during a glowing blue note will gain it faster, the 555 simulates someone pushing the whammy bar back and forth. and yes it does gain points, not all notes will sound distorted either numbnuts, only longer ones and its a varying distortion, if he boosts the transition speed it might not even be noticable.

awesome work kicks.

[sean7341]

Wait, I'm kind of confused.

This lets your whammy move back and forth really fast?

[robin1989]

Wait, I'm kind of confused.

This lets your whammy move back and forth really fast?

it makes the wammy , wammy all the time so that you dont have to do it yourself

[PspKicks316]

You know, no one appreciates anything but the "big mods" anymore. You've really got to WOW everyone to get even the slightest bit of positive feedback. I'm not posting a video, there's no point to it. TUT DOWN. PM me if you want it, but don't act like a like some people.


OH by the way modded matt. Have you noticed that most of the mods on this site are completely useless? LEDs don't do ANYTHING to the console/controller/etc. yet people are always doing that. Yet, when I do one mod that you may think is useless, but it actually serves a purpose, you yell at me and flame? Go to hell.

[blackburn]

You know, no one appreciates anything but the "big mods" anymore. You've really got to WOW everyone to get even the slightest bit of positive feedback. I'm not posting a video, there's no point to it. TUT DOWN. PM me if you want it, but don't act like a mother:censored:ing like some people.


OH by the way modded matt. Have you noticed that most of the mods on this site are completely useless? LEDs don't do ANYTHING to the console/controller/etc. yet people are always doing that. Yet, when I do one mod that you may think is useless, but it actually serves a purpose, you yell at me and flame? Go to hell.

i agree 100% kicks. moddedmatt you just need to GTFO, kicks did this, and was successful. its not modding if you just make something for a plug thats already there. It seems now days you have to program a micro processor and add 400 LEDs and an LCD panel into a damn coffee cup and turn it into a full blown computer, just to get a "eh thats pretty cool i guess"

[bustinthejustin]

why??? this port was made for a foot pedal that Microsoft dropped because most people don’t care about the whammy. this is going to make every note distort with the whammy. please explain the point. I have the guitar hero games and I don’t believe you get extra points fo using the whammy. the only thing being accomplished her is distorted music.

however, nice initiative on your part to think of something completely useless, I hope you had fun building this. you do know Google has many listings for the use of this jack? did you know if you look hard enough you can find a foot pedal that’s been modified to work with the guitar and you don’t have to open the guitar. that port is made for power supply and whammy input, why are you cutting traces? whatever, LOL have fun

nice initiative on your part to be a complete douche.

[PspKicks316]

nice initiative on your part to be a complete douche.

That made me laugh really hard.

[robin1989]

kicks just ignore him - no need to punish all the other users and members just because of his post. i personally liked it and thought it was usefull

[PspKicks316]

Ugh fine.

[sean7341]

Yeah, I didn't think there were any useful mods for guitars.

I would actually do this.

[blackburn]

yeah i have an extra TLC555 rapid fire chip i made, i think ill make this with it instead.

[PspKicks316]

Yay~
=D

[Slim Hacker]

Hey is it the same for the PS3 GH3 controller?
also what screwdriver/bit do you use to open the guitar?
The reason im asking is that I love this mod and want to do it!!!

[PspKicks316]

Ps3 guitar should be the same.
And, I don't know the bit. I've got a screwdriver set here and I just pick what fits. lol

[Slim Hacker]

Well at least I know it should be the same I have no clue about the screwdriver bit it looks like a hex  bit but I dont know

[PspKicks316]

The one I used was slightly bigger than the regular controller bit. So, I'm guessing it's just the next size up. I don't know the controller size either, because I just use my special screwdriver from a faceplate or the bits in my box. I've got the Zoozen Pro Access Toolkit V2. =]

[Modded Matt]

pspskicks, I appologize for my origional statment. I should not have been so closed to this, it is a good Idea, I was just turned by the fact that it was you doing this. I was being a jerk and I am sorry.  I would really like to see this work.