How to Paint Your Guitar Hero Guitar

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a large bowl (at least 7-8" across and 4-5" deep).

   Your guitar's cable is connected to a bunch of components inside your guitar and they don't come apart.
   
   Also have handy a small tray to hold screws.
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   Step 2: Turn your guitar controller over onto its face.

   , Don't worry about the neck and headstock for now.
   
   Also don't worry that the screws are star-shaped.
   
   The flat-head will work fine as long as it fits. (Of course, if you have an appropriate Torx screwdriver or bit, go ahead and use it.) ,, Take it off first. , It's a nuisance to work with the guitar with that on the table.
   
   If you have a digital camera, get pictures of how it looks assembled.
   
   Chances are you'll be referring to them when you rebuild. ,, Only remove the four outer screws.
   
   The inner screws don't need to be altered.
   
   Make a note of how these pieces go together in case they become separated, or take a picture. , Find and loosen the four screws in the corner.
   
   Be very careful not to lose the small parts here, namely the contacts between the Back and Start buttons and the board.
   
   Note how the Guide button goes, and/or take a picture.
   
   For the arrows, there will be a plastic piece behind the arrows you will have to pop off with a flat-head screwdriver.
   
   Don't use much force on any one side, just go from one to the next until it pops off on its own. , Two screws at either end of the fret board will release that board. , Carefully coil up the cord in the bowl and place the boards and ports on top of the cord. , Simply turn it over. , Remove the six screws and use your flat-head screwdriver used like a crowbar to pry this useless plate off.You should be left with four big pieces with nothing of consequence attached: neck and head, front and back, and body front and back. , You can paint the guitar body, the strum guard (that raised platform below the strum bar), the neck, and the headstock.
   
   Since the headstock and neck are the same piece, you must use masking tape to paint them different colors.
   
   Make sure to select paint that is designed for plastic. , Spray evenly and completely coat all exterior surfaces.
   
   It is not necessary to paint the interior as well. ,, This will help protect your guitar. ,, Recall the order: from the headstock to the body, it goes Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange. , Ensure that pressing the buttons presses the rubber piece, which in turn completes a circuit on the board.
   
   Screw this board back into place. , The guide button is tricky to get right.
   
   Consult your picture if you took one.
   
   Each button has a rubber piece which contains a conductor which will complete a circuit on the board.
   
   Plastic button the user presses, rubber conductor, board.
   
   You can't miss a single piece or that button will not work. , Four screws, one in each corner. , Four screws, one in each corner. , If it does, consult your picture to see how it goes. , Arrange the cables neatly and reinstall the cable management bridge. ,, Use all of the guitar's features.
   
   Choose the wrong song and use back, not Red, to back out.
   
   Use Start instead of Green in a menu.
   
   Use all four arrows when you can.
   
   During the song, test your whammy bar (most useful on long white notes) and tilt sensor.
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   Step 3: Use the flat-head screwdriver to remove all the screws from the back of the body.

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   Step 4: Lift the back of the guitar body off and set it aside.

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   Step 5: Locate the cable management bridge between the whammy bar assembly and where the cable leaves the guitar body.

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   Step 6: Remove the whammy bar assembly next.

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   Step 7: Disconnect the microphone port

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   Step 8: the phone jack

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   Step 9: and other small parts that aren't the face buttons or strum bar.

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    Step 10: Remove the strum bar.

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    Step 11: Remove the face buttons.

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    Step 12: Disassemble the neck.

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    Step 13: The guts of the guitar will all be free now.

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    Step 14: Take the fret buttons out of the neck.

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    Step 15: Remove the strum guard.

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    Step 16: Choose your colors.

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    Step 17: Follow the instructions on the paint to apply at least five coats of color to each piece.

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    Step 18: Allow the paint to dry completely according to package instructions.

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    Step 19: Follow the instructions on the paint to apply at least five coats of clear coat to each painted piece.

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    Step 20: Allow the clear coat to dry per instructions

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    Step 21: or at least 24 hours

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    Step 22: whichever is longer.Generally you will follow the above directions in reverse

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    Step 23: but being more specific:

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    Step 24: Replace the fret buttons in the neck.

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    Step 25: Replace the fret board above the buttons.

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    Step 26: Replace the face buttons.

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    Step 27: Screw in the buttons' board.

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    Step 28: Reattach the strum bar

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    Step 29: and replace the board behind it.

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    Step 30: Reattach the whammy bar assembly and hope it doesn't fall apart.

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    Step 31: Reconnect the little things.

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    Step 32: Reattach the back of the neck and the back of the guitar.

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    Step 33: Put in any Guitar Hero or Rock Band game

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    Step 34: load up your favorite song

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    Step 35: and test your new guitar.

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