#Ps2 guitar hero controller on ps3 how to#
#Ps2 guitar hero controller on ps3 ps3#

I actually went through the phone section of the electronics store, trying out the feel of the various buttons. My first attempt involved taking the soft buttons out of a touch-tone phone because I was looking for much lighter action than the original controller buttons.

#Ps2 guitar hero controller on ps3 how to#

I started out with a lot of different ideas about how to make the buttons. I never figured how to get the neck off, which definitely would have made things easier. On the inside, it is much more cheaply made, with no shielding and a lot of stuff permanently glued that you could normally take apart. I never actually played it, but you can feel that it is quite a bit lighter than a Strat. The вЂњDriveвЂќ guitar looks exactly like a Strat cosmetically. Sixty bucks later I was ready to start cutting: So I went back out on a pawn shop hunt and found this black Chinese Strat knock-off with the brand name вЂњDriveвЂќ. So I fixed it and it plays beautifully (thanks Guitar Center dude, IвЂ™m sorry I didnвЂ™t use it after all your help). After coming quite close, I could not bring myself to start cutting on it. The first guitar I chose for the project was actually a new Stratocaster that had been damaged and needed some repair.

#Ps2 guitar hero controller on ps3 ps3#

I remembered that some guys from the guitar hero message boards had converted their original PS2 guitar controllers to wireless (before a wireless version was available) by stuffing the guts of a handheld wireless PS2 controller into the body of a guitar hero controller.ДҐ) It occurred to me that I could do the same thing with a wireless PS3 controller, but I thought вЂњWhy not go all the way and stuff it in the body of a real guitar? How hard could that be? I bet I could bang that out in no time!вЂќД¦) After many, many late nights of drilling, soldering, gluing and cursing, it finally works! The PS3 output looks far less grainy and blurry on this setup.Д¤) It turns out that you can play Guitar Hero on the PS3 using the handheld wireless PS3 game controllers. Even the lower resolution PS2 games look much better on it, because I play on a very large screen with about 50 feet of video cable in my ceiling, going to an overhead projector. I was going to work each day with my hand aching and curled up in the вЂњclawвЂќ position.Дў) The Playstation 3 came out and was supposed to be able to play PS2 games, but alas, there was no way to connect the Guitar Hero controllers to it.ДЈ) I ripped the PS2 out of my entertainment center anyway, and installed the shiny new PS3. These games do a great job of making you feel like you are really playing amazing guitar licks with the real bands. For those if you who donвЂ™t know the story, here is a brief description of the events that led us here:ДЎ) I became an obsessive player of the Guitar Hero games for the Playstation 2 console.