Guitar Hero X-Plorer Wired Guitar Controller (Xbox 360)

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There’s a ~13 by 8 mm hole above the USB-C connector which needs to be filled to make the perimeter of the guitar look seamless. Modeled after a Gibson Explorer, the X-Plorer was released with Guitar Hero 2 and is still a popular choice today for Guitar Hero and Clone Hero players. In its original configuration with the RJ11 board, the bottom of the port cutout in the guitar body is even with the top face of the circuit board.

pinout for simplicity), I also needed to add two “cable connection” (CC) and cable type resistors to indicate that this was an “upstream facing port” (UFP). Of course, it’s not a full-sized instrument, but the attention to detail in the design makes it a visually pleasing alternative for those looking to rock out in the virtual world. I’ll have to give it some time to see if the alignment of the USB-C port bothers me that much to make this project worth revisiting. I made a pencil mark on this notch and then used a flat needle file to even the cutout to that level. These days, I'm a proud mom of two kiddos who love to listen and sing along with me while I play my ukulele.I started by measuring the daughterboard and created a model of the outlines and mounting holes in Fusion 360.

Lower Latencythis guitar is slightly above an sg with a raphnet, but below a wiitar with raphnet in terms of latency. The best solution I came up with was to build a 3D printed adapter, but that introduces its own problems. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved.It would be just as well to add a captive nut or threaded insert to the standoff itself, but the standoff makes assembly a tad bit easier since it can be added or changed without removing the PCB from the guitar body.