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Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Broken Connection - blinking lights

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:56:03 -0700

Hi Fellas,

up to now my Guitar worked fine. Just today as I tried to connect it seems to connect as Controller No. 2 but the other lights keep flashing and nothing works.

USB connector is unlikely because my other Guitar connects fine and the Broken one doesn't work with my Second connector as well. So I assume the Receiver of the Guitar.

My Problem is now I found no hint where to look for the Receiver Inside the Guitar. Do you have any Info for me about that?

Thx in Advance.

Bye,

Ferdinand

⟐ Commented September 18, 2025 at 0:56 MST

RedOctane X-Plorer: My Guitar was working fine until I tried using it on xbox 360

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:23:16 -0700

I was using my guitar that is for the xbox 360 and was using it for my pc. Everything was fine until i tried using it for my xbox 360 and the guitar didn't signal that it was on. I tried pressing any of the buttons but i wasn't getting a response. If i could get some help i would very much appreciate it

⟐ Answered February 10, 2021 at 13:23 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: My red button flickers on and off and then shuts down

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:29:01 -0700

I was playing some Metallica (don't judge) and then my red button started flickering causing me to miss notes. It does it randomly unless you whammy. When you whammy it shuts down. I checked all of the games and it does it in them too. 3 the most ironically since the guitar came with that game.

I have it for the wii but I assume the guitars are the same so I am asking here.

⟐ Commented October 24, 2023 at 12:29 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: when I push the yellow button both yellow and blue are activated

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:44:46 -0700

how can i fix this isssue

⟐ Commented November 25, 2025 at 15:44 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Red, Yellow, and Blue Fret Buttons Stop Working

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:36:18 -0700

Hi, I ordered a new guitar the other day to try and play my old GH3 game again. It was fine for 2 hours, but then 3 fret buttons stopped working. Along with this, the guitar connects to the second controller slot for some reason (the second light turns on), and the other lights are blinking weirdly. If there are any fixes anyone knows about, they would be greatly appreciated.

⟐ Answered January 01, 2022 at 12:36 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Controller Is Constantly Disconnecting

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:27:11 -0700

I've had my Xbox 360 Les Paul guitars since GH3 came out back in '07 and I've been trying to bring them back to life. I've hardwired the fret buttons to the main pcb so that I don't have to deal with those stupid pogo pins, but I've run into a bigger issue. It keeps disconnecting, inconsistently at that. Sometimes it's every 30 seconds, and sometimes it'll go for a few songs without any problems. It always disconnects for either just a split second, or up to 30 seconds. ⏎
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I've changed the 220uf 10v cap on the battery pack, and the problem is still happening. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Anyone have any tips?

⟐ Answered October 01, 2024 at 8:27 MST

RedOctane X-Plorer: How can I identify the Tilt controls

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:51:57 -0700

I want to remove or disconnect the tilt controls and need to know what to remove on the board.

⟐ Answer edited October 04, 2023 at 1:51 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: My whammy bar isn't workin

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:35:48 -0700

I have a ps3 les paul guitar and my dog ended up knocking it over, ever since then the whammy bar doesn’t work, it still has tension it pulls back its not flopping down or staying flat but when i try to use it, it does nothing, i need help please and thank you

⟐ Commented July 08, 2020 at 15:35 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Green + red + yellow cause strum

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:24:14 -0700

Hi, having an issue where pressing the first three frets at once causes a downstrum. When I hold these frets, I can still strum up after the first downstrum has happened, but strumming down has no effect.

I have already resoldered the neck connector pins and have even gone as far as to completely unsolder the entire 14-pin strum bar connector from the "main" board, the one with the Xbox button. As far as I can tell, none of the connections on that 14-pin board are shorted to the one next to it and I've run out of ideas.

What could I do next to try and pinpoint the problem? Has anyone fixed an issue like this on their controller?

⟐ Answer accepted March 02, 2026 at 10:24 MST

Activision Guitar Hero Live Guitar Controller: Do you have the datasheet for the Guitar?

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:21:45 -0700

I want to create a USB output for the Guitar but I need some sort of datasheet to out from. Can anyone help?

⟐ Answered March 21, 2022 at 18:21 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: My sync button wont work how do I fix

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 23:07:33 -0700

The sync button on the bottom of my guitar wont click in at all is there an easy fix?

⟐ Answered August 09, 2018 at 23:07 MST

RedOctane X-Plorer: My guitar will not work after not using for a long time

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:05:36 -0700

i didn't use this guitar for a few years since a stripped 2 screws on my frets pcb made it too hard to press in the buttons and 3-4 years gone bye and i unstripped the screws and tried to plug it in and it's not being recognized by windows and i looked inside and everything looked perfectly fine to me yes i tried another controller with the break away cable and that one worked but not my guitar

⟐ Commented March 16, 2025 at 19:05 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: My guitar won't turn on

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:31:34 -0700

hello batteries are fully charged but the guitar won't turn on, i think the rusty battery contacts is the problem but i'm not sure

⟐ Commented October 05, 2024 at 11:31 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Fret Button Malfunction - Blue Button is always on

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 23:07:41 -0700

I recently bought a guitar hero 3 les paul controller for PS3. When I tested it I noticed the Blue Button is pressed automatically every time I play a song. I tried cleaning the contacts on the PCB (Fret Buttons) with IPA and Pencil Eraser. It would work for a couple of songs (meaning the Blue Button is not pressed) BUT it will go back to its previous condition where the Blue Button is pressed automatically. I only played on EASY difficulty, it still gone back to being pressed. Tried changing the (Blue) Button Pads with Gray ones, still same effect. Need help on how to fix this.

⟐ Answer edited July 24, 2023 at 23:07 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Buttons dont work in gameplay

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 23:02:21 -0700

The buttons on the neck of my guitar work fine all throughout the guitar hero menu, and during a song the buttons on the screen light up when I press the buttons on the guitar, BUT nothing happens in game. There is no guitar sound and says I’m missing all of them even though it shows on screen that I’m pressing them. How on earth does that happen and how do I fix it??

⟐ Answered July 24, 2023 at 23:02 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Where can I buy a main board for a guitar on Xbox 360 guitar?

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 01:41:12 -0700

where can I buy a guitar mainboard for an Xbox 360 guitar ?

⟐ Answer edited January 18, 2023 at 1:41 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Strum bar and Dpad down do not work.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:45:42 -0700

Guitar randomly started downstrummimg and the DPAD doesn’t work either. Motherboard issue?

⟐ Answer edited August 18, 2021 at 21:45 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: Why won’t my guitar stay turned on?

Mon, 03 May 2021 06:52:02 -0700

How do I fix my Xbox 360 wireless Gibson guitar controller if it turns on for a few seconds and then immediately turns off if I move it the wrong way? I put in brand new batteries, but I think some wire is loose.

⟐ Answered May 03, 2021 at 6:52 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: WHERE CAN I GET A REPLACEMENT PART

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 04:38:43 -0700

i am looking for the back cover for a AEROSMITH GUITAR FOR THE GAME GUITAR HERO FOR THE NINTENDO WII SYSTEM

⟐ Answered April 07, 2019 at 4:38 MST

Les Paul Wireless Guitar: guitar hero II guitar intermittent connection

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:46:01 -0700

The guitar loses connection tot he console. I think the cable has a broken wire right at the guitar side but the cable is molded and cannot be repaired. Also the whammy bar is broken inside. The tab that attaches to the inside roller/spring mechanism busted off.

⟐ Edited January 23, 2019 at 17:46 MST