So about those Guitar Hero II 360 Guitars...

...they don't play well with static electricity.

I was sitting in my living room, which incidentally we had new carpet put into maybe a month ago, and had my Guitar Hero II guitar in my left hand as I stood up. I forget why I stood up, maybe I was going to do something because I had just finshed my 39th song on hard. But as soon as I put my second foot on the floor, I felt the static charge go through my left thumb. I was even wearing slippers with rubber soles.

I thought it was odd, considering I was holding a plastic controller. Then I went to load up the next song, and when I would press the green button, nothing would happen. And when I went to strum downwards, nothing would happen. Oddly enough, the red button does work, and strumming up does work.

So I set that guitar aside, thinking maybe I could figure out what to do about it later, and went to play some Guild Wars on the PC.

About 90 minutes later, I decided to play some more Guitar Hero with my second guitar. So I'm sitting down with my guitar, game is loading and I just put one foot on the floor....

...*zzz*...

... two guitars, two guitar that don't work because of stupid static electricity.

I can not relate my level of frustration at this point.

Ludic said:

... two guitars, two guitar that don't work because of stupid static electricity.

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say what!?

That's crazy....I guess the sensitive parts of the guitar aren't placed far enough away...

quadnad said:

say what!?

That's crazy....I guess the sensitive parts of the guitar aren't placed far enough away...

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Either that or I have an abnormally large ESD ability. You'd think the plastic shell would help. Guess I'm going to have to ground myself when/if I get a replacement.

Ludic said:

Either that or I have an abnormally large ESD ability. You'd think the plastic shell would help. Guess I'm going to have to ground myself when/if I get a replacement.

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Give your problem a google and see if it's a common issue. I'd even give the company a call and ask them to send you two replacements; ESD shouldn't be an issue when you're using a plastic guitar. I wonder what the guy on the other end of the phone will say, whether it's a common issue they're having or not. First the non-working wammy-bar and now the ESD...

I can guarantee it's not a common issue, only because I know that the shock I gave those two guitars were very intense compared to what I'd call normal ESD. The second guitar I thought received lesser of a shock, but still... I mean how far could the circuit board in the neck be from the plastic shell anyway.

hmm...that is odd, me and my buddies played for 6 hours on Sat. night, we were in our socks sliding around on the ground and getting up and down from the coach. no issues there...that is a bummer. hope things work out for ya.

Just happened to me today, second guitar in a week...

I accidentally touch the ethernet port on the bottom and it shocks me, and then the controller doesn't work anymore.

Turns out I had a bad ground in my living room, and once I fixed the ground issue, then I wasn't shocking anything anymore, and my newest guitars haven't had any issues.