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#1 supernintendo
Member since 2005 • 1634 Posts
ive only had this since christmas and the whammy bar has been working perfectly. now its not even working. i played it 2 hours ago and it was working but i just started playing it and it isnt working. the whammy bar is up like it is supposed to be, but when i hit a note and use it nothing happens. anyone know what to do?
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#2 ag1052
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I dont have the game yet so im not the best person to help but from what Ive heard, if it is pressed down at all when you are starting up the game then it wont do anything when you use it in the game. I would just reastart everything and make sure that it is not pushed while you start it up.
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#3 supernintendo
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I dont have the game yet so im not the best person to help but from what Ive heard, if it is pressed down at all when you are starting up the game then it wont do anything when you use it in the game. I would just reastart everything and make sure that it is not pushed while you start it up.ag1052
thanks , ill try that. only activision can come up with the best guitar, but give it the worst design flaw
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#4 Dudeman480
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Take it back to the store and exchange it for a new guitar?
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#5 Sk8nNotH8n
Member since 2006 • 1519 Posts
Just as I thought, its poor design. Mine's broken, and 2 of my friends have broken theres aswell. I know the return policy doesn't cover it, so your stuck with the broken whammy. Is the whammy bar still attached?
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#6 Taggsai
Member since 2007 • 1024 Posts
I don't even use my Whammy Bar. I'd offer to trade you guitars, buttt, no.
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#7 IcE-Fu-
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Restart the game worked for me

only happend to me once

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#8 supernintendo
Member since 2005 • 1634 Posts
alright mine works again, i unplugged my controller then reset the game and now it works
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#9 jericho180
Member since 2007 • 106 Posts
omg dude. thats so random. happens to me all the time. but the reset trick does work. first thing i tryed. i hate it.
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#10 webbut
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When you plug in ur Guitar Hero controler and start up the game it sets where ever ur wammy bar is as the default possition so u have to make sure that the bar is up.
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#11 awptimistic
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why use the whammy bar anyways?
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#12 Genexi2
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There's also a whammy-bar calibration tool under the options menu.
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#13 2good2betrue
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If any buttons dont work, you have to reset the game,when you press the button to start the game and you are holding any buttons in, the game dosn't work. Its kind of wierd, but restarting always fixes it. I wish my brther didn't break my GH disc cuz imdying to play it, but thats a different story.
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#14 AlmightyDerek
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When you plug in ur Guitar Hero controler and start up the game it sets where ever ur wammy bar is as the default possition so u have to make sure that the bar is up. webbut

Yeah I had the same problem and this was the solution. It can happen with analog sticks too. It has to be in a center position while starting.

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#15 haziqonfire
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Happens to me a lot, its sort of a glitch. Unplug the Wiimote and plug it back in, you might have to do this a couple of times before it works. Once i had to do it three times before it started working again.
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#16 Skie7
Member since 2005 • 1031 Posts

It happens to me every once in awhile. I usually just open the back, pop out a battery (so the remote turns off without turning the game off) then put the battery back in. Then I flip the guitar over and make sure the whammy isn't held down and press "A" on the remote to turn it back on.

As far as the person who asked why you should whammy, if you whammy on the notes that give you star power it gives you more star power. Not only that, but you get the star power from whammying as you whammy. This means you can get some star power even if you fail to hit all the star power notes.

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#17 Nevlim
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maybe the whammy in normal songs is not important but when you do a guitar battle and the trow you a whammy thing you will lose
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#18 BOZ_10
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Restart the game worked for me

only happend to me once

IcE-Fu-

This is very ture it happended to me once also and I just restarted the game and it works with no problems.

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#19 awptimistic
Member since 2007 • 483 Posts
Hey, will they sell extra guitars soon?
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#20 ag1052
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Hey, will they sell extra guitars soon?awptimistic
Ive been hearing people say they will in Feb but I really dont know how true that is.
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#21 BOZ_10
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they sell extra guitars at JB Hi Fi in Australia for $69 ea.

or on the Big W website.