Mute button for song selection screen.

**BriGuy** · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 1894 Location: Boston

This an easy mod to do and can be pretty handy at times. This is for when you are sitting at the song selection screen and you want to take a break to talk, get a drink, etc. The game will normally loop whatever song is currently selected and eventually drive you mad unless you physically hold down the blue button, find the tv remote and hit mute...or do this mod.

What you will need is a bit of wire, a dremmel, a soldering gun, electrical tape and a switch. This could either be a toggle switch or something like I used which is a push button switch SPST push off-push on solder terminal (3A-125V AC 1A-250V AC) Philmore brand #30-2292. Do not buy a momentary switch (the fret buttons themselves are already momentary switches)
There are two posts to solder your wires to. One you will wire to the blue button (either to a spliced bit of the wire or soldered to a terminal). The other post you will wire to the ground (wire or terminal). The exact wiring differs depending on what model guitar you have so check here for a breakdown of some common types but ultimately double check for yourself which wire is which.

I mounted my button in the unused battery compartment in my XBOX360 wired guitar (above my 10 position dip switch which controls my solo button swap mod.

You could also cut a hole somewhere else in the body and mount the switch there, but keep in mind that you want to keep it accessable but not in the way while you're playing.

This type of button could also be mounted to the drums (or even a controller but that would be crazy)
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**TinPusher** · Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178

Fantastic idea!

Pics and a parts list with part numbers from Radioshack, mouser, etc, would be uber handy.

Thanks!

**Jovack** · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 196

More trouble than it's worth.
The risk is not worth the reward (if you will call muting the song menu rewarding).

I will give you credit though for putting together a nice guide for anyone interested.

**bigbiskut966** · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 299 Location: Portland, OR

That just seems like way too much trouble and effort just so you don't have to reach for the remote and hit mute.
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**BriGuy** · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 1894 Location: Boston

Some of you guys just don't get it. This mod is the equivilant of the rain sensing automatic wiper blades found on Cadillacs. Is it neccessary? Nope. Is it hard to reach AALLLLL the way down to manually flip the lever yourself? not at all. Is it a unique and cool feature that sets my guitar apart from the crowd and makes me feel cool....you betcha.
You have to understand that I am a privilaged and fancy man. You expect me....ME to bend down and reach for the remote like you common folk have to?? Outrageous! To walk over to a table potentially several feet away or to rummage around a dirty couch for a remote controller is something that a dirty peasant would do.
You should feel honored that I am sharing this technology with you, the uncleaned masses.
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**stxbomber191** · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject:

Wait, you can't just hold the blue button on the guitar? Isn't it the same amount of effort?

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**Beez808** · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 253 Location: XBL (Beez 808)

Nice mod and I applaud your effort to figure it out.

F the haters! :P
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**TinPusher** · Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178

Or alternatively to mute the song selection screen you could just select a song, any song it doesn't matter, and then at any time during the seventeen years that the loading screen is visible just press the "xbox" button and voila, you have. . . silence! The blade will come up and the song will continue to load. Once the loading finishes the game automatically pauses.

**italianwiiman** · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 170

couldnt you put some tape on the blue fret? idk what u would doo for the other instruments, but i like your point, sets your guitar apart from all the others... still pretty cool mod even though i wouldnt risk doing it, haha...

**el1t3v1rus** · Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 1410 Location: Virginia

**boredathome** · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 635 Location: Hyrum, Ut

**backstabber13458** · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 33

Nice mod it could really come in handy especially when your downloading songs too. I almost have to turn my game off and wait to play them for another day because im so sick of them looping over and over when i download them. One quick question what is the battery pack even used for on the wired strat? I could never figure it out.

**Deathblooms51** · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 1686 Location: Toledo, Ohio