I feel you are perfect at explaining and have a very good pacing. Not overly fake enthusiasm that you see everywhere. Just very knowledgeable and professional. Looking forward to more videos in 2020.
Chris Preasha thank you so much for kind words, appreciate the support, still learning and improving my speech, i noticed my self using alot of umm, soo, andd, filler words. 😂 happy holidays 🎄looking forward to 2020. 🙏
I just put in Sanwa buttons in my stick. Before I did I looked up a couple of guides on RUclips. This one is by far the best in my opinion. Thank you so much for creating this video. It was very informative and the details about how to not damage the wires and how to pull out the buttons were incredibly useful.
2:05 NY, I have never worked on a fight stick before, but I have electronics and car repair experience. To me, it seems like the better way to swap the joystick is 1.Remove the wiring harness connector 2.use a flathead screw drive to hold the shaft and take off the balltop 3.remove the four philips screws and remove joystick assembly. this way we don't need to deal with wobbly joystick when disconnecting the wiring harness and balltop. also, wiring harness should be the first thing to disconnect when working on electronics to prevent accidental damage. You are 100% right when it comes to swapping the buttons - only work on one button at a time with one set of wiring to worry about. Just like spark plug wires in a car. Great content again! Thanks for the info.
If you didnt mention it; i totally didnt even realized it, great observation, i will definitely keep that in mine, also i think when i am recording, our mind is so focus on 1 thing that we sometimes forgets to do certain things. 👍🙏 have you heard of the phrase, the one in the chess match is not aware, and the observers around the chess match is more conscious of whats happening?
Just subscribed recently and wow this is so much easier than I thought! I can’t wait to swap out my buttons and joystick when the time comes. Very straight forward and to the point! Keep it up 😀
Just ordered the new 8BitDo switch pc arcade controller. Gonna mod the buttons to be LED buttons, and switch the gate for the control stick to the octagonal gate so it's easier for Street Fighter combos. Great video!
Great video, Sir. I wish you were around when I first got in to fight sticks years ago. I think the only reason I never broke anything was because I had been doing computer hardware repair work, so I lucked out. Thanks for the effort you put in to these videos and let's try and get you to 50k subs!
Excellent East guide on how change what I wanted to change on my fighting stick. I have a hayabusa stick and have wanted to change the square guard it came wirh as well as the buttons as I didn't like the feel but have been very worried that I might stuff it up. This video made it easy to follow step by step. 👍👍👍
You welcome. I watched most of your videos. And that’s awesome that you like Hori parts. I bought the Hori RAP5 V for my Nintendo Switch and switched the square gate for the octo one. My plan is to buy a Qanba Drone and replace the joystick and buttons with all Sanwa parts. Thanks a lot for all your informational videos. You do a great job at explaining things, and reviewing.
Mike Sandoval thank you, i feel sometimes my videos are too long, too detail and boring because i am not as enthusiastic as other people. But its a learning process, and over time, hopefully i can improve my contents, and i wish i can have more time to create content because my full time job and family errands takes most of my time, but thank you for the support and motivate me to continue to improve.
I know this video is old but is modding the same with all fightsticks i have a mayflash f101 and will following the steps in this video work since its a different fightstick
@JoystickNY hi bro. I bought an octagonal gate sanwa but there are slightly a little gap between the octagonal yellow insert and the white gate around it. Is that normal or isit a bad batch of component?
This is exactly the same arcade stick that i mentioned in the comments to your other video. Once it arrives, i'll have to test it and see how the Sanwa parts feel VS my modded (2lb spring) Hori RAP V(with stock hayabusa buttons). Can't wait for it to ship! Reason i got it (apart from wanting to try Sanwa on a 2nd stick) is that my Hori RAP V was giving me some ghosting inputs in some PS3 Tekken games , but since it's the Switch/PC version, i'm guessing it's a compatibility problem with PS3, since it never had that problem in any emulator/Steam/Switch game. So this Ps3/PC stick will be servicing me there.
EDIT: the fightstick I'm using is a Soul Calibur V ps3 Hori. It came around 2012. Every part is extremely tight, so be careful. Depending on your Hori Sanwa joystick, it might have a stronger safeguard for the connector. It's hard to describe but let's just say it needs a bit more strength to disconnect, because the female connector has a plastic hand protruding from the top so it holds onto the male connector firmly. This exclusively requires the flathead, since you need to loosen that grip and boom, it finally disconnects.
Thank you for the vid, I just ordered some sanwas to replace the flimsy stock buttons I broke (and I want to learn how to replace them), can't wait to install em
@@JoystickNY You're welcome mate. Just bought a Mayflash F300 to mod with Sanwa parts (including an Octagonal gate) but with no idea how to put it all together. This vid popped up on my search and literally answered all of my questions. I cant wait for it all to arrive now so i can put it together. Thanks again from England!
I know this video is old, but really love your works & how you play :) If you are not using this controller anymore would you mind gifting it to me, so i could have my Very First Sanwa Fight Stick? God Bless you & more poweR!
Thank you so much 🙏❤️ sorry i am unable to do give aways yet, i still have alot of test to do on the sticks, and plan to put those data on a website for you everyone, later on when i am more sucessful, i can do some give aways
@@JoystickNY No Problem Just continue filming Really love your Vids and alsso youre a Good in Combos and a VERY Good Player! :) Thank you & more Power!
Hey there JT. I use to play SFII at the arcade when I was a kid and 3 months ago I decided to get an arcade stick to play at Fightcade. Been reconecting to gaming, playing SSF2T there ever since. For my surprise the stick is allready showing a problem. diagonal up/right is not perfect. Many times the command is readed as UP only (so a diagonal jump becomes a neutral jump). Do you think it's allready a metter of replacing stuff? Or maybe just cleaning? My stick is Madcatz FightstickPRO SF vs Tekken. Thanks for the attention.
APOENA - Allnite Music i think replacing the lever should fix the issue, i would recommend buying a sanwa JLF lever from amazon and replacing it. If its fixed. Your good, if it doesnt fix it, you have 30 days to return the part. Usually with these lever, it does break over time. That would be the easiest method. Method #2. You can buy a sanwa JLF micro switch Pcb, and replace that, that is basically the directional switch part on your lever. But with shipping and all, you are looking at almost 20$. So you might as well go for the first method which you get more stuff for the future if anything else breaks. Method #3. I dont recommend it, because it takes too much time for something so small. And you need to know soldering, You can just buy the micro switches for like 3$ replace the pin-pointed issue. Hope this helps. And thank you for dropping by 👍❤️🙏🕹
Only thing that dont add up is which connector goes to which prong. I look at my fight stick cables and they are the same color and arent numbered... does it not matter if which prong they are plugged in to?
What is the best stick for a guy with small hands? I would like my buttons to be really close to each other. Another question is, are there any sticks without clicking sound on buttons and shaft?
unfortunately All the sticks and buttons are standard size, i think only custom sticks are able to be really close to each other, but i recommend getting a standard stick because you will get used to it, and if you ever go to any arcades or using someones elses stick, you will be good at it. there are quiet sanwa buttons, they are alittle bit quieter, for shaft, and joystick, i think the happ stick doesnt have a clicking noise, double check it tho. But i don recommend happ sticks for fighting games.
🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ Btw, someone else ask me what is the best stick for recent years, let me paste my answer here for you, hope it helps in your controller journey fritz the dog 😃 thats a great question, in my opinion, i think the best arcade stick is the one that has all the premium parts, which most expensive arcade stick these days have. 🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ if they have all the same parts, whether is a madcatz, razer, hori, qanba, i think they will be all the same. 🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ On top of that,you just have to find the style you like, the shape that fits your wrist, and if you like the metal or plastic, led lights or not, all those extra features prob wont affect game play that much, but sticking with the same stick is going to help, if you use a 150$ stick for 3 whole year, and then get a 300$ stick, you are still going to play better on that 150$ stick in the short term, muscle memory does help. 🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ Lastly i want to give you some facts, daigo and justin wong have been using the madcatz TE2 arcade stick for many years, then justin wong move on to qanba for abit, now he is on victrix. 🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ Xian and infiltration uses razer panthera and atrox. 🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ Many pro tekken players uses hori rap4, etokki omni, and many uses the qanba obsidian. 🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ ----- And ----- Tokido, mago, chris-g, bonchan, momochi, fchamp, fuudo, gamerbee, pr-balrog, Kbrad ---All uses madcatz TE2. 🕹 ⬇️↘️➡️🔴🔵⚪️ And all the pro pad players use the ps4 controller. 🎮
@@JoystickNY When did Tokido switch to a TE2? I always remember seeing him with a Qanba Obsidian with custom parts to match the Echo Fox color scheme on his Obsidian stick.
TheWarriorPoet i think i may have referring to the time he was being sponsor by madcatz, you are correct, they are always using different sticks at diff times, sometimes depending on sponsors .
I really like your channel, I'm looking for a video that spoke about encoders, I'm building my first arcade stick and I don't know witch is the best only for pc/xone, the one with less input lag?
Check out akishop customs ps360+, i have seen some video of it compared to brooks fighting board, there was pretty much no lag differences. What are you looking at right now? What progress on are you at? Just thinking? Or you bought some stuff already?
@@JoystickNYthanks for the fast reply! I bought sanwa silent buttons and sanwa silent stick. The case is all plexy bent. If you want to see pictures and project tell me where.
Sixdux thank you so much 🙏 if i am buying a lot or me and friends are buying together, i usually use focusattack.com, they have pretty much everything you need, is like a one stop shop, alot of diff types and colors. If i just need like a 1-2 things quick, i usually go amazon and ebay, and amazon n ebay usually dont have shipping charge. It wont make sense to buy 1 thing on focusattack and pay shipping
I swapped the 30mm buttons on my Hori RAP 3 SA with GameFinger buttons, and afterwards my joystick is no longer being read at all. The buttons all work, including the little ps3 control panel ones, but the joystick directional inputs are nowhere to be seen when testing in many games and joy.cpl. Any idea on why this may have happened or what I can do to fix it?
Im having trouble with one of my button. Sometimes it will work, other don't, and the stick start doing crazy things. I noticed the conectors of the button don't come with an isolation plastic cap. Theu are vey near to each other. Do you think they might touch, and hence, send fals signals to the controller? Thanks :)
@@JoystickNY This is the Xbox 360 Madcatz SF4 SE Arcade Stick. The Tournament Edition stick was much wider and had a cable management system. I owned both when they came out.
Ragaa most of them are fairly easy, Usually entry and mid price range stick you will need to unscrew some screws, most sticks over 200$ should have easy access for mods. Usually a bigger stick will be better for mods. Depending on how far and how deep you are going in to it, like Korean levers require a lot of room.
Great video! Do you have any experience with older fight sticks? I recently acquired a Hori Fighting Stick Neo II for the Neo Geo AES, and sadly it came to me a broken and rusted mess. I've managed to polish and clean most of the rust and I re-soldered all the contacts so it works, but I was curious about putting in new sanwa or semitsu buttons/stick.
@@JoystickNY if you want I can show you a picture of the pcb. Yes everything is soldered. I restored the sticks functionality by desoldering, cleaning the contacts and desoldering all the wires.
I am glad you were able to get it work, much be a classic stick. Growing up we never had money to buy games or consoles, i never really experienced the classic and retro era of games.
@@JoystickNY same. The neo geo AES was absolutely something I could never have afforded. I bought a broken one and manage to get it working again. About the only way I could have one. Grateful to own a piece of history
Subscribed I learned a lot from your channel :) I want to customize My razer atrox xbox one fight stick but im still kind of scared I might Damage My Razer Fight stick but I'll risk it :)
@@JoystickNY I have a Hori RAP N Hayabusa arcade stick controller, I tried out the hayabusa parts (Lever and buttons) and they suck. Are the sanwa parts any good?
Hi there. I've been looking through the internet all over. Is it possible to make one of your buttons into an up direction from the stick? Or just anyway to make a button into a jump button.
I think on pc, you can easily just bind a button to a direction. On traditional 6 button stick, i dont think there is any way, not that i know of. Buttttt, you can easily get a mix up arcade stick and that will solve your problem. It has a built in jump button
When you replace a button, does it matter where the two cables connect to? Like, does one have to go on the left, and the other on the right? Or it doesn’t matter?
Hi that was a great tutorial, the clearest instructions yet. But what I want to achieve is essentially to make my stick work with the PS4. What do I need to do to do this?
Hello sir, good day, thank you for your help and guide. Does drilling a 30mm hole for the joystick shaft work? I only have an available 30mm holesaw. And would a dust washer enough to cover it if it's too big? Thank you in advance
@@JoystickNYThanks for the quick reply. I agree with the square gate for Guile but it's quite difficult to pull off moves for Ryu, would an octo gate be easier? Thanks.
kenny w both for circular motion, i think is about the same, once u get the gesture down, both gates feels almost the same, but square is definitely better for charge because its a straight line
Hi. I have this same stick, currently it does not work for PS4 (specifically for Samurai Shodown) is it possible to change the board so that it can be used on PS4? I have another MadCatz Alpha, can I use the board from this one?
Great questions, the stick in this video is for xbox, it shouldnt work for ps4. About switching pcb, that i am not sure, i never tried it yet. I think its possible, but may need some knowledge in soldering, i am not sure if those information are online 🙏❤️
Help me please. I installed sanwa buttons on the controller and I can't get the controller to sign in to my switch. I am pretty sure that the buttons work because I can get the controller in firmware mode using the buttons but on the pairing controller screen it's not working. I'm so frustrated. Thanks for any help you can. Be well everyone.
@@JoystickNY I actually have an 8bitdo n30. It's a different controller but I can't find any info on my problem. I think the R/L buttons work because I can put the controller in firmware mode using the buttons but when I need the R/L to sign in to my switch it won't register. Thanks for the quick response. I am so frustrated I put the work into the joystick and right now it's a paperweight. Be well.
@@1978pq oh, i am glad to hear, have fun my friend, i ll see you around online one day, i am planning to stream 2020, maybe i ll get some setup and set up some online gaming rooms.
@@JoystickNY Sounds great, I'm looking forward to it. Thanks again for responding. So far the stick feels great with a seimitzu joystick and sanwa buttons. Nice upgrade.
@@JoystickNY I meant I would like to build an arcade stick myself that I would like to use for the PS4 and now and then for my Retro Console Recalbox.?
C L i see, there is the Brook PS3 PS4 Fighting Board if you want to do that project, but the ps5 is coming out in less than a year. You might want to wait for more spec before starting your project just to check if its going to have any backward compatibility for ps4 controller etc, i would love to build a stick one day too, but i havent had the time to due to work and family and trying to make videos
For the stick, which brand is better? Is the uhm, not tpsure what it’s called, gate? Mine is like a square which I don’t like, can that be changed to a better one? Oh it’s just ribbons, hopefully,one is the same, I don’t have a solder handy. But I’ll change the buttons first. Current ones are not good
All the brands are similar, they are mainly just sanwa parts inside with diff external features , i recommend going with the style you like more, becuz u can always change the inside
@@JoystickNY I bought basically a Pandora, thinking of replacing the buttons and maybe even the stick. But for now maybe just the buttons (they are ok but the difference is really obvious to me. Must be some cheap sanwa clone or something
My joystick ball keeps unscrewing. Do I need sanwa sticks to prevent this or do I just tighten it with the flat head? I've seen some balls that won't unscrew no matter how much you turn it, how do I get it like that
You can open the casing, and tighten it with a flat head, if the threads are bad, and it keeps getting loose, you may have to use crazy clue. Some korean levers, the ball or bat top doesnt detach like sanwa ❤️🙏
Hi, I know this is an old video but I hope you can help me please... I've just purchased a Mayflash F500 V2 and I was wondering if there is a stick replacement that has a shorter gate? Because the one it comes with feels like it's a mile apart from each side of the gate. I use to play high level 1v1 SFIIT/HF and SSFIIT back in the day (showing my age now lol) and the Arcade machines had much shorter and tighter gates than my new fight stick. I'm getting right back into these games again and now SF6. Any help would be appreciated at all as I'm not feeling this new stick at all.
Possible try putting a tighter spring and see how it feels, if not, try a korean lever, they feel like they have a shorter throw with the rubber system
@@JoystickNY Thank you for your reply, very much appreciated. I was gonna purchase the F500 elite for the sanwa stick and buttons but that color sucks ass hard lol, so I got the black F500 to mod myself. Definitely Sanwa buttons and some ol'school SFII Turbo or CvS2 artwork but now I'm not sure about the stick upgrade after your reply 🤔 😅 . Was going to purchase the Sanwa stick after seeing your video on the 3 types but now you've thrown a spanner in the works with the Korean style 🤣. I assume the Jap Arcades of SF2T and ST had Sanwa sticks but did the US and Euro/Australian Arcades have the same or the Korean sticks? Again, thank you for your reply.
@@JoystickNY oh no, at this point I realized my mistake, for the first button I tried to remove, I tried taking out the button the wrong way, pushing the tabs too far in. I realized my mistake tho and everything is fine. thanks for checking in though :)
@@stephenlucas5740 good advice,i will keep that in mind when i make videos, i am not that great in writing or speaking, it is still very new to me. but thank you dropping by and for your feedback.
I feel you are perfect at explaining and have a very good pacing. Not overly fake enthusiasm that you see everywhere. Just very knowledgeable and professional. Looking forward to more videos in 2020.
Chris Preasha thank you so much for kind words, appreciate the support, still learning and improving my speech, i noticed my self using alot of umm, soo, andd, filler words. 😂 happy holidays 🎄looking forward to 2020. 🙏
Appreciate you 🙏
I just put in Sanwa buttons in my stick. Before I did I looked up a couple of guides on RUclips. This one is by far the best in my opinion. Thank you so much for creating this video. It was very informative and the details about how to not damage the wires and how to pull out the buttons were incredibly useful.
Thank you, i am glad it was able to help 🙏❤️
2:05 NY, I have never worked on a fight stick before, but I have electronics and car repair experience. To me, it seems like the better way to swap the joystick is 1.Remove the wiring harness connector 2.use a flathead screw drive to hold the shaft and take off the balltop 3.remove the four philips screws and remove joystick assembly. this way we don't need to deal with wobbly joystick when disconnecting the wiring harness and balltop. also, wiring harness should be the first thing to disconnect when working on electronics to prevent accidental damage.
You are 100% right when it comes to swapping the buttons - only work on one button at a time with one set of wiring to worry about. Just like spark plug wires in a car. Great content again! Thanks for the info.
If you didnt mention it; i totally didnt even realized it, great observation, i will definitely keep that in mine, also i think when i am recording, our mind is so focus on 1 thing that we sometimes forgets to do certain things. 👍🙏 have you heard of the phrase, the one in the chess match is not aware, and the observers around the chess match is more conscious of whats happening?
really glad this vid exist since i dont really have anyone to go to for this : )
Thank you 🙏 hope it was helpful ❤️
Just subscribed recently and wow this is so much easier than I thought! I can’t wait to swap out my buttons and joystick when the time comes. Very straight forward and to the point! Keep it up 😀
Thank you for watching ❤️🙏 glad it was helpful
JoyStickNY You’re welcome dude! Yessir very helpful 🙂
Awesome video, thanks to this, I now have a good idea on how to upgrade the buttons and stick on mine too. It's much easier than I thought.
Just ordered the new 8BitDo switch pc arcade controller. Gonna mod the buttons to be LED buttons, and switch the gate for the control stick to the octagonal gate so it's easier for Street Fighter combos. Great video!
Thank you 🙏❤️ i prob will have a review on that stick later this year too
Great video, Sir. I wish you were around when I first got in to fight sticks years ago. I think the only reason I never broke anything was because I had been doing computer hardware repair work, so I lucked out. Thanks for the effort you put in to these videos and let's try and get you to 50k subs!
Thank you so much, really appreciate the support 🙏❤️
A fantastic tutorial, Thank you for the video.
Conner Phillipson thank you for watching ❤️🙏
Excellent East guide on how change what I wanted to change on my fighting stick.
I have a hayabusa stick and have wanted to change the square guard it came wirh as well as the buttons as I didn't like the feel but have been very worried that I might stuff it up.
This video made it easy to follow step by step. 👍👍👍
Happy it helped 🙏❤️
Thanks for the awesome videos! I love the Hori Hayabusa joystick and buttons.
Mike Sandoval thank you for watching 🙏 appreciate the love and support
You welcome. I watched most of your videos. And that’s awesome that you like Hori parts. I bought the Hori RAP5 V for my Nintendo Switch and switched the square gate for the octo one.
My plan is to buy a Qanba Drone and replace the joystick and buttons with all Sanwa parts.
Thanks a lot for all your informational videos. You do a great job at explaining things, and reviewing.
Mike Sandoval thank you, i feel sometimes my videos are too long, too detail and boring because i am not as enthusiastic as other people. But its a learning process, and over time, hopefully i can improve my contents, and i wish i can have more time to create content because my full time job and family errands takes most of my time, but thank you for the support and motivate me to continue to improve.
I know this video is old but is modding the same with all fightsticks i have a mayflash f101 and will following the steps in this video work since its a different fightstick
Possible is the same steps, but the f101 will not work on the ps4, ps3 and pc should be okay tho ❤️🙏🕹
Awesome video dude.
youtube didn't send me a notification for this comment, sorry for the late reply 🙏❤️
thank you again
I recently bought some new sanwas for my old sf4 arcade stick - So this is extremely helpful for a first timer. Thank you for this.
Glad I could help ❤️
@JoystickNY hi bro.
I bought an octagonal gate sanwa but there are slightly a little gap between the octagonal yellow insert and the white gate around it. Is that normal or isit a bad batch of component?
This is exactly the same arcade stick that i mentioned in the comments to your other video. Once it arrives, i'll have to test it and see how the Sanwa parts feel VS my modded (2lb spring) Hori RAP V(with stock hayabusa buttons). Can't wait for it to ship!
Reason i got it (apart from wanting to try Sanwa on a 2nd stick) is that my Hori RAP V was giving me some ghosting inputs in some PS3 Tekken games , but since it's the Switch/PC version, i'm guessing it's a compatibility problem with PS3, since it never had that problem in any emulator/Steam/Switch game.
So this Ps3/PC stick will be servicing me there.
Thats a lot of good info, that you sharing 🙏❤️ i like everything default on the sanwa
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make this without all gimmick that other people try to add.
Thank you for the support 🙏❤️
EDIT: the fightstick I'm using is a Soul Calibur V ps3 Hori. It came around 2012. Every part is extremely tight, so be careful.
Depending on your Hori Sanwa joystick, it might have a stronger safeguard for the connector.
It's hard to describe but let's just say it needs a bit more strength to disconnect, because the female connector has a plastic hand protruding from the top so it holds onto the male connector firmly.
This exclusively requires the flathead, since you need to loosen that grip and boom, it finally disconnects.
Thank you for sharing 🙏❤️
@@JoystickNY you're welcome 😊
Thank you for the vid, I just ordered some sanwas to replace the flimsy stock buttons I broke (and I want to learn how to replace them), can't wait to install em
I am happy the video can help ❤️🙏
Great advice. Subbed!
Antony Cannizzaro thank you ❤️🙏🕹
@@JoystickNY You're welcome mate. Just bought a Mayflash F300 to mod with Sanwa parts (including an Octagonal gate) but with no idea how to put it all together. This vid popped up on my search and literally answered all of my questions. I cant wait for it all to arrive now so i can put it together. Thanks again from England!
Antony Cannizzaro glad the youtube suggestion came through 👍🙏
I had to use some pliers to get the connectors out, they were just that tight in.. Held onto the metal part obvs
Thank you for sharing
Helpful once again:)
Thank you 🙏❤️
Are you going to make a tutorial for moddind the arcade sticks with led buttons and lever? thx
It will he a project down the road , may take sometime 🙏❤️
@@JoystickNY thx
JoyStickNY plz ! I would love to see this
Ty for the info
Thank you
Very helpful!
Thank you for watching 🙏❤️
Thanks 🎉
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If taking out all buttons at once masking tape and a sharpy are helpful.
Yup 👍
I know this video is old, but really love your works & how you play :) If you are not using this controller anymore would you mind gifting it to me, so i could have my Very First Sanwa Fight Stick? God Bless you & more poweR!
Thank you so much 🙏❤️ sorry i am unable to do give aways yet, i still have alot of test to do on the sticks, and plan to put those data on a website for you everyone, later on when i am more sucessful, i can do some give aways
@@JoystickNY No Problem Just continue filming Really love your Vids and alsso youre a Good in Combos and a VERY Good Player! :) Thank you & more Power!
Hey there JT. I use to play SFII at the arcade when I was a kid and 3 months ago I decided to get an arcade stick to play at Fightcade. Been reconecting to gaming, playing SSF2T there ever since. For my surprise the stick is allready showing a problem. diagonal up/right is not perfect. Many times the command is readed as UP only (so a diagonal jump becomes a neutral jump). Do you think it's allready a metter of replacing stuff? Or maybe just cleaning? My stick is Madcatz FightstickPRO SF vs Tekken. Thanks for the attention.
APOENA - Allnite Music i think replacing the lever should fix the issue, i would recommend buying a sanwa JLF lever from amazon and replacing it. If its fixed. Your good, if it doesnt fix it, you have 30 days to return the part. Usually with these lever, it does break over time. That would be the easiest method.
Method #2. You can buy a sanwa JLF micro switch Pcb, and replace that, that is basically the directional switch part on your lever. But with shipping and all, you are looking at almost 20$. So you might as well go for the first method which you get more stuff for the future if anything else breaks.
Method #3. I dont recommend it, because it takes too much time for something so small. And you need to know soldering, You can just buy the micro switches for like 3$ replace the pin-pointed issue.
Hope this helps. And thank you for dropping by 👍❤️🙏🕹
@@JoystickNY thanks alot man I'll consider all thath
APOENA - Allnite Music no problem, let me know how it goes 👍
Only thing that dont add up is which connector goes to which prong. I look at my fight stick cables and they are the same color and arent numbered... does it not matter if which prong they are plugged in to?
What is the best stick for a guy with small hands? I would like my buttons to be really close to each other.
Another question is, are there any sticks without clicking sound on buttons and shaft?
unfortunately All the sticks and buttons are standard size, i think only custom sticks are able to be really close to each other, but i recommend getting a standard stick because you will get used to it, and if you ever go to any arcades or using someones elses stick, you will be good at it.
there are quiet sanwa buttons, they are alittle bit quieter, for shaft, and joystick, i think the happ stick doesnt have a clicking noise, double check it tho. But i don recommend happ sticks for fighting games.
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Btw, someone else ask me what is the best stick for recent years, let me paste my answer here for you, hope it helps in your controller journey
fritz the dog 😃 thats a great question, in my opinion, i think the best arcade stick is the one that has all the premium parts, which most expensive arcade stick these days have.
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if they have all the same parts, whether is a madcatz, razer, hori, qanba, i think they will be all the same.
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On top of that,you just have to find the style you like, the shape that fits your wrist, and if you like the metal or plastic, led lights or not, all those extra features prob wont affect game play that much, but sticking with the same stick is going to help, if you use a 150$ stick for 3 whole year, and then get a 300$ stick, you are still going to play better on that 150$ stick in the short term, muscle memory does help.
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Lastly i want to give you some facts, daigo and justin wong have been using the madcatz TE2 arcade stick for many years, then justin wong move on to qanba for abit, now he is on victrix.
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Xian and infiltration uses razer panthera and atrox.
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Many pro tekken players uses hori rap4, etokki omni, and many uses the qanba obsidian.
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Tokido,
mago,
chris-g,
bonchan,
momochi,
fchamp,
fuudo,
gamerbee,
pr-balrog,
Kbrad ---All uses madcatz TE2.
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And all the pro pad players use the ps4 controller. 🎮
@@JoystickNY When did Tokido switch to a TE2? I always remember seeing him with a Qanba Obsidian with custom parts to match the Echo Fox color scheme on his Obsidian stick.
TheWarriorPoet i think i may have referring to the time he was being sponsor by madcatz, you are correct, they are always using different sticks at diff times, sometimes depending on sponsors .
Thank you sir
Thank you 🙏❤️
Trying buy a replacement stick and was confused on what needed to be bought or could it be plug and play as long as it fit
Great channel EZ Clap
thank you for the support 🙏❤️
I really like your channel, I'm looking for a video that spoke about encoders, I'm building my first arcade stick and I don't know witch is the best only for pc/xone, the one with less input lag?
Check out akishop customs ps360+, i have seen some video of it compared to brooks fighting board, there was pretty much no lag differences. What are you looking at right now? What progress on are you at? Just thinking? Or you bought some stuff already?
@@JoystickNYthanks for the fast reply! I bought sanwa silent buttons and sanwa silent stick. The case is all plexy bent. If you want to see pictures and project tell me where.
Giacomo Bianchi sanwa is a good choice, you have a twitter? Post them on twitter. I ll follow you 👍
Excellent video. What is a good parts store?
Sixdux thank you so much 🙏 if i am buying a lot or me and friends are buying together, i usually use focusattack.com, they have pretty much everything you need, is like a one stop shop, alot of diff types and colors. If i just need like a 1-2 things quick, i usually go amazon and ebay, and amazon n ebay usually dont have shipping charge. It wont make sense to buy 1 thing on focusattack and pay shipping
I swapped the 30mm buttons on my Hori RAP 3 SA with GameFinger buttons, and afterwards my joystick is no longer being read at all. The buttons all work, including the little ps3 control panel ones, but the joystick directional inputs are nowhere to be seen when testing in many games and joy.cpl.
Any idea on why this may have happened or what I can do to fix it?
Do the buttons have any polarity/orientation when attaching the cables or can it just be any direction?
Im having trouble with one of my button. Sometimes it will work, other don't, and the stick start doing crazy things. I noticed the conectors of the button don't come with an isolation plastic cap. Theu are vey near to each other. Do you think they might touch, and hence, send fals signals to the controller? Thanks :)
Do you get most parts off amazon?
Hi, what is the name of the arcade stick you are modding in this Video.
That one is the xbox 360 madcatz sf4 tournament stick 🙏❤️
@@JoystickNY This is the Xbox 360 Madcatz SF4 SE Arcade Stick. The Tournament Edition stick was much wider and had a cable management system. I owned both when they came out.
Hoodie Gamer they are classics, i wish madcatz would continue to make them 🙏❤️
Is there a stick that is good for modding?
Ragaa most of them are fairly easy,
Usually entry and mid price range stick you will need to unscrew some screws, most sticks over 200$ should have easy access for mods. Usually a bigger stick will be better for mods. Depending on how far and how deep you are going in to it, like Korean levers require a lot of room.
Oh okay, its because im trying to be on a budget and i heard that a Mayflash or the Qanba Drone are good for it if u want to be on a budget.
Great video! Do you have any experience with older fight sticks?
I recently acquired a Hori Fighting Stick Neo II for the Neo Geo AES, and sadly it came to me a broken and rusted mess. I've managed to polish and clean most of the rust and I re-soldered all the contacts so it works, but I was curious about putting in new sanwa or semitsu buttons/stick.
I dont have experience with older arcade parts, but are you able to solder the buttons to the stick?
@@JoystickNY if you want I can show you a picture of the pcb. Yes everything is soldered. I restored the sticks functionality by desoldering, cleaning the contacts and desoldering all the wires.
I am glad you were able to get it work, much be a classic stick. Growing up we never had money to buy games or consoles, i never really experienced the classic and retro era of games.
@@JoystickNY same. The neo geo AES was absolutely something I could never have afforded. I bought a broken one and manage to get it working again. About the only way I could have one. Grateful to own a piece of history
Super bro , keep it up!!! Just subscribe ...
🙏 thank you so much, appreciate the love n support, new video coming soon maybe tonight
@@JoystickNY keep going bro , your videos are pretty good ...
Thank you 🙏 i will try my best, the only thing slowing me down is my full time job, hopefully someday i can go part time and create more contents
@@JoystickNY That would be cool , make videos about joystick for tournaments ... mod parts , arcade construction etc ...
Yea, more content for the gaming community, but i am going to see how this goes at the end of the year. Hopefully i will get more time
Subscribed I learned a lot from your channel :) I want to customize My razer atrox xbox one fight stick but im still kind of scared I might Damage My Razer Fight stick but I'll risk it :)
Dont be afraid, just take your time, slowly unplug stuff 😊🕹👍
My favorite arcade stick parts are sanwa JLF and Korean levers, hayabusa buttons, eight-way (Octagonal) restrictor plates and bat-tops.
Dustin Nunn those are great combinations 👍
@@JoystickNY I have a Hori RAP N Hayabusa arcade stick controller, I tried out the hayabusa parts (Lever and buttons) and they suck. Are the sanwa parts any good?
Sanwa are most popular, prob cant go wrong, give it a try
Hi there. I've been looking through the internet all over. Is it possible to make one of your buttons into an up direction from the stick? Or just anyway to make a button into a jump button.
I think on pc, you can easily just bind a button to a direction.
On traditional 6 button stick, i dont think there is any way, not that i know of.
Buttttt, you can easily get a mix up arcade stick and that will solve your problem. It has a built in jump button
When you replace a button, does it matter where the two cables connect to? Like, does one have to go on the left, and the other on the right? Or it doesn’t matter?
Great question, you are right, it Doesnt matter where it goes. 😀
Hi that was a great tutorial, the clearest instructions yet. But what I want to achieve is essentially to make my stick work with the PS4. What do I need to do to do this?
What stick do you have?
Hello sir, good day, thank you for your help and guide. Does drilling a 30mm hole for the joystick shaft work? I only have an available 30mm holesaw. And would a dust washer enough to cover it if it's too big? Thank you in advance
How come u need to drill a hole?
Does anyone know what size buttons does the madcatz te2+ use? 24mm or 30mm? Thanks!
DiabolusDraco 30mm most arcade stick uses the standard 30mm size👍🕹 thank you for watching
Which resitricter gate is more suitef for pulling moves on SFV? Square, Octogate or round gate? I use Guile and Ryu. Thanks.
I think most player uses square. And in my opinion, square will be better for guile.
@@JoystickNYThanks for the quick reply. I agree with the square gate for Guile but it's quite difficult to pull off moves for Ryu, would an octo gate be easier? Thanks.
kenny w both for circular motion, i think is about the same, once u get the gesture down, both gates feels almost the same, but square is definitely better for charge because its a straight line
@@JoystickNY Cheers, thanks for the advice.
Hi. I have this same stick, currently it does not work for PS4 (specifically for Samurai Shodown) is it possible to change the board so that it can be used on PS4? I have another MadCatz Alpha, can I use the board from this one?
Great questions, the stick in this video is for xbox, it shouldnt work for ps4. About switching pcb, that i am not sure, i never tried it yet. I think its possible, but may need some knowledge in soldering, i am not sure if those information are online 🙏❤️
Help me please. I installed sanwa buttons on the controller and I can't get the controller to sign in to my switch. I am pretty sure that the buttons work because I can get the controller in firmware mode using the buttons but on the pairing controller screen it's not working. I'm so frustrated. Thanks for any help you can. Be well everyone.
May i ask which controller did you mod? 😕
@@JoystickNY I actually have an 8bitdo n30. It's a different controller but I can't find any info on my problem. I think the R/L buttons work because I can put the controller in firmware mode using the buttons but when I need the R/L to sign in to my switch it won't register. Thanks for the quick response. I am so frustrated I put the work into the joystick and right now it's a paperweight. Be well.
@@JoystickNY You know what? It just started working. Idk. Thanks for your help anyway and keep up the great work.
@@1978pq oh, i am glad to hear, have fun my friend, i ll see you around online one day, i am planning to stream 2020, maybe i ll get some setup and set up some online gaming rooms.
@@JoystickNY Sounds great, I'm looking forward to it. Thanks again for responding. So far the stick feels great with a seimitzu joystick and sanwa buttons. Nice upgrade.
i need a Arcade Stick for my PS4 and for Recalbox exist an Arcadestick for this two systems.
Maybee the Button with Light
C L 🙏 👍🕹❤️
Joystick NY that ist Not the answers
C L sorry, can you rephrase your question? I thought it was a statement, so i thumbs up it 🙏
@@JoystickNY I meant
I would like to build an arcade stick myself that I would like to use for the PS4 and now and then for my Retro Console Recalbox.?
C L i see, there is the Brook PS3 PS4 Fighting Board if you want to do that project, but the ps5 is coming out in less than a year. You might want to wait for more spec before starting your project just to check if its going to have any backward compatibility for ps4 controller etc, i would love to build a stick one day too, but i havent had the time to due to work and family and trying to make videos
For the stick, which brand is better? Is the uhm, not tpsure what it’s called, gate? Mine is like a square which I don’t like, can that be changed to a better one?
Oh it’s just ribbons, hopefully,one is the same, I don’t have a solder handy.
But I’ll change the buttons first. Current ones are not good
All the brands are similar, they are mainly just sanwa parts inside with diff external features , i recommend going with the style you like more, becuz u can always change the inside
@@JoystickNY I bought basically a Pandora, thinking of replacing the buttons and maybe even the stick. But for now maybe just the buttons (they are ok but the difference is really obvious to me. Must be some cheap sanwa clone or something
@@JoystickNY I have a stick that uses sanwa, maybe I’ll get from there since I don’t use that one
Bro my sf4 te stick joystick is making a really clicky sound when it hits the gate. Is that a sign that i should clean it? Or is that normal
Clicky is normal, feel free to send me a video on instagram or facebook
My joystick ball keeps unscrewing. Do I need sanwa sticks to prevent this or do I just tighten it with the flat head? I've seen some balls that won't unscrew no matter how much you turn it, how do I get it like that
You can open the casing, and tighten it with a flat head, if the threads are bad, and it keeps getting loose, you may have to use crazy clue. Some korean levers, the ball or bat top doesnt detach like sanwa ❤️🙏
@@JoystickNY you're the best man, just needed the flat head. I love how you reply to every comment. Keep up the good work
Hi, I know this is an old video but I hope you can help me please... I've just purchased a Mayflash F500 V2 and I was wondering if there is a stick replacement that has a shorter gate? Because the one it comes with feels like it's a mile apart from each side of the gate. I use to play high level 1v1 SFIIT/HF and SSFIIT back in the day (showing my age now lol) and the Arcade machines had much shorter and tighter gates than my new fight stick. I'm getting right back into these games again and now SF6.
Any help would be appreciated at all as I'm not feeling this new stick at all.
Possible try putting a tighter spring and see how it feels, if not, try a korean lever, they feel like they have a shorter throw with the rubber system
@@JoystickNY Thank you for your reply, very much appreciated. I was gonna purchase the F500 elite for the sanwa stick and buttons but that color sucks ass hard lol, so I got the black F500 to mod myself. Definitely Sanwa buttons and some ol'school SFII Turbo or CvS2 artwork but now I'm not sure about the stick upgrade after your reply 🤔 😅 . Was going to purchase the Sanwa stick after seeing your video on the 3 types but now you've thrown a spanner in the works with the Korean style 🤣.
I assume the Jap Arcades of SF2T and ST had Sanwa sticks but did the US and Euro/Australian Arcades have the same or the Korean sticks? Again, thank you for your reply.
I misread, i thought u replaced with sanwa already, if not, upgrade to sanwa first, it has a smaller throw, u might like it
@@JoystickNY All good, I'll definitely try that first for sure. I'll go spend cash now 🤣 and look forward to your future videos.
Kind Regards
Happy to help ❤️
This is like diffusing a bomb
I prob messed up, and would have been dead lol 😂 thank you for watching 🙏❤️
Just wondering.. have you ever tried to remove quick disconnects with pliers? I hope I did not buy it for nothing 😂
Sometimes, if its too tight, i will use tools to wiggle it 👍
Is it possible to just change the ball tip? Not the whole joystick
Yes
@@JoystickNY do you have a link
I switched my buttons but now none of the wires correspond with the right button like the wire for square registers as 3 and it’s in its right spot
Try resetting the in game settings
@@JoystickNY I did :( Idk what I did but some of the wires aren’t even registering as anything at all
That is so strange, everything should he just simple plug and play, make sure nothing is pulled or disconnected,
how do i take the buttons out without the tabs permanently sticking in afterwards. are they just unusable now
What happen to the tabs? Broken?
@@JoystickNY oh no, at this point I realized my mistake, for the first button I tried to remove, I tried taking out the button the wrong way, pushing the tabs too far in. I realized my mistake tho and everything is fine. thanks for checking in though :)
Hey if I were to mod a mayflash f500 élite v2 what mod would I give it
You dont really have to, it already has sanwa parts, unless u want to experiment with more other parts like hayabusa, korean parts, European parts
@@JoystickNY oh thanks for the info
When can we come over to play?
Someday when i open a shop or coffee shop or arcade 😂 if that day ever comes
@@JoystickNY lol we have emulators and joysticks here, if you ever visit Cape Town, give me a shout.
can someone please reply to this with the link to this much appreciated
What link do you need?
but why tho?
What do you mean? ❤️
Joystick NY you didnt provide an overview of why
@@stephenlucas5740 good advice,i will keep that in mind when i make videos, i am not that great in writing or speaking, it is still very new to me. but thank you dropping by and for your feedback.