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MideonNViscera

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I modded my arcade stick, so take a look if that's your thing

What an ordeal. Honestly, the planning and tracking down materials was way harder than the actual mod itself. There isn't an online shop that has everything I want in one spot. I settled for AkihabaraShop.jp but I can't even remember why now haha  I wanted mix and match buttons at first, but couldn't find what I wanted and was afraid to mix my own. Turns out it's actually really easy but that was something I discovered by accident trying to pop the start/back buttons out.


Vinyl dye man. What awesome shit. I just took my bezel, threw it on a cardboard box in the basement, and sprayed my ass off. I wanted dark grey to match my balltop, but in Truro, Nova Scotia, there's only two colors in stock. Black and burgundy. Took me 5 stops just to find that. Brutal. Awesome, awesome stuff though.

Anyway, here's a picture of the original stick.

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My primary goal was to get rid of the horrible yellow. With the yellow gone though, the white didn't have much purpose either so it had to go too. No way in hell was I ever gonna change that artwork. It's the best picture you can get on a TE if ya ask me. The MvC3 stick was just lameness.

Anyway, the modding went fine, though my fingers hurt like a bastard now haha  I thought I screwed up one of my quick disconnects because it wiggled more than the rest when I put it back on, but everything worked when I tested it out. Might have to keep an eye on it. If my X button ever stops working I'll know why at least.

All the parts are Sanwa, and the balltop is Sanwa's meshball which for whatever reasons costs 12 bucks while a regular ball costs like 3 heh

Not really much else to say, so here's a pic of the finished product.

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