We (the boys in the family) got the new Guitar Hero World Tour box set with the guitar, drum kit and microphone for Christmas.

I hooked it up to the Xbox 360 and my 17 year old nephew jumped on the drums and started pumping hell out of the pedal and smashing the drum pads to death.

After a while he reported that the bass pedal was not working - and had never worked!

I checked the connections - all ok.  Checked the set up and tested it in the "create your own band" area of the game - still no joy.

So had it ever worked?  Who knows!  I could play the set without the bass pedal working, but I want that 100% rating on Hotel California damn it!

I did some web searching (via the iPhone) and found various people complaining about the drum kit not working properly and the sensitivity of certain pads not being right, but only a few complaints about the bass pedal not working.

Seeing as I had recycled the packaging and my kids had stuck stickers all over the kit, I was not in a good position to take the stuff back to where I purchased it from so I undertook the repair of the item myself!

1. Turn the pedal upside down.
2. Pull off the grey sticky pad near the front of the pedal (where the wire comes out).
3. Unscrew the 2 screws hidden behind it.
4. Remove the circular part of the pedal where the pedal comes down to meet the base.
5. Inside you will find a small receiver with 2 wires attached.  One wire will be attached to the outside ring and one to the inside.  The actual connections will be covered with glue.
6. Scrape off the glue with a small screwdriver or childs finger and pull the wires off (remember which one was which).
7. Remove all of the glue that is left.
8. I held the wires in place on the connectors with some brown tape whilst I tested the pedal and found that one of the connections must have not been made correctly.
9. Either solder the wires on (requires advanced skills of Zen patience) or bind them in place with some strong sellotape.
10. Screw it all back together.
11. Replace the sticky pad (should still be sticky!).
12. Drum!

I might post some pics of the repair job I did if anyone is interested in seeing how it was done.

You can also buy replacement guitar hero drum pedals on eBay.

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