6-Button Stick Appreciation!

zeththedarkmage

Hurray for the 6 button love. Here's my contribution:


I was expecting some love from Francys pai since she is a lover of purple much like myself ^_^

bigsexyc420

First custom stick, was a 6-button. To this day, I refuse to own anything with more.
Feels good to re-post an old image.



Current Go to Stick:

Explorer200

This thread fills me with joystick! I got a Hori and others I'll post up later.

StrtFghtrMstr

My personalized Namco w/6Axis+ShinJN w/all Hori buttons w/original Omron switches all around =]

Typhoon01

My Qanba 3-in1 6-button ice blue with SSF4 AE 3D art. Sanwa x6 30mm OBSC clear blue buttons plus one seimitsu 24mm PS-14-DNK clear blue for start button. Also my eightarc fusion ebony changed the plexi and panel with Qanba six button convertion panel and plexi sense eigtharc does not make a conversion kit at the moment, I added the MINSK! Germen art that came with my ice blue originally and the buttons are sanwa OBSC x6 30mm.

Running Wild

Good to see I'm not the only one that "upgraded" their TE stick to 6 buttons.

zeththedarkmage

NiteWalker, post: 6037959 wrote:

How the hell did I miss this thread!?
This is the best thread on SRK, bar none.

My recent stick:

Another few to be added soon. :D

You know after looking at yours I think I am going to have to add some black to the inserts of my buttons to make them look darker like yours and less white.

NiteWalker

Yeah I like how it looks too.
It happend that way by chance; the artwork is mostly black except for guts, so 5 of the 6 buttons have inserts that are completely black. A good thing, since I screwed up a couple of the cutouts (I cut them too small so you could still see some white in the plunger).

NotANoob81

StrtFghtrMstr, post: 6038382 wrote:

My personalized Namco w/6Axis+ShinJN w/all Hori buttons w/original Omron switches all around =]

Think you have enough paint on that stick?

StrtFghtrMstr

NotANoob81, post: 6046692 wrote:

Think you have enough paint on that stick?

If you're referring to the bottom right panel that's not excess paint, thx for looking though.

RosserRooster

StrtFghtrMstr, post: 6046933 wrote:

If you're referring to the bottom right panel that's not excess paint, thx for looking though.

you need to go with powder coating for panels super durable and minimal thickness and it evens its self out

jdm714

StrtFghtrMstr, post: 6046933 wrote:

If you're referring to the bottom right panel that's not excess paint, thx for looking though.

Just finished my first ever mod;
My T1 Hori Namco Stick of 4 Yr.'s w/the following; Custom Paint Job, Female Quick Disconnects for the Joystick Signal/GRD leads, T5 Hori Joystick Assembly (Slightly taller then the T1 assembly), T5 Red Hori Buttons, Orange Hori Buttons.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_WVcBj_QabYM/S6-EB5Xu17I/AAAAAAAAADw/H-GYSF_ZS5E/s512/2010-03-25%2018.15.16.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_WVcBj_QabYM/S6-EnMMVbBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/9J8b72bD3ts/s512/2010-03-25%2022.15.30.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_WVcBj_QabYM/S6_GN2tDD9I/AAAAAAAAAFc/wg2QJVv4ZPs/s640/2010-03-28%2017.11.28.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_WVcBj_QabYM/S7K6M_bCiyI/AAAAAAAAAHg/_4KRaEhca7k/s640/DSCN1891.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_WVcBj_QabYM/S7K6ZlsswbI/AAAAAAAAAH4/a0AwvIuzWWQ/s640/DSCN1896.JPG
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_WVcBj_QabYM/S7K6kbBWzsI/AAAAAAAAAII/Yc0BoPgfLHo/s640/DSCN1898.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_WVcBj_QabYM/S7K6rABEgkI/AAAAAAAAAIg/ZXopDs5SSSc/s640/DSCN1903.JPG

Starting on my PS3 T6 Hori soon =]

StrtFghtrMstr

jdm714, post: 6047471 wrote:

Yep it's from not sanding, not excess paint =] If you look closely I even left the arrow sticker on near the down-right of the joystick.

BIGBAGGA

My 6 button Bewlix

EVAWINGZERO

Go Go Go!!!

KnightWarrior

No Love for the Genesis 6 Button Stick

NotANoob81

NiteWalker

Nice art on the vewlix.

Bojann

Here is mine joystick. I use 6 button layout and joystick on the right side:


You can see the rest of the pictures on this link: http://www.podmornice.com/stick/stick_sub_zero.html

d3v

NiteWalker, post: 6058356 wrote:

Nice art on the vewlix.

Isn't that just the stock art for the Vewlix L?

bullet1231

Where did u get that Vewlix? more pics? build thread maybe?

poon

gonna dirty up this thread here...

NotANoob81

HSS-0130 not a Blast City bezel. Painted with SEM gloss white vinyl coating/paint/dye. The move list plexi and stainless surrounds are removed for polishing and for a template to get a new move strip plexi cover made due to solvent ruining the old one.

deadend

Looking for Astro 6 buttons layout case that is cheap in cost for a long time, Art's Hobbies Plexi case is the best option I can find so far.

NiteWalker

d3v, post: 6070683 wrote:

Isn't that just the stock art for the Vewlix L?

Yep, sure is. I haven't seen it until now.
It's definitely nice, but I think my favorite stock art is new net city.

deadend, post: 6077217 wrote:

Looking for Astro 6 buttons layout case that is cheap in cost for a long time, Art's Hobbies Plexi case is the best option I can find so far.

PM me in the future if you want another affordable 6 button case. :)
The red buttons and balltop are awesome btw.

das

hell yes 6-button love, gotta throw in on this.

Polybius

If all sticks were 6 button there would be no more button checks, resulting in world peace.

NiteWalker

das, post: 6077921 wrote:

hell yes 6-button love, gotta throw in on this.

Nice wood case. :)
Any more pics/details of that one?

das

like my sloppy wiring job? haha i can snap a few more real quick.

edit: one of SteveTren's cases, simple Oak with really nice dovetail joints. had to make a hole in the plexi for the ls56 though. (sorry for the ugly wiring porn) ^^

Darksakul

das, post: 6078007 wrote:

like my sloppy wiring job? haha i can snap a few more real quick.

edit: one of SteveTren's cases, simple Oak with really nice dovetail joints. had to make a hole in the plexi for the ls56 though. (sorry for the ugly wiring porn) ^^

Don't worry I seen worst wiring jobs than this. At least this isn't a rats nest.

NiteWalker

Darksakul, post: 6078652 wrote:

Don't worry I seen worst wiring jobs than this. At least this isn't a rats nest.

+1. It looks great!
The casework is great.

Jdurg

Sorry for the poor image quality, but it's difficult hobbling around on crutches trying to find out where my camera is, so I had to take this with my iPhone. What you see here, if it wasn't so blurry and fuzzy, is the first joystick that I have ever built. Completed after having to abandon my arcade cabinet build after finishing up the two player control panel for it and coming to the harsh reality that there would be no way I could fit a cabinet inside my house. Not wanting parts to go to waste, I took what was just collecting dust and put them into the stick you see here. Just picked up a USB A/B connector and a Chtulu from LizardLick so that I could use the stick on my PS3 and my PC. Started the stick up way back in February/March, but it still isn't 100% finished. Have some issues with some intermittent response on some buttons, and while laid out with the broken ankle I'm using my multimeter to try and find out where the issue is. I'm thinking that the braided wire used to make the connections is not really making a solid connection to the Chtulu and the screw terminals it uses. (The wires have been soldered to the microswitches hooked up to the buttons/joystick and are good solder joints). I have some spade terminals lying around, and I may try soldering the free ends of the wires to the spade terminals, then inserting the spade terminals into the screw spots on the Chtulu and screwing it down tightly, thus ensuring a solid connection. I also need to get the PS Home button to function properly.

Anyway, I am a fan of the 6 button arrangement, as well as the straight across carpal-tunnel inducer and bat-top joystick as it reminds me of the SF cabinets I spent hours of my life on when I was growing up. :)

undamned

d3v, post: 5881239 wrote:

You forget one important thing. Early versions of those had Sanwa JLWs, later versions had unnumbered Seimitsu sticks.

How did you confirm that JLW presence was based on mfr date? Is it somewhere on the body?
-ud

True Grave

This HRAP2 was originally an 8-button stick:
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo202/CustomHapp/ArcanaHeart2.jpg

When i ordered a new custom steel panel, lexan, and artwork---- 6 Button all the way!

I also changed the layout from HRAP1 to the modern HRAP3, which i believe to be better.

Francys Pai

Typhoon01, post: 6040039 wrote:

My Qanba 3-in1 6-button ice blue with SSF4 AE 3D art. Sanwa x6 30mm OBSC clear blue buttons plus one seimitsu 24mm PS-14-DNK clear blue for start button. Also my eightarc fusion ebony changed the plexi and panel with Qanba six button convertion panel and plexi sense eigtharc does not make a conversion kit at the moment, I added the MINSK! Germen art that came with my ice blue originally and the buttons are sanwa OBSC x6 30mm.

Is that 3D art as in Lenticular? If so, I must ask where you acquired such a thing as I've been looking for someone to do a lenticular cover for me for ages :<

pzlate

It's the stock artwork for the Qanba.

Typhoon01

Francys Pai, post: 6088002 wrote:

Is that 3D art as in Lenticular? If so, I must ask where you acquired such a thing as I've been looking for someone to do a lenticular cover for me for ages :<

As pzlate stated it is a stock art from the pc only q4raf ice blue, I also have a spare from when I ordered the six button conversin kit from canadianjoysticks.com as a bonus they were giving the ssf4 ae 3d art with the first batch of six button conversion kits, the one you see on the ice blue was underneath the minsk art guess I got lucky on this one.

Francys Pai

Typhoon01, post: 6088108 wrote:

As pzlate stated it is a stock art from the pc only q4raf ice blue, I also have a spare from when I ordered the six button conversin kit from canadianjoysticks.com as a bonus, the one you see on the ice blue was underneath the minsk art guess I got lucky on this one.

Awh that sucks, was hoping I'd got a lead finally XD

Fulaani

you know whats reaaaally fucking dumb

the VSHG is perhaps the best case out there. It's debatable of course but the placement of all the elements on the top plate resembles an arcade panel very closely. Then there are people who build their own VSHG replicas because it's obviously one of the best cases ever produced.

AND THEN THEY FUCKING MOVE THE STICK AND BUTTONS WAY UP HIGH THAT IN NO WAY RESEMBLES A JAPANESE CANDY CAB WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

pzlate

Maybe they like the ergonomics better.

wiseless

^ This, specially if you have big hands and having bigger hands than an average japanese isn't that hard.

No, I don't have any VSHG-like case/stick, be it in it's original or alternative placement.

d3v

Because they're called customs, not replicas.

NotANoob81

A few more from my collection.

Fulaani

wiseless, post: 6088327 wrote:

^ This, specially if you have big hands and having bigger hands than an average japanese isn't that hard.

No, I don't have any VSHG-like case/stick, be it in it's original or alternative placement.

who is they?

you mean to tell me the entire market dislikes the feel of a japanese candy cab?

NiteWalker

It's all preference.

One man's gold may be another's tin.
As an example, in my humble opinion, the namco and agetec dreamcast cases are two of the best. The VSHG is nice, but the control panel is cluttered.

pzlate

There needs to be another retail stick with a slant like the Namco. So comfortable.

wiseless

Fulaani, post: 6088936 wrote:

who is they?

you mean to tell me the entire market dislikes the feel of a japanese candy cab?

Mmmmm...no?

I just said that, from a custom perspective, makes sense to relocated the whole layout if it makes more comfortable to the user. That simple.

Geez, you need to relax. :D

Fulaani

I'm not talking about customs. I'm talking about sticks put on the market either in small or big runs. not personalized sticks. (the funny thing is most custom stick makers who set up shop dont have an option for button placement, just config).

im plenty relaxed though, this is just a major pet peeve. thats all.

Typhoon01

Why the heck are we debating buttons and stick placement this is 6-button stick appreciation not start a flame war on buttons or joystick placement.

Squared

Would of been nice if the clear sanwas came out before I had gotten this stick made...either way it's a beautiful stick

I'm working on modding my namco with some yellow sanwa clears+ yellow clear balltop with a yellow metallic shaft and yellow dust washer.(after getting it re-painted)

-those sticks with the hand drawn art are awesome