Nintendo Wii Rock Band Guitars

• Rock Band 1 guitars require their respective guitar dongles to connect to your computer.
  Rock Band 1 guitars have a maple (cream color) neck with a fully white dongle.
  Model#: WGTSELEA1B
• Rock Band 2 (and later) guitars require their respective guitar dongles to connect to your computer.
  Rock Band 2 and The Beatles: Rock Band guitar dongles are compatible with either revisions.
  Model#: PGTSELEA2B
  Model#: PGTSELEA2B
  Model#: PGTSELEA3B

Windows

Caution

Do NOT map this instrument via the Pads menu!

Caution

RPCN Menus (for sending or accepting online invites) will cause a softlock. You will need an alternative input method to navigate these menus, such as a [typing keyboard or a gamepad.]

There is no configuration for this instrument. Simply connect the receiver to your computer and that’s it!

Linux

Caution

Do NOT map this instrument via the Pads menu!

Caution

RPCN Menus (for sending or accepting online invites) will cause a softlock. You will need an alternative input method to navigate these menus, such as a [typing keyboard or a gamepad.]

Note

This requires admin/sudo permissions.

1. Navigate to /etc/udev/ in your file browser.
   Enter the rules.d folder.
   If it doesn’t exist, make it.

   

2. Create a new file.

   

   Name it 99-ps3-peripherals.rules.

   

3. Open the file in a text editor.
   Add an entry for your guitar:

   • RB1 Guitar

     SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1bad", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0004", MODE="0666"

   • RB2 Guitar

     SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1bad", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3010", MODE="0666"

   In this example, a PS3 Mustang and PS3 Keyboard are being added.
   When you’re done, save your edits to the file.

   

4. Run sudo udevadm control --reload-rules in a terminal or reboot your system.

   

5. Disconnect the guitar’s dongle, then reconnect it.

6. Open up Rock Band 3 in RPCS3 and sync your guitar.
   You should see it automatically assign a player number.
   Likewise, in Rock Band 3, you will see your guitar ready to join.

macOS

Caution

Do NOT map this instrument via the Pads menu!

Caution

RPCN Menus (for sending or accepting online invites) will cause a softlock. You will need an alternative input method to navigate these menus, such as a [typing keyboard or a gamepad.]

By default, macOS will attempt to load its own drivers when trying to use passthrough instruments on RPCS3.
Luckily, this is easy to fix!

1. First, [click here download the GCAdapterDriver 1.8 beta]

   

2. Drag the extracted GCAdapterDriver-1.8-beta application to the Applications folder.

   

3. In the menu bar, click on the new GCAdapterDriver icon.
   Click on the slider to try to activate it.

   

4. It will initially block the system extension.
   Click on Open Security Preferences.

   

5. Unlock the page by click on the lock icon on the bottom left.
   Click on Allow after this.
   Don’t forget to lock the page again when you’re done.

   

6. Now, activate GCAdapterDriver’s slider in the menu bar now.

   

   Open up Rock Band 3 in RPCS3 and connect your guitar.
   You should see it automatically assign a player number.
   Likewise, in Rock Band 3, you will see your guitar ready to join.

Manual Mapping

Caution

You should only do this if passthrough doesn’t work!
Manually mapping can lead to duplicate instruments!

• There is no input profile as all controls are default.

How do I map my guitar?

Click on the Pads icon at the top of RPCS3.

It’s suggested to create a new configuration by clicking Add Configuration at the top right of the Pads window.
This is so you can change configuration profiles in case you want to play other games.

Follow the instructions and/or match the assignments below.

Pad Information

Handlers	Devices
SDL	Licensed by Nintendo of America Harmonix Guitar Controller for Nintendo Wii

Device Class	Device Subtype
Guitar	Rock Band

Mappings

By default, everything is bound correctly. You don’t need to remap anything or download a profile.

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Mapped by [Carl Mylo]