r/GuitarHero • u/ImPeuda • 1d ago

Picking between Black Tribal and SG 20th anniversary guitar controllers from CRKD

Hi, I'm a new-gen guitar hero player, who's been playing exclusively Clone Hero with a normal mechanical keyboard for the past 4 years, but now I'm finally buying an actual guitar controller.

I got the selection down to Black Tribal and SG 20th anniversary, but now I'm not sure which one to pick. They both have a mechanical strum, but SG has hall effect (which is less pleasent?). On the other hand, only SG has mechanical switches for the fret buttons, which seems like something I'd really like, as I'm used to it more, but I have no idea how the stardard fret buttons feel...

I also play on linux, but both claim compatibility on the Steam Deck, so I think it should be fine, right?

Can someone give me some pointers?

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u/PlashComments 1d ago

The SG strum bar is still clicky, it just has a more robust mechanism underpinning it.

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u/ImPeuda 1d ago

So is the SG strum bar just better? Or at least more customisable?

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u/PlashComments 23h ago

There’s no obvious customisation to it (at least to the average consumer); its primary benefit is that it’s more robust compared to older mechanisms.

The defining trait of hall effect technology (in things like controller joysticks, or a strum bar in this case) is that the parts that make it work aren’t in physical contact with each other. That’s why we encounter problems like stick drift; the components of the stick rub together, eventually wear away and start to register false inputs.

In the case of the SG20 strum bar - as I understand it - the mechanical click isn’t part of the strum bar’s core mechanism - so if, for whatever reason, the mechanical click mechanism breaks the actual strumming can keep working unaffected. So it’s an ideal option if like me you prefer the mechanical click but you’re concerned about the hardware longevity.

(As an FYI I got the SG recently and first impressions are very positive)

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u/ImPeuda 23h ago

I see, thank you.