Madcatz Street Fighter V Fightstick Alpha

i think he was referring to your post in absolute q&a thread

Dude, a Hayabusa is significantly bigger than a JLF. For fucks sake they barely fit inside an original TE arcade stick and they have a huge amount of space.

Wouldn’t a LS-56 fit in an Alpha fine as long as it came with an MS mounting plate? I don’t think it would be necessary to get a Kowal mounting plate…

Ok, sorry. I’ve never seen a JLF in person. I own half a dozen joysticks and never once a JLF… Will give it a try with my LS 56 when i get it.

I can’t wait to see someone strip all the internals and add a Brooks UFB and silent Sanwa parts, heavier spring, and phreakmods QD stick. for an ultimate portable stick.

Challenge accepted? Trying to figure out how the UFB will fit in the case…

Ohhhh yea! Do you plan on gutting the Alpha and basically just using the chassis with the UFB or just integrating with the existing PS4 control panel? Take lots of pictures of the process.

Do these sticks have a faulty pcb ? I’m seeing quite a few on eBay that say the square button does not work, even after replacing the button?

Was thinking of sniping a bargain…

They’re part of the new generation of MadCatz sticks, so probably.

But without someone taking a proper look at them then who knows?

Has anyone removed the SFV branding in the bottom right corner? If so, what did you use?

I would suggest a very mild abrasive

Toothpaste, a slightly damp sugar cube, a Mr Clean magic eraser.

Nice one, thank you.

That said, I am not sure what gives you the best results.

Go slow and take your time. You only want to lift the paint off, go at it too hard and you smooth out the plastic texture around the branding and you see a after image.

Be careful with any solvents, you only want to lift the paint not melt the plastic. So no nail polish remover.

Removing a Tampo/pad printed logo (without fucking up the surrounding plastic) is gonna be a bitch. Good luck…

It can be done, I done it to older cell phones in the past.
Its when there is a texture involved when it becomes a pain in the ass

I don’t know if it would be applicable to this stick but in the past I’ve used a nickel to remove carrier logos off of cell phones. Keep the flat edge down and gently scrape. Never roughed up the phone itself.