New to Arcade Sticks: Modding ?'s

You really ought to read up in the stickies before posting questions that have been answered dozens and dozens of times over the years.

Start here:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=209057

thanks for the answers, just wanted to re-iterate, i’m not trying to americanize my stick. or make an american stick. i’m getting buttons, and i just want to know more about what i am getting myself into and what the different options are (not just options but specifics behind why get this over that).

thanks to everyone for the help, i feel like i have enough to get going now.