Saulabi 4K Arcade Stick

[jaguar]

anybody know what’s inside this stick?

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-1i-49-en-70-22b8.html

[GuMz]

fanta buttons i believe Korean buttonz

[tl613]

It should have a Myoungshin Fanta stick and cheap no-name buttons like all other Saulabis.

[xqoole]

The buttons may suck, but you can (at least on my older saulabi) swap in sanwa button microswitches.

[Takahashi]

Joystick: MyoungShin Fanta stick, that is really stiff.
Buttons: Some generic knockoffs these buttons are bad.

I replaced mine with stuff I bought from Laugh.

• MyoungShin Fanta stick Medium stiffness
• Crown CWB 203 C

[Xorcist]

Is the 4k different from the PC Online Stick? Also can anyone confrim if it’s a leaf-switched or micro-swtiched stick? The PC Online I bought not too long ago was leaf-switched.

[aoneone]

i just ordered my 4k today…
ill let u know how its like when i get it next week.

[System_1]

Where are you ordering it from aoneone?

play-asia?

I also ordered a saulabi 4k from PA and I received a virtua stick high grade.

[System_1]

Hi all

My first post here, on what looks like a great forum! been really enjoying reading the custom stick thread >_<

I ordered a Saulabi 4k just 3 days ago from Play Asia and according to the Fedex tracking website, I will have it later on this afternoon! very quick delivery seeing as its come all the way from Hong kong…

At some point in the near future Ill be looking for info on how to mod the case with some nice graphics, and maybe swap in different buttons & stick. (no experience with this yet, this will be my first arcade stick for MAME32)

As funny as the logo “For Powerful Game” is lol Id prefer some nice Hayao Miyazaki artwork on it…I wonder how I could do that?

[kowal]

unfasten table top

make identical from lexan

Saulabi MOD MyoungShin Fanta low stiffness + pushbuttons PSL-L

[System_1]

is it possible to mod it with sanwa or seimitsu?

[System_1]

thankyou very much Kowal and yes redstar I think it is possible…I’m very happy with the stick it comes with but I might think about putting in some sanwa buttons in the future.

[VR-Fist]

From what I read here, the stick is good but the buttons suck. Are they really bad? How bad compared to original HRAP buttons and what’s bad on them?

And finally… is there any tutorial how to mod it? Or is it easy like HRAP?

Thanks in advance for answering

[tl613]

From what I read here, the stick is good but the buttons suck. Are they really bad? How bad compared to original HRAP buttons and what’s bad on them?

And finally… is there any tutorial how to mod it? Or is it easy like HRAP?

Thanks in advance for answering

The stick is a Myoungshin Fana, so you shouldn’t have to change it. But according to laugh in another thread sometimes the Fanta it comes with sucks.

It is kind of like the HRAP, where the stick comes stock with what you want, but the buttons should be changed. The buttons used on an SPS-1000 and SPS-3000 are different. I had a 3000 before and the buttons weren’t very good, but the Crown buttons most people use fit perfectly in there.

There is no tutorial that I’ve seen on SRK, but the buttons are soldered onto the PCB. So after a little desoldering it should be a similar mod to the T5 stick. Just keep in mind the snap-in/screw-in Crown buttons do not have tab to stick a disconnect on. So soldering of some kind is a must.

[VR-Fist]

The stick is a Myoungshin Fana, so you shouldn’t have to change it. But according to laugh in another thread sometimes the Fanta it comes with sucks.

It is kind of like the HRAP, where the stick comes stock with what you want, but the buttons should be changed. The buttons used on an SPS-1000 and SPS-3000 are different. I had a 3000 before and the buttons weren’t very good, but the Crown buttons most people use fit perfectly in there.

There is no tutorial that I’ve seen on SRK, but the buttons are soldered onto the PCB. So after a little desoldering it should be a similar mod to the T5 stick. Just keep in mind the snap-in/screw-in Crown buttons do not have tab to stick a disconnect on. So soldering of some kind is a must.

Thanks for your reply. I’m not buying 1000 or 3000 but 4K for PS3 'cause I use it mainly for T5DR and 2D scene is dead in here. I got HRAP but on the latest tournament, I’ve found an interest in Korean-style stick.

I guess screw-in are better than snap-in and while I have to solder, it’s better to get screw-ins right?

About the stick itself, it comes with different sticks? Sometimes with let’s say A which is good, and sometimes with B which sucks?

[VR-Fist]

I can answer those for you if you don’t mind.

The screw-in buttons are also snap-in buttons, that’s what he meant. There’re snap-in only buttons made by Crown that also fits and is just as good as the screw/snap-in buttons, and these have two prongs on the bottom of the button for QDs and soldering onto PCBs. The prongs aren’t in the same place as the stock Saulabi buttons so you can’t just swap it in and solder into the Saulabi PCB, so that’s primarily why I haven’t recommended these buttons for Saulabi sticks yet, although these buttons are really good.

I’ll get a used Saulabi myself just to mod it with high quality authentic Korean parts so that I’ll know what it’s like.

About the stick, yes, you’re partially right about Saulabis having different sticks sometimes. They’ve recently started making Saulabis with leaf switch sticks (which SUCK, btw. I hate whoever invented leaf switches. I guess you can call this Stick A), but they’ve been making Saulabis with Stock Myoungshin Fanta sticks (Stick B, and these are luck of the draw. You get a good one sometimes and a bad one sometimes) for a long ass time so you’re bound to bump into these. Easiest way to tell if you have a Fanta or a leaf switch stick is by simply rotating the stick. If you hear clicky noises, it’s a Fanta, if it’s silent, it’s a leaf switch stick.

I appreciate anyone replying, thanks a lot.

According to my zero luck in the last tourney event, I should have some luck now :bgrin:

Do you find the other stick really unusable? The most important motion for me is f,N,d,d/f,N,f… If you know any guide for Korean-type sticks or whichever guide for Saulabi sticks, then I’m too happy

And the bad/wrong stick “draw-luck” is also present into 4K stick or just in the 1000/3000 sticks?

[VR-Fist]

So you mean that leaf switch stick is not bad for gaming, but it just has a poor life-time?

[tl613]

They have to be replaced pretty often from what I hear. Plus it may just be me but I prefer feeling and hearing the click of the microswitch.

[VR-Fist]

So it doesn’t affect gameplay in general in first few days/weeks, right? There’s some time to switch the sticks.

BTW do you know some good shops for sticks and buttons usable with Saulabi 4K?

[kowal]

good shop