hey xian. About a week ago I ordered a black q4 (3 in 1) fight stick from playasia. I got it around 2 days later and it was $130 plus $65 in shipping at its cheapest. I am very satisfied with my purchase but I think it might be fake. I watched some videos about it and the packaging, papers, parts are all the same but this stick is different from all the others. First off it has a 2.5mm jack but every other one has a 3.5. It also came with a small simple 2.5 mm mic. Another thing is at the top right with the turbo / home/ etc buttons at the left the little logo man isn’t there, but it says qanba to the right of the buttons which I haven’t seen before except on the red version of the q4 and the eight arc. This is very strange because this is the first black q4 I’v seen with this kind of top right panel. It is exactly the same as the red q4 except for that it has black buttons. I loved the q3 and I would really like to know if my q4 is fake or if I got an updated version of it. Any info from anyone would be appreciated and respond asap.
its probably a different batch, also issint it beter with 2.5mm jack so u can use genuine xbox headsets? does it matter if the little man is there? aslong as it works in both system properly and has all sanwa parts i dont see any problem 
It seems there’s a bit of variance from batch to batch. Does this include PCB revisions?
Well lets hope so. The parts are seem great (and follow the description I got from reviews) but this is also the second fightstick I ever had, the first being a not so great pdp stick so I am not an excellent judge yet.
Sorry for being a noob, I’m kinda new to sticks so could you be more specific with PCB? I’m not exactly sure what PCB stands for.
PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board.
Oh lol no idea. Well thanks guys hopefully xian can confirm what you guys said. I feel a lot better naow.
timtim: you’ve indeed got an updated model, no worries.
Hello, Ive recently seen the Ice Blue QRAF4 pop up on Gremlinsolutions.co.uk
I was just curious how hard it would be to add the extra two buttons into the stick (6 button to 8 button layout) if I ever decided to, presumably there are just quick disconnects under the panel, and all it would take would be to buy a second plexi panel and 2 extra buttons?
Thanks.
well, you also have a metal plate under the plexi which holds the artwork and stabilizes the stick. so you would have to deal with that, too.
that’s a good point…presumably it’d be only the plexi and the artwork would be different though? The limited edition Ice blue stick has an eight button layout, it doesn’t make sense to make a new case just for two models of 6 button sticks when there’s an 8 button stick in the same line.
the problem will remain though that the additional cables needed for the 2 buttons are not included in the 6 button sticks. so you would need to get your hands on suitable cables to connect the additional buttons.
qanba might be inclined to bring out a 8 button version of the iceblue stick with the custom artwork by MINSK, if more users voice a request for this.
Thanks for the quick replies, i was curious if the cables were under the panel too, but its seems they aren’t.
Pre-ordered one with Gremlinsolutions.co.uk, eagerly waiting for it to arrive! i picked the ice blue QRAF4 with the MINSK graphics in the end.
awesome!
he will be very happy to hear about it :).
Thanks man I feel a lot better now, it really feels good to be the owner of an authentic qanba q4.
Hey llx8000 any chance we will be able to purchase the six button clear plexi cover, I know canadianjoysticks.com had the six button conversion kit with cover and panel sold out at the moment, what if the plexi cracks and you need a replacement plexi cover for six button setup just the plexi will this be available to puchase from some vendors in future.
6 buttons faceplate difference 8 buttons faceplate.
if 8 buttons faceplate change 6 buttons faceplate need :
1.change 6 buttons clear plexi;
2.change 6 buttons metal plate
we have supplied 6 buttons plexi and 6 buttons metal plate in our some resellers,they will sell them quickly.
Hi llx8000 you misunderstood my question, I already have the six button plexi and panel conversion kit but the plexi cracked and broke on me, I was asking is qanba going to make just the six button plexi glass cover available to be sold here in USA I do not want to buy another conversion kit just the plexi.
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