LS-33, LS-33NA, LS-56, or -other-

[NFGx]

So I was doing a bit of tinkering with my Cyber Lead panel and I pulled out what I thought were the original LS-33 sticks to give 'em a cleanup and a bit of grease, only to find that they're probably LS-56 sticks with the LS-33NA PCB. The manual says the the LS-56 was the default, but the '33 PCB threw me.

Can anyone verify for me that the CyberLead panels had LS-33NA PCBs with the LS-56 mech?

In other tinkering discoveries, I was quite happy to discover that I can slap the 33NA PCB on a new SELS-70X and just install it straight away. Many kudos to Seimitsu for using the same parts for their 40mm sticks since the NeoGeo.

And in further discoveries, someone on the interwebs said once that some old SuperFamicom sticks used the LS-33, and sure enough, there's a yellow based pivot-less Seimitsu stick in an old Micomsoft stick that I'm prepared to bet is an LS-33.


This one is basically NOS, I know I've not used it for more than five minutes since I bought it.

 

[Joko3]

From what I've seen the plastic on LS-56 is usually always black, and LS-33 is blue, black, or yellow. I know both sticks use the same microswitches, but I don't know about the lever and actuator sizes. That may be something to look into to know for sure. I think this is an LS-33 myself though.

 

[NFGx]

I think this is an LS-33 myself though.

The whole internet seems convinced that the LS-33 uses a pivot-less design, like the LS-55, and has a yellow base. The LS-55 has a blue base, but I've never heard that the LS-33 could also be blue They're all compatible though so it doesn't really seem like that's a solid indicator. The two defining features seem to be the lighter spring and the shaft.

 

[Joko3]

Hope you can get to the bottom of it. If everything works and it feels good though I'd probably not worry about what it is and just play it as is. You could always buy a new LS-56 and LS-33 and compare them with what you have if you REALLY need to know lol.