Soooo… after a night of my brother, his girlfriend and a friend from the neighborhood playing World Tour.  My orange “cymbal” stopped working completely.  Thinking it was the sensitivity issue, I tried the tape trick but had no luck.

I ended up trying to switch the orange and yellow cymbals… and OMG it was NOT the cymbal sensor.. it was the wire from the mount that plugs into the cymbal sensor.

Fast forward about 20 mins and I a managed to tape the wire in just the right way that the cymbal works like a charm.  I emailed Activision about this and have yet to receive a solution so I will have more to follow.

As for a “longer” term review of the game:  It rocks… and is even more fun when you have 3 other people to play with!