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If you’re a Guitar Hero or Rock Band diehard, then this is an accessory you just can’t live without. I mean, look at it! The Gene Simmons Axe Guitar is in the shape of a battle axe and just screams awesome.
This guitar controller features all sorts of cool additions like an analog whammy bar and super responsive frets. But most of all, this thing is cool looking and isn’t that the whole point? And I guess it makes fake guitar-playing easier, too.
The Gene Simmons Axe Guitar works with both Guitar Hero and Rock Band, making it the perfect accompaniment for those of you that are equal-opportunity rock-outers. It seems to be an official Simmons product. So, if you love Kiss and rock games, this is the perfect accessory.
[via Kotaku]
3 Responses to “Gene Simmons Axe Guitar is perfect rockin’ accessory”
Ross Salmon October 29, 2008
Wow this product looks super fantastic. What is the street date? I have to have one….or two!
NeutralScott G November 3, 2008
This guitar is great – some googling revealed an interesting behind the scenes story:
http://www.legacyengineer.com/.....uitar.html
Looks like this company is the one who actually designed it for Gene Simmons – but the thing is – I2G/Gene stiffed them and never paid for the building of it. These people are the ones behind the Flashback 2 and other cool looking products as well – they build electronic works of art. If Gene played a concert – he’d expect to get paid, well these people built what looks like a great product, real shame that didn’t get paid.
NeutralIKE November 19, 2008
[quote comment="53520"]This guitar is great – some googling revealed an interesting behind the scenes story:
http://www.legacyengineer.com/.....uitar.html
Looks like this company is the one who actually designed it for Gene Simmons – but the thing is – I2G/Gene stiffed them and never paid for the building of it. These people are the ones behind the Flashback 2 and other cool looking products as well – they build electronic works of art. If Gene played a concert – he’d expect to get paid, well these people built what looks like a great product, real shame that didn’t get paid.[/quote]
(antiMusic) Curt Vendel of Legacy Engineering checked in with out to clear up a story from a couple days ago about his firm not being paid for their work on the Gene Simmons Axe guitar game controller. Gene’s hands were clean in this case and it looks like the company is going to get paid and a second model might be in the offing as well.
http://www.antimusic.com/news/.....ames.shtml
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