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KORG Kaossilator gets the Guitar Hero treatment

Brenda Stokes, Apr 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

So, if you love KORG Kaossilators and want to make them even easier to use, you might want to try on this crafty DIY project for size. No, you're not seeing things. Someone has really wired up a Kaossilator to a Guitar Hero guitar remote. How can it be, you may be wondering? Well, James Haskin got inspired when seeing Wayne Coyne's double-necked Guitar Hero creation and decided to change up his Kaossilator just a tad. Read The Full Story

Disney’s Star Guitarist teaches you to play

Shawn Farner, Jan 12th 2009 Discuss [1]

Are you sick of playing "fake guitar" on Rock Band or Guitar Hero? Do you want to serenade the ladies through song, but don't know how to play guitar? Fear not - Disney's Star Guitarist might be able to help you out. Read The Full Story

Ovation iDea puts first MP3 recording in a guitar

Staff Editor, Dec 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

Techno-guitarmaker Ovation has just announced another breakthrough in the music world. The Ovation iDea is the first ever acoustic guitar to be equipped with a built-in MP3 recorder for laying down tracks at the touch of a button. Not only can the iDea record tracks, but it can also replay the song so you can play along. Read The Full Story

Logitech Premiere Edition Wireless Guitar controller

Chris Davies, Oct 23rd 2008 Discuss [1]

Logitech have set out to show Starpex that they're not the only people who can make a more realistic, wooden controller for Guitar Hero, with the launch of their Premiere Edition Wireless Guitar. Licenced by Guitar Hero publisher Activision, the controller has a wooden neck, a rosewood fingerboard and metal frets and tuners. Integrated 2.4GHz wireless gives it a 30ft range. Read The Full Story

Starpex Guitar Hero & Rock Band controller now available

Chris Davies, Sep 18th 2008 Discuss [1]

Peak Products have finally released their Starpex Guitar Hero and Rock Band controller, made from high-gloss lacquered wood and including both wired and 2.4GHz wireless connectivity. The first model to hit shelves is the Obsidian, which as the name might suggest is black; that will be followed on October 31st by Dead Rose and Black Sunburst versions. Read The Full Story

Peak Products Starpex full-size wood Guitar Controller

Chris Davies, Jul 16th 2008 Discuss [2]

Our own Chris Scott Barr would likely never forgive me for saying it, but one of the reasons I've never really gotten into either Guitar Hero or Rock Band is because it all looks a bit naff. Plastic instruments end up looking like kids toys, unless you're willing to invest some serious hack-time in them. So Peak Products' Starpex could actually bring new gamers like myself onboard; styled after a real guitar, it has an instrument-quality, high-gloss lacquered finish with a hardwood body, neck, and headstock handcrafted by a leading guitar manufacturer. Read The Full Story

Guitar Hero MIDI Controller hack

Chris Davies, May 19th 2008 Discuss [1]

Guitar Hero has spawned a large number of mods, hacks and general tweakery, with gamers often looking to use proper instruments in place of the normal controllers. However this is the first time I've seen a Guitar Hero controller converted in the opposite direction; it now works as a MIDI guitar, compatible with any synth with the necessary port. Best of all, there's actually no damage to the controller's original functionality, so you can switch between gaming and music making to your heart's content. Read The Full Story

Gibson rolling out another auto-tuning guitar – its bright, shiny, metallic, purple

James Allan Brady, Apr 11th 2008 Discuss [0]

You know that robotic guitar that Gibson rolled out last year that could auto tune itself to a number of different scales and were programmable to any custom tuning you required? It was like the most badass guitar ever, well they are making a new version that will be more widely available, since getting your hands on one of the originals was nigh impossible. Read The Full Story

Guitar Hero III Mobile coming to BlackBerry – For Those About to Rock!

James Allan Brady, Apr 1st 2008 Discuss [1]

Hands-on Mobile and Magmic Games are the two companies that are partnered up in an effort to bring one of the best mobile games of all time to your BlackBerry. Being a primarily business oriented device the BlackBerry has been passed up on a lot of really cool mobile games, but this is one that you can mark off the list. Personally I am just wondering if you’ll have access to all 5 frets or if they are sticking with the three frets that previous mobile versions have offered up. When you first download the game you’ll get 15 tracks including “Cherub Rock”, “Miss Murder”, “Monsters”, “Suck My Kiss”, and “Trippin On A Hole”. Read The Full Story

Coconut Guitar Amp made by Steve Lodefink

Milena Glimbovski, Feb 14th 2008 Discuss [1]

I don’t know how he did it, but he did. He put an small amplifier, jack, power on LED, and volume knob in a coconut. Read The Full Story

Guitar Rising – Like Guitar Hero for the real thing

Chris Scott Barr, Feb 8th 2008 Discuss [0]

I've been rocking out on a plastic guitar for a while now; too long some would say. I finally decided a couple months ago that I would finally get myself a real guitar and learn to play some of the songs I've been playing for so long. While I've been spending plenty of time lately learning chords and building up calluses on my fingers, I've been thinking about how much fun it was when I first learned to play on Guitar Hero, and how boring it is learning the real guitar. I know my hard work will pay off eventually, but I have something of a short attention span. Guitar Rising is a new game (if you can call it that) that is exactly what I've been looking for. Hit the jump for an awesome video. Read The Full Story