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Rock Band instruments to be sold separately

James Allan Brady, Jan 25th 2008 Discuss [2]

I got a copy of Rock Band with all the instruments for Christmas, and other than one weekend where I played for nearly 30 hours straight, I haven’t played much (its hard to get my band mates back together). But one issue we had was the 4th guitar, there were only 3 of us, but if a 4th came along to play, we would have had some issues, and having a duel was out of the question. Read The Full Story

Rock Band Stage Kit coming soon?

James Allan Brady, Jan 14th 2008 Discuss [0]

So the word on the streets is that there is a new Rock Band addition headed our way come 6/23/08. Sadly its not a new accordion or harmonica part for some of these songs, instead it appears to be some sort of official Rock Band special effects kit with a fog machine and generic stage lighting that is apparently synchronized with the music. Read The Full Story

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Cherry Picks 2008: Gibson Robot Guitar

James Allan Brady, Jan 6th 2008 Discuss [0]

Allow me to list just the technology stuffed in this thing that allows it to tune itself, there are locking servo powered tuners in the tuning keys, there is a CPU in the neck, which is all controlled by they Tune-Control Bridge, a Tune Core Controller, Data-Transmitting Tailpiece and much more. To tune it, automatically, obviously, because why would you buy this to tune it yourself, you select A440 tuning or there are 5 other presets.

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The 8-Bit Guitar Strap

Abby McVay, Dec 14th 2007 Discuss [0]

I have been looking for months for a guitar strap to go with my collection of Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars. Unfortunately I always look for something completely off the wall and with a bit of geeky influence, which means it's doubtful I'll find one at the local music store. However, my search is finally over, this 8-Bit Guitar Strap is just the thing. Read The Full Story

Rock Band issues being addressed by Harmonix

James Allan Brady, Nov 30th 2007 Discuss [0]

So the Rock Band issues that a lot of you have been experiencing are being addressed by Harmonix. Specifically the issue with the strum bar on the guitar. Read The Full Story

Hammacher Schlemmer marketing World’s Smallest Precision Electric Guitar

James Allan Brady, Nov 27th 2007 Discuss [0]

So the guitar craze due to Guitar Hero and Rock Band are probably causing large numbers of guitars to go quickly out the doors at music stores around the nation, but large numbers don’t always equal large guitars. Just look at this one from Hammacher Schlemmer. It’s a mere 26.5 inches long but still has 20 frets. Personally, I’d never want to see someone up on stage jamming out on a guitar like this, but it is small, and simple, so for a practice guitar it’d be nice, you could just stuff it in your locker, or your luggage, no problem. Read The Full Story

Official Activision Guitar Hero 3 wireless controllers not coming until 2008

James Allan Brady, Nov 26th 2007 Discuss [2]

That’s pretty much it, those of you that have the PS3 or Wii versions of the game can go buy a whole other copy of the game to get a second controller. For now that’s it, and the Xbox 360 and PS2 owners are stuck without until next year. So, there are tons of knockoff guitar controllers, there is one guitar for Guitar Hero 1, 2, and 3, and another for Rock Band, and depending on what system you have, there were some random special edition official guitars along the way. That’s pretty much it though. Read The Full Story

Drum Bag for Rock Band drums

James Allan Brady, Nov 23rd 2007 Discuss [0]

I am really excited about Rock Band, I have yet to be able to make it out to buy my own copy, its been busy around here, but I am patiently waiting till I get a spare moment. But for those of you who have already managed to purchase a copy, I am sure you’ve come up with a slight transportation problem when it comes to the drums, there are a lot of parts. Well, the makers of Rock Band have your back once again, they have, for sale, a customized bag specially made to fit all the drum kit parts inside in an organized manner. Now all you need to do is get some decent sticks, a drum pad, and then work on your technique. Read The Full Story

Virtual Music With Air-Musician

Christina Crouch, Nov 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

Air guitar is fun and free. It’s a simple concept that lets the imagination run wild and requires no tools except for your own two hands. However, we as humans cannot leave a simple idea alone, we must expand it, and of course must make money off of it. Not to mention if one person manages that another will have to do it as well. Read The Full Story

Gibson’s Robotic guitar: “Danger, Eddie Van Halen!”

Reece Bailey Schofield, Nov 13th 2007 Discuss [3]

No, it won't warn you of impending danger. But it will automatically tune itself to any one of six user defined tunings. Using an on-board computer, built in servos, and magnetic 'pickup' coils the user can set the tuning as well as the intonation. Read The Full Story