<![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> now if the game had a guitar with 24 frets and 6 strings, then the game would be too heavily reliant on people who do play real guitar

Well... except that not many guitarists play guitars with 24 frets. For me, that would be exceedingly weird.

Are people still throwing the "play real guitar" argument out there? Jeezum Crow.. it's a video game. Does that point apply to Fighters, Sports Games, and Racers too?

Why yes, yes it does.

You don't think these other genres are judged equally on realism? Why do people play games like Gran Turismo, Virtua Fighter, etc.? Because they're the closest to the real thing of any of the games in their genre.

If you don't care about realism, that's fine - I'm not saying all games need to be realistic, and I like a good arcade-style game as much as anybody. But don't go pissing in people's faces because they're more concerned with realism than you are.

Look at it this way. We're not saying you can't just enjoy a simplified video game version of playing guitar. What we're saying is we, as in real guitarists or those who want to be, wouldn't mind a video game that we can enjoy too. We know how satisfying it is to play real guitar, and it would be nice if a video game would at least attempt to replicate what makes playing a real guitar fun, and that's actually making music.

One of the reasons I have held off on buying GH is because I just can't see how it's fun pressing a bunch of buttons in time to the beat. I would much prefer a game where I need to play actual notes. Hell, give me a game where I have the option (and it wouldn't be required, but an option for advanced players) to hook up my own guitar and really play. How awesome would that be? All the game would need to do would be to convert the signal to digital and recognize the pitch - something that my $15 guitar tuner does just fine.

I do enjoy DDR games, which are basically similar, but that's because you get your whole body involved. I've just never been convinced that the same concept can apply to pressing a button with your finger - I mean it sounds like DDR for the GBA, which I have. Though I do admit that all the accolades have me curious... and I'm a little more interested in Rock Band, since it sounds like there's more to it than GH.

badasscat

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> This looks awesome. They've stated before that the GH controller will work with Rockband, wonder if the same is true the other way around. Give me a good escuse to get the Les Paul and the Strat.

Rob_Jedi

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> while i'm still gonna buy GH3, now i know which combo pack to buy =)


i liked the way the les paul looked, and i needed a second controller for gh2/3

but since i was gonna buy rock band too, now i know which combo pack to go for.

i can't wait to go high up on those tiny little frets.

PrestoMovie

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @dabu: I'm good at real guitar and guitar hero. Maybe at first, being a real guitar player negatively affected my GH playing but that wore off soon enough and I'm quite certain that I wouldn't be as good at GH now if I hadn't been playing real guitar for the past 12 years...

GH2's better hammer-on/pull-off controls really give it the feel of playing a guitar, that's for sure. (And the new "higher frets" on Rock Band will only solidify that, especially if they allow you to miss notes in a run...)

dowingba

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @ffmusicdj:
ok now about lessons and having to dedicate years of practice instead of a few weeks in a video game.i dont play gh and rockband in the future to get a recod deal.not all of us have the talent to play a guitar.im never gonna get 5 stars on any songs with a real guitar =(.

Truepatriot

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @ffmusicdj: Yes, we get it. You can go out and buy a real guitar for the price of this toy. But are you going to be rocking out to Jessica, Laid to Rest, Cowboys from Hell, or Freebird on that real guitar? Not without years of practice.

People play Guitar Hero (and other music games) because they are easy to pick up and have fun with. Not because they want to be musicians!
Cheers!

Deth

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> FUCK YES!!!!

Finally we'll be able to hit more than just those 5 notes. I can't wait to fly around from the top to the bottom playing the guitar!

FUCKING AWESOME! :D

looks plain, should at least just put black string lookin things on it(Which I guess I'll just do myself).... YIPEE

Fucking guitar looks amazing!

SliceWarriorX

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Truepatriot:

It's really easy to find a real electric guitar cheep. I mean this one cant even play anything. Period.

ffmusicdj

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Meh, Strats bore me.

hezz05

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> I won't be happy until there are 144 buttons and 6 strum bars. Now that's realistic!. Soft of...

Messer

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> i knew guitar before getting into guitar hero. i've also played many rhythm video games (i.e. ddr, beatmania, etc.) that include coordination with hitting a button and timing.

when i picked up guitar hero, i started playing on hard and made my way to expert in a week.

playing the guitar made it easier to move my fingers individually (including pinky) and playing many rhythm games made it easier to get used to the gameplay.

since guitar hero was modeled to mimic a real life activity, with rock band (at least for what i see) it'll be an even more closer mimic to the real life activity (due to the controller) so i imagine playing real guitar will help even more in terms of having flexible fingers and being able to know where they are using frets. of course, having experience in playing rhythm games will help in rock band with timing and figuring out the gameplay.

so in the end, having experience with the guitar and rhythm games helps in a game that involves a guitar and rhythm gameplay because they both have their share of skillsets that complement each other.

now if the game had a guitar with 24 frets and 6 strings, then the game would be too heavily reliant on people who do play real guitar and thus the difficulty would be too lob-sided against those who don't play guitar but want to play a rhythm game.

i hope rock band does well... i'm looking forward to picking this up and guitar hero 3 when i buy an xbox 360 someday. in which case, i hope the rock band guitar is compatible with guitar hero 3 (which likely will be i suppose though i've only heard them mention that the gh guitar having compatability with rock band).

phrequency

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @vindicated:
I wasn't defending the Guitar Hero controller - just saying these changes aren't all that spectacular. I do like how the fret buttons appear to go all the way across - the smaller buttons made it easier to slip off or not have it register properly at times.

velvet396

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Northernsky: Ya, you have some jackass friends. My buddy is an amazing guitarist and sucks donkey balls at guitar hero. But I'd never rub it in his face, it takes skill and dedication to be a good real guitarist, which I'll never be. But that doesn't mean real guitarist should be elitist pricks in return and drone on and on about how games like these are cheap, degrading, for losers, etc.

Who's a great guitarist AND game player? I'm wondering how someone like that would be at playing this game.

dabu

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Bring on the photos of the drum set. I'll let my rommates fight over who gets to play with the guitar.

othersider

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @possiblymalignant: You have now made my day.

Now if only they'd release a bass. Oh, and a Wii version.

Jazhuis

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Gamestop has a bundle for both consoles for 200 dollars and the guitar is 80 on the 360 and 60 on the playstation 3 both wireless so if 200 dollars at least include a guitar and the drum kit i am definitly buying this! =D

Mike918

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> I cant tell you how many times I would play GH2 on the 360 and try and bend the strings like a real guitar, only to realize you couldnt "bend the strings".... and i see you still cant BEND THE STRINGS with the buttons... i was praying they would add that in somehow... maybe make the button slight move up and down

Scrapple

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @knulpm:

Thanks for the explanation on the GH history. I had no idea. :)

BTW the guy who mentioned that GH is harder if you actually play guitar is totally right.....man. The timing on GH is earlier (or later?) than on a real instrument. I've been told that playing on hard or very hard is closer to the timing on a real guitar.

For the lefties out there, you could just flip the strat upside down and look like Hendrix! Maybe they'll come out with a left-handed version so us righties can do it too....

Billkwando

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Jazhuis & Namrepus:

The pickup selector will be functional. Firstly, it's a five-way switch. Instead of switching humbuckers, it will select effects. Confirmed effects include Flange, Wah, Chorus and Echo.

This is all via the "details explosion" from last week: NeoGaf

possiblymalignant

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> FUCK!

sandwiches

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Pretty much what I expected. I am more interested to see how the drum set looks.

Anarchist_Gamer

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Ooooo, pretty.

Actually this is very exciting. I like it!

yashichi8bit

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Does anyone here think the 3 position switch for the pickups will be functional or will it be just for show?

Cause if it's just for show...it will really suck

Namrepus

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @TurboFool:

They already did look like Fisher Price toys, that looks like a Firebox toy.

superbabyproject

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Billkwando:
"You mean Guitar Hero and Rock Band aren't by the same people? Man I've been out of the loop on these DDR type games....."

They kind of are. The short version is: Guitar Hero 1 and 2 were made by two companies: Harmonix and Red Octane. After they made jilliions of dollars on the first one, they both got bought out...but by separate companies. Harmonix got bought out by Viacom/MTV. Red Octane was bought out by Activision.

In the deal, Red Octane got the rights to the Guitar Hero name and peripherals, so thus Activision is going to continue to publish games in the "Guitar Hero" lineage.

Harmonix basically stated from the beginning they'd be working on a "dream project" which became known as Rock Band.

What each individual company added to the success of the original Guitar Hero games (and what effect it will have on the split) remains to be seen.

knulpm

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> A friend of mine got to try this baby out last week, said it made the Guitar Hero guitars look and feel like Fisher-Price toys. Now I see why.

TurboFool

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Apreche:
Yes! I'll go you one further and say "Make all guitars cross-game AND cross platform compatible." I don't need 50 toy guitars. If I could use my Guitars with other versions on other systems, that would be wonderful.

Qui-GonJim

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @ffmusicdj:
you tell me where to get a stratocaster for 80$ and ill pay you double oh and dont forget the cost of a good amp.
and i dont want no cheap ass composite wood or fiber board or ply board guitar!
[www.musiciansbuy.com]
this sucks sorta now i HAVE to buy this guitar.i was already getting drums but how can u pass you a chance to look like hendrix?!

Truepatriot

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> It still seems to have the same buttons as the GH controller so I hope the GH controller will still work. Those controllers are a big investment I was planinng to buy the drums and maybe the Mic and USB lighter :p but was hoping to get by on my current GH controller.

Konchu

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> $80 for this? um .. but you could go out and buy the real guitar for that much...

And so many buttons...

ffmusicdj

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @vindicated:

You mean Guitar Hero and Rock Band aren't by the same people? Man I've been out of the loop on these DDR type games.....

Billkwando

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Is there some gameplay reason that it appears to have a functional pickup switch?

Jazhuis

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Hmmm, it's the drums for me I think. I won't be able to take myself seriously playing that when I've got a perfectly good Epiphone Les Paul sitting upstairs twiddling its knobs.

superbabyproject

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Mr.Digg: The bottom 5 buttons act the same as the top 5, but they're spaced closer together for eaiser playing of solos.

ninjafetus

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> I'm betting on the Rock Band pony as of this post.

mega-Hurtz

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> I was thinking the other day, they should make the Rock Band guitar controller exactly like a real guitar. (Note this was a passing fancy, the controller would obviously be very complicated and expensive to make) But my thought process was that I can learn a Guitar Hero song in a few tries because it's instant feedback. When you mess up, it tells you, but doesn't let you stop. You keep going. With a real guitar, when I mess up, I don't know it, and if I do I just get discouraged, then stop.

Plus I think you'd learn faster because you think you're playing a game, and not focused on learning.
Anyway, yeah, crazy, but if there was anything like that (aside from good ol' "quit being a baby and just keep playing the damn guitar") I would buy that.

Narsil

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> To many buttons. This game will be confusing as hell.

MishoM

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Holy Smokes guys... Are people still throwing the "play real guitar" argument out there? Jeezum Crow.. it's a video game. Does that point apply to Fighters, Sports Games, and Racers too? It's going to be ok, I promise. Traditional music as we know it will not die. Maybe someone might actually pick up a REAL guitar because of this.

This looks pretty awesome. I agree I like (real) Gibson's more, but this thing looks pretty high quality. Hope it doesn't cost too much.

Doctor_B

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> The buttons look like there is going to be some serious stress to come.

Shouldn't this come with a warning?

>>>NOT FOR USE BY MAJOR SPORT ATHLETES<<<.

dadeisvenm

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> The guitar snob in me still hates seeing people play Guitar Hero thinking they're the real thing though

I'm on the offsetguitars.com forum and there was a thread there a few days ago about GH... most of those guys said they sucked at it because they'd invariably try to play it like a real guitar and that doesn't work. So yeah, the reverse would also be true I guess.

Honestly, I must be the only guy on the planet who still hasn't played GH, but I can see how real guitarists would have a problem with this game. You spend hours out of every day for years training your hands and fingers to move a certain way, and then you're presented with a game that asks you to move your hands in a similar fashion but just a bit different. It's gotta be really difficult.

btw, I am still waiting for somebody to come out with a Fender Jazzmaster controller in the US, like these: [www.konamistyle.jp]

Yeah, Fender makes guitars other than the Strat :)

Though those Konami ones aren't very accurate.

badasscat

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @JCtheMC:

Glad to see it's not just me. I've played since I was six, I'm still a gamer and I enjoy the GH games, but I remember going to a friends after playing a gig and he celebrating that I got a terrible score when we played GHII. It pissed me off, he knew I could play it note-perfect on a real guitar, yet still thought it was worth bragging about that he beat me in a guitar-based game?

I was dead against Gibson using their guitars in the games, you should have seen the discussions over at somewhere like the Les Paul Forum. As an avid Gibson collector, it's still strange for friends to say "no, I don't like your Firebird VII, you should have got a Firebird III instead" as if they're an authority on the subject.

Or maybe I just have terrible friends...

I'm looking forward to Rock Band, like you say, the drumming appeals to me. I tried to play Drummania in an arcade in Japan last summer, and I failed miserably. I think it's a rare occasion where if you were good at that game, you'd be a pretty good drummer in real life. If Rock Band is similar, it'd be really good practice. I just hope the drum peripheral is up to the standard of this guitar.

Northernsky

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> There aren't "more frets" on this guitar. Notice they are the same colors, they are just repeated frets. The difference is, if you slide down, you don't need to use the strum, just hammer ons and pull offs, even if you miss a note. However, that's only for designated "solo" portions of the game. The GHII controller will work(they confirmed that in Game Informer), but I'm guessing you'll just have to keep using the strum button, even in the solos. I think I'll stick with my GHII controller for a while, unless there is some crazy combo deal, because I REALLY want to get the drum controller...

Adam

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Northernsky: I feel your pain mate. It even bites into the pride of having spent hours and hours practicing.. but an afternoon of playing GH did inspire me to add a few new tunes to my repertoire. I decided not to buy it, because i feel every minute i spend playing on a toy guitar is one wasted; i could be playing my real one.

Although Rock Band will be fun, it can never match up to actually playing music with other people. There's so much going on that's just impossible to convey in any other way than actually doing it. I'm sold on the drums though. I've always wanted to learn how to play them, and if RB can offer the first step, i'll gladly take them up on that.

JCtheMC

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @NOKS415:

While I totally agree with you (Rock Band is way ahead in my book as of now), there is still a lot of information we don't have about both games.

Primarily, I feel this will come down to the songs. If Harmonix can leverage their ties with MTV and EA's bags of money to secure better song licenses (especially master tracks) Rock Band will win. Period.

Honestly, I hope both games are good, which they probably will be. I get the impression GH3 will focus more on capitalizing on the "Guitar Hero" brand, bringing in new players and welcoming them with the familiar GH play experience.

Rock Band looks like it will grow the genre (Guitar Simulator is now a genre, btw) by adding more complex (read: difficult) game dynamics. All the early info leads me to believe the cats who have been playing GH on Expert will get the next level of legitmate challenge (more frets, input selection, etc.) from Rock Band.

possiblymalignant

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> With all the games and peripherals coming out, I will need to see a guitar game compatibility matrix. Anyway, that guitar controller looks sweet. Count me in.

TravistyOJ

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @FoxHoundADAM: When you want to pay $150 for a game.

Collins1990

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @modifiedbears: Afterall, my Les Paul did come with a PS3 controller cable...

Collins1990

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> That does look rather good, actually. The guitar snob in me still hates seeing people play Guitar Hero thinking they're the real thing though, and this more realistic looking guitar is only going to make things worse... I don't know why, but I feel like these plastic versions cheapen the real things that I've paid thousands and thousands of pounds for.

Northernsky

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> yes, yes, yessss...

NOW they need to start setting up some venues to show off the equipment when it all comes out.

Not long before "Battle o'The Bands" start showing up all over...

foamking

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> By the way, when are we going to get our pedels for the GH games?

FoxHoundADAM

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Linnard:

yea you're right. so which game are you looking forward to the most?

Noks415

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> is its size closer to the normal size than the puny GH version?

bubuli

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Holy *bleep* that's awesome.

Didn't they say at one point that you could use the GH2 controler with Rock Band? I don't see how that is possible now with the lower fret buttons.

FoxHoundADAM

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> They are slowly going to add so many buttons to these things that you may as well pick up a real guitar.

modifiedbears

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @NOKS415:

Different games, different approaches, at least from what we've seen. It doesn't hurt that Guitar Hero is established--even if III and 80s are more of the same, most fans already know it's what they like, and will hop all over it. Rock Band, on the other hand, is unproven.

This is a wait and see. It's also a market that could probably support two different titles, so there's nothing to say that both of them can't co-exist with their own separate fanbases.

Linnard

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> You ripped this from GI. tsk tsk

BTW, I want a Wii version! That's the only next gen I have.

lolToasty: Hates his username

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @ChibiKyKiske: Les Paul guitars in real life > Fender Strats :p

y2julio

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Damn that looks good. Is it wireless on the 360?

cdammers

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> ive played guitar hero 1 & 2. after hearing all the new Rockband info and seeing this Fender I am definitely getting Rockband instead of GH3.

I dont see why anyone who has played GH 1 & 2 would buy GH3 over Rockband. To me GH3 is going to be pretty much the same as it's predecessors which isnt a negative , but why wouldnt people at least try Rockband first over GH3. The developers who brought you us GH are making Rockband so you it's gonna be awesome. I cant wait

Noks415

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Rock Band Wins!

cybereality

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> This is in many ways a godsend. My current guitar controller from 2005 is about to give up the ghost--many hours of rocking out have worn the thing out. The buttons have excessive play, the strumbar wobbles, and the whammy bar is loose. I've even had to resolder the wiring after some of it snapped loose.

The fact that my original SG decided to hold out just long enough for new ones to hit the market is a sign from $DIETY, as far as I'm concerned.

Linnard

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> That is the most stunning peripheral I have ever seen for a video game. I'm usually partial to Gibson guitars in general, but wow. That is a fine looking plastic Strat.

Please let the production model look exactly like that.

possiblymalignant

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Wicked awesome. I have always been more of a fan of the look of the Fenders vs. the Gibsons. My only disappointment in the Guitar Hero games is the lack of the Fenders.

What would be even more awesome is if the Rock Band guitars were Guitar Hero cross-compatible. Being able to choose your axe would be quite awesome. Also, I think it would really help if you made it so people didn't have to buy yet another set of toy guitars. Make all guitars work with all games!

Apreche

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @y2julio: i dunno, man. that Les Paul looks pretty cheesy compared this this beauty.

ChibiKyKiske

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> As a lefty, I actually like this design a lot better than the GH I/II guitars. I'm sure the volume knobs and pickup switch (?) will get in the way a little, but the location of the tremolo bar is MUCH better. It's still offset, but it's in a much friendlier location.
Unfortunately the body shape for lefties is less friendly than the SG and explorer (depending on if they put a strap peg on the back), but almost any left handed guitar player has already dealt with this problem in the past.

GoKeithGo

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @velvet396:

"2)if you're looking at your fingers to play, you're already losing - and in the case you lost your place on the fretboard, I've never had a problem seeing the brightly colored buttons on the GH guitar."

That doesn't mean others haven't. I have a very difficult time stretching my ring finger without my other fingers moving and I occasionally look down at the guitar to see where my fingers are. I also struggle with terrible hand coordination which keeps me from learning to play a real guitar (that and my lack of rhythm).

I also play the guitar very high up on my chest, I may be able to see the color of the buttons out of the corner of my eye now that they wrap around.

kirbypuckett

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Really looks like Harmonix is stepping it up a few notches from GH. I'm glad they're not resting on the same formula, but expanding it.

z0mbi

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Fantastic. That thing is crazy detailed, down to the pickguard screws and the input jack. And it's a Strat, so you know it will be ridiculously comfortable, too.

J. Kyle

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> High frets = awesome.

james castle

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> That is absolutely beautiful looking. From the looks of it, perhaps the best looking video game peripheral ever.

We keep hearing the folks at the Rock Band camp that they were going for a high quality device and it appears they have achieved that. Hopefully the actual product will feel and look as sturdy as this image.

kirbypuckett

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Wow. It actually looks just like a tiny little Strat. The headstock is especially nice looking.

The tremolo arm does look a bit wacky being all by itself, since there's (obviously) no bridge, but other than that, I'm impressed.

Marlor

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> That must be, hands down, the best looking game peripheral on the market right now.

JCtheMC

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Oh-la-la! Very nice indeed!

MiLeS

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> For a split second I thought the pic was of an actual strat. The new look is much less toy-ish. I like.

russtophiles

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @BigPete7978:

Nope, Dreamcast only... ;-)

Yeah, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Neo Geo, Turbo Grafix, Sega CD...

Amsterdaam

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> The guitar looks amazing, and the buttons seem like they go down at an angle (eliminating the sticky button problem). My only concern is that this is obviously meant for right-handed people...

Hopefully they can switch it around for a certain % during manufacturing so that the left-handers such as myself aren't alienated :) Can't wait to play this though!

SynGamer

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> it looks GREAT!
Cannot wait for this game :)

Darkedge

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> i can't wait to get my meedely-meedely on.

sugarbear

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> I'm lovin that design. swweet.

dadeisvenm

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> The more I hear the more I like. I can't wait for this game. Is it a muliplatform release?

BigPete7978

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @vindicated: I think you are overreacting a bit.

Stratovarius

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> I'm hoping my boss doesn't ask why joyful tears are streaming down my face.

LoopyChew

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> *drools*

So now i have to buy Guitar Hero 3 AND Rock Band's guitar? No complaints here, i like the variety :p

Desfunk

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Yes, please.

hegemonyhog

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @velvet396: Wow...been playing Guitar Hero a lot lately? Does it really upset you that much, that these developers have are coming out with something that might blow Guitar Hero out of the water? I mean, when I look at that peripheral verses the Guitar Hero version I can clearly see a quality difference.

Be happy someone is driving the genre forward.

vindicated

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> meh, Guitar Hero III Les Paul > Rock Band Fender Strat.

y2julio

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> Um, TAC made a guitar just like that with the lower fret buttons, no? I wonder if this was part of the agreement.

BrywalkerX

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> @Dudes_McGee: Exactly what I was drooling over.

StealthNachos

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> "see what exactly you the heck you are pressing"
Three things:
1)wow - don't drink before posting in the morning.
2)if you're looking at your fingers to play, you're already losing - and in the case you lost your place on the fretboard, I've never had a problem seeing the brightly colored buttons on the GH guitar.
3)@Dudes_McGee: There was a third party guitar that had little set of higher fret buttons, but they were literally like buttons, instead of stretching all the way across.

velvet396

]]> <![CDATA[Rock Band's Fender Strat]]> I am in love with the higher set of fret buttons. What a great idea.

Dudes_McGee

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