This instrument will be sold in the premium version of Rock Band, bringing rich bass sounds (and umlauts) to your very expensive virtual Beatles experience. [Kotaku]

Turn Your Couch into a "Disney" Ride for Under $300
All New Wireless ButtKicker® Kit to be Released by Amazon.com on Black Friday

Westerville OH, November 17, 2008 — The Guitammer Company announces the release of the all new wireless ButtKicker® Kit for home theater, gaming and music. The new ButtKicker Kit is a complete, consumer-friendly, do-it-yourself product for home theater and gaming that quickly and easily transforms any type of furniture to become part of an affordable "4-D" theater, allowing viewers to literally feel sound… including movie soundtracks, concert quality audio and video game explosions, bumps and thumps. As more and more families satisfy their entertainment needs in their own homes, the ButtKicker Kit will provide an exciting tactile addition to basic setups and for home theaters already equipped with HDTV flat screens, surround sound, an Xbox and a Blu-ray player. It's not expensive, but it is a first class performance upgrade.

Used by Disney, IMAX, Universal Studios, The Kennedy Space Center, dozens of Grammy Award-winning musicians and thousands of home theater owners worldwide, ButtKicker brand low frequency audio transducers provide high quality low frequency audio and realistic special effects, without loud volume, adding a powerful and exciting effect to movies, music and games. But don't let the name fool you… ButtKicker brand products are serious, award-winning pro audio "silent subwoofers" that provide powerful, musically-accurate low frequency effects... without airborne sound... perfect for apartments and close living quarters.

As anyone who goes to a concert or movie theater with a good audio system knows, sound that is felt is an essential part of accurate and pleasing audio reproduction. The Guitammer Company is the leading expert in low frequency audio and its ButtKicker family of products is sold worldwide. You have most likely felt these devices at amusement parks or dance clubs, perhaps without knowing what produces such powerful low frequency audio and special effects. Now, for less than $300 you can experience at home what thousands of movie theater-goers will experience at select new AMC movie theater complexes beginning in January 2009, which will be equipped with ButtKicker units for all the seats.

Guitammer is working closely with sports leagues and broadcasters developing a patent pending television broadcast technology called ButtKicker Live!®, which will soon allow ButtKicker Kit owners to experience, live and in real time, what it feels like to be inside a race car during a race… or what the quarter back feels when he gets sacked… or what the boards at a hockey game feel like when players are checked into the wall…or what it feels like in the stands at a drag race…or what sound feels like on stage at the Grammy Awards.

The wired bass guitar is $69 and will have a dual strummer (like a real bass) so you can do two-fingered strumming. Sweet. There's also a thumb rest, volume knob for whammy, oversized tuning keys and a more bass-like feel. As a really lousy bass player, I'd actually buy one of these.

There's a $59 wired microphone with built-in Xbox 360 face buttons so you can make your selections directly from it instead of a separate controller. A $79 wired Fender Telecaster guitar with an improved strum bar and "quick response fret buttons", and a red finish.

On the drum side, there's a portable drum kit with quiet pads and a small form factor for $49 (weird), and a premium drum set that's $149 (!) but has fully adjustable drum heads with two-axis motion, crash cymbal, high hat, and a styling that's based on electronic drum kits. Still, $149 is a lot of money. Hit the link to see all the instruments. [Rock Band Mods via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

They operate at a frequency of 8Hz to 22000Hz and can rock out 122dB at 20Hz. The fun doesn't end there, either. These earbuds are available in three different colors and the cable even includes on of those handy cable wraps. – Travis Hudson

Product Page (Japanese) [Via Akihabara]