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One of our main complaints about playing bass on Guitar Hero or Rock Band is that the guitars aren't bass guitars. The Ant Commandos, a company that specializes in making cheaper versions of video game accessories, has just released a wireless PS2/PS3 bass guitar. It doesn't solve the problem of not being able to double-strum with two fingers, which the Mad Catz version does, but it is long necked like a real bass. The Widow Maker is available now for $69. [Ant Commandos]
The Ant Commandos' Wireless Bass Guitar For Guitar Hero, Rock Band
One of our main complaints about playing bass on Guitar Hero or Rock Band is that the guitars aren't bass guitars. The Ant Commandos, a company that specializes in making cheaper versions of video game accessories, has just released a wireless PS2/PS3 bass guitar. It doesn't solve the problem of not being able to double-strum with two fingers, which the Mad Catz version does, but it is long necked like a real bass. The Widow Maker is available now for $69. [Ant Commandos]
guitars
Moog's First Guitar Features Infinite Sustain: So Go Out and Have a Bite
If you had the new Moog Guitar Paul Vo Edition you could play, go out and have a bite...in Italy, come back to the States and Waaaaaaaaa...you'd still be hearin' that one. Moog, the company best known for their line of synthesizers, has turned their innovative eye towards the guitar and emerged with an instrument that features infinite sustain. Apparently, this musical miracle is achieved using strings that have "a specific metallurgy designed to work with the Moog pickups."
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At $15.99, this ezGear Guitar Hero stand is actually more expensive than some regular guitar stands—we bought a bass one for only $9.99—so we're not sure why you would go with this instead of a real stand. However, it is a happy medium between the all out super stand we reviewed last week and just propping up your guitars against a wall. Unless you're already in a relationship, or you're confident in your skills, we wouldn't recommend keeping this out in the open where females can see it. [ezGear - Regular stand for $6.99]
ezGear Guitar Hero/Rock Band Guitar Stand Costs More Than Regular Guitar Stands
At $15.99, this ezGear Guitar Hero stand is actually more expensive than some regular guitar stands—we bought a bass one for only $9.99—so we're not sure why you would go with this instead of a real stand. However, it is a happy medium between the all out super stand we reviewed last week and just propping up your guitars against a wall. Unless you're already in a relationship, or you're confident in your skills, we wouldn't recommend keeping this out in the open where females can see it. [ezGear - Regular stand for $6.99]
mods
"Circuit Bent" Toy Guitars, My New Geek Fetish
Circuit bending is by no means a new idea. Through the clever short-circuiting of normal electronics, modders have been inventing some pretty incredible sound effects for years (the Speak & Spell is a notable example). But with the rise of Guitar Hero, or more appropriately, Guitar Hero knock-off toys, circuit bending may be experiencing a Renaissance. Preloaded with both music to manipulate and speakers to celebrate the distortion, cheap toy guitars are the canvas. Rocking out with miniature, pink plastic guitars is the art.
Here are some of our favorite examples of circuit-bent toy guitars.
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guitar hero
Guitar Hero Guitar CES Craptacular
Guitar Hero is wicked popular so it is not surprising that numerous companies here at CES are piling on the guitar controller bandwagon. It is also not surprising that many of these controllers blow goats. In case you were unsure, hit the gallery and lay your eyes on the "Shredmaster" and the "Shredmaster Jr." In fact, the only guitar that seemed to be worth a damn was the PS3 Frontman guitar that plays nice with both Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Anyway, we spent a good deal of time rounding up the suck, so the least you can do is enjoy it.
hey ladies
We all know that musicians have an easier time picking up the ladies than mere mortals. Something about being artistic, talented people that have the confidence to put themselves out there on stage rather than curmudgeony shut-ins who only express strong opinions when behind the protective wall of a keyboard, I don't know. In any case, this guitar-activated vibrator will only enhance their reputation as sexual dynamos. Simply plug the guitar into the contraption, and then whenever it's strummed the vibrator vibrates. I'm sure many ladies would agree that it's the only way Dave Matthew's catalog is made bearable. [NotCot.org via Boing Boing Gadgets]
Guitar-Activated Vibrator Will Get Your Girlfriend to Listen to You Practice Scales
We all know that musicians have an easier time picking up the ladies than mere mortals. Something about being artistic, talented people that have the confidence to put themselves out there on stage rather than curmudgeony shut-ins who only express strong opinions when behind the protective wall of a keyboard, I don't know. In any case, this guitar-activated vibrator will only enhance their reputation as sexual dynamos. Simply plug the guitar into the contraption, and then whenever it's strummed the vibrator vibrates. I'm sure many ladies would agree that it's the only way Dave Matthew's catalog is made bearable. [NotCot.org via Boing Boing Gadgets]
10:15 AM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Adam Frucci
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Latest by dkoemans: this seems redundant. when I play the ladies already get off. more »
stairway to heaven
LCDetar Rocks Geek Style With Onboard Laptop
The LCDetar may be the ultimate laptop mod. By sticking an aging laptop into a guitar, a pretty standard music visualization display transcends to rock god status. Now if we could only fit a laptop into our Rock Band controller...and if our Rock Band controller could only produce music without the game... [techeblog]
world's smallest
Tiny Electric Guitar Has Normal-Sized Frets
Behold the smallest electric guitar in the world. Well, it's called the "smallest precision electric guitar available," because even though its body is just 1/6 the size of a normal instrument, its fretboard is the same size as an ordinary guitar. This is not a toy; it has a couple of pickups that can give you your choice of humbucking or single coil sound, and tuning machine heads that look pretty solid. The makers even tried to mimic the cellular structure of wood with its plastic body, injected with air bubbles in an attempt to give it more resonance despite its diminutive stature. Plus, holding his guitar will make you look really, really big. If that's important to you, it'll cost you $799.95. Kinda reminds us of that little Martin Backpacker. Click through to the next page for a big pic of this tiny electric ax. More »
guitars
Thanks to Gibson's Powertune system, now even tin-eared guitarists can push a button, strum the guitar a few times, and then it's as if a ghost has taken over the machine, turning the tuning pegs until the guitar is accurately tuned. It tunes each string to within .02 cent, which is pretty damn close to perfection. It can tune to the default A440, or it can tune the strings to pitches that are relative to a note of your choice. You can also store a variety of tunings and quickly call them up. Hey, this could really be useful. More »
Gibson Powertune Automagically Tunes Up Guitars, Tin-Eared Guitarists Rejoice
Thanks to Gibson's Powertune system, now even tin-eared guitarists can push a button, strum the guitar a few times, and then it's as if a ghost has taken over the machine, turning the tuning pegs until the guitar is accurately tuned. It tunes each string to within .02 cent, which is pretty damn close to perfection. It can tune to the default A440, or it can tune the strings to pitches that are relative to a note of your choice. You can also store a variety of tunings and quickly call them up. Hey, this could really be useful. More »
11:15 AM on Tue Oct 2 2007
By Charlie White
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Latest by n/a: yes, it can do any tuning you want, not just the traditional ones, and being able to switch from one to another in the middle of a song is the feature that appeals to me. more »
wtf
If you think you've encountered some weird guitars, you ain't seen nothing yet. Ed Roman, owner of a huge guitar shop and self-proclaimed "Guitar King of Las Vegas," has put together a new online collection of some of the strangest axes ever to grace this planet. One example is the sexy "BC Rich Bitch" guitar you see above, whose long neck is a clever play on words. Gives new meaning to the term "tailpiece."
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Craziest Guitars Ever Made
If you think you've encountered some weird guitars, you ain't seen nothing yet. Ed Roman, owner of a huge guitar shop and self-proclaimed "Guitar King of Las Vegas," has put together a new online collection of some of the strangest axes ever to grace this planet. One example is the sexy "BC Rich Bitch" guitar you see above, whose long neck is a clever play on words. Gives new meaning to the term "tailpiece."
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ax contrarian
Attention guitar players: Gibson just turned the guitar world upside down with its Reverse Flying V electric guitar, installment number 29 in the company's Guitar of the Week series. It'll be built in a limited edition of just 400 instruments. Even though purists who still worship the classic 1958 design might be soon calling this the Perverse Flying V, we kind of like the way the thing has been flipped around in a way that makes it look like a cursor on a computer screen.
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Gibson Pops a 180 with Awesome Reverse Flying V Limited Edition Guitar
Attention guitar players: Gibson just turned the guitar world upside down with its Reverse Flying V electric guitar, installment number 29 in the company's Guitar of the Week series. It'll be built in a limited edition of just 400 instruments. Even though purists who still worship the classic 1958 design might be soon calling this the Perverse Flying V, we kind of like the way the thing has been flipped around in a way that makes it look like a cursor on a computer screen.
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guitar hero
This Gibson Explorer-modeled, fully functional LEGO Guitar Hero controller is definitely one of the better DIY video game peripherals we've seen—it's exponentially more attractive than the last homemade GH controller we saw, anyway. How does it work?
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Fully Functional LEGO Guitar Hero Controller Shreds Other Plastic Guitars
This Gibson Explorer-modeled, fully functional LEGO Guitar Hero controller is definitely one of the better DIY video game peripherals we've seen—it's exponentially more attractive than the last homemade GH controller we saw, anyway. How does it work?More »
air guitar
As the owner of a Martin guitar (one that cost substantially less than $150,000), I know this one-of-a-kind piece here probably has beautiful tone and resonance, made as it is from the finest Adirondack spruce and Brazilian rosewood. But we seriously have to talk about this "History of Flight" theme...
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Martin's "History of Flight" Guitar Costs $150,000, Ranks Among World's Ugliest
As the owner of a Martin guitar (one that cost substantially less than $150,000), I know this one-of-a-kind piece here probably has beautiful tone and resonance, made as it is from the finest Adirondack spruce and Brazilian rosewood. But we seriously have to talk about this "History of Flight" theme... More »
console accessories
If your manhood is less than 2cm; (yeah, I went metric on you), chances are your hand span is not too great either. Help is not far, Frodo, as XFPS have entered the niche market with their super-tiny Guitar Hero controllers.
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Guitar Hero for Mini Mes
If your manhood is less than 2cm; (yeah, I went metric on you), chances are your hand span is not too great either. Help is not far, Frodo, as XFPS have entered the niche market with their super-tiny Guitar Hero controllers.
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an excuse to air guitar
This guitarless pick is for when you want to jam without your axe. There are four picks with two songs each to choose from. Bands include Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, and Green Day—$15 per pick. Check for them at the end of August. [Himeya Shop via Technabob]
Rock Tamashii Guitarless Pick
This guitarless pick is for when you want to jam without your axe. There are four picks with two songs each to choose from. Bands include Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, and Green Day—$15 per pick. Check for them at the end of August. [Himeya Shop via Technabob]
gadgets
Air Guitar Pro Lets the Skill-less Be Skilled
Can't be bothered to learn guitar? Get Guitar Hero. Even lazier than that? Get this Air Guitar Pro. The gadget consists of the upper neck of the guitar, and have seven buttons to create chords and modify them (major, minor, augmented, diminished). More »
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