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Dont Buy Yet OverDrive Doesn't Work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is my third return to amazon for this guitar the strummers work good but the overdrive doesn't work you have to push the back button.

A great guitar overall...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Although still not perfect, this wireless guitar is a great improvement over the original wired model. I never would have thought that being "untethered" would make this much of a difference, but the lack of wires makes "rockin' out" a lot easier. Though my guitar was demonstrating poor tilt detection out of the box, it's improved dramatically over the last few days. The Guitar Hero faithful may still find this guitar's strum bar a bit too "muddy," but the increased size and overall beefiness of Rock Band's guitars have made them my personal choice.

The only real complaint I have is with the guitar's power source -- it's a little bit obnoxious to have to find a phillips-head screwdriver just to change out the 3 AA batteries. Still, if you're a Rock Band player looking to add another guitarist/bassist to your ensemble, this is the axe to buy.

I must have gotten one of the first batch...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been reading some of the reviews and realized I am one of the unlucky few. I cannot even get mine to synch with my 360. I will be contacting EA for a new one.

BTW - The game itself is great. I am also a guitar player and my son is a drummer. We have a fantastic time playing each other's instruments.

Don't Buy Yet! They're Broken!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

EA has done it again...I had to return my original wired controller (along with thousands of others) because of a defective strum bar. Now I get my shiny new _wireless_ guitar and guess what? THE TILT SENSOR DOESN'T WORK!! I would recommend you not buy this until EA sorts out the problem and Amazon either returns all of the ones they have to EA or sells them to some other poor sucker.

Read more about the manufacturing defect by Googling "Broken Rock Band Wireless Guitar"

>sigh<

Harmonix, I love you. EA...YOU SUCK!!!!!

Don't Buy Yet!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: April 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I owned an original wired Fender Rock Band Guitar. That one works awesome, and I consider it superior to the Gibson Guitar Hero III guitar. However, I just got my wireless guitar, and the tilt sensor does not work. I went to the support website and forums. Apparently many of the first batch of wireless guitars have this problem. Although this is covered under warranty, I will be without the guitar for approximately 21 days while they ship me a box, in which I will ship my broken guitar back to EA. They will then ship a replacement wireless guitar. I would urge caution when buying because of this. Hopefully, EA and Harmonix will rectify this problem and future production batches will have better quality.

whoops

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: April 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Love Rock Band, Love Wireless Guitar
BUT my brand new one does not work, green will NOT strum. Works for moving around the game, but not for playing songs. Sooo disappointed...

No more wires - I'm a free man!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The wireless Fender is a must-buy for anyone who is really into Rock Band - especially if you play with a quartet and like to jam out with them. Personally when I'm playing I don't like to be close to the TV; I prefer to stand back about 10 feet. If you're playing with a group you don't want to be all jammed in close together. With wires involved, "spreading out" is not really an option. I don't know how many times I yanked the cord out of the USB hub when I flung the guitar up to go into "Overdrive."

Sure, the wireless guitar is overpriced, but you will no doubt get your money's worth if you play a lot and have downloaded more awesome songs from the Xbox Live Marketplace. It's also nice to have a spare guitar so your buddy doesn't have to bring his over whenever you want to get together and play.

I suppose the only downside is that you don't plug the guitar in anywhere to charge it. It comes with three AA batteries which go into the back of the Fender, in a compartment that you need a little screwdriver to open whenever you replace the batteries. Since I've only had the guitar 2 days I don't really know the extent of the battery life, but I'm sure that since I've been playing nonstop they're not really going to get a lot of mileage.

Even so, I don't care as long as I can jam out without a short wire connecting me to the Xbox. I literally felt so unleashed with my new Fender that I leaped onto the couch and hammered on while Boston's "More Than A Feeling" played at full bore. Of course, at about that time my wife (a.k.a. drummer) came into the room and began laughing hysterically at my stupor. What can I say? I had to let loose - with no wires holding me back, I'm a free man!

My favorite Guitar

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Let me first off say that I bought this wireless Strat because I was hoping that it would work with Rock Band and Guitar Hero. It does not work with Guitar Hero. That being said the guitar seems to be a little more solid than the one that came with the game. A lot of people seem to like the Guitar Hero Les Paul better. However, I really play guitar, and I can honestly say that this one feels more like the real thing. The buttons allow sliding chords, the buttons feel more like frets than buttons, and overall it seems more second nature when playing.

Ultimately, this is a purchase for those who need freedom from the usb hub and 10 foot cable. As for Guitar Hero, well their taking sides has forced me as a consumer to choose sides. I am sticking with Rock Band.

73 BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ok, Amazon usally has stuff cheaper, but to charge 73 bucks for this guitar is insane. wal mart, game stop and best buy around my house all had them for 60 bucks, which is the mrsp.

as for the guitar, its just like the wired one, except its now wireless. this is why a bought it and sold my other one. i prefer this strum bar of the guitar hero one, but its a matter of preference. I also like the 2 sets of frets. and I prefer these buttons, because they are embedded into the fretboard, opposed to sticking out. I recommend you go to a real store and pay the real porce for these.

Great...so far.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Rock Band wireless guitar is an excellent peripheral, and one that I can heartily recommend.

Is the Rock Band guitar different from the more familiar Guitar Hero III peripheral? Absolutely. But those differences, for the most part, are improvements rather than deficiencies.

On a purely aesthetic level, the Rock Band guitar looks far more realistic than the toy-like GH guitar. At a quick glance, you could easily mistake the RB guitar for a real electric guitar. While this doesn't add much to actual gameplay, it certainly adds a bit more authenticity to the "rock experience". Having said that, the GH guitar does feel quit a bit more sturdy -- but I haven't had any issues with either product.

The strummer on the RB guitar is definitely its weak point, feeling a bit floaty and imprecise compared to the more rigid and clicky strummer on the GH guitar. Missing from the RB guitar is the physical feedback found on the GH guitar (the little clicks you can feel reverberate up through your fingers each time you strum). It's a small feature, but one that I definitely miss when using the RB peripheral. While actually playing though, I found that I could complete rapid sections just as accurately with either guitar. Some people have also claimed that they like the audible clicking noise that the GH guitar produces. I wouldn't know. These games deserve to be played loud. And I do just that. I certainly don't need to hear my device clicking in order to enjoy or excel at the game.

Now, where the RB guitar really differentiates itself is with the addition of the solo buttons. These buttons allow you to hit notes in any solo section of a song (denoted by a blue-background) without needing to use the strummer. This is great for "Hard" and "Expert" level songs where solos can get extremely challenging. Plus: when you move your hands up to the solo buttons, you'll feel more like a lead guitarist (and less like a backup musician strumming away unnoticed in the shadows).

The FX-switch is also a nice addition to the RB peripheral. It lets you alter the sound of your guitar by adding signal-processing (wah-wah, chorus, etc). I have to be honest though, after one or two tries with each different effect, I put the switch back to "No Effect" and haven't touched it since.

At the end of the day, you can't go wrong with either peripheral.

Highly recommended.

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