Tag : rock band, wireless guitar

Company : Electronic Arts List Price : $59.99 Amazon Price : $59.99 Used Price : Average customer review :

Features

• Add another guitar to your band with the Rock Band Wireless Guitar for the ultimate Rock Band World Tour experience
• For the first time ever on Xbox 360, rock out with the replica Fender Stratocaster with full wireless freedom
• Hook two Rock Band Wireless Guitars up to one system for some fierce competitive guitar action in modes such as Score Duel where you battle for the highest score, or the challenging Tug-of-War mode, where performance is key
• Supports downloadable content for never-ending challenges
• Play through the entire play list featuring tracks from punk, metal and alternative to classic and southern rock of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s

Product Description

Rock out with biggest guitarists, bassists, drummers, and singers of all time with this Rock Band Wireless Guitar, whether as a solo artist or as part of a hard rocking band. The makers of this guitar made unprecedented deals with top record labels and music publishers to bring you music that spans all genres of rock and includes many master recordings from legendary artists. You can add another guitar to your band for the full 4-player Rock Band experience. This guitar is a modeled replica of the classic Fender Stratocaster guitar. It is fully wireless so you can flail as wildly as you shred. The controller also includes 5 additional frets at the top of the neck so you can tap out extreme solos without having to strum.

Customer reviews

whoops
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…

Don’t Buy Yet!
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.

No more wires - I’m a free man!
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
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.