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Logitech unveils ridiculous GHWT guitar News
PlayStation 3 PlayStation 2 News by Robert Purchese
Peripheral perfectionist Logitech has unveiled a ridiculously lavish guitar for Guitar Hero World Tour.
This Premiere Edition peripheral features a wooden neck, rosewood fingerboard, metal frets, metal tuning pegs, a one-piece contoured shape and crimson body.
More importantly, for us at least, are quiet buttons - using some noise-reducing rubber keyboard technology - and a touch-sensitive neck slider.
This, one of the new features in Guitar Hero World Tour, allows you to slide a digit up and down the fret instead of fingering hairy passages - represented in-game by a funny line joining the notes together.
This Premiere Edition guitar is also wireless and comes with a gig bag to protect the instrument as well as store the USB receiver and game disc.
But what does this all cost? Well, USD 249.99. That's 160 English pounds, which is roughly how much an entire set of Guitar Hero World Tour instruments plus game will cost upon November release - and the RedOctane guitar seemed pretty good to us. And light.
You can catch our full review of Guitar Hero World Tour on Monday, whereas this silly old guitar is not out in the US until December.
Logitech, incidentally, was announced as a Guitar Hero peripheral maker back in August. We expect some rather fancy equipment.
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asphaltcowboy
24/10/08 @ 09:08
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2 comments, it only took 2 comments for someone to say the stupid thing...
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2 comments, it only took 2 comments for someone to say the stupid thing...
Well no, this does seem to be taking things a bit far. Doesn't mean he thinks you should play guitar instead of Guitar Hero. But you could buy a half decent Guitar for learning on for probably less that what this costs.
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most recently on 24/10/08 @ 10:23
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It's a nice addition for the hardcore fans. Personally, Guitar hero for me is a thing that I would rather play occasionally round a mates, and not own it myself.
And too who said it, £130 will not get you a very good guitar at all. You can probably get a poor quality acoustic, or a very very poor electric and amp! My latest guitar set me back over £500, but it's very nice :) |
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farticusmaximus
24/10/08 @ 10:22
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If I had more money than sense I would definitely get one of these! I do enjoy my guitar fakery as well as real guitarage.
"And too who said it, £130 will not get you a very good guitar at all. You can probably get a poor quality acoustic, or a very very poor electric and amp!" Which would suffice for a beginner.. "My latest guitar set me back over £500, but it's very nice :)" I can't think of any guitars I would want (on top of the 4 I own) that cost under £1700 to be honest.. |
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dazrichards
24/10/08 @ 10:40
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Can't believe I'm being flamed for this! I have both Rock Band and Guitar Hero plus 2 real guitars of my own. I love playing both the real thing and the games but I'd rather spend this amount of money on buying that new acoustic guitar I've been meaning to get for a while now than the game peripheral equivalent
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farticusmaximus
24/10/08 @ 10:53
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"For that kind of money, your paying more for the "Gibson" than the guitar."
Well party yes and partly no.. examples of guitars I would *like* to own but probably never will are: Original run Ibanez Jem green swirl: I love the body contouring, and prefer the original jem PAF pro pickups to the evolutions. (Have a Hamer californian with pickups from a Jem and love them) USA made Jackson Warrior: Not even sure you can get these outside the custom shop now, but I have a USA Randy Rhoads which I bought back in '90 (cost over a grand back then) and it's the best built guitar I've ever touched. Thru-neck, sublime top register access, fully bound, perfectly balanced mahogany body and completely bonkers onboard preamp. After a hand injury I once left it untouched for a whole year in it's case. Didnt go even slightly out of tune. It's my baby. :) Custom shop BC Rich Warlock. There has never been a production warlock that doesnt sound like treacle. BC Rich have a habit mating the worst wood/pickup combos in history. However, I've played a custom shop blue flame maple topped neck-thru warlock with active EMG81/85 combo and it was d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s. Although they are name brands, I'd really be paying for the quality woods and hardware. |
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"For that kind of money, your paying more for the "Gibson" than the guitar... Though I would absolutely love a ES-335."
The ES-335 is my dream guitar and I will own one some day. And you could pick up a decent enough beginner instrument for the price of that peripheral. As much as I enjoy Guitar Hero if you can afford to spend silly money on a replica wooden peripheral then you can afford to get a cheap real guitar. But then again its not instant gratification I guess. |
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InfiniteFury
24/10/08 @ 11:11
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If I don't buy all the kit and just the software, can I play this like the old Guitar Heroes ie one guitar strip down the centre of the screen. Can it be scaled up as you buy instruments?
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farticusmaximus
24/10/08 @ 11:12
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"Until One-Man-Band-Hero comes along I remain uninterested."
Haha! That would be fantastic! Could also have spoons hero and washboard hero. Put them all together and you get tramp band world tour! |
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farticusmaximus
24/10/08 @ 11:14
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"As much as I enjoy Guitar Hero if you can afford to spend silly money on a replica wooden peripheral then you can afford to get a cheap real guitar"
But that is under the assumption the person in question doesnt already own a real guitar. |
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farticusmaximus
24/10/08 @ 11:37
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@InfiniteFury
"If I don't buy all the kit and just the software, can I play this like the old Guitar Heroes ie one guitar strip down the centre of the screen. Can it be scaled up as you buy instruments?" Indeed you can, although I havent played it so I don't know if that will limit how far you can progress in career mode. You can certainly play all the tracks in quickplay mode though. |
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FortysixterUK
24/10/08 @ 12:40
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It was just inevitable more realistic guitars would be released...I can appreciate it, but won't be buying it.
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£200 is usually about the minimum limit recommended for buying a decent beginners electric guitar. Yamaha Pacifica is one always suggested at the price level.
But yeah, spending this much on an 'premiere' accessory is silly. If it doubled as a real guitar - maybe... I quite like the sound of Rock Band 2 being compatible with USB drum kits. Then you'll be able to use it as the game controller, then plug it into your PC/Mac and record some of your own drum tracks! |
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IneptPercy
24/10/08 @ 16:57
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I got my real electric guitar and amp for less than that...
I am a learner so I can justify a cheap guitar before I decide I wish to quit/carry on. |
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citizenHUNTER
24/10/08 @ 18:27
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The touch sensitive bit looks great, half the time I struggle pressing the buttons down hard enough (at least when it's down to just my little finger left), this seems like a great addition, finally!
And yeah, I had to re-read that 'fingering hairy passages' phrase also. Thank god this isn't the iTunes Music Store, it's be having a fit today with that. |
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tomwhitaker
24/10/08 @ 18:36
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Can't believe they want you to pay that money and have to use a USB receiver! Presumably it's so they don't have to make different versions for PS3 and 360, but...
Now make a decent drum kit that's configurable to work properly with GHWT and RB, with 4 pads and at least 2 cymbals and a way to switch output between the two games. And have it fold up well and not make lots of noise. PLEASE. |
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