New Guitar Hero controller

By Tom Bramwell Published 15 June, 2006

Released by third party.

Guitar Hero fans may be interested to know that a third-party controller for the game is now available over at Lik-Sang.

The "Shredder" controller comes complete with those all-important fret buttons and, essential for true rockers, a whammy bar. It's priced at just over £26.50.

If you're prepared to shell out an extra £3.49, of course, you could pick up an official controller - they're on sale now via the official Guitar Hero website.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • asphaltcowboy #1 6 years ago

    Mmmm... ugly!

  • Universal_Hamster #2 6 years ago

    I wonder what the build qualitys like though? My poor official one is dying...

  • aine #3 6 years ago

    looks shite. surely not a news story posted just to get some referrer money from lik-sang.

  • spadge #4 6 years ago

    Apparently it's cheap crap :-)

    I was hoping for a full size guitar... and a well constructed one. I guess I need to go the whole hog and buy a proper SG and learn to play Back in Black.

  • Tejstar #5 6 years ago

    Whatever happened to the official cherry gibson? It's still not on their site...

  • trav #6 6 years ago

    The "Shredder"

    Isn't that the enemy of the Turtles?

  • kangarootoo #7 6 years ago

    I've heard some bad things from quite a few sources about the build quality of the official controller. if the build quality of this one was better, that might be a reason alone to get one.

    @ManicMinerUK

    I don't buy that as an excuse, hardline as that sounds. Whatever a controller is and whatever it is designed to do, it should be fit for purpose. If that purpose is to be thrashed like a real guitar, then so be it.

    I would think that anyone finding their guitar hero controller is breaking after a couple of months use would have no problems getting it replaced under sales of goods law.

    @spadge

    "Apparently it's cheap crap"

    As in breaks, or it just feels cheap and looks garish?

    @aine

    Yeah, like such a thing exists here. Whether it looks crap or not doesn't stop it being news does it?

  • Tomo #8 6 years ago

    Personally I liked the look of that. Build quality is another thing tho.

  • Mr_Whacker #9 6 years ago

    Someone should do a Les Paul or Flying V ontroller. Quickly.

  • Hypocee #10 6 years ago

    It's wretched. The build quality is worse than the SG, the tilt sensor...isn't, and most crucially the keys are even closer to the strum bar than their already cramped postion on the official option, leading to much less comfortable play. There's bound to be a third-party controller eventually which corrects the flaws of the SG, but this ain't it; it's definitely worth your extra money and time to go first-party.

  • Mr_Whacker #11 6 years ago

    What about a controller with buttons up the bridge end (or 'dusty end' as my mate calls it) for soloing action!