Customer Reviews

Wireless Guitar Double Range - Red

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This guitar linked up immediatly and works well with my ps3 playing rock band. Only issue i have had with it is the keys are raised a little high after having played with the stock rock band guitar this makes sliding for orange notes hard, and i have found you have to position your hand fully on the keys or they don't depress enough to get full contact, which again after playing the stock guitar and being able to just touch the lips of the keys makes for a degree of having to re-orient to the style. It definalaty is more well constructed than the stock guitar, and the strum bar is just like the GH guitars, steardy and and got the infamous click. over all i think its a good guitar but not ergonomicaly suited to me. I have decently large hands, so small handed people may have issues with it. but i havn't played with any i found all that comfy to hold for long periods any way. all in all a good product from The Ant Commandos.

This guitar made it through the first song without a problem. Unfortunately, that was it. Starting with the second song ever played on it, the strum bar began missing notes. Even hitting the strum bar with slightly more force failed to produce consistent results, and by the third and fourth songs it was missing about two out of every three notes. If that wasn't bad enough, the fret buttons are rather soft and wobbly. More than once I missed a note simply because holding the fret button down wasn't enough; holding them down STRAIGHT was necessary to hit the note. In all, I was quite disappointed with this purchase. I did get my money back, however.

Pros: Classic design, nice sticker sheet, works with Guitar Hero and Rock Band for both PS2 and PS3 (just not that well, in my experience)

Cons: Buttons and a strum bar that don't consistently work, feels smaller and more flimsy than the regular guitar controllers, takes 4 AA batteries (twice what most controllers do), small strum bar

Got this guitar recently from a big box store and all I can say is don't waste your time. It's too small for an adult, the fret buttons miss a lot of notes when playing rock band and the strum bar is extremely noisy. I'm returning this.

A lot of people are saying some pretty bad things about this guitar. I personally bought and used it, and I can say that this guitar has some really high quality material. The shell is tough and the buttons are very responsive. The only thing I thought was cheap, was the whammy bar. But then I opened it and the way it's designed is that there is a small spring that stretches when you push the bar down. When you let go, the spring pulls it back to place. This means it'll be a long time, or never that the whammy bar will break. And even if it does, it'll be easy to fix. Unlike the Frontman from Nyko, where the whammy bar broke because of a very very small piece of plastic that's forcing a VERY HARD SPRING OUT. The hard spring pushes pushes the bar back. Over a period of time, the small plastic won't be able to take the stress and break. This cannot be fixed. I tried and failed plenty of times. All in all, I'd have to say that The Ant Commandos did a fantasic job making this guitar. I recommend anyone on buying it. And if you're good with pc programming, you can get the right programs, and a ps2 to usb, then you can play Guitar Hero 3 on the pc.

Works as well as the Kramer guitar controller that comes with Guitar Hero, but feels a bit more sturdy. Range is at least comparable. With PS2, it was simply plug and play. I have used it with World Tour, GH III, and GH Encore Rocks the 80s. Button location is different, but manageable. It has two sets of fret buttons, one being close to the body, which would probably be good for children. It comes with a belt clip you can use instead of the strap. It is Rock Band compatible, but I have not verified that.

Cons: The dongle is rather bulky, since it is wired with a PS2 connector and a USB connector. The guitar does not break down like the Kramer; that may not necessarily be a bad thing because the contacts between the neck and body cause problems with the Kramer.

Buddy

Overall a pretty good guitar. No major problems so far. The best PS2/PS3 guitar I've used. Now I can use this guitar with my friends PS3 and my PS2. It's a wonderful convenience. The stickers that came with it are pretty cool. Would definetly recommend this guitar to anyone who plays Guitar Hero or Rock Band.

This is a great controller. I really like the double range. Everything seems well made and durable. Wireless works flawlessly with my PS2. It works with Guitar Hero I, II, and III. I have to get used to the game control button placement as I keep pausing the game if I get too animated. I can't get the Fly 360 setup to work. Everything is assembled properly but the weight of the guitar on the belt clip causes the neck to bang my knees when I try to spin the guitar. I'll figure something out. I recommend this controller to anyone who wants more options when interacting with Guitar Hero games.

Okay lets start this review off like this. On amazon, we have this guitar for 65 dollars. why get this thing when you can get a stock guitar for 45dollars! also the Playstation 3 WarBeast Guitar is only ten dollars more, if you're looking for a unique guitar.

I will also say that I am 6'5.5" so I can easily say that this guitar is WAYY too small for me. The strum bar is very small, so for an adult, I wouldn't recommend this product. I tried playing a couple songs with this guitar, and even with the calibrations set, I still had problems with it. Honestly, I wasn't even able to finish a song with it. Like most people said as well the wireless range was not so good as well.

To sum it all up I am very happy that I didn't buy this one [my friend let me borrow it for the time being]. Nonetheless excluding the flaws, the size is too small for me...

One of my friends had an older version of this guitar, it was great, and so far this one seems even better. Very solid, good button feel, even the "double range" frets towards the base of the neck were pretty natural to use. Good button placement for start and select buttons, haven't accidentally hit pause yet, select button is right under palm and easy to hit for star power.

Also comes with this belt clip swivel thing that lets you spin the guitar while you're playing it. It spaces the guitar off your waist a couple inches (to keep it from catching while spinning it), which is a bit of an awkward position to play, but still might have to break it out for "style points" on easy songs.

Was "plug and play" with Frets on Fire, set the switch to Guitar Hero PS3, took a minute or two for Windows to download drivers (my internet is slow), but then everything worked great.

I've been looking for this guitar for a while. I even use the entire Rock Band equipment for music videos.