Xbox 360 Les Paul Wireless Guitar

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• 2.4GHz wireless technology with a 30-foot range
• Detachable neck - Guitar packs down small when on tour (and for storage)
• Improved fret button design and longer strum bar for an enhanced shredding experience
• Use up to four controllers simultaneously on one console
• Auto sleep mode saves battery power

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0017HQDUG
• Product Dimensions: 30 x 21 x 6 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 22, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,703 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #18 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Hardware > Controllers > Guitars
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Strap on your Guitar Hero Wireless Les Paul Guitar Controller, power on, and crank it up. Personalize your guitar with interchangeable faceplates available for the Les Paul guitar only (additional faceplates sold separately).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars May 08: Best Xbox 360 Guitar, May 5, 2008

By 

Keithustus (United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Les Paul Wireless Guitar (Video Game)

This is the second guitar to come packaged with a Guitar Hero game on Xbox 360. This product is guitar only; click the bundle option if you need to buy Guitar Hero III as well. Buy this to get another copy of the best--for playing purposes--guitar on the Xbox 360.

This guitar is great and works on both GH II/III as well as on Rock Band. The strum is reliable, though loud, and the frets are responsive. Other nice features are that it is black, can be customized with faceplates, and is wireless. Two AA batteries last a good while, maybe 20-40 hours.

The sole downside is that the edge of the guitar where your lower arm may rest is not really comfortable, so your skin may feel a bit chafed after extended play. Still recommended over anything else, especially that Rock Band guitar, which doesn't even work on Guitar Hero.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great design, unforgivable implementation., September 24, 2008

By 

Brian Smith (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Les Paul Wireless Guitar (Video Game)

I'm in a tough spot. I loathe the design of the Rockband guitars - the strum bars feel too stiff, the buttons are loud, the guitar is terrible at sensing when you raise it vertical for star power. That leaves the guitar hero guitars as a backup. Fortunately, the Les Paul frets, strum bar and star power accelerometer all work exactly as they should. I like precision when I'm playing, so I like to hear the click from the strum bar and a super-fast reset back to the neutral position so you can strum again. In short, when the les paul is working, it is *perfect.*

The problem is, the guitar is never really working properly. This is mostly due to some really terrible design decisions. The neck detatches (presumably for easy transport), and as such there is another set of contacts between the neck and body. Turns out they really screwed up the design of this section and most people's guitar neck and bodies tend to separate and lose contact with eachother. This leads to buttons not working properly.

To make matters worse, Activision and Red Octane's return system is a travesty compared to EA's and rockband. When something in RB breaks(and believe me, it does. Often.), I can go to the EA website, tell them it is broken and within about 2 minutes, they are sending me a replacement drum set or guitar or kick pedal, as well as a prepaid box to send back the broken instrument.

When I tried to replace my les paul after the red and blue buttons stopped working after *two weeks* I had to send them an email which took a few days to get a response on, then it was MY responsibility to send them their defective product, then I got to wait 4-6 weeks while they deduce that it is, indeed, broken, then they sent me a refurbished one back. Oh, and the only reason I even got this pathetic level of service was because my guitar was still under 90-day warranty.

p.s., The replacement guitar also stopped picking up the green button after about 10 days. I ended up unhooking and repositioning the circuitboard/contact plate on the neck of the guitar myself, and it was upgraded from "unplayable" to "merely irritating."

Weak.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh, April 13, 2008

By 

Matt Emeterio (Temecula, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Les Paul Wireless Guitar (Video Game)

Guitar works fine when it's working. The detachable neck sucks though. The contacts lose connection and you are stuck with a guitar that doesn't work.