Xbox 360 Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Telecaster Player's Edition

by Mad Catz

Product Features

• Officially licensed Telecaster for Rock Band / Includes official Fender Guitar Strap
• Premium Fret Buttons and Strum Bar / Touch-sensitive technology for Overdrive activation
• Official Bigsby bridge tailpiece used for Whammy effect / Twice as quick recoil-action fret buttons
• Supports Overdrive Stomp Box / 84% to scale replica of Telecaster
• Compatible with Rock Band, Rock Band 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, and Guitar Hero 5

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004YQXC
• Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 11.2 x 3.3 inches ; 4.5 pounds
• Media: Accessory
• Release Date: September 24, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,585 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #39 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Hardware > Controllers > Guitars
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Color: Butterscotch

Mad Catz' officially licensed Fender Telecaster Player's edition is the must-have guitar for every Rock Band enthusiast. The custom road worn distressed finish and strap both ensure your axe will look as though you have been rocking the crowd on tour for years. The Player's Telecaster also features the addition of Fast Action quick press fret buttons, the action on these buttons is unique to the Telecaster and give that extra edge to blow through the fastest solos and chord progression in the game. Overdrive action has never been easier with the new touch sense button, no more missed notes from tilting your guitar! The upgraded Strum Bar lets you feel each notes like never before, while the new Bigsby whammy plate will allow you to bend notes at will and in style.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid wireless guitar for XBOX 360, October 8, 2009

By 

Jason Miranda (Southern Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Rock Band Wireless Fender Telecaster Player's Edition Replica - Butterscotch (Accessory)

I got the Butterscotch colored replica. I had to order it from another vendor because Amazon lists the Butterscotch color as currently unavailable.

If your in the market for a guitar you know how they work so I won't bore you with stuff that isn't different than a stock guitar.

1. The Fret buttons are very nice. They move up and down quickly, are quiet, and are a bit larger than the standard RB2 Strat buttons. I would say maybe 3 or 4 millimeters fatter. Don't get this if your a lefty though as the keys don't surround both sides of the guitar and you would be unable to effectively play if your left handed.

2. The touch overdrive is really nice. I personally chose this guitar for that feature. It is placed above the strum bar rather then below like the GH Guitars. Also it isn't a function button, so you don't have to press it down, just touch. It's really nice for me because I tend to hose things up when trying to tilt into overdrive. Tilt still works, but the touch bar is far superior.

3. The whammy bar is pretty nice. It is solid metal and is adjustable to the side if you prefer. It is tensioned a bit strong by default but you can adjust it via a nut/bolt underneath to your preference.

4. Xbox buttons are placed well and the start/select buttons are a knob now. Pretty cool I thought. Also the whah whah adjuster is vertical now and more out of the way which is nice.

5. The strum bar is a mixed bag for me. It is a "click" bar like the GH guitars so it can be noisy. Also the one I received requires you to bottom out the down strum for a register which is odd. I am going to play with it a bit, it may just need some breaking in. Otherwise the strum is pretty standard fair and works well.

6. Can't say enough nice things about the strap. It's comfortable, easy to adjust, and just overall awesome.

7. Lastly the overall design is nice. The butterscotch color looks really nice and the head has non functional, but movable tuning knobs which is cool. It is a bit thicker than the strat but a hair shorter. I kind of expected it to be longer than the strat but it is not. The Chrome parts look really nice.

Overall I give this 4 stars. It's a nice guitar with some flaws that will be mostly preference to the user. If you have the bones to put down on it, try it out.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheaper on the madcatz website, December 17, 2010

By 

AmberAggro77 (boston) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Rock Band Wireless Fender Telecaster Player's Edition Replica - Butterscotch (Accessory)

this is 99 bux if you get it at madcatz direct. the seller who priced this at almost 250 bux is ripping you off bigtime.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty guitar, but buyers beware!, December 22, 2011

By 

Sheepy - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Telecaster Player's Edition - Light Blue (Accessory)

I was really happy to get this as an early Christmas gift. Yes! A pretty-looking Rock Band guitar of my very own! I was really excited. My excitement ceased, however, when I started planning.

Perhaps it was just mine--reading the reviews, it seems like everyone generally enjoys the guitar. The star power button seemed like a great idea to me. I constantly make the joke, "I'm the bass player, I shouldn't rock out," so having something that I can tap mid-strum? Sounds good to me. Come to find out, however, that that is also the back button. This wouldn't be so much of an issue if not for the fact that the D-pad on this thing is terrible, so in order to scroll you're basically required to use the strum bar. The start button too is a bit strange. It took me a while to figure out that you have to twist it until it clicks (being the kind of person I am, I don't like to be too hard on my controllers, so this made me really nervous the first time, since I thought I was going to break it). Another thing of note; the buttons only cover half the fret. Not as big of a problem for me, as I've played guitar before, but my fiance struggled, since he tends to play closer to the edge of the frets. The whammy bar also has a really high tension, which takes some getting used to, but from what I understand it's adjustable (I have not tried it myself).

But the biggest problem? The strum bar. There are times where it simply does not register. This guitar was supposed to replace one with issues, so the last thing I want or need is something with problems out of the box! Again, I may have gotten a defective one, however, the quirks coupled with the fact that it doesn't seem to want to work 100% of the time? Argh, aggravating!

I will be returning this. A pretty face isn't enough for me to keep an inferior product.

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