I had unintentionally ruined my Rock Band Wii guitars with a spilled soda incident some time ago, so I was looking for a replacement. I saw the Gene Simmon's guitar and thought "whoa, doesn't look as lame", and I figured I'd get the mileage out of it since I enjoy replaying Rock Band songs during my free time.
First thing I noticed when I opened the box is that it was obviously a return. The cover was ripped in several places where original tape had been to keep the box securely shut. I shrugged, opened it up anyway, and took it out of the box.
The guitar was extremely cheaply made. The plastic is very flimsy, especially compared to the Gibson wireless guitar that came with Guitar Hero 3. The fret buttons aren't properly fastened to the guitar neck, or something, as they like to wiggle back and forth a lot. The strum bar does click loudly, similar to the Gibson guitar, but the fret buttons click loudly as well, which is new to me and rather undesirable. Next, the strum bar is located very high on the guitar, so you have to adjust the strap some so your hand is positioned towards the top rather than towards the middle of the guitar. However, the whammy bar doesn't compensate for this; it's positioned further down than where the palm of your hand would rest. Likewise the +/- buttons are too, so if you have an older wii-mote that doesn't pick up on moving the guitar upwards to activate overdrive, you'll have to reach way down there to hit it.
Other complaints include:
- The knobs for the guitar strap are positioned poorly. There is one to the back of the guitar and one on top of the guitar, and there is not one located on the neck of the guitar. What will happen is as you play, the knob on top will stop supporting the guitar strap. This isn't a gradual thing. It dropped the guitar before I made it passed the title screen. I used electrical tape to make the knob head bigger to keep the guitar strap on.
- There are no smaller fret buttons for soloing. You're stuck using the frets that feel like they're ready to fall off.
- Previous reviews said the guitar seems bigger. It is not any bigger than the Gibson.
- And of course, Gene Simmon's goofy face that needs to be sharpie'd out.
I was pretty disappointed with it overall. Actually, I'd rather use the Fender Stratocoaster (which came with Rock Band 2) instead, and I hate the feel of the strum bar and fret buttons on that even more so. Luckily, I had picked up Rock Band 3 waiting on delivery and I'm very much interested in playing Pro mode, so this thing will end up becoming what it always should have been: wall decor!
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Irma V-T
Do not waste your money
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 2, 2018Platform: Nintendo WiiVerified Purchase
