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Gadgets

A Kurt Cobain Guitar For Children Of The 90s

8:00PM January 18, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

I first picked up a guitar when I was 11, about a year after Kurt Cobain killed himself. All I wanted was the Fender guitar he designed. I never got it, but now there’s a new Cobain guitar for me to drool over. More »


Gaming

Rock Band 3′s Real Guitar Finally Priced And Dated

7:57AM November 3, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Fender’s real electric guitar that doubles as a Rock Band 3 controller is coming next year, according to the guitar maker. You’ll get your hands on the Squier Stratocaster controller in March 2011… if you can pony up the cash. More »


Gaming

How Harmonix Is Tricking Lazy Gamers Into Learning Real Instruments

8:20AM June 17, 2010 | Mark Wilson

For years, musicians have mocked those of us holding plastic guitars. Fair enough—but we had fun! But with Rock Band 3, we learn what Harmonix was up to all along: Actually teaching us how to play real instruments. More »


Mobile

Something Not Quite Right About Limited Edition Fender MyTouch 3G

11:27AM October 8, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

I am as much a fan of the silky Strat as the next person raised on classic rock—especially Mark Knopfler’s modified one—but this Fender finish on the MyTouch 3G Android phone doesn’t seem very rock ‘n’ roll. More »


Gaming

It’s A Good Thing Mad Catz Rock Band Telecaster Is Distressed

7:40AM October 8, 2009 | Sean Fallon

I have to admit, the distressed look of the new Rock Band ‘Player’s Edition’ Fender Telecaster for the Xbox 360 is bad arse. But that badassery may not live up to the $US110 price tag. More »


Almost Identical Fender Amp Replica Constructed Out of Old, Unmodified Lego Pieces

10:30AM May 19, 2009 | Andi Wang

Using an old bin of Lego bricks that hadn’t been touched in 15 years, Dave Chatterson constructed this Lego amplifier—a replica of a Fender Princeton Reverb amp—in under a week.

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Gadgets

Fender Bender is the Darth Vader of Electric Guitars

4:00AM October 20, 2008 | Jack Loftus

We don’t know too much about the Fender Bender, but we do know that, like Lord Vader, machinery and electronics have replaced much of the original. In the Bender’s case, inventor “Dan” has stripped out all the bits that made this a guitar, and then replaced them with sound board bits. The result is this “weird sound generator” that he can also play using a hand-made motherboard pick guard. Maybe he’ll be in touch with a few solo videos so we can hear how this thing sounds. Easy bet: Guitar Hero at 11. [Flickr via CrunchGear]

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Gaming

Guitar Rising for Real Guitar Heroes

1:20AM February 8, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

I never got the whole Guitar Hero, Rock Band and their fake guitars playing thingie, which require so much practice to master that you may as well use a real guitar to become as good as Satriani. That’s why I love the idea of Guitar Rising, which can use any real electric guitar, from a Fender Telecaster to a Gibson Les Paul. The software teaches you how to play actual songs, tracking your accuracy much like Guitar Hero would do, as their demo video shows.

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Rock Band Fender Stratocaster Rocks into View

2:15AM June 20, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

Anyone who has played, or has been forced to play, Guitar Hero will be familiar with the idea of a guitar-shaped controller. If you enjoy said controller, chances are you’ve known for a while now that Harmonix’s new game, Rock Band, is looking to up the ante by putting the player in control of a suite of instruments: guitars, bass, drums, and (perhaps unfortunately) even a microphone. Information has been released on the game’s Fender Stratocasteresque guitar controller and it’s looking, well, a little unusual. galleryPost('rockband', 2, 'Rock Band'); More »