Guitar amps are heavy and bulky and my wife really doesn’t want to see one just hanging out in the living room. But, she hasn’t seen the stylish Yamaha THR10 practice amp. More »
When the Swedish police raided the home of a 54-year-old illegal weapons dealer, they scored quite a load. Aside from the more “conventional” firearms like sawed-off shotguns and homemade machine guns, the police also found a double-barrel shotgun hidden inside a guitar. More »
A shark with a laser beam is a pretty freaking deadly animal—so we understand. No one has lived to tell the tale. But when these sharks finally attack Man in mass, we’ll have a plan. More »
In one of the odder announcements during the Macworld keynote, Sting, along with others like Norah Jones, will teach you to play guitar and piano in Garageband ’09.
You don’t even have to ask this English busker/artist/engineer why he made his pedal-driven, guitar-plucking, steampunk-looking musical whatsit, because his reasons are bolted to the side: I built this machine because of unreliable guitarists. It don’t smoke! It don’t drink! And it’s never late.
If you look at the guitar pictured in the Guitar Hero promo page you will notice what looks like new buttons on the base of the fretboard. Knowing about the expanded new drums, this could mean that they are going to increase the complexity of the guitars too, requiring even more dexterity than previous versions. Note to Guitar Hero people: no matter how complex you make it, it still won’t be a real guitar. [Guitar Hero—thanks Alex]
The days of only being able to buy Rock Band instruments in a gigantic pack are about to come to an end as the creators just announced dates and pricing on their instruments. The drums will be US$79 on February 12 and the guitar will be US$59 on April 1. The PlayStation 3 version of the guitar will work on both PS3 and PS2, and will also get the US$59 price tag. There’s no announcement for the USB microphone, however, but you can rig up your own mic by using a standard USB mic or just the Xbox Live headset and a controller. AU: Man, I’d just love it if we had a release date in Australia… Of course, I’m sure our good friends at Kotaku AU will update us when that happens.
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