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Power Gig Music Game Gets Sweet Handmade Six String Guitar Controller

Shane McGlaun — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:02:40 +0000

When I was a kid I had a short attention span, and often left things half done. I took guitar lessons for a few months until I realized that you had to practice and couldn’t just play Funky Town day one. Shortly thereafter I was kicked out of lessons. Today I can rock out on Guitar Hero or Rock Band pretty well, and have often though I would really learn to play the guitar if the game had a real controller.

A music game called Power Gig: Rise of the Six String is available now on the Xbox and PS3 and the game uses a real controller like I have wanted. The developer of the game is Seven45 Studios and it has announced that a new and awesome handmade guitar controller is available for the game now that is made by First Act.

The controller is offered in versions for the PS3 and the Xbox. Each of them is made by hand with a single cutaway basswood body, humbucking pickup, and a maple neck with rosewood fretboard. If you have the game you can pre-order the controller now for $229.99 (USD) over at Amazon. The game even has some cool music with tracks from Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews Band, and Kid Rock among many other well known artists.

33% Guitar + 33% Mandolin + 33% Theremin = 100% Awesome

Technabob — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:12:05 +0000

The guys over at synthopia hunted up this wondrous electrical musical oddity, and I love it.

The Destroyer combines an electric guitar, mandolin and that wonderful outer-spacey-squealy instrument – the theremin – in one compact package.

Handmade by guitar artist Mark Dalzell, The Destroyer is has two necks – one for the 6-string guitar, the other for the 4-string mandolin. The third protrusion? An antennae for controlling the on-board Thermaniacs’ theremin. There’s also a full set of on-board digital effects for distortion, chorus and flanger, as well as a built-in chromatic tuner. And how about those LED fret markers and pickup indicators? All I can say is “awesome”.

Check out the full gallery of pics over at Mark’s flickr album.

[via synthopia]

Finally, Expensive Furniture to Store Your Rock Band Instruments in

Alisha K. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:32:34 +0000

If you were just dying to drop another big pile of money on your Rock Band hobby, you’re in luck: check out this sweet ottoman designed to hold your gear! No more drum kit shoved into the corner of the living room. Now, instead, you can shove a pricey ottoman over there.

The Rock Box (gotta love the name) will store two guitars, a drum kit, and more, and then you can prop your aching feet on it. Of course, it will cost you about what you paid for your pile of plastic instruments and game, but hey! It is furniture, after all.

The Rock Box is available on Amazon, in brown or black, for just under $200.

[via PS3Maven]