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• Crafty gamer builds PS2 Guitar Hero axe from scratch

  Published: July 30, 2007, 8:18 am

  Tags: Controller, Custom, Diy, Guitar, Guitar Hero, Guitarhero, Hack, Homemade, Mod, Playstation 2, Playstation2, Ps2, Video

  Filed under: Gaming Itching for anything Guitar Hero-related to tide your over until the third iteration hits? If you just so happen to have two unwanted PS1 controllers, a whammy bar, a few screws, a motion sensor, some wood (or similar), cutting instruments, and whole slew of other random tools (seriously, it's a lengthy list), you've got a

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• Sousaphone Hero not living up to expectations

  Published: August 2, 2007, 9:58 am

  Tags: Activision, Guitar Hero, Guitarhero, Onion, Sousaphone, Sousaphone Hero, Sousaphonehero, The Onion, Theonion

  Filed under: Gaming Self-proclaimed "America's finest news source" The Onion reports that Activision's latest virtual-instrument title, Sousaphone Hero, isn't selling as well as the company had hoped, despite a $25M development budget, innovative wireless sousaphone controller, and versions available for PS3, 360, and Wii. Complaints range from

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• Fully-functional Guitar Hero controller crafted from Lego

  Published: August 6, 2007, 5:16 pm

  Tags: Diy, Guitar Hero, Guitarhero, Homebrew, Lego

  Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals We've seen Lego-fied Wiis, robots, and weaponry, but this fully-functional Guitar Hero controller crafted by an unnamed tipster to TechEBlog might just be the best bit of Lego hackery to date. Based on a Gibson Explorer guitar, the Lego axe neatly conceals the guts of a standard PS2 Guitar Hero controller, and also

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• DS version of Guitar Hero III to feature a guitar controller?

  Published: August 16, 2007, 10:23 am

  Tags: Controller, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero Iii, Guitarhero, Guitarheroiii, Redoctane

  Filed under: Gaming It's not set in stone, but in an interview with CNET.au, RedOctane cofounder Charles Huang suggested that the DS version of Guitar Hero III would include a guitar controller "as long as it makes sense and it plays well." Huang went on to say that RedOctane is "exploring ways to get peripherals on a DS game," and that the

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• Guitar Hero III coming to the Mac this year

  Published: September 11, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Aspyr, Gaming, Guitarhero, Guitarheroiii, Mac, Music, Release, Rock

  Filed under: Gaming, Hardware, Multimedia, HolidaysIf you've never played Guitar Hero, you've been missing out. It's quite an experience - you play with a special guitar controller, and as notes fly towards you on the screen, you hit both fret buttons and a strum bar in time to real life rock music. I'm a huge fan of the series, having played the

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• Guitar Hero III's Les Paul in the wild

  Published: September 26, 2007, 6:58 pm

  Tags: Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Iii, Guitarhero, Guitarheroiii, In The Wild, Inthewild

  Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals Yeah, we've seen this puppy around before, but never gotten this close. This here's the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero III's Les Paul, complete with green-glowing Xbox 360 Guide button and wirelessness. Big ups to Red Octane for the extra fret board stylings and refined look, but we'd to look forward to playing

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• Shredmaster V wireless guitar controller rocks the FCC

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:12 pm

  Tags: Guitar Hero, Guitarhero, Playstation 2, Playstation2, Ps2, Shredmaster V, Shredmasterv, Wireless Controllers, Wirelesscontrollers

  Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Wireless So we've never seen this so-called Shredmaster V wireless guitar controller from China's E-Core Technology before, but from what we can tell from the FCC documents, it looks to be your standard third-party PlayStation 2 Guitar Hero axe. Price? Release date? Ha, couldn't tell ya; maybe a long-distance

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• Guitar Hero 3's PS3 Les Paul hits the FCC

  Published: October 25, 2007, 3:43 pm

  Tags: Controller, Guitar, Guitar Controller, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 3, Guitarcontroller, Guitarhero, Guitarhero3, Playstation, Playstation 3, Playstation3, Ps3

  Filed under: Gaming If it's got a radio in it, the government's gonna want to poke at it, and the wireless Les Paul shipping with the PS3 version of Guitar Hero 3 is no exception, turning up in the FCC's database today. Just like the 360 version we saw hit the FCC a little while ago, there's nothing shocking to report -- the PS3 version will

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• Low-fi fix for malfunctioning Guitar Hero III Les Paul

  Published: November 1, 2007, 7:37 am

  Tags: Axe, Diy, Error, Fix, Guitar, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Iii, Guitarhero, Guitarheroiii, Hack, Les Paul, Lespaul, Problem

  Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals We're not exactly sure if this problem is widespread, but for those currently dealing with malfunctioning frets on the new Guitar Hero III Les Paul, you should certainly give this a once over. An incredibly industrious gamer went out of his way to show us all what a few rubber bands and a 3M Utility Hook can do to

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• High-fi fix for malfunctioning Guitar Hero III Les Paul

  Published: November 4, 2007, 11:02 am

  Tags: Axe, Controller, Diy, Error, Fix, Guitar, Guitar Fix, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Iii, Guitarfix, Guitarhero, Guitarheroiii, Hack, Problem, Solution

  Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals Hey, you -- busy rigging up your malfunctioning Guitar Hero III Les Paul using the low-fi method we showed you earlier this week? If you're just getting started, we'd recommend putting the rubber bands back in the package and taking a look at this. Granted, it seems a bit silly that we're figuring out ways to

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• Proof That Guitar Hero III For Wii Is Mono Only?

  Published: November 11, 2007, 3:52 pm

  Tags: Nintendo, Actual Image, Dual Mono, Gamers, Games Menu, Gh3, Guitarhero, Guitar Hero, Know The Difference, Monophonic Sound, Mono Output, Mono Sound, Nintendo Wii, Single Channel, Stereo Sound, Webopedia, Wii Console

  and the dual mono output of guitarhero. Unfortunately I don’t have a copy of the xbox of ps3 version to record from to show the difference of the game sounding correctly”. Actual image after the break. ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Guitar Hero III For Nintendo Wii Is Mono Sound Only?Wii Bundle for Guitar Hero III

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• Wii's Guitar Hero III not down with surround sound?

  Published: November 13, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Activision, Dolby, Dolby Pro Logic Ii, Dolbyprologicii, Error, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Iii, Guitarhero, Guitarheroiii, Problem, Surround Sound, Surroundsound, Wii

  Filed under: Gaming We don't know who thought it'd be smart to mess with the gods of rock, but choosing not to include surround sound support for Guitar Hero III just doesn't sound like an intelligent move. Nevertheless, a assemblage of Wii gamers are reporting that the game is outputting audio in mono, despite the packaging advertising that

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• Mod your Guitar Hero axe with LEDs

  Published: November 16, 2007, 2:59 pm

  Tags: Diy, Guitar, Guitar Hero, Guitarhero, Led, Lights, Mod

  Filed under: Gaming Sometimes, it's not enough to simply rock. Sometimes, you've got to get all glammed out -- with makeup, tiny replicas of Stonehenge, and an LED mod for your axe. Some clever folks (with what seems to be an unreasonable amount of spare time) have created a solution to at least one of those problems. Using custom molded buttons,

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• Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and DDR get cheap rip-offs

  Published: November 25, 2007, 12:56 pm

  Tags: Dance Dance Revolution, Dance Mania, Dancedancerevolution, Dancemania, Ddr, Drum Star, Drumstar, Guitar Hero, Guitar Superstar, Guitarhero, Guitarsuperstar, Rock Band, Rockband

  Filed under: Gaming When you're out trawling for a copy of the rapidly selling out Rock Band, you may run into a cheap knock-off or two of the rhythm game genre. Our tipster spotted several units including a Guitar and DDR imitation in Macy's, and a Drum game in another store. All of them plug directly into a TV, but none are particularly cheap

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• Guitar Hero: it shreds, and, yes, it blends

  Published: November 25, 2007, 5:54 pm

  Tags: Blendtec, Gh3, Gibson X Plorer, Gibsonx Plorer, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 3, Guitarhero, Guitarhero3, Will It Blend, Willitblend

  Filed under: Gaming Quick, before some pretentious post-postmodern indie band rips the idea and integrates it into their set: check out the video after the break of the will it blend dude sticking a Gibson X-Plorer's fender into one of their machines. Yeah, we're total suckers for the Guitar Hero games, and we love to see Guitar destruction as

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