The improved guitar is $150 Zac (The one with the buttons all down the fret and the 6 strings at the bottom). I don't think they've announced a price on the fully stringed guitar with the xbox buttons and such but I'd guess somewhere around $300.
I thought the midi + real guitar was going to $150?
well the press release was pricing for "Mad Catz" perhipherals.
I just noticed the midi connector on that last link on the Squire, so maybe you can use your own midi guitar? I'm sure the RB community will test this out within a few weeks. Kinda like how they started modding their guitars and drumkits.
The improved guitar is $150 Zac (The one with the buttons all down the fret and the 6 strings at the bottom). I don't think they've announced a price on the fully stringed guitar with the xbox buttons and such but I'd guess somewhere around $300.
damn, I was hoping it wouldn't be too much past the $200 mark.
My guess is $200 since my Sister got a squire and a cheap amp new for $200 (Canadian) area. And since they remove the two? tone knobs in place for the d-pad and buttons, I'm sure it would be silghtly cheaper/same cost as a retail guitar.
Of course this is just speculation untill official release :P
if they really are using piezo pickups in/by the bridge and a midi interface I would be shocked if it was only 200.
The midi setup alone would cost at least 150, and 250 for a nice one. I'd also find it extremely hard to believe since the regular 5 button Fender Replica is 299
Doing what it does isn't new, but it isn't cheap either. If they did all of that on a real playable guitar and it only cost 200 bucks the guitar would have to be a complete piece of garbage (or a huge profit loss).
Just read this on the Rock Band 3 Press Release that was made a week ago!
"To be formally announced in due course, Mad Catz will be offering updated versions of the guitar and drum peripherals from prior versions of Rock Band, as well as improved microphones in support of the Rock Band 3 vocal harmony feature."
Updated Drums, Guitar and Microphone! Hopefully the drum upgrade has some major improvements in the pad and the sturdiness.
Anyway I found out that most of the DLC and RB2 songs are already ready for Pro drums since they were programmed for use with the Mad Catz symbal addon. Yay!
Amy Winehouse Rehab
Anthrax - Caught in a Mosh
At the Drive-In One Armed Scissor
Avenged Seven Fold - Beast and the Harlot
B-52s - Rock Lobster
Beach Boys Good Vibrations
Big Country In a Big Country
Blondie Heart of Glass
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up
Bronx, The False Alarm
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Cure, The -- Just Like Heaven
David Bowie Space Oddity
Deep Purple Smoke on the Water
Def Leppard - Foolin'
Devo Whip It
Dio -- Rainbow in the Dark
Dire Straits Walk of Life
Doobie Brothers - China Grove
Doors, The -- Break On Through
Dover King George
Echo and the Bunnymen Killing Moon
Elton John Saturday Nights Alright
Faith No More Midlife Crisis
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Foreigner - Cold as Ice
Golden Earring Radar Love
HIM - Killing Loneliness
Huey Lewis and the News -- The Power of Love
Hypernova Viva La Resistance
Ida Maria -- Oh My God
INXS - Need You Tonight
J Geils Band - Centerfold
James Brown I Got You
Janes Addiction -- Been Caught Stealing
Jimi Hendrix Experience, The -- Crosstown Traffic
Joan Jett -- I Love Rock and Roll
John Lennon Imagine
Juanes -- Me Enamora
Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird
Maná - Oye Mi Amor
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
Metric -- Combat Baby
Muffs, The Outer Space
Night Ranger -- Sister Christian
Ozzy Osbourne -- Crazy Train
Paramore Misery Business
Phish Llama
Phoenix -- Lasso
Police, The Dont Stand So Close to Me
Poni Hoax - Antibodies
Pretty Girls Make Graves Something Bigger, Something Brighter
Primus Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Queen -- Bohemian Rhapsody
Queens of the Stone Age No One Knows
Rammstein - Du Hast
Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated
Raveonettes Last Dance
Rilo Kiley -- Portions of Foxes
Riverboat Gamblers Dont Bury Me Im Still Not Dead
Roxette - The Look
Slipknot - Before I Forget
Smash Mouth -- Walkin on the Sun
Smiths, The Stop Me If Youve Heard This One Before
Sounds, The Living in America
Spacehog -- In the Meantime
Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle
Stone Temple Pilots -- Plush
Swingin Utters This Bastards Life
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tegan and Sara The Con
Them Crooked Vultures -- Dead End Friends
Tokio Hotel - Humanoid
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Need To Know
T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
Vines, The -- Get Free
War - Low Rider
Warren Zevon Werewolves of London
White Stripes, The -- The Hardest Button to Button
Whitesnake -- Here I Go Again
Who, The I Can See For Miles
Yes Roundabout
There's alot of GH1 and 2 songs in there.. but it looks pretty good
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well the press release was pricing for "Mad Catz" perhipherals.
I just noticed the midi connector on that last link on the Squire, so maybe you can use your own midi guitar? I'm sure the RB community will test this out within a few weeks. Kinda like how they started modding their guitars and drumkits.
damn, I was hoping it wouldn't be too much past the $200 mark.
Of course this is just speculation untill official release :P
The midi setup alone would cost at least 150, and 250 for a nice one. I'd also find it extremely hard to believe since the regular 5 button Fender Replica is 299
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Mad+Catz+-+Rock+Band+Wireless+Fender+Stratocaster+Replica+for+Xbox+360+%28Hot+Rod+Red%29/9574392.p?skuId=9574392&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=9574392&ref=06&loc=01&id=1218127265179
Doing what it does isn't new, but it isn't cheap either. If they did all of that on a real playable guitar and it only cost 200 bucks the guitar would have to be a complete piece of garbage (or a huge profit loss).
"To be formally announced in due course, Mad Catz will be offering updated versions of the guitar and drum peripherals from prior versions of Rock Band, as well as improved microphones in support of the Rock Band 3 vocal harmony feature."
Updated Drums, Guitar and Microphone! Hopefully the drum upgrade has some major improvements in the pad and the sturdiness.
First Vid shows Pro Expert Guitar
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Anyway I found out that most of the DLC and RB2 songs are already ready for Pro drums since they were programmed for use with the Mad Catz symbal addon. Yay!
Amy Winehouse Rehab
Anthrax - Caught in a Mosh
At the Drive-In One Armed Scissor
Avenged Seven Fold - Beast and the Harlot
B-52s - Rock Lobster
Beach Boys Good Vibrations
Big Country In a Big Country
Blondie Heart of Glass
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up
Bronx, The False Alarm
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Cure, The -- Just Like Heaven
David Bowie Space Oddity
Deep Purple Smoke on the Water
Def Leppard - Foolin'
Devo Whip It
Dio -- Rainbow in the Dark
Dire Straits Walk of Life
Doobie Brothers - China Grove
Doors, The -- Break On Through
Dover King George
Echo and the Bunnymen Killing Moon
Elton John Saturday Nights Alright
Faith No More Midlife Crisis
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Foreigner - Cold as Ice
Golden Earring Radar Love
HIM - Killing Loneliness
Huey Lewis and the News -- The Power of Love
Hypernova Viva La Resistance
Ida Maria -- Oh My God
INXS - Need You Tonight
J Geils Band - Centerfold
James Brown I Got You
Janes Addiction -- Been Caught Stealing
Jimi Hendrix Experience, The -- Crosstown Traffic
Joan Jett -- I Love Rock and Roll
John Lennon Imagine
Juanes -- Me Enamora
Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird
Maná - Oye Mi Amor
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
Metric -- Combat Baby
Muffs, The Outer Space
Night Ranger -- Sister Christian
Ozzy Osbourne -- Crazy Train
Paramore Misery Business
Phish Llama
Phoenix -- Lasso
Police, The Dont Stand So Close to Me
Poni Hoax - Antibodies
Pretty Girls Make Graves Something Bigger, Something Brighter
Primus Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Queen -- Bohemian Rhapsody
Queens of the Stone Age No One Knows
Rammstein - Du Hast
Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated
Raveonettes Last Dance
Rilo Kiley -- Portions of Foxes
Riverboat Gamblers Dont Bury Me Im Still Not Dead
Roxette - The Look
Slipknot - Before I Forget
Smash Mouth -- Walkin on the Sun
Smiths, The Stop Me If Youve Heard This One Before
Sounds, The Living in America
Spacehog -- In the Meantime
Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle
Stone Temple Pilots -- Plush
Swingin Utters This Bastards Life
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tegan and Sara The Con
Them Crooked Vultures -- Dead End Friends
Tokio Hotel - Humanoid
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Need To Know
T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
Vines, The -- Get Free
War - Low Rider
Warren Zevon Werewolves of London
White Stripes, The -- The Hardest Button to Button
Whitesnake -- Here I Go Again
Who, The I Can See For Miles
Yes Roundabout
There's alot of GH1 and 2 songs in there.. but it looks pretty good
http://vimeo.com/14293335
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/14/rock-band-3-guitar-trainer-preview-fret-nice/