Surely you’ve seen this iconic rock image, taken in 1967 at the Monterey Pop Festival, of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar on stage.

I found an amusing thread on ScoreHero where a fake plastic rocker duplicated this feat, no doubt after the zillionth attempt to complete the sadistically difficult Jordan in Guitar Hero II or the [...]

Both of the new guitars introduced with Guitar Hero III– the Playstation 2 Kramer Striker, and the Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 Les Paul– have removable necks. This is quite handy for packing and storing your guitar, but it can also lead to connectivity problems between the buttons on the neck and the body.

One relatively [...]

In order to de-clutter our “boom boom room” where all manner of fake plastic rocking goes on, I wanted to come up with a way to mount the guitars on the wall. The method I found worked great for my Guitar Hero Les Paul model. The same technique should apply to any fake plastic guitar, [...]

Excellent news– Rock Band is getting a much-needed patch! Well, at least the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions are, anyway.

(New!) Music Store: Rock Band now has a new feature that lets you preview and purchase songs from within the game! Accessible from the main menu, the Music Store lets you view, purchase and [...]

Have you ever noticed that real guitars are heavy? Very heavy? Now compare that to our fake plastic guitars, which feel almost weightless in comparison.

We can fix that by adding weights to our guitars. Don’t underestimate the psychological impact of “heft” when someone picks up your guitar controller. A heavier fake plastic guitar somehow feels [...]