{"id":8339,"date":"2010-11-03T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"rock-band-3-s-proper-real-guitar-controller-guitar-launch-priced-and-dated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/8339-rock-band-3-s-proper-real-guitar-controller-guitar-launch-priced-and-dated","title":{"rendered":"Rock Band 3\u2019s proper-real-guitar-controller-guitar launch priced and dated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>It seems there&rsquo;s a lot of confusion about this, so in the interests of clarity then &ndash; Rock Band 3 features a super-expert &ldquo;Pro Guitar&rdquo; mode that supports two controllers, a 102-button replica Fender Mustang, and a proper real actual 6-string Squier Stratocaster packing some controller buttons, MIDI bits, and a bunch of custom electronics to detect fretted notes. The Squier also does double-duty as a proper real actual electric guitar, and can totally be plugged into an amp and everything.<\/p>\n<p>The Mustang&rsquo;s been available since the game launched, while Harmonix has just announced that the Strat &ndash; priced at a formidable $279.99, with the necessary $40 MadCatz MIDI adaptor sold separately &#8211; will be coming along in March 2011. It&rsquo;s also only available in a stupid right-handed model, so clever correct-handed guitarists like me are left out once again. Boo.<\/p>\n<p>Playing Rock Band 3 with the Strat is pretty much exactly the same thing as playing along to a song using guitar tablature. So take that, all those guys who slagged off rhythm games for being wannabe guitar simulators for wannabe guitarists. And go buy some real guns &ndash; nobody&rsquo;s impressed with your wannabe sniper simulator Call of Duty frag videos, you wannabe snipers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No word yet on local availability and pricing, or whether we&rsquo;ll ever even get this thing over here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Fender Squier coming at you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}