Guitar Hero World Tour – Stand Alone Guitar

5 Responses to “Guitar Hero World Tour – Stand Alone Guitar”

1. Memaw says:

   April 21, 2010 at 2:31 am

   The PS3 stand alone guitar was bought to replace the one we wore out. It was received on time and was in brilliant condition and works splendid. I would recommend.
   Rating: 5 / 5
2. Chris aka Gator says:

   April 21, 2010 at 5:21 am

   If you research this before you buy,most likely you won’t buy this product.(Sure wish I had before I did)There have been many many problems with the slide & strum bar with this guitar.First one I bought at [...] lasted all of 3 days effective properly,so it was returned an since they didn’t have another I settled for an grown-up version(GH 3 guitar).Then bought one here online an now on my 3rd Guitar Hero World Tour guitar.Don’t get me incorrect very pleased with the customer service threw Amazon.com and Tech for Less ,an now chose to not keep having them replace it an take this up with Activision.By and large the electronics and performance in this guitar are poor to say the least,so save yourself the headaches an stick with another guitar for World Tour and other GH sports meeting.For those that loved the slide like I do this really sucks but what can we do till they fix the conundrum?!?!?!
   
   Rating: 1 / 5
3. J says:

   April 21, 2010 at 6:34 am

   I really like this guitar. For this review I’m comparing it to the Rock Band guitar. (I own a PS3, but have played Xbox as well)

   Positives:
   
   - Very sturdy. It’s slightly larger and heavier than RB guitar that makes it feel less like a toy.
   
   - Very open–it only takes a slight tip to activate Star Potential.
   
   - Unlike RB, the buttons jut from the neck and are bent, so sliding up and down clarification is much simpler.
   
   - The buttons are spaced out better than RB, so normal sized hands don’t bump adjacent buttons. For new players, it also makes it simpler to know where your hand is positioned without having to look.
   
   - It clicks when you strum, making it simpler to keep the beat.
   
   - 2 options to activate star potential. Tip the guitar up, or hit the button next to the strum bar (works in both sports meeting).
   
   - Neck Slider. The new neck slider is kinda cool, allowing you to tap on it instead of strumming clarification. It can also be used for a different distortion sound, or in certain parts of the song where the clarification are chained together. The slider is disabled when playing RB.

   Negatives:
   
   - The clicking is very loud and can get irritating, especially to those in the room that are not playing.
   
   - The PS button / directional controller is too close to the whammy and can easily get bumped. If the directional controller is bumped, it thinks you hit a incorrect note. If the PS button is bumped, the game gets paused. Once you’re used to the guitar, you learn to avoid it.
   
   - There are limited distortion options. (there’s no switch like RB) Very minor.
   
   - Children or adults with very small hands may find it a stretch to play the 1st and 5th button at the same time, but you won’t need to agonize about this until you get to Expert mode.

   I have had no problems with timing, connectivity, or clarification registering correctly, except when the batteries are nearly dead. If you notice these problems, TRY REPLACING YOUR BATTERIES. The only conundrum I’ve had is that my neck slider is overly sensitive when I try to play the GHWT connected clarification. Simple solution–I play the clarification normally.

   TIP: If you own a guitar hero guitar or drum set, I recommend picking up a rechargeable array pack made by Blockhead. They’re super cheap and work splendid. I have one for each of my instruments:
   
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   Rating: 4 / 5
4. Anti-Lucas says:

   April 21, 2010 at 8:54 am

   I bought the Rock Band “Fender” over a year ago and between the “mushy” strum bar and non-functional tilt (overdrive or star potential activation), playing Rock Band was far less fun than it should have been. I bought this Guitar Hero World Tour guitar recently and it has made playing Rock Band a blast. The strum bar is more like the “clicky” bar of the grown-up Guitar Hero guitars and the tilt activation doesn’t require you to tilt the guitar nearly vertically to activate overdrive, I’d say it’s more like a 22 degree tilt which keeps me from getting distracted and therefore missing clarification. I in fact improved so quickly I was finally able to go up to hard difficulty. I’m playing Rock Band 2 mostly now, this guitar is compatible with all versions of Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
   Rating: 5 / 5
5. CJG says:

   April 21, 2010 at 11:00 am

   Excellent news to PS3 owners. The lag has been fixed. After comparing the Les Paul and World Tour guitars, this is much more open and does not drop clarification like the Les Paul does. Also, the connection (detachable neck) between the neck and guitar has been hardened to prevent issues with the frets like the Les Paul did on some models.

   But, that doesn’t mean this is the exact guitar.

   For one, I experienced strumming issues on my first guitar after a few hours of playing. It would register a proper strum 25% of the time (most of the time it would drop a strum or double-strum). So I exchanged it for a new one. And whad’ya know? It, AGAIN, goes owing to more strumming issues after a few hours of play. I was about to return it for a new one again. But after doing some research, the issues were because of faulty SPDT switches under the strum bar. So instead of returning it, I opened up my guitar and replaced them with much higher quality switches. Now the guitar no longer has strumming issues.

   But I’m still miserable. Sometimes when I elbow-strum to 2-hand-tap on complex hammer-on parts, my elbow would hit the start or brilliant button, which results in pausing the game or activating star potential at unwanted times. So, again, I open up my guitar and remove one of the start buttons. This fixes the accidental pausing, but not the accidental star potential activation. I prefer the other models where there is 1 start button and 1 star potential button, both the same size, further away from the strum bar.

   The strum bar is ok, but the other models’ strum bars are much better. This one is too long. Sometimes, it’s hard to strum at extreme speeds (such as the beginning of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” on Expert difficulty). It feels more mushy and springy that accidental double-strumming can occur.

   By and large: I do like the feel and responsiveness, but it could’ve been much better.
   Rating: 3 / 5