Here’s a little slice of brilliance for you. In honour of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin‘s first space flight (which actually took place on April 12), a group of students from the Siberian State Aerospace University launched a self-made guitar-shaped rocket model into the sky in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia yesterday.
Like guitars? Love your iPhone? Well look here, it’s The Fingerist – part guitar body, part speaker, all weirdness. It slots your iPhone 4, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS or iPod touch and you’ve got yourself an iPad guitar. It’ll let you use iPhone guitar apps and amplify them like a real ax. It runs for 6 hours on 3 AA batteries. At $150, the Fingerist seems a little expensive for a novelty but hey, it’s your cash! Hit the headline and head for the comments to let us know whether you’re tempted by The Fingerist (that name really does sound sordid).
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Gibson’s range of robotic guitars just got larger. By one. The axe maker extraordinaire has just ripped the covers off the scarily-named Dark Fire, a new Les Paul with the brain of an android…
Xbox owners rejoice! Rock Band 2’s drum kit and guitar has been spotted at an online store, and guess what? They’re now wireless.
When Rock Band 2 hits, it’ll come packing this awesome replica Fender guitar, replete with faux wood finish, accurate replication of tone controls and a design so close to the original your mates really might mistake you for having genuine guitar talent!
Console based strummers and pluckers were treated to the latest peripheral for the Guitar Hero game last week, for those of you think their skills have set them on the road to a bigger stage check out the latest gear from Gibson.
It’s lunchtime, so grab a sandwich and settle down for a recap of everything gadget-shaped you’ve missed this morning.
Been practicing your strumming technique in preparation for Guitar Hero On Tour? If not, then the sight of the brand new guitar peripheral should be enough to get you cranking the volume up to 11 and getting your, erm, rock on. Its finally been revealed, sporting a touch of retro about it. Oh, and the drums and mic too.
