Rocksmith DLC hopes to boost your bass skills

Aug. 3, 2012   1 Comment  

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Feel the bass.

Apogee JAM review — great holdiay gift for musicians

Dec. 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Flawless GarageBand integration for your instruments

App allows aspiring Claptons to practice scale patterns

Oct. 7, 2010   1 Comment  

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Learn to play real guitar for once

iPhone weekly recall

March 16, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Rocking out with the iPhone

Bose L1 Compact System

Dec. 8, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Perfect for practice or small stage gigs

Mad Catz Wireless Fender Precision Bass review

Oct. 31, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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With two-fingered strumming

The Boss TU-88

Sept. 1, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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It has everything you need for your next gig

The Vox amPlug Lead Headphone Amp

Aug. 25, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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A worthwhile addition to your electric guitar’s gig bag

This is the Guitar Hero 5 faux guitar…

July 14, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Have a look inside at the first render of GH5′s new axe.

Wiired for sound

Feb. 6, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Boston band Vivian Darkbloom looks like most other rock groups, but if you look closely, something might catch your eye: the Nintendo Wii controller attached to the guitar. [...]

Statement from Nyko on PS3 firmware changes

Nov. 25, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Monday we reported that Guitar Hero guitars worked in Rock Band 2 and that the Nyko FrontMan Guitar now needed to be set to “Guitar Hero” mode in order to work in Rock Band 2 — and indeed it does not work at all in “Rock Band” mode set on the guitar’s receiver.s We brought [...]

What’s up with Rock Band 2 PS3 guitars?

Nov. 24, 2008   2 Comments  

I’ll tell you what’s up: the Guitar Hero guitars work with Rock Band 2 on PlayStation 3. This was a big conundrum last year when we realized Activision and Harmonix weren’t going to play nice and let us use their guitars on the competing games. We’re looking into what happened, but for sure we know [...]

Activision trademarks “DJ Hero”

Feb. 18, 2008   Leave a Comment  

For those about to rock — we salute you. And for those who aren’t, Activision is cool with that too. Tradmork reported that Activision, makers of the highly successful Guitar Hero series have recently filed a trademark for the term “DJ Hero.” The official documents, filed February 8, state that Activision is looking to use [...]

Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman

Feb. 1, 2008   4 Comments  

Fall Out Boy's Joe Trohman's Washburn Idol guitar

Guitarist Joe Trohman doesn’t believe in idols. “People always ask who mine are,” the 23-year-old said in a recent interview. “But that phrase, ‘I’m only human’ — it’s there for a reason.” In the past seven years, Trohman’s band — Fall Out Boy — has exploded from an underground sensation to an internationally recognized pop-punk [...]

Guitar Hero III

Nov. 26, 2007   2 Comments  

Guitar Hero III came into the world with a large reputation to live up to. For months, gamers have been waiting to get their hands on the newest hit in the Guitar Hero franchise. It represents one of the best party games around and with new multiplayer modes, and it’s better than ever. Guitar Hero [...]