[Damage Inc.]

I play on a 360 if that matters, but my question is about pro guitar. What brands or kinds do the people like to play? The pros and cons of each model? Did you play guitar or bass before playing rockband? Is it easier,harder,the same? I haven’t seen much player input on this subject. I’m always hunting for a low priced rb pro guitar but haven’t had much luck, so I keep on hunting. I’m always skeptical about “big business corporate sponsorship sites” reviews, But I’m very curious about what the real gamers and players think. Any and all input is valued, Thank you.

[raynebc]

Both the Mustang (plastic 17 fret guitar) and the Squier (wood 22 fret guitar) had their deficiencies, but if the price difference doesn’t deter you and you can find it (there actually seem to be several on Ebay right now), I prefer the Squier. Even though you have to use the muting bar for better scoring, the metal strings feel more realistic than the Mustang’s plastic strings because it is still a real guitar. I didn’t play a significant amount of guitar/bass before getting RB3 but I still dabble with a bit of both in Rocksmith, leaning toward playing bass more often. Bass also works better for playing along with RB3 through an amplifier (un-scored, just using MIDI pro adapter to start the chart in practice mode), since it sounds pretty normal for most songs without any modeling effects.

 

Xbox 360 is the best platform for RB3, especially if you like custom content. Adding pro guitar upgrades for DLC you own is pretty simple, and authoring them isn’t too terribly difficult either as there are a couple authoring tools that can do that (ZiggyXNAMVP’s editor and EOF). If you like real guitar games, and have a reasonably decent guitar or bass, definitely consider Bandfuse (dead franchise but still a pretty inexpensive game to buy) and/or Rocksmith. Rocksmith still gets DLC usually every week and on PC it’s easy to use custom songs.

[Alternity]

Pro guitar is fun; but only when you developped the skills to be able to read it; and even sightread it, which is no easy task. Also if you own a MPA you can use any platform’s mustang, so for example if you find a cheap Wii one you can still use it through MIDI using the MPA.

 

Here’s what I think: If you don’t care about playing guitar; you just want to have fun and is looking for a game mode that is more difficult than any mode you know so far: Pro Guitar is for you. If you want to learn guitar; how to properly play it, RB3 Pro guitar isn’t for you; Rocksmith is.

[Damage Inc.]

Thank you both for your input, did’nt know about the plastic/metal strings and I forgot to ask if rocksmith or rb3pro was better as far as learning to play. Keep Rocking!!!!!

[imported_doa]

I bought the plastic pro guitar a little while back and I was surprised how different it felt to a real guitar (to me at least). I’m not an amazing guitarist by any stretch but I probably did not spend enough time trying to get used to the feel of the pro guitar vs a regular guitar.

 

I am Medium or the regular rock band controller but I imagine that someone at expert level would have a much better time with the pro guitar than I did.

 

So my pro guitar is up for sale on Amazon.

 

If someone made a pro bass I would be really interested in that though …

 

As far as learning to play I would go with RockSmith over Rock Band because you can play the note and not have to stick to a chart. For example on Rock Band if the chart says play the 2nd fret on the A string you have to do that. On Rocksmith you can do that or play the 7th fret on the low E string if that is easier for you to play in the context if the song …

[Damage Inc.]

Thanks, more new insight much obliged.

[Damage Inc.]

I thought a real pro bass would be cool to, I mean sometimes you have to slap it and pop it.

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