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Jun 2, 2009 in Gadgets
Quite luckily for me, my roommate doesn't seem to mind that I have all but totally converted the entire public space of the second floor of his classic Chicago Brownstone into a Rock Band concert venue. I haven't built a stage or anything yet, but I feel strongly that this too is only a matter of time. This game is just way too much fun!
As you might suspect, over the months since I got my Rock Band 2 Special Edition Bundle, I have made a few upgrades I prefer to play the drums, so naturally my first upgrade to the standard Rock Band 2 Wireless Drum Kit controller was the RB2 Triple Cymbal Expansion Kit. These cymbals make beating down a professional sounding drum solo exponentially easier.
To make sure we were maximizing the potential of the game, I next grabbed a second RB2 wireless guitar on eBay, but soon after found an all-real-except-for-the-guitar-strings wireless guitar controller during a woot off. $49 was a small price to pay for our Ashley Rock Axe. It makes quite a difference playing the game with a real-size, real-weight guitar. I found that I was much more likely to show some moves with the real guitar controller than with the undersized plastic guitar controllers that come with the bundle.
After the first several onsets of finger joint arthritis, it became evident that the Ashley's buttons weren't going to get any further broken-in than they already had to that point (which isn't nearly enough!) so we went for guitar upgrade 2.0. Enter stage right the Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller. This beauty is THE Cadillac of wireless dual Rock Band/Guitar Hero guitar controllers! I can't say a negative word about this thing.
The nice folks at SONY haven't yet devised a way to match the wireless capability of the Xbox Rock Band 2 microphone, so to date we are stuck with the wired on-a-stick version. I am usually more than sufficiently lit when I am at the mic so I don't mind terribly the extra balance that the mic stand affords, so I personally can let this fault slide a ways farther than my roommate.
Take a look at my PS3 Rock Band 2 list! There are some neat items. There will soon be a Gretsch Duo-Jet Wireless Guitar Controller on the market after the release of the new The Beatles: Rock Band Bundle.
If you are online with your PS3, keep your eye on the overall standings as our band, 12-Inch Ditkas, is on the threshold of breaking onto the list of the Top 100 Rock Band 2 bands in the world (ranked by total number of fans). Right now, we are at approx. 867,000 fans while the current #100 band has 908,000 fans, and (as every Chicagoan already knows) Ditka is unstoppable!
Golly, I like this game. =)
As you might suspect, over the months since I got my Rock Band 2 Special Edition Bundle, I have made a few upgrades I prefer to play the drums, so naturally my first upgrade to the standard Rock Band 2 Wireless Drum Kit controller was the RB2 Triple Cymbal Expansion Kit. These cymbals make beating down a professional sounding drum solo exponentially easier.
To make sure we were maximizing the potential of the game, I next grabbed a second RB2 wireless guitar on eBay, but soon after found an all-real-except-for-the-guitar-strings wireless guitar controller during a woot off. $49 was a small price to pay for our Ashley Rock Axe. It makes quite a difference playing the game with a real-size, real-weight guitar. I found that I was much more likely to show some moves with the real guitar controller than with the undersized plastic guitar controllers that come with the bundle.
After the first several onsets of finger joint arthritis, it became evident that the Ashley's buttons weren't going to get any further broken-in than they already had to that point (which isn't nearly enough!) so we went for guitar upgrade 2.0. Enter stage right the Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller. This beauty is THE Cadillac of wireless dual Rock Band/Guitar Hero guitar controllers! I can't say a negative word about this thing.
The nice folks at SONY haven't yet devised a way to match the wireless capability of the Xbox Rock Band 2 microphone, so to date we are stuck with the wired on-a-stick version. I am usually more than sufficiently lit when I am at the mic so I don't mind terribly the extra balance that the mic stand affords, so I personally can let this fault slide a ways farther than my roommate.
Take a look at my PS3 Rock Band 2 list! There are some neat items. There will soon be a Gretsch Duo-Jet Wireless Guitar Controller on the market after the release of the new The Beatles: Rock Band Bundle.
If you are online with your PS3, keep your eye on the overall standings as our band, 12-Inch Ditkas, is on the threshold of breaking onto the list of the Top 100 Rock Band 2 bands in the world (ranked by total number of fans). Right now, we are at approx. 867,000 fans while the current #100 band has 908,000 fans, and (as every Chicagoan already knows) Ditka is unstoppable!
Golly, I like this game. =)
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