Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller for Xbox 360
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Product Summary
Brand: Mad CatzAudio: German (Subtitled); German (Manual)
Release Date: 2010-11-16
Platform: Xbox 360
Model: RB3985630M03/02/1
Publisher: MadCatz
Product features:
- All-new Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller for Rock Band 3
- Plays Rock Band 3 Guitar and Bass parts / Play real chords and melodies with new Rock Band Pro mode
- 17-fret touch-sensitive neck with 6 buttons per fret provides 102 active finger positions / 6 low-latency strings for authentic note strumming
- Advanced tilt sensor for Overdrive activation
- Use as MIDI Guitar Controller when not playing Rock Band (compatible with most MIDI sequencers)
Video Game Reviews of Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller for Xbox 360
Customer Review: Worth It if you Put the time to Learn Pro!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to say it's more impressive than I thought it would be. It's accurately responsive to where your fingers need to be playin' Pro and kicks arse! It's about half the price of what the Squier will cost you as the Squier won't be released 'til March 2011. With that said, I just couldn't wait to play Pro guitar/bass and wanted to get my hands on the Mustang now since it's already available. Also, wanted to get a feel for how it responds to standard/basic guitar. It works alright! You just need to use any buttons on the first 5 frets to mimic the 5 colored arrangement of G/R/Y/B/O but despite having the ability to play expert on your other plastic guitars it will still take some getting used to because the frets are a bit spread out compared to what your finger spread has on say a Xplorer guitar controller, Les Paul guitar controller, or RB2 fender. Because this is an actual life-size fretboard minus real strings but instead includes buttons along the 17 frets with 6 buttons per fret. Definitely worth the money as long as you put the time to learn Pro. The Overdrive kicks in nicely also when tilting the guitar. It's also lighter in weight than what I was expecting. This will definitely hold me over 'til the Squier gets released. One advantage the Mustang has is its ability to play all guitar songs from Pro to Basic. The Squier won't be able to play Basic guitar, only Pro! So if you have a ton of DLC that doesn't support Pro like me than this is a good investment me thinks. The length of the Mustang is similar to an actual guitar size (so it's taller than your RB2 fender when standing them upright). So yeah, only the body of the guitar has actual strings located in the strum area. The six-strings seem very durable when plucking away or strumming and the neck of the guitar is actually a full-sized fingerboard and as you learn notes and play chords the buttons accurately work! So I'm assuming that whatever you practice to learn Pro-wise in RB3 you should be able to transition fine with any fully 6-string guitar. At least that's the objective and idear!
Other things I'd like to pointout about the Mustang is that there isn't a whammy bar. So if yer lookin' to add twang to yer sheddin' or stretch out those overdrive notes for a bigger boost of overdrive, it won't happen! Looks like the Squier doesn't have a whammy bar either. Like most wireless RB instruments, the Mustang uses 3 AA batteries. There is a connector on the guitar for adding an overdrive jack so that you can deploy overdrive and so I tried the RB2 kick pedal to see if that would add a different option and it did not work. The overdrive jack may only work after new & more gear is released compatible with the guitar or Harmonix will release some patch to add more options when deploying overdrive. A feature the keyboard apparently has also. Also, if you play locally or online with friends and you only want to pick Pro songs and your other amigos add non-Pro guitar songs to your list, then you are stuck sitting there playing nothing when non-Pro songs show up. Since the Mustang handles both Basic and Pro guitar songs I wish there was a way it could tell you're using a Mustang and then it would switch between Basic and Pro automatically while playing random setlists, would be useful and more entertaining, maybe some patch would fix this, hopefully! And lastly, when scrolling through the menus and your music library of songs in the RB3 game you have to use the control pad and function buttons on the Mustang guitar. What I'm trying to say is there are no shortcuts when navigating through your music library. You can not use the frets or strum the strings to navigate like you can with other guitar controllers or hold the orange note down to bring up the shortcut or when you use kick pedal to press down and hold while using drums that opens a window menu when navigating around your music library which makes things much quicker and easier. It's a bit inconvenient but really makes you use the back button so you can sort through filters in the game, at least there is that! Either you sort out songs by using the back button going through the filters or manually use the control pad on the Mustang to find the songs you want by going through each song listed in your library by sort. The Mustang Pro-guitar has its Pros and Cons but I think the Pros outweigh the Cons. Again, Hope all this info was helpful. Overall, I am enjoying the Mustang Pro-guitar and I definitely recommend one since it's available now!
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Description of Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller for Xbox 360
The Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller is the perfect bridge between music gameplay and the thrill of playing a real guitar. Delivering a new experience to music gaming, the 17-fret touch-sensitive neck with six buttons per fret provides a total of 102 active finger positions and six low-latency strings for actual note strumming. The Rock Band 3 Wireless Mustang PRO-Guitar Controller is fully compatible with both standard and Pro modes. Empowering you to rock outside the realm of videogames, the MIDI output connector provides compatibility with MIDI software sequencers and hardware devices, while standard console-specific gaming controller buttons deliver seamless console integration. With an official Fender Mustang body, custom Guitar Strap, right- or left-handed gameplay, plus Overdrive Stomp Box support.Controllers Games
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