Guitar Performance For You! Full Of Satan? Then Don’t Click!
This “Guitar Performance” guitar looks all Malmsteen-y, and while it certainly looks suitable for unleashing the fury, who knows if it’s even capable of activating Star Power? It also looks like it probably comes with a pirated copy of Guitar Hero. Made in China, but then again so is Red Octane’s controller packaged with the real Guitar Hero.
Not in stock yet, but due to be this month. Buyer beware, and try not to wonder about why Red Octane aren’t themselves releasing different body styles. All they’ve ever had was a limited edition that was the same body with the classic Gibson Cherry color instead of black. Why? It is a mystery and— as Dio would amend— always a mystery, just like you and me.
Guitar Performance w/”Shredder” controller [Lik Sang, via Kotaku]
June 15th, 2006 at 7:53 am
“YOU HAVE UNLEASHED THE F&(KIN’ FURY!”
Great point though. Why hasn’t Red Octane contracted with various guitar makers to put out different body styles? They can’t cost that much to make.
June 15th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
Don’t they have an exclusive deal with Gibson? Of course, that still doesn’t explain why they haven’t released other Gibson models (like the ones in the game, for instance).
June 15th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
I saw these things in Kentia Hall last month. They looked capable of unleashing a dangerous electric current.
Red Octane has a licensing deal with Gibson where Gibson has to sign off on any hardware RO designs. I don’t have details, but that may be one reason they haven’t released any new GH controller models. The margins on the hardware itself aren’t great either. RO and Harmonix had no idea the game was going to be so successful.