Jan

Still Looking For A Frets On Fire Guitar

Written by Neil Galloway

Well, I am still looking for a guitar for Frets on Fire. For anyone that knows me, I have to get something for a deal and I have had a hard time finding a deal for a Frets On Fire guitar.

I was able to get Frets On Fire working over a week ago. It is a free version of Guitar Hero that lets you play all the regular songs from the game plus more. It is a cool little software program that is a bit buggy.

Anyhow, I have been trying to get a guitar controller for it. I have read a number of articles and because Frets On Fire will let you map the actions to any controller, you are able to use any of the guitar controllers from the console to play it. In addition, there are people who have built their own guitars from scratch or used children's toy guitars and rewired them.

eBay

I have been hunting for guitars on eBay and it seems that these items are still a bit too hot to find a good deal. The cheapest guitar controller I can find is a PS2 wireless guitar, which comes to around $50 including shipping to get it to Canada. For the Playstation controllers, I would still need a $10 Playstation to USB converter. This brings my cost in at $60.

My base price to work with is $60, which is the cost for a brand new wireless X-Box guitar at Best Buy. The wireless PS2 guitar is just over $70 at Best Buy as well. I was hoping to shoot for $40 and under, but it does not look like it will happen.

Toy Guitar

I was in Wal-mart on the weekend in Edmonton and there were two guitars that looked like they would work. The one was a Hannah Montana guitar. It was $30 however and I was expecting the $9.99 special before I started ripping it apart to make my own.

The other guitar was $20 and looked decent except that there was no pick button. It said it had a motion sensor that could detect a strumming action. This worried me a bit as to how accurate or reliable this would be on the harder Frets on Fire songs.

What's Next

I am going to bide my time for a bit. I will keep an eye on the eBay auctions and try to sneak in on an auction with no one or very few people bidding.

Shipping is also the killer so I will look for local auctions and the Buy 'n' Sell for anyone getting rid of there copy of Guitar Hero. Unfortunately, it is such a hot item that people are selling it for more than retail right now.

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Category: Computers

Original Post: Monday, January 21st, 2008

3 Comments

Ash Christopher Says:
2008-01-24 09:09:49
It may not be what you want, and might be more than you were wanting to spend, but you can get Guitar Hero 3 for the PC, with the game and the authentic guitar (USB). It was $89 before christmas; might be a bit cheaper now.. and you get the game... plus you get a REAL Guitar Hero guitar.

Neil Galloway Says:
2008-01-24 09:36:14
Yeah, I have checked that out. It is tempting as well. Part of me is always on the bargain hunt so that is why I was waiting. I like to get stuff for half off, but it is not working. I found a guitar I would quite like and I'm going to go as high as $60 for it on eBay (it is called the Kramer) and then I will probably just get GH3 for PC.

Ace Says:
2008-05-02 20:04:06
alo could u tel me hw 2 rewire a kids guitar? im nt 1 4 bloning up m PSU.