Guitar Hero controller mod integrates a 7-inch touchscreen LCD

As go the real guitars, so go Guitar Hero controllers, and hot on the heels of that axe with integrated visualizer we just saw, Cyberpyrot over at the AcidMods forums has managed to stuff a seven-inch LCD with touchpanel overlay into a GHIII controller. The LCD shows a mirror of the game itself, but its location means that the strummer had to be replaced with a magnetic switch controlled by a metal "pick." The touch overlay allows players to activate the whammy simply by sweeping across the screen, and Cyberpyrot says the next step is to add optics so the guitar can play itself. That ought to add some fuel to the real-guitar-vs-Guitar-Hero debate, we think. Check a vid of the guitar in action after the jump.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2007 4:36PM]

Man I should really proof read my posts LOL

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2007 4:42PM]

Well I look forward to seeing that.

Sorry, I just enjoy a good arguement and I failed to see the necessity of putting another lcd into something. Atleast you're taking it somewhere.

But this will for all intensive purposes make you a cheater at Guitar Hero.

Albeit a crafty one.

[Benson Posted Dec 4th 2007 10:51AM]

@Frank
I think you mean "for all intents and purposes"?

I don't know of any purposes depending on total mass, anyway. (Thermo joke)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2007 4:54PM]

LOL I agree on the cheater part but I don't do it for the achievments (just look at my 360 gamer score like 2,000) I just wanted to see if it could be done:)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 4th 2007 9:29AM]

how did this end up on engadget ? Oh well guess its right up there next to the ps3 replicas..

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 4:04PM]

There's so much flaming and hatred flying around here, it's ridiculous. I would think that most of you would be open-minded enough to see it and say, "Huh.. Not very functional, but very neat that they were able to pull it off." Instead of bashing it. I'm not a modder, I wouldn't use this guitar, but I think it's really cool that they could do this. This isn't LOLZ LOOKS ATS MYZ MODDOODDZ CHIPS. This is genuine skill and knowledge of how these devices function, and I admire that.
So, for the benefit of the internet, shut the fuck up and stop fucking trolling. Seriously.

Especially those of you that ignore a point being made because a guy doesn't know how to spell well. Big deal. I'm a grammar nazi, too. I'll admit that I cringed when I read his post, but his point was serious, and I was able to understand it. Get the stick out of your ass, your nose out of the air, and treat people like human fucking beings.