Paul McCartney's Rock Band Höfner bass gets pictured, lacks genuineness
By Darren Murph 
posted May 12th 2009 11:22AM
posted May 12th 2009 11:22AM
posted May 12th 2009 11:22AM
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I still prefer the GH3 guitar to the RB guitar. It just doesn't register notes as well I find.
Likewise.....
I don't have that same feeling. I think people who are really used to GH guitars don't know when the notes are supposed to register without the metronome click.
playing GH right now... taking turns with a friend... and I agree. I finally played RB 2 days ago with a friend and I'm making him come over to play GH and see how much more accurate it is.
I feel the same way. I've played way more Rock Band, so it's not that I'm more used to the GH controller. The strum bar just feels spongy. I prefer the way RB plays, but GH has the better peripherals. Good thing they're mostly cross-compatible, no need to settle.
Lacks about everything yeah, dont people play country music with that?! not guitar hero or rock band
Banjo you mean?
You do realize that at least 90% of country music in the last 100 years is performed on a guitar? And, also, that thar pictured musical instrument is one of the most famous basses of all time?
LOL I play bluegrass and that is where a Banjo is actually played. Most country music you hear now consists of the same exact instruments used in rock (plus a fiddle). Chord progressions are now becoming increasingly similar between country and rock.
Bluegrass band might be harder than you think....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC_Wu55npi0
interesting to imagine...
(down ranked for unique taste in music in 3.....2....1)
something that would fit much better for a game...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0t9DIe0BWc (just freaking watch it.)
(Yeah I double posted. What of it?)
@ sacapuntas:
Nah man you hit the nail right on the head, country is the root of southern country, no worries there
i play a banjo and i cant imagine an instrument being more fun to play. but back to topic, that's a sweet bass and you cant expect harmonix to make it left handed just because.
Don't forget steel and steel pedal guitars! Those are a pretty uniquely southern instrument.
@C4-M↨ke
You DO realize that that is not a banjo, right? that's the classic Hofner (Viola) bass made famous by Paul McCartney. What's this about "dont people play country music with that?!" If there is any bass that should be made for a Beatles edition it would be "that thing".
South paws are an abomination of Nature....
Just kidding but Paul McCartney sucks big wang.
This from "SOOPERGOOMAN"? I'm sure you're an authority on sucking wang.
Fred, you have a cat with a pineapple brain.
so your argument is invalid.
He started off playing a right handed guitar upside down so I am afraid it may well be authentic.
No split strum bar?
Paul played with a pick so a split strum bar wouldnt be authentic.
Whammy bar on a bass? How's that legitimate?
My Warwick Streamer has a Kahler tremolo bridge, used all the time playing harmonic's. A really unique effect sir.
do people still play rockband? lol.
Yeah.
Jerk.
Do people still criticize other people's game playing habits? lol.
By this November Best Buy will be able to build entire STORES out of the musical game boxes:
Lego Rock Band
Rock Band Beatles
Guitar Hero Van Halen
Guitar Hero 5
Band Hero
Scratch the Ultimate DJ
DJ Hero
How long before this genre collapses under its own weight?
You do know that Paul McCartney played a right-handed hofner, right?
That's why he liked them -- 'cause they looked the same either way around.
Actually, he didn't. Look at the control knobs on any of his - all at the bottom (while playing). He played many of his guitars upside-down, but his basses (as a Beatle) were all left-handed.
+12 Blogging Points for the Jag-Stang joke, and being left-handed.
-12 for not noticing the absurdity of placing a whammy bar on a Hofner bass.
And I who thought it were suppose to be a left-handed bass...
As someone who used to own a real Hofner bass just like McCartney's ... This thing is quite a bit off.
For starters a Hofner is hollow (like a violin with clef holes), and that's pretty much the main point of the thing.
That being said, why is a story about a *toy* Hofner guitar being slightly different from a *real* Hofner guitar even like ... a story at all? WTF? You didn't expect Guitar Hero to hand out real guitars with the product did you?
Um, did the original Höfner have a whammy/tremolo bar? That thing is kinda ridiculous.
You forgot to mention that idiiotic whammy bar that has no place on a bass..............
I'm with the south-paw pride. Playing Rock Band at a friend's house, it's a pain to have to swap the strap all the time. Wish they'd make a dedicated lefty axe.
Do you realize that the music that gets people depressed the most is country music, and they commit suicide after hearing this music YUP, saw it in Manswers! Do your search
Why do you keep bringing up country music? This is a bass used by Paul McCartney of The Beatles, the most popular Rock and Roll band of all time, it has nothing to do with country music... some people are so stupid it defies logic.
I am also disappointed about this being RH, and it will keep me from buying the bundle. I'm still looking forward to the game, but I don't need any more RH guitars, especially if they are based on the world's most famous (and iconic) LH bass!
You sir are ignorant. Ill bet anything this thing plays better left handed than any of the other GH/RB axe's.
I pretty much knew it'd be right handed.....I mean most of the world is right handed.
they could make a lefty hofner if they'd like
and though it doesn't look much like a real hofner, I mean what'd you expect? real wood accents? for a game peripheral it looks pretty good!
i will buy the game and i'll get a richen backer, i play drums and would love the ringo set but 250 is too rich for my blood. and i have an RB 1 drum set.
i love the beatles so much! this will finally make rockband fun again
p.s. does anybody know if you can have two guitars and bass and drums? like the real beatles or just a three instruments and vocals?
it'd be awesome if you could get a mic stand and play a full four piece!
My guess is no, you can't play 2 guitars and a bass. But that's just a guess.
The $250 Special Edition actually comes with a mic stand, and if you really want one, go to your local music store. they're only like, 10-15 bucks. Rumor has it you'll be able to sing harmonies with up to 3 mics, but I dunno...
As much as I understand the market, and how they need to make such changes. It just would be nice to get an actual lefty guitar on the market. I would buy a new set if this was left handed. I am so sick of flipping the guitar peripheral upside down. The whammy bar just gets in the way, and it just does not feel right.
to clarify, they said country was the music MOST LIKELY to make you depressed or suicidal. It's not like every single person who has ever listened to a country song commits suicide. Hell, I like The Gambler, and...erm...no, that's it.
...that was supposed to be a reply to 4-M↨ke...
All y'all r jus playn wit toyz...why don't you spend your time learning a real instrument so you can join a real band???