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Hands-off with Guitar Wizard, the real guitar Guitar Hero

by Christopher Grant posted Jan 7th 2008 at 2:56AM

All you grumps unable to appreciate the pleasures provided by plastic instruments coupled to a gaming console were undoubtedly thrilled when we told you about the Guitar Wizard (because Heroes are zeros, right?). We stopped by at CES and, while they weren't going to let us shred on their setup (which is a good thing, unless their faces were meltproof), we did snag some pics and video along with some more details on the product. It's shipping sometime in August or this Fall for about $150 for the MIDI controller and software package, or $300 for the whole package which includes a real Washburn guitar.

Gallery: Hands-off with Guitar Wizard, the real guitar Guitar Hero

Video: Guitar Wizard -- it's like Guitar Hero, but useful

by Darren Murph posted Jan 7th 2008 at 12:38AM

Ever wish you could actually learn real guitar skills when spending hours upon hours on Guitar Hero? Yeah? Click on through to check out Guitar Wizard, and if you're curious as to what it's all about, check out our previous post on it here.

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Guitar Wizard: Guitar Hero with a real guitar

by Nilay Patel posted Jan 3rd 2008 at 8:09PM

Nothing ruins a Guitar Hero or Rock Band party faster than that one guy who's constantly asking why everyone doesn't just learn to play a real instrument, but a company called Music Wizard Group is getting ready to change that with a new teaching tool called Guitar Wizard. The package comes with a real Washburn guitar, MIDI pickup and the Guitar Wizard software -- which is the same app used in Mattel's popular I Can Play Guitar toy -- and the company claims players will be rocking out and reading music in just minutes. Of course, since we've been shredding since we were just small change, we'll let the haters get their fret buzz on while we keep jamming with our modded Strat Guitar Hero controllers.

Update: Sorry about that https link -- it's fixed now.