It will have the same guitar controller with one different Guitar Hero World Tour will be the first game in Guitar Hero Franchise to feature drums and microphone for the percussion and vocal parts you know basically like Rock Band, in my part Guitar Hero World Tour will be better than Rock Band.

The game will allow users to create new songs, including drums, rhythm guitar, lead guitar and bass guitar, although the studio mode will not allow players to record vocals, officially due to copyright and storage limitations, among other undisclosed reasons also players will have the opportunity  to upload and share their songs as well as download others' songs through a service known as GHTunes.

I think the one of the coolest part about this game are the drums, Im a drummer my self and I can not wait for this game to come out, but I let you see a video where they explain how the drums came alive in Guitar Hero World Tour

Players will be able to use  "create a rocker" mode just like "create a skater" mode in Tony Hawk and they are going to be able to change the way they stand or balance, their clothing, tattoos, makeup and their age. Also players are going to be able to customize their guitars, drums and microphone.

Its said that there will be over 85 songs this is a list of their first 45 of them they have been confirmed to be in the game as of August 19, 2008.

1. About a Girl - Nirvana
2. Aggro - The Enemy
3. American Woman - The Guess Who
4. Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
5. Beat It - Michael Jackson
6. Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
7. B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down
8. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
9. Dammit - Blink-182
10. Everlong - Foo Fighters
11. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
12. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
13. Float On - Modest Mouse
14. Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger
15. Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
16. Hotel California - The Eagles
17. In the End - Linkin Park
18. The Joker - Steve Miller Band
19. Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
20. Light My Fire - The Doors
21. Livin’ on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
22. Love Me Two Times - The Doors
23. Low (Travis Barker Remix) - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
24. Misery Business - Paramore
25. Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne
26. Never Too Late - The Answer
27. No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
28. Nuvole e Lenzuola - Negramaro
29. Obstacle 1 - Interpol
30. One Armed Scissor - At the Drive-In
31. Overkill - Motorhead
32. Purple Haze (Live) - Jimi Hendrix
33. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
34. Rooftops - Lostprophets
35. Santeria - Sublime
36. Shiver - Coldplay
37. Some Might Say - Oasis
38. Spiderwebs - No Doubt
39. Stillborn - Black Label Society
40. Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast - Airbourne
41. Trapped Under Ice - Metallica
42. Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
43. Weapon of Choice - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
44. What I’ve Done - Linkin Park
45. The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix

All that we have to do is wait for this baby to come out, I will informe you more about this so don't stop visiting the blog. Cheers!

I'm happy to see some offical pictures of all the new Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Konami's Rock Revolution peripherals (well Konami only showed the drums kit, and it looked a little strange).  The nice thing is that Konami stated that both RB and Gh's guitar will be compatible with their game.  I'm getting pretty psyched that these will start launching next month, and I'll have a whole new bey of songs to play and download.

Ion is introducing there own uber drum kit for the Rock Band series which just looks crazy mad.  By itself, it'll be $300, metal, and ships with 4 drum pads, 2 cymbals and kick peddle.  For even another $50 you can buy yet a 3rd cymbal!

Harmonix's new Stratocaster looks pretty sweet, and they promise it will be much more sturdy than the original, meaning overdrive sensor and strum bar, plus it's wireless.  A fine addition to my colllection.  However, RedOctane's new axe for World Tour may be the one to get.  Also wireless, it has an additional touch sensitive neck for hand sliding and an oversized 'star power' button (thank God!) so you won't have to tilt your guitar to achieve star power.

I played RB last night for a bit and tried multiplayer online play.  I experimented with both 'Tug of War' and 'Score Duel' modes and had my as handed to me all four times, but it was fun.  I have to get out of the competitve mindset and just enjoy it playing a song with someone else.  The problem for me is that Tug of War is very unforgiving...miss one note and it's very difficult to recover against the other player.  This resulted in a True Skill point value of '1' for me, even though on medium I was pulling perfect solos and completing like 97-98% of the song.  Seems a bit harsh to ever recover and be motivated to continue playing...you find yourself praying the other guy misses one note as well just to give you a chance.

I may need to buy a new HD soon with all the songs coming down the pipeling.  My 20GB drive is already 75% full lest I remove some other games and demo's.

On the horizon for me: Force Unleashed, Rise of the Argonauts, GH WT, RB 2, Too Human, Fracture, GoW2, Lego Batman, CoD 5, Clone Wars (Wii) and a few others.  Man, I don't even have time now....or money.

Speaking of money....I was so planning on buying a new PC today.  A new Dell XPS system to replace my 5year +, but then my wife told me yesterday she is behind on bills.  Dammit.  Well, there that goes for now.  I was eyeing a 2.4 GHz system with 3GB memory, plenty of L2 cache, and a 20" widescreen monitor for my WoW and CoH habits.  Looks like that's put on hold....yet again.  ::Grumble::

Been getting back into my PSP again too...playing Metal Gear Solid Ac!D and enjoying it.  My coworker was showing me his new God of War PSP slim and gameplay and it looks pretty sweet as well.

Wii: Okay, so my store didn't get the Wii Fit today, but I also have an alert from Amazon.com sent to my phone.  If any Fit's become available, they send you a TXT message to whcih you simply reply 'Buy', and they send one to you based on your Amazon account.  Well imagine my surprise when I got my alert today (WooHoo!!) at 10:17am saying they are available.  I reply at 10:20am with my text.  At 10:22am I receive a reply back saying they are now 'unavailble'!!!  DOH!!  WTF?  So between the time I received the alert and I responded (3 minutes!) they were already sold out again.  What....did they only get 2 in stock?

Ah well, there's always next week.

Ontem a RedOctane e a Harmonix brincaram de anunciar as setlists de Rock Band 2 e GH: World Tour na E3. Quem viu a conferência, disse que a produtora de Rock Band 2 realmente se saiu melhor, além do game contar com nada mais, nada menos que... que... uma música do Guns´n´Roses do album CHINESE DEMOCRACY!

 Abaixo você confere a set list do game com comentários breves, coesos, coerentes e sapientes deste magrelo que vos escreve.

Década
Artista - música

1960
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
The Who - Pinball Wizard

Comentário:  Sinceramente, eu esperava que houvessem mais músicas da década de 60 no game. Como não conheço Norman Greenbaum, limitarei a comentar a música de The Who, banda que gosto bastante.
O negócio é o seguinte: Outras músicas poderiam estar no lugar de "Pinball Wizard" sem nenhum problema. Canções como "My Generation", "Substitute" ou "I can see for miles", simplesmente poderiam substituir a canção oficial do game, já que "Pinball Wizard" mais parece música de roda cigana...

 1970
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock   
Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man   
Bad Company - Shooting Star   
Blondie - One Way or Another   
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue   
Cheap Trick -  Hello There   
Elvis Costello -  Pump It Up   
Fleetwood Mac -  Go Your Own Way   
Jethro Tull - Aqualung   
Journey - Anyway You Want It   
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son   
Rush - The Trees   
Squeeze -  Cool for Cats   
Steely Dan - Bodhitsattva   
Steve Miller Band -  Rock'n Me  
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer   
The Guess Who -  American Woman

Comentário: É engraçado. Engraçado porque a década de 70 tinha tudo para ser a melhor parte do setlist do game e no entanto não é. O problema principal dos caras que escolhem as músicas do setlist de Rock Band (e de Guitar Hero também) é que eles sempre escolhem as músicas menos conhecidas das bandas, deixando pessoas que não são tão ligadas em suas carreiras a ver navios.
Querem um exemplo? AC/DC - "Let there be rock". É claro que eu (como bom rockeiro que sou) conheço quase toda a trajetória do AC/DC, mas todo mundo estava esperando "Higway to hell", "Back in Black" ou "Shook me all night long". Ficamos a ver navios.
Pelo menos, temos Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Blondie e Rush (com uma musica muito chumbica... diga-se de passagem). FleetwoodMac aparece com a música mais mela-cueca desde a invenção de Bruno e Marrone.
Além disso, faltaram bandas como Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk, David Bowie e outras.
Não gostei muito.

1980
Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt. I  
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer  
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
Duran Duran -  Hungry Like the Wolf  
Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song  
Joan Jett -  Bad Reputation  
Megadeth - Peace Sells  
Metallica - Battery  
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Ratt - Round & Round  
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot  
The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat  
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger  
The Grateful Dead -  Alabama Getaway  
The Replacements -  Alex Chilton  

Comentário: Depois da decepção do Setlist da década de 70, os anos 80 vem para mostrar como é um verdadeiro show de rock. Headbangers de plantão agradecem pela inclusão de Megadeth, Metallica e Motörhead. Já os posers dizem "obrigado" por Bon Jovi (eu também agradeço) e Survivor, embora todos ainda estejam achando que faltam músicas do Mötley Crue, Warrant e Skid Row. O mais engraçado é ver, que as músicas do Devo, do Sonic Youth e do Ratt aparecem para mostrar que os alternativos também tinham vez nos anos 80. Talvez tenha faltado alguma música do The Cure, que eu sempre peço à Deus desde o primeiro GuitarHero e que deveria ter entrado em GH Encore: Rock the 80´s.
Enfim, uma ótima lista.

1990
Alanis Morissette -  You Oughta Know  
Alice in Chains -  Man in the Box  
Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want  
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl  
Dinosaur Jr. -  Feel the Pain  
Foo Fighters - Everlong  
Judas Priest - Painkiller  
L7 - Pretend We're Dead  
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy  
Lush - De-Luxe  
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where'd You Go  
Nirvana - Drain You  
Pearl Jam - Alive  
Presidents of the USA - Lump  
Rage Against the Machine -  Testify  
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away  
Testament - Souls of Black
The Muffs - Kids in America  
The Offspring - Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)
Soundgarden - Spoonman

Comentário: E o Grunge dominou em 1990! Junte os amigos e dê moshs do sofá enquanto grita: "Oh IIIIIIIII! Oh I still alive!" como se fosse o Eddie Vedder. L7, Nirvana e Alice in Chains detonam o set list dos anos 90. Finalmente acertaram a mão e colocaram uma música famosa dos Chilli Peppers, fazendo com que até a sua irmã mais velha cante junto. Além disso, Offspring, Foo Fighters, Presidents of the USA e Lit dão o toque final (mas essa última poderia ser outra música, "Four").
Faltaram bandas como Stone Temple Pilots, Blink 182, Green Day, Bush e Faith no More, mas quem sabe, dê para baixar mais pra frente.
Pra mim, o melhor setlist do jogo.

2000
AFI - Girl's Gone Grey   
Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy   
Beck -  E-Pro   
Disturbed - Down with the Sickness   
Dream Theater - Panic Attack   
Guns N' Roses - Shackler's Revenge  
Interpol - PDA  
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle  
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth   
Linkin Park - One Step Closer   
Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen  
Modest Mouse - Float On   
Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon   
Paramore - That's What You Get   
Rise Against - Give it All   
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye   
System of a Down - Chop Suey   
Tenacious D - Master Exploder   
The Donnas - New Kid in School   

Artistas bonus: década  2000
Abnormality - Visions   
Anarchy Club - Get Clean   
Bang Camaro - Night Lies   
Breaking Wheel - Shoulder to the Plow   
The Libyans - Neighborhood   
The Main Drag - A Jagged Gorgeous Winter   
Speck - Conventional Lover
The Sterns - Supreme Girl   
That Handsome Devil - Rob the Prez-O-Dent

Comentário: A década de 2000 baseia-se no setlist mais misturado do jogo, o que não é muito bom. O Emocore do Jimmy Eat World e do AFI poderiam ter dado lugar ao Fall Out Boy, que é muito melhor (Cuidado com o que falam por aí: Panic at the disco não é uma banda Emo, por mais incrível que possa parecer).
Faltaram boas bandas. Principalmente o New Metal do início dos anos 2000. Faltou Korn, Limp Bizkit, Incubus (esse então, fez uma falta da bexiga...), Papa Roach e outros.
A maior supresa de todas é que o game vai praticamente revelar uma canção nova do Guns´n´Roses, do seu prometido album de mais de 10 anos, Chinese Democracy. Axl Rose ainda existe? Guns´n´roses ainda existe? Qual será a cara de Guns´n´Roses sem Slah e compania? Isso é o que vamos ver.
Os indies brincam de tocar Interpol (que é uma banda mais ou menos) e os virtuosos se matarão tentando tocar Dream Theater. Eu também...
Já as bandas bônus, só comento duas coisas:
1. Anarchy Club mereceu figurar entre as bandas do game.
2. Onde está The Distillers?

Before Harmonix and MTV delivered the music juggernaut that we all know as Rock Band, I was frankly mystified by the success of Activision and RedOctane's Guitar Hero franchise - I played a little here and there, and while fun, it astounded me as to how fast the popularity of the game has grown. It is ironic then, that the first game to truly captivate me enough to finally go on and purchase a Nintendo DS is Activision and Vicarious Visions' offering of Guitar Hero : On Tour.

Countless other iterations of the franchise aside (see: GH Aerosmith), the thing that made On Tour stand out from the rest of its brethren is the inclusion of the Guitar Grip - a peripheral that plugs into the GB/GBA slot on the DS lite (also included is an adapter for those that have the original DS). Manufacturer RedOctane has successfully managed to capture the tactile feel of the game on a considerably smaller scale, and for that they should be applauded. Depending on whether you're left or right handed, one hand will be strapped to the Grip while the other is strumming along to the touch screen - preferably using the included guitar pick stylus. At first, it felt slightly jarring, and even uncomfortable, to play with the Grip; but once you get going and find a suitable position to play in, you'll see that the spirit of Guitar Hero has been kept pretty much intact.

Series veterans may be a bit miffed at the inclusion of only 4 buttons - compared to the 5 on the console releases - but believe me, you'll find plenty of challenge here. Whether it's trying to navigate your pinky to hit the blue notes fast enough or finding a comfortable position to play the game at long sets at a time, it takes some serious practice if want to hang with the big boys on Expert. I'm frankly frightened how those with much larger hands than mine will even manage to play the game...

While On Tour offers your standard fare of game modes - Quickplay, Career, Practice, Tutorial - the new mode, Guitar Duel, is served up a little bit different. In a tug-of-war style battle with either the computer or another player via Multi-Card Play, Guitar Duel is focused on causing the most havoc to your opponent as much as possible. This is done through the use of power-ups that can be obtained through "Battle Gems", which replace the usual Star Gem note sequences that are used to gain star power, with up to 3 that can be stored at a time. These power-ups range from the practical to the hilarious: cut guitar strings; t-shirt autographs; pyrotechnics that must be blown off through the DS microphone; and even a screen flip icon that can cause unwanted confusion during the heat of battle. Other multiplayer modes are the usual co-op and face-off options, but Guitar Duel is the one that'll keep you playing with your friends.

Now the dealbreaker for any GH game is the track list, and this is one of On Tour's greatest strengths and yet its most detracting weakness. Many may turn their nose at the inclusion of Smash Mouth, Daughtry, or Maroon 5, but rest assured, their is much more variety than what you may expect; further songs to be unlocked include Santana, Osbourne, and Twisted Sister. Personally I don't have any real dislike to the songs included, but as always, musical taste is largely subjective so it is up to you if the track list will be worth your while. The reason these songs are a weakness, however, is its disappointingly short number of songs that you'll find - 25 in all. While I don't have any significant insight to whether this was due to technical limitations or simply holding back for future releases on the DS, it is a rather questionable decision on the developers part to include such a short list.

If you're still wondering whether Guitar Hero: On Tour is right for you, then consider this: if you liked/loved the franchise before, then you'll have no problem embracing its portable cousin - now, you can rock out to Guitar Hero wherever and whenever you want. If you could care less about the series, then On Tour won't do much to dissuade you. However, if you are as interested as I was to see how the successful console franchise was translated to the Nintendo DS, don't hesitate to at least try it out - it certainly is remarkable how much of what makes GH successful is contained in this portable package.

But the online gaming experience doesn't end there; World Tour will also have downloadable content which is one of the major flaws in Harmonix's cash in. Unlike the PS3 and 360 games, the Rock Band Wii port doesn't allow players to go online or download anything new. World Tour, however, is going to utilize this function quite thoroughly though there's no word as what songs we'll be able to down load at this point.

But to top this all off, you'll also be able to fully customize your in-game experience. You'll have the option to create your own characters, design their guitars, album covers, band logos, and write your own songs. Oh yes, artists can now bring themselves fame and fortune on Guitar Hero by writing their favorite songs and spreading them across the globe.

Activision is really bringing the heat to EA with this title. They're aiming for the top spot of the music gaming food chain and they're going for Harmonix's jugular. With new instruments, new downloadable content, new create your own song feature, and eight player online capabilities, World Tour is seriously going to give Rock Band a run for its money. One thing I'm wondering is if Guitar Hero 3's Wii guitar will be compatable with this game, I don't see why not.

"Additionally, the game will offer significantly more localized downloadable music than ever before on all of the next-generation consoles. Budding rock stars will also be given creative license to fully customize everything from their characters' appearance and instruments to their band's logo and album covers...

The game's innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch, utilizing all of the instruments, and then play their compositions in the game. Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes(TM) where other gamers can download their unique compositions and play them..."

To read the rest of this press release, check out Destructoid.com.

Source: Destructoid.com

But the online gaming experience doesn't end there; World Tour will also have downloadable content which is one of the major flaws in Harmonix's cash in. Unlike the PS3 and 360 games, the Rock Band Wii port doesn't allow players to go online or download anything new. World Tour, however, is going to utilize this function quite thoroughly though there's no word as what songs we'll be able to down load at this point.

But to top this all off, you'll also be able to fully customize your in-game experience. You'll have the option to create your own characters, design their guitars, album covers, band logos, and write your own songs. Oh yes, artists can now bring themselves fame and fortune on Guitar Hero by writing their favorite songs and spreading them across the globe.

Activision is really bringing the heat to EA with this title. They're aiming for the top spot of the music gaming food chain and they're going for Harmonix's jugular. With new instruments, new downloadable content, new create your own song feature, and eight player online capabilities, World Tour is seriously going to give Rock Band a run for its money. One thing I'm wondering is if Guitar Hero 3's Wii guitar will be compatable with this game, I don't see why not.

"Additionally, the game will offer significantly more localized downloadable music than ever before on all of the next-generation consoles. Budding rock stars will also be given creative license to fully customize everything from their characters' appearance and instruments to their band's logo and album covers...

The game's innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch, utilizing all of the instruments, and then play their compositions in the game. Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes(TM) where other gamers can download their unique compositions and play them..."

To read the rest of this press release, check out Destructoid.com.

Source: Destructoid.com

Anyway, a load of Guitar Hero IV details are being reported in next month's Game Informer (you know, that terrible GameStop magazine.) First, as I said earlier, they are adding drums and vocals to the game. So you crooners can sound just like Bruce Dickinson, and you're buddy can be Nicko McBrain. Or you can just play Rock Band instead?

Another addition is song creation. The game allows for the player to create their own song, minus the vocals (copyright issues anyone?) and upload them online. You can even upload album art, and others can download them. The question that pops up in my mind is: How to weed out the crap? So we're not too sure on the QA. Rather than just blatantly copy Rock Band, Activision promises to surprise us.

"We've put a lot of additional development resources, a lot of additional music licenses resources, a lot of additional hardware supplier resources against the title to fuel growth over next year,"

"We're excited by the increased musical content and innovation we're bringing. We do expect a leap forward in innovation with our holiday launch, and we're about two weeks away from providing very specific details on that." ~~Mike Griffiths, Activision's publishing president.

Gee, I wonder what it is? Maybe, this version will come with groupies?

We can only hope.

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[Via Joystiq]

and the price models:
Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® (Game only for PS2) - $49.99
Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® (Game only for PS3) - $59.99
Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® (Game only for Wii) - $49.99
Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® (Game only for Xbox 360) - $59.99

The official track list has yet to be released; however, the release of "Dream On" as a free download on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store suggests that it will be included. Guitarist Joe Perry has stated that the game will include "30 or 40" songs."  The game will also include tracks from bands that Aerosmith has either played with or that have been a source of inspiration to their music.

Just don't hold your breath hoping for the Halo 3 Mjolnir Mix track to show up for the PS3, okay? Enjoy!

• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Official website

While some may gripe that it was first rumored to be a downloadable track for Guitar Hero II, the fact remains that it was never officially promised by Microsoft, Bungie or Activision, so it's not like GHII owners are missing out on something that they were told they'd be getting by anyone other than the internet water cooler.

While the news about the Halo 3 track is good, the second part of the announcement is even better... it's a free download. If you've got the 360 version of GHIII, you've got no excuse to head over to the Xbox Live Marketplace and add this one to your hard drive. Get to it!

• Guitar Hero III - Official website
• Guitar Hero III: Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix (Free) - Major Nelson

It's just funny watching guys play on what looks essentially like a toddler's Fisher Price guitar. 

I understand that this fellow is quite phenomenal at this video game, though. 

Although, in the time it took to master fingerstyling this song, he could probably have earned an advanced degree or painted that room or something.  LOL  Just kidding!  We ALL have our timekillers; mine just happens to be blogging.

I would still rather watch kids play DDR.  It's just nice to see them all having good, clean fun, isn't it?

The reported problem with the guitars, aside from having the worst back button in the history of the franchise, is that the whammy bar is partially or totally unresponsive, the yellow fret button sticks, the "tilt" function for Star Power works, but only sporadically and that some form of issue with the strummer exists, be it that it's too loose, too tight, doesn't work, etc. (For those wondering about my comment regarding the back button, that's the button used to activate Star Power if you don't feel like tilting the guitar - and it's miniscule and recessed on the X-plorer)

According to Kotaku, one of their readers got the following response to his queries regarding some of the issues he was having with his controller;

"We have isolated this issue to two model numbers that can be found on the guitar's packaging. The numbers are 95065 and 95055. We are asking that customers who puchased their items from a retailer perform an exchange with that respective store (for a model number other than the defective two listed above). Customer's who purchased through our online story can complete an rma request for their defective item and we will exchange it for a fully function guitar controller. We do apologize for the inconvenience and will [resolve] these matters." - Quote from RedOctane customer support as per the Kotaku article

Since my guitar is a 95055 and it most certainly has lag issues with the whammy-bar, I started to look to see if there was any official word regarding that comment. In searching through RedOctane's site and the official Guitar Hero forums, I couldn't find anything other than links back to the Kotaku article or other sites that had picked up on that quote. There was no official comment from RedOctane to be found.

Here is what I did find in my search for answers;

1. It appears that there are only two models of guitar - the 95055 and 95065. The few sites that stated the box they had said "95067" advised that the guitar inside was labeled as a 95065.
2. I Called my local Gamestop (where I bought the game) and they advised they haven't heard anything about the issues with the guitars or any kind of a recall / return request.

Given the horror stories about some of the guitars and the fact that mine, while off, isn't badly off, I'm really inclined to hold onto it for a few more days until someone knows something concrete as I'd hate to bring it back and get one that's even worse. (Especially since the only guitars out there are apparently the problematic 95055 and 95065 models)

So, is RedOctane really asking people to return their guitars? I don't know. I know I'll be holding onto mine at least until next week in hopes that someone makes an official, on the record, statement about this whole mess.

• Red Octane Responds To Defective 360 Guitars- Kotaku
• Red Octane says two Xbox guitar models "defective" - Joystiq
• Official Guitar Hero forums - Guitarherogame.com