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The official Xbox 360 Rock Band Wireless Fender Wooden Stratocaster Replica is a work of art as much as it is a gaming tribute. It's every-bit as beautiful as the real thing. It is the REAL thing sans strings replaced by buttons and a strum bar. Every positive thing you'll read in these user reviews is true. Unfortunately, it does have some defects. While I haven't had any issue with buttons jamming or the start and back knobs getting in the way of the whammy bar, the whammy bar itself is just too damn loose a particular problem with "real" stratocasters. Gravity will always pull the whammy bar down and out of reach unless it's cradled under your hand while strumming. Obviously, this isn't a deal-breaker, but it makes using the unattended whammy bar nearly impossible on hard and expert because you have take your hand away from the strummer to grab it. If it weren't for this glaring flaw, I'd have given this five stars easily.

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Guitar is well constructed and will last, unlike the plastic ones. I have owned 2 of these for over a year now and the strummer and buttons work like they did when I bought them. These are basically a Fender guitar modified to be a gaming guitar and everything about it is heavy duty and built to last. I noticed immediately that I played better as these guitar controllers are more precise. The are bigger and heavier, like real guitars, so that took a little getting used to and can be tough on younger children.

If you are left handed you may want to consider that you will have to do some modifications on your own for the strap placement. Although knowing what I know now, I would still purchase this guitar and modify its strap if I was left handed.

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Besides the awesome look, this thing really performs. It is the first time I've had a guitar (controller) that really works for both up and down strokes. The buttons are seamless and the smoothest I've ever played. This really stepped my game up to the next level. The only note that I'd make is the length. It is about 6-8" longer than a standard controller, so it took a little bit to get used to, but very worth it. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to really step up their game-play.

Background; I play a lot and tend to wear out controllers. I have a full Ion drum set as well, so this was just a logical next step anyway. I'm an Expert/Hard player and in the 3% range on the leaderboard for both guitar and pro drums.

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This is simply a fantastic guitar controller. It's a full sized wooden body guitar so it is big and heavy, but the fret buttons are great and tilt mechanism is flawless. Highly recommended for the serious RockBand player.

BIG NOTE: the strum-bar on this guitar is super-clicky, so if you love the RB2 and hate GH guitars, think twice. I hate the click but still love the guitar and am trying to figure out a way to mod the strumbar.

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I purchased this on sale at Amazon for about $100. At that price this was well worth it. I don't really play Rockband nearly as much as I did when the game was released. Back story: In a relatively short period of time I went through 3 of the original guitars. The first (the original RB wired version) died of strum bar failure although I was able to open it up and jury rig a fix. The second (the wireless RB version) failed on overdrive activation (but otherwise was functional), the third (the wireless from the RB2 bundle) doesn't register the yellow fret unless pressed very directly (pressure must be straight down on the key hard if you have small hands). I pretty much gave up on the game because of the quality of guitar peripherals (I remain somewhat miffed that at the low durability of such expensive add ons). Oh, that tiny little spring for the whammy bars also broke on the first two (although winding a rubberband around the outside of the bar to the bottom guitar strap peg fixes that problem)

So, I purchased this version on a whim and since my friends still like to break out the game every now and then. I can say the feel is excellant the extra weight feels good once you get used to it. More to the point the strum bar (although it is clicky) is very solid and seems like it will hold up over time (there is very little play in it and the return action is good so strummer can use this without getting the double strums that happen when the bar is too loose).

So, I would say if you intend to play a lot you might actually save some money (and certainly some frustration) by buying something like this. However, I would also say that at the normal price I would consider this too expensive personally.