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I was so thrilled to get this. I play bass and being a girly girl, I loved the color. The size was also preferable to the small little dinky guitar. First of all, the dial instead of the whammy bar.. I tried it. I could almost pull it off.. but in the end, I just quit using it. For that reason alone, I'd avoid buying it again. There was also a thumb rest for using the strum bar. It got in the way horribly, however... especially if I tried to go for the whammy knob. I ended up taking it off. Next thing about it was that I had a major problem with it just stopping working during songs.. just randomly. Maybe it was losing the link for a second or something.. but it would just quit randomly. I could change position and it would fix itself. Sometimes though.. it needed resyncing. I took very good care of this. It was an all adult house. In fact, everyone that came over to play knew it was my guitar and left it alone. One day, however, it just quit. It wouldn't turn on. Nothing. I took it apart (I'm A+ certified and work on computers.) There wasn't any sign of physical damage or burnt anything on any of the circuits that I could find. The only thing I did find is that the wiring was extremely cheap and thin and it was put together in such a way that one of the internal wires was being smashed by another piece, but this was done during manufacturing and I can confirm that because they put a special glue all over everything to keep any cords/parts from moving and all that was still in place. So if that wasn't the cause, then I don't know why but it just simply quit working.

I'm sad to say it.. but I will not be purchasing another until they put the whammy bar back and fix the cheap wiring.

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Fret buttons are nice and responsive, very light touch that makes hammer-on and pull-offs easier.

Split strum bar is nice, a little stiff but feels to be good quality.

Slight issue with the effects switch randomly activating causing notes to be missed though (could just be mine).

Long neck is nicer for people with normal sized arms but takes a little more time to get to the solo buttons mid song.

"Tuning pegs" at the head are a little thin and made of cheap plastic but add a nice touch of authenticity. However they will probably be broken in a few months from an accidental hit or strap popping off.

Can't wait to try it with the mad catz stomp box to activate the star power.

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Playing Rock Band with my very own pink bass has made it that much more fun for me. It is my own personal instrument and creates more of a personal investment in the game!

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recieved in good condition, but will not power on ps button. dongle appears to work o.k. even tried the sync button on the guitar several times. still not working. yes i tested batteries with multimeter and installed them on another guitar which works.

disappointed with this one!!!!!

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I didn't realize when I ordered this that the whammy bar has been replaced by a knob. I'm not sure how I'm going to adjust to that, and will have to explore the other options left in previous comments.

Also, I agree, the color is not terribly metallic. It's also not as purple-ish as it appears in the picture. Mine is more of a medium pink.

I had some difficulties getting the guitar sync'd with the system, the button on the dongle is very tiny and you can't really tell you are successfully pushing it. The instruction booklet is very sparse. It also wouldn't initially work on the Track Pack but that resolved after I ran it through RB3.

Finally, my biggest disappointment is that I paid full price for what I believed to be a new instrument, and it arrived with 2 very visible scuff marks and a chip in the black enamel around the strum bar. It functions fine and I doubt I'll bother trying to exchange it just for that, but I am irritated.