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12-29-2007, 12:11 PM
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#1 | | Qu'est-ce que c'est?
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First, does anyone have any issues with ghost strums on the Stratocaster? It seems that every once in a while my combo will be screwed up because of a strum that never was. Actually, the strum bar in general seems flimsy, but I'm not sure if it's just my technique or the strum bar itself is bad. Sometimes it just doesn't seem to work. I got a 3 star on Should I Stay or Should I Go because it just wouldn't register my strums. I changed to my GH2 X-Plorer and got 98% on the song.
Second, the "overdrive" activation is finicky. When I play sitting down, I'm pretty much slumped on my couch, with the guitar laying horizontally on top of me. When I play like this, overdrive activates whenever it damn pleases. The activation mechanism must be different for the Stratocaster.
Other than those, I really enjoy it more than the X-Plorer. I enjoyed the strum clicks, they helped me keep cadence, but I really don't mind their absence.
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12-29-2007, 05:57 PM
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My friend had that same problem with the ghost strums and the randomly activated Overdrive, and then one day his down strum stopped working. He connected the manufacturers (they included some paper with replacement details) and they sent him a new guitar for free in like 3 days that seems to work much better. The strum bar sounds slightly different, as do the clicks of the buttons themselves, so we're thinking this is like an updated peripheral or something or other, kind of like Rock Band Stratocastor v.1.1. Try getting your guitar replaced (as far as I know, they do it for free).
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12-29-2007, 06:25 PM
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Replacements are free and the v1.0 Stratocaster (for lack of a better term) is really just shit, I've heard lots of bad things about it, so getting it replaced wouldn't be a bad idea
I personally haven't even touched it; I love my Les Paul too much 
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Originally Posted by guysatalus DON'T YOU FUCKING APPRECIATE YOUTUBE ITS A FORM OF FUCKING POLITICAL EXPRESSION. IF YOU COULD JUST STOP ALL YOUR ANALYSIS WITH YOUR SCIENCE MAYBE YOU COULD SEE THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE. WHY DO ALL OF YOU HATERS HAVE TO OPPRESS US YOUTUBE VIDEO MAKERS? |  | |
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12-29-2007, 07:51 PM
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#4 | | Qu'est-ce que c'est?
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The strat is a really good controller but the strum bar is ass. My only problem is that my controller isn't actually dead yet. It still works, but terribly. Do you think they would honor the warranty?
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12-29-2007, 08:03 PM
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Oh hell yes, they would. Just go to support.ea.com/rockband, sign up, select the problem, and they'll send you a box.
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12-29-2007, 08:37 PM
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#6 | | Qu'est-ce que c'est?
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wow. that was easy.
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12-29-2007, 08:47 PM
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So far, their being absolutely awesome about standing behind their equipment. Let's hope it stays that way.
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12-29-2007, 10:20 PM
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I played a demo one at Best Buy the other and was appalled with it. I ended up buying GH2 so thankfully I will have a better controller to use if I ever get Rock Band.
Does anyone actually use the solo keys?
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12-29-2007, 10:36 PM
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#9 | | Qu'est-ce que c'est?
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Originally Posted by The Commodore Does anyone actually use the solo keys? | First- The guitar that Best Buy got was not representative of the final product, and was probably broken. Because people were rough with it.
Second- The solo keys are fun, but unless you're looking down, you lose your fingering so easily.
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12-29-2007, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BADASS BACONATOR RETURNS First- The guitar that Best Buy got was not representative of the final product, and was probably broken. Because people were rough with it.
Second- The solo keys are fun, but unless you're looking down, you lose your fingering so easily. | Oh I'm sure it was broken somehow. Someone said that they had to take down the drums because they were broken. There was a mic...but was I going to sing in the middle of Best Buy?
Yeah I can imagine. I get lost playing GH, I'd get stranded using those haha.
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12-29-2007, 11:18 PM
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#11 | | nigga wtf is juice?
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my guitar works fine except for the fact that overdvire doesn't work period. i have to hit the back button to turn it on. drums work beautifully though
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12-30-2007, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BADASS BACONATOR RETURNS wow. that was easy. | And you didn't even need the Easy button. 
I just sent off my drums (freaking Red pad stopped working for me on really fast rolls, like on Run to the Hills Expert).
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