Young Chiam is at it again. His new product, the Axe Guitar for Playstation looks just like his real axe bass and even has Gene’s face and autograph printed on the front. Double sets of buttons encourage schlepping all over the freboard and it is wireless and USB ready. Best of all it has a durable strum bar because if you don’t have a strum bar what do you have? Bupkus.
AXE Overview:
The Gene Simmons AXE is a fully equipped, axe-shaped guitar controller compatible with PlayStation® 2 and 3 Guitar Hero™ and Rock Band™. A replica of the KISS bassist and vocalist’s signature bass guitar, the Gene Simmons AXE guitar controller is a three-quarter sized replica of the original AXE guitar and slightly larger than the standard video game guitar controllers. Customized with a replicated paint finish of the original AXE guitar, Simmons’ autograph and the KISS face are both painted onto the body of the controller.
AXE Product Features & Benefits:
· 2.4 GHz guitar controller
· Compatible with Guitar Hero and Rock Band for PlayStation 2 and 3
· Easy-to-use control to switch between games
· Wireless range up to 30 feet
· Five fret and narrow fret buttons
· Fully functioning whammy bar
· Durable strum bar
This guitar is great – some googling revealed an interesting behind the scenes story:
http://www.legacyengineer.com/…..uitar.html
Looks like this company is the one who actually designed it for Gene Simmons – but the thing is – I2G/Gene stiffed them and never paid for the building of it. These people are the ones behind the Flashback 2 and other cool looking products as well – they build electronic works of art. If Gene played a concert – he’d expect to get paid, well these people built what looks like a great product, real shame that didn’t get paid.
WARNING
the whammy bar spring inside WILL snap on you ,good news is the elastic band trick works well mine popped after only 2 weeks
I dont know if there is or not but I was just wondering if they actually make the REAL guitar like this to play… I know that Gene Simmons has/had one for KISS but did they have to custom make it or something.. ive tried searching it but all that comes up are the ones for guitar hero/rock band =(… if someone knows a place that has the real guitar or whatever please let me know=) kayy thanks<33