O.K. so it won’t give you a long-ass tongue or make you play any better, but it has to be the coolest looking plastic guitar for Guitar Hero that I have ever seen. This is begging for a bit of God Gave Rock n’ Roll to You action.
Inspirational video after the jump.
Price: $79.95 [Kotaku via Ubergizmo]
UPDATE:
The guys at Legacy Engineering Group are not happy. Recently we did a piece on the Gene Simmons Axe Guitar, which is as fine a plastic guitar controller as you are likely to see. They claim that after 5+ months of design work designing both the Axe and a Wii controller based on Gene Simmons Punisher, they have yet to be paid. It is a pretty big claim, but if it is true, lets hope that Gene puts things right – engineers have to eat too.
Figure Legends
Fig1: The guys holding the real Gene Simmons Axe.
Fig2: The prototypes of the Axe.
Fig3: A soon to be released controller for the Wii.
[Legacy Engineering]
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Tags: Gaming, gaming accessories, guitar hero
4 responses
Nov 3, 2008 at 9:35 pm
This guitar is great – some googling revealed an interesting behind the scenes story:
http://www.legacyengineer.com/portfolio-guitar.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.
Did the Designers of the Axe Guitar Get Stiffed by Gene Simmons? » The UberReview
Nov 4, 2008 at 1:16 am
[...] guys at Legacy Engineering Group are not happy. Recently we did a piece on the Gene Simmons Axe Guitar, which is as fine a plastic guitar controller as you are likely to see. They claim that after 5+ [...]
Nov 4, 2008 at 1:17 am
If that’s true it makes my blood boil. I did a writeup on it here: http://www.uberreview.com/2008/11/did-the-designers-of-the-axe-guitar-get-stiffed-by-gene-simmons.htm
Dec 3, 2008 at 2:42 am
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,though other than that its pretty sweet
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