mxmarks
12-29-2008, 11:24 PM
I've gone through 2 RB2 strats now that seem to drop notes when strumming. I play the game in the same style I play real guitar - I hold my fingers as if I was holding a pick, and strum. I do not hold the bar between my fingers, or use my thumb.
This is how I played on a Rock Band 1 wired Strat, and it worked perfectly. The RB2 strat I got seemed to work well, until I hit a part that requires many notes in a row, and it will occasionally and randomly drop notes and break my streak. I thought it was a calibration issue, and eventually plugged my RB1 guitar in and played the same song, and it played fine. The RB2 strat frequently broke streaks.
I returned this Strat for a new one, and the new one is doing the same exact thing. Since I returned it to the same store, I was thinking it may have just been a bad batch of guitars, and I would try again at a different GameStop, or use the RMA process. I have been unable to reach anyone to RMA the guitar - but doing looking up the problem online I found a review on Amazon, where the customer stated the new Strats drop notes when they are played "like a real guitar" because of the new sensitivity. He stated that any new strat is useless to someone playing in that style, but fine for people who hold the bar, or play with the thumb.
I am curious if anyone has any information as to the truth to this comment. If this person had a defective guitar like I do, I will try again to get a working guitar. But if this really is the way they are designed now, I would like to know so that I can return this guitar, get a refund, and just go back to my RB1 guitar. It would be pointless to continue returning, exchanging and RMAing guitar after guitar if they are not designed to be played like the RB1 guitars were.
This is how I played on a Rock Band 1 wired Strat, and it worked perfectly. The RB2 strat I got seemed to work well, until I hit a part that requires many notes in a row, and it will occasionally and randomly drop notes and break my streak. I thought it was a calibration issue, and eventually plugged my RB1 guitar in and played the same song, and it played fine. The RB2 strat frequently broke streaks.
I returned this Strat for a new one, and the new one is doing the same exact thing. Since I returned it to the same store, I was thinking it may have just been a bad batch of guitars, and I would try again at a different GameStop, or use the RMA process. I have been unable to reach anyone to RMA the guitar - but doing looking up the problem online I found a review on Amazon, where the customer stated the new Strats drop notes when they are played "like a real guitar" because of the new sensitivity. He stated that any new strat is useless to someone playing in that style, but fine for people who hold the bar, or play with the thumb.
I am curious if anyone has any information as to the truth to this comment. If this person had a defective guitar like I do, I will try again to get a working guitar. But if this really is the way they are designed now, I would like to know so that I can return this guitar, get a refund, and just go back to my RB1 guitar. It would be pointless to continue returning, exchanging and RMAing guitar after guitar if they are not designed to be played like the RB1 guitars were.
