What are the chances my drums and guitar are defective?

[DeusTrinitas]

What are the chances my drums and guitar are defective? I've been really busy, so I haven't had a chance to play on them very much.

The date on the bottom of my Rock Band box was Sept. 27.

[XeonPro]

Mine was Sept. 28th and my guitar was defective out of the box. The strum bar didn't work. Everything else (all other equipment) is working fine though, no problems.

[Alzdaman]

Not to sound like an nay-sayer, because the cool thing seems to be hating harmonix, but I find if I play my Strat more like a REAL guitar or bass it works just fine. By that I mean, I stopped pressing the strum bar and started strumming it like a string, no double or triple hits anymore.

I think people are playing it a little more rough than harmonix expected, Red Octane knows it has to be sturdy because they've been in the music peripherals business for a long time, they know people like to beat on the things.

But I'm still sending it back because there's some pieces broken inside and my guitar sounds like a maraca.

[Micker]

You will need to replace your guitar probably. I have the same date and my drums were DOA(green pad didn't work). I haven't even played much, waititng for my replacement drums. My guitar has about 2 hours, but i'm sure it will die when I start playing it.