Rock band controller in Guitar Hero 3??

[firstandonly]

Does anyone know if the Rock Band guitar will work on Guitar Hero 3 or not?

I know Harmonix have said that the Guitar Hero one works on Rock Band, but I haven't seen anyone saying if it works the other way around or not... and I don't really wanna have three guitars for two games if I can help it (for financial reasons if nothing else!)...

[Jarhead-UK]

They should probably make it compatible, and I reckon they will, but I havent heard them say anything about it.

[Nitz13]

Well, it might work, dunno how the 5 extra buttons would be used. That and the whole Idea of being able to change the sound of the guitar in game would be lost too.

[BriGuy]

The only real hint we have about this is this quote:

IGN: Initially, there was some confusion as to whether Rock Band would work with the Guitar Hero controller. Can you lay those worries to rest for us?

Alex Rigopulos: We do intend to support 3rd-party guitar peripherals, including the Guitar Hero controllers, because this kind of interoperability is exactly what gamers want and expect. However, the Rock Band game is specifically designed for the official Rock Band Fender Stratocaster guitar controller, and we've introduced some very cool hardware innovations into this device.

It sounds like as long as Activision doesn't actively block it, the RG guitars should be usable for GH.

[StartSomething]

Either way I can always use my GH2 explorer