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Originally Posted by SNAKE EYES EX I'm about to take mine apart because there is something loose inside of it. It sounds like a baby rattle; however I pretty much just use my Les Paul...so I don't know if I'll bother.

Don't bother, that's the tilt switch to activate "star power" or whatever it's called in RB.

Originally Posted by sp00ge Don't bother, that's the tilt switch to activate "star power" or whatever it's called in RB.

Wait, so the rattle is normal? I was taking mine apart for the same reason...

I've seen a lot of news on-line about problems with Rock bands hardware. my friend got his copy and the microphone didn't work.

I've read other posts saying that 1 of the drums (the red one form what I've read) doesn't recognize quickly enough. and I've heard the guitar controller has problem strumming down in some cases (and in others after a few short hours of play)

my question is, I have a preorder in at new egg.com (10 bucks off, plus free shipping and no tax) but.. should I cancel it and wait for these problems to get taken care of? or am I worried too much about nothing?

Shit, if the guitars are going for that much on ebay I'm pretty tempted to put it up. The effects are nice, but they aren't THAT nice.

just buy it at a local store that way it it messes up you can just go exchange it instead of dealing with shipping

Well the EA warranty thing seems to be quite painless. I don't regret getting it from Amazon. You don't even have to call anyone, you can just fill out something on the website and they 2-day ship you a replacement. All you have to do to avoid being charged is return your screwed up one in the box they provide within a certain amount of time (can't remember off the top of my head but it's pretty generous).

Originally Posted by KaneRobot Shit, if the guitars are going for that much on ebay I'm pretty tempted to put it up. The effects are nice, but they aren't THAT nice.

Do it and make back 1/2 the cost of the set.

Anyone tried the wireless headset for singing? I'm tempted to get one to attempt the whole drum or guitar + vocals thing.

Originally Posted by daroga Anyone tried the wireless headset for singing? I'm tempted to get one to attempt the whole drum or guitar + vocals thing.

Yes, but at the default mic sensitivity, it picked up a lot of background noise. I tried it with the drums. It doesn't pick up your voice quite as well as a wired headset, but the mic still works the best.

I was going to get it but I heard all the problems so since you can use the 360 headset I am buying the game and then buying the drums later or getting them as a bday gift since I already have the GH3 guitar.

If you dont mind having to possibly contact EA for them to send you replacement parts, then you might as well get it.

If a broken guitar strummer, or drum, or kick pedal, or missing parts are gonna piss you off, you may want to wait till next year when EA gets the quality controls on this game figured out.

So, does anyone have any recommendations on whether or not to get the 360 version over the PS3 version? I have the PS3 version right now, but I'm a little concerned that the GH3 guitar won't work with RB on the PS3. I don't have GH3 yet, but I was planning on getting it (for the second guitar). I've also heard that the GH3 guitar is a touch better than the RB guitar. I guess what scares me away from the 360 version is random fun lock ups.

Also, what is the length of the warranty on RB to do exchanges if one of the instruments break? I won't be getting RB until Christmas and I'm a little concerned that I won't notice something is wrong with something until its too late.

ok, I'll leave my pre-order where it stands then. thanks

Originally Posted by Drnick my friend got his copy and the microphone didn't work

Did it legitly not work or is he one of those people that can't figure out that you have to have at least one controller on to get the microphone to work?

just buy it at a local store that way it it messes up you can just go exchange it instead of dealing with shipping

The "local store" has nothing to do with replacing a part. In fact, there's a piece of paper once you open the bundle up saying to contact EA with any problems and not to take it back to the retailers, since they're not responsible.

That depends: do you hate awesome?

Originally Posted by Jesus_S_Preston That depends: do you hate awesome?

haha, no, in fact, I LOVE awesome.... if the replacement process is as easy as you say I'm not worried... I don't even own a 360 yet, lol. So thats why I'm not in a hurry to get it (getting my 360 for X-mas).

Originally Posted by OGHowie Wait, so the rattle is normal? I was taking mine apart for the same reason...

Just wanted to confirm with others that the rattle on the inside of the guitar is normal?

Thanks.

Im loving the game. The only thing i dont like is that you can't hear the singer at all. Any way they are making a patch for this later on or am i missing something?

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 Im loving the game. The only thing i dont like is that you can't hear the singer at all. Any way they are making a patch for this later on or am i missing something?

The singer as in the original or the person on the mic? You can turn down the default vocals, we did this when my bro was singing and we could hear him fine.

Yah as in the Orignal Vocals. Id love to hear some of these people Singing when i play it on live. Im using the Guitar Hero 2 controller though. Any clue how i do that? Do i have to do it for every song?

Well I called EA about my missing guitar parts and they are goint to mail me a entirely new guitar.

It seems the don't have random replacment parts in stock. So if your missing something it looks like they replace the entire unit. The guy I spoke with was really cool about it too. I wonder if they will ship you an entire new drum kit if your missing your drum sticks.

I've had a blast with this game so far. On Sat my buddies and me played till 1AM. And then the next day one of my friends went and got his own rockband set. And now he has his girlfriend addicted to it. While it's not as easily accessable as Wii Sports, it has more satiscation I think.

Did anyone else make any of their characters a girl? The last 2 Guitar Hero games I would always choose a girl. So when I had to make my rockband gutiar character I also selected a girl.