[quote name='hypertails02']Has anyone played with the guitar that came with this bundle? How does it perform?
The strumming mechanism in my GH5 guitar broke after a couple of months, and so I cannot up-strum (so if I want to alternately strum fast notes, I can't do this), yet my Xplorer guitar of 2 years is working great, but I have that odd feeling it's going to break sometime. Any thoughts on the new guitar?[/QUOTE]
My guitar broke and I actually bought this a week ago. You will probably love this guitar because it's based off the Xplorer. Strumming won't be an issue. But the actual strum bar is a bit shorter. You will know what I mean when you start playing it. It's isn't as tall/thick as the Guitar Hero World Tour/Guitar Hero 5 one. But this is probably one of the best strumming guitars.
My only issue has been the overdrive activation button below the guitar. It's in the same place as the Guitar Hero 5 guitar, but I had no issue with that one. I have to press it down so hard on this one it's not even funny and sometimes I miss notes because of it. And don't even try to tilt to activate on this guitar. I can do 360's and 180's and it activates when it feels like it. If you're a tilter, go elsewhere.
Overall, if my guitar had a softer overdrive button, it would have been my second favorite to the Xplorer. I bought Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360 and played for that month wait the PS3 users had to endure. Loved that guitar.
If your Xplorer is good keep using that one or buy another cheap, in my opinion.