Update for those who are interested in the game, especially coming from bass and never playing guitar:
so far it's a pretty decent guitar method teaching guide, for $50 - $80 (which would equal 1 - 3 lessons if your not including buying a guitar) I'd say not bad at all. Migrating from playing bass for two years to learning some guitar takes a little adjusting to the small size and extra strings and smaller fret spacing (in my case, I play four and five string basses) but it's doable and I've found that going through the techniques and game sessions helps a lot for both bass playing and guitar (quick tip, switch the note bar from standard and it'll read more like a bass/guitar tab and seem a bit easier to follow). Being that I already know how to play bass at an intermediate level it seems like the game picks up on what skills I already possess and boosts itself up a bit and if I start messing up (darn pick and chords don't seem to work well for me haha) it tones it down a bit to get me adjusted. So far I've opened it up to playing in the 4th performance revenue and getting three encores which I don't think is too bad for playing for three days, it has opened mty eyes up a bit to the melody side of things (I still find myself hating using a pick and just using my fingers but overall I'm adjusting). Overall I'd say it's a nice change up and find it pretty cool and can see myself playing guitar from time to time after pounding through the game maybe even trying out some tabs to help compliment my bass playing.
For those that are shunning the game for not having a bass mode by default I'll admit I was tee'd off at first as well, but I see the method to their madness, how many people have bought first act electric guitar sets for their kids compared to beginner bass sets? gotta serve the majority population with electric guitars just sitting in closets collecting dust first then once the idea deems itself successful then throw the curveball of bass in to peak interest and expand once the market has caught on which I'm hoping it will. I'm hyped for the Bass add-ons and would love for them to introduce a Bass specific model cause I'm sure it would challenge a lot of bass players more than they think it would - This isn't just Guitar Hero on a pro level, it's playing a real instrument and teaching the real methods of playing to get you going and carry you through to a more advanced level than just tapping buttons on a ukulele sized plastic guitar. Even if you never advance more than just learning the 50+ songs in the game that's way more than you would get from one $20 - $50 guitar lesson and I can see the same results from a bass version if it catches on - perhaps maybe even a midi port using piano version for those of us that have those cheap electric Casio's and Yamaha's up in the attic LOL.
so far it's a pretty decent guitar method teaching guide, for $50 - $80 (which would equal 1 - 3 lessons if your not including buying a guitar) I'd say not bad at all. Migrating from playing bass for two years to learning some guitar takes a little adjusting to the small size and extra strings and smaller fret spacing (in my case, I play four and five string basses) but it's doable and I've found that going through the techniques and game sessions helps a lot for both bass playing and guitar (quick tip, switch the note bar from standard and it'll read more like a bass/guitar tab and seem a bit easier to follow). Being that I already know how to play bass at an intermediate level it seems like the game picks up on what skills I already possess and boosts itself up a bit and if I start messing up (darn pick and chords don't seem to work well for me haha) it tones it down a bit to get me adjusted. So far I've opened it up to playing in the 4th performance revenue and getting three encores which I don't think is too bad for playing for three days, it has opened mty eyes up a bit to the melody side of things (I still find myself hating using a pick and just using my fingers but overall I'm adjusting). Overall I'd say it's a nice change up and find it pretty cool and can see myself playing guitar from time to time after pounding through the game maybe even trying out some tabs to help compliment my bass playing.
For those that are shunning the game for not having a bass mode by default I'll admit I was tee'd off at first as well, but I see the method to their madness, how many people have bought first act electric guitar sets for their kids compared to beginner bass sets? gotta serve the majority population with electric guitars just sitting in closets collecting dust first then once the idea deems itself successful then throw the curveball of bass in to peak interest and expand once the market has caught on which I'm hoping it will. I'm hyped for the Bass add-ons and would love for them to introduce a Bass specific model cause I'm sure it would challenge a lot of bass players more than they think it would - This isn't just Guitar Hero on a pro level, it's playing a real instrument and teaching the real methods of playing to get you going and carry you through to a more advanced level than just tapping buttons on a ukulele sized plastic guitar. Even if you never advance more than just learning the 50+ songs in the game that's way more than you would get from one $20 - $50 guitar lesson and I can see the same results from a bass version if it catches on - perhaps maybe even a midi port using piano version for those of us that have those cheap electric Casio's and Yamaha's up in the attic LOL.
. What is interesting is how my fascination with bass began..... 
