Instead of buying a controller he built his own hacked Guitar Hero controller from a scrapped keyboard and a toy guitar. The plastic toy he started with was screwed together. This is a really ...

Whether played by a robot, turned into a synthesizer, or recreated from toy pianos and mechanical keyboards, Guitar Hero controllers offer many hacking opportunities.

It’s not a standard guitar, but it’s not really a ‘toy’ either. It sits somewhere in between those two product types. I’ve been spending some time with the Aeroband Guitar, and while it ...

Steve Stevens recalls the day he made an arrangement to debut Roland’s revolutionary GR-707 guitar synthesizer to America’s guitarists. It happened while he and Billy Idol were in Japan promoting Idol ...