April Fools' Alert #2: The Double Bass controller
Fantasy Guitar Hero controllers aren't new territory for April Fool's Day, but rarely have we wanted one to be real so badly. Imagine the class, the prestige of striding into the neighboring dorm with GAME's massive double bass controller slung over your back! Imagine how angry your significant other would be when you tried to explain it to him or her!
Also we love the feature bullet points like "Doesn't fold away for easy storage,""May facilitate escape from villains. On ski slopes," and "Fully compatible with Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Rock Band and the slopes of Val d'Isere." Well done, GAME ... now, could you actually make it?
[Thanks, Zak]
Also we love the feature bullet points like "Doesn't fold away for easy storage,""May facilitate escape from villains. On ski slopes," and "Fully compatible with Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Rock Band and the slopes of Val d'Isere." Well done, GAME ... now, could you actually make it?
[Thanks, Zak]











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
baby sea tuna @ Apr 1st 2008 9:40AM
And all this time I thought that I was the only one that liked "The Living Daylights"
Altairio @ Apr 1st 2008 10:19AM
We have nothing to declare!
Just the cello!
Nicholas Sulikowski @ Apr 1st 2008 10:20AM
"We've nothing to declare!" "Only the cello!"
Nicholas Sulikowski @ Apr 1st 2008 10:21AM
Dammit, you beat me to it!
Superstar90 @ Apr 1st 2008 9:42AM
I'd buy it if it were real. It's a sexy sexy bass.
Phranctoast @ Apr 1st 2008 9:44AM
Guitar Hero 4 Primus confirmed.
Neon Jebus @ Apr 1st 2008 9:56AM
Stop playing games with my heart!
Man that would be sweet. Though with an upright bass shouldn't it be Guitar Hero: Brian Setzer?
This would go great with Sousaphone Hero!
PhrawzT @ Apr 1st 2008 9:52AM
I remember that Foxtrot had a comic about this, Chamber Music Hero.
Fox318 @ Apr 1st 2008 10:00AM
I would actually haqve bought this. This looks awesome. Imagine all of the Jazz songs that would come with the game!
Orion_of_Chaos @ Apr 1st 2008 10:02AM
You know, I never noticed before that site mentioned it, that my birthday (6/6) is 66 days from April Fools Day.
That being said, I would buy one of these in a second, judging glares be damned.
capt_carl @ Apr 1st 2008 10:11AM
Man when I read the headline I thought double bass as in double bass pedals for the drumset. D:
Deadgood UK @ Apr 1st 2008 10:55AM
Well, I've preordered it.. It seemed to go through like a normal pre-order does on GAME.co.uk....
I'll be interested to see the message they send me when they cancel the preorder...
Yagami-Iori @ Apr 1st 2008 10:59AM
I would love it if that were a real product (big double bass fan) but it's not meant to be. Oh well.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Apr 1st 2008 10:59AM
That actually looks fairly awesome.
I feel a DIY bass guitar coming on.
Tonbo @ Apr 1st 2008 11:17AM
I was expecting a double necked bass guitar controller. Ha!
Alex @ Apr 1st 2008 11:26AM
Dammit! I'd buy that!
riggs @ Apr 1st 2008 11:37AM
new york philharmonic aint got nothin on this
Jacksons @ Apr 1st 2008 11:40AM
Haha, that's awesome.
PojoMofo @ Apr 1st 2008 11:44AM
next up.....Rock Band Harpsichord!!!
Stuart @ Apr 1st 2008 11:58AM
"double" bass?
basscase @ Apr 1st 2008 9:25PM
Yes, the upright bass, also known as the acoustic bass or DOUBLE bass.
Get some culture, man.
Evan Brown @ Apr 1st 2008 12:20PM
thats funny. my friends and i have tried play GH as double bass hero before
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Apr 1st 2008 1:11PM
If there were jazz in my rockband, I'd die under the mere difficulty. XD
Purple Haze @ Apr 1st 2008 10:39PM
As a double bassist, that would be fucking awesome.
Deadgood UK @ Apr 2nd 2008 4:40AM
Well, they e-mailed me to let me know it was an April Fools and that my pre-order would be cancelled.. But they did give me a £5 voucher (which will be going towards Mario Kart Wii) so I can't really complain.
If only every link I clicked on gave me a fiver...