April Fools' Alert #2: The Double Bass controller

25 Comments by Justin McElroy Apr 1st 2008 9:35AM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm

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]

Tags: aprilfools08, guitar-hero, rockband

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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...

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