Rock Band

[gfish]

1. Rock Band... rocks.


2. Drums on Rock Band rock even more.


3. I desperately wish I had the time/space/money to get it up here.


4. I can do all but the toughest songs on hard now, and some of the easier ones on expert.


5. I would sell any part of my anatomy not directly required for drumming to get a collection of Violent Femmes songs released.


6. The drum pedal is likely to break in half, being somewhat underengineered plastic. If you're playing someone else's kit, you'll feel pretty guilty about this. (Sorry, tfabris!)


7. You can send it in for replacement, but that takes forever and only treats the symptom of a bad design. The problem itself can be fixed. In this case I ordered a cute little kit off ebay, but only because all my tools are in storage. (Ha! I'm blaming my tools and you can't stop me!) Cutting your own diamond plate would be pretty easy.

Comments

[arjache.livejournal.com]

That is an awesome-looking drum pedal.

[ionan.livejournal.com]

You are my hero.

[niac.livejournal.com]

It's a poor grad student who blames his tools. ;) *grin*

[gfish.livejournal.com]

And I'm pretty damn poor these days. :)

[niac.livejournal.com]

BTW, if you get a hankerin' for tool use, gimme a shout. As you recall, I've got a forge here at my place, and I'd be happy to have you over to play. Mebbe next time you're in town.

[hollyking.livejournal.com]

I would view that as blaming the lack of tools not the tools themselves.

[jhitchin.livejournal.com]

Now that's what call a kick-ass mod.

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

That's now every single one of the instrument controllers that have needed to be modded/repaired.

It's too bad that for such an awesome game they went with such cheap controller designs. I keep hoping RedOctane will start making their own; they tend to make better stuff.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I don't think they're that cheap. It's just that musical gear takes a lot of abuse, and no one would buy the game if they made it all as solid as it really needs to be.

[tfabris.livejournal.com]

No need to feel guilty. I knew it was going to happen soon enough, the pedal-breaking issue is well known, and it's entirely a design flaw; not your fault at all. The fact that you did the awesome professional-looking repair instead of the cheap half-assed repair I would have done makes me quite pleased. In other words, I'm *happy* you broke it, it means that now I've got the awesome unbreakable diamond plate version. :-)