Is “budget” really the right word when it costs 50% more than the controller + game bundle?

Posted at 11:36 pm on Oct 31st, 2007 by Mindbleach

well this looks pretty much like this http://www.hackaday.com/2006/12/05/guitar-hero-guitar-controller/

Posted at 12:15 am on Nov 1st, 2007 by Bird603568

$150.00 for a incredibly crappy looking hacked up guitar hero controller? Oh my GOD!

I’m gonna take an axe to a set of drums and put a casio keyboard in the kick, can I get featured on hack a day?

how about a guitar hero real guitar hack that actually looks good and works 100%?

Posted at 9:05 am on Nov 1st, 2007 by fartface

Regarding the scancam, I wonder if he has figured out yet that white pvc doesn’t block light very well.
In the last picture on the site he mentions that he’s getting white bars when the camera is in direct sunlight, but only when the lens is facing away from the light…

Posted at 11:09 am on Nov 1st, 2007 by Eldorel

The scancam is very interesting. I wonder what results would yield from a better scanner and a higher quality lens assembly.

Posted at 11:24 am on Nov 1st, 2007 by goldscott

@Eldorel: The pvc pipe is 1/4″ thick, no light gets through there. The shroud over the scanner head, though, is much thinner plastic, so that could be a possible source of the problem. I have not investigated the problem further since I posted about it.

@goldscott: That is the plan for my next attempt. Get a more reliable scanner and a used SLR camera body and lens to mate to the scanner head. My first attempt used pretty much what I had on hand (except for the lazy susan bearing). I was quite pleased with the results, given the shortcomings.

Posted at 4:04 pm on Nov 2nd, 2007 by Mac Cody