January 30th, 2010
Official Rock Band Wireless Fender Precision Bass for Playstation 3 – White
- Patent-pending dual/split Strum Bar for two-fingered Bass action
- Doubles as an in-game Guitar with Whammy Knob & solo Fret Buttons
- Premium Fret Buttons and Strum Bar / Right or left handed gameplay
- 30 Ft. (9.2m) wireless range / Includes official Fender Bass Strap
- Compatible with Rock Band, Rock Band 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, and Guitar Hero 5
Mad Catz’ officially licensed Wireless Fender Precision Bass Replica is the must-have bass guitar for every Rock Band enthusiast. The custom finish and strap both ensure your bass axe will look as good as the real thing on and off stage. With the premium-quality dual/split strum bar you can hit notes like never before. Its two-piece design allows for two-finger flicking like no other bass can offer, meaning the patent-pending technology provides the extra edge you need to excel in the game. A Whammy dial and an additional set of Fret Buttons for strum-free finger tapping allow the bass to double as a guitar, making it all you need to jam either role in-game. If you had to choose only one bass guitar for throwing down in Rock Band, this feature-rich Wireless Fender Precision Bass Replica from Mad Catz would be your only choice.
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(out of 4 reviews)
List Price: $ 89.99
Price: $ 65.66
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Review by P. Mendoza for Official Rock Band Wireless Fender Precision Bass for Playstation 3 – White
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I was scared off by the early reviews here, but I’ve been using this Wireless Fender Precision Bass for over a month now with my original 60GB PS3 and I have had absolutely NO PROBLEMS thus far! Connection is strong at every distance with no interruptions, the split strum and the thumb rest feel great (although my hands get tired!), the fret buttons have a great feel to it, the strap is a definite upgrade from the ones packaged with the Special Edition bundles… I’m really, REALLY happy with it.
What I think might have happened was that the first wave of these guitars were less than stellar. I bought mine after it went out of stock the first time, so I think this latest run of Wireless Precision Basses are better.
So if you love Rock Band as much as I do, you should DEFINITELY look into this guitar. It basically reinvented the game for me!
Review by Carmine Macchia III for Official Rock Band Wireless Fender Precision Bass for Playstation 3 – White
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Buyer beware! The MadCatz Wireless Fender Precision Bass for PS3 should be the perfect music game bass guitar. The design is great, and it feels nice in your hands. The problem is that it loses wireless connectivity every few seconds. Also, when it does appear to have connectivity, buttons often still fail to respond.
Review by Ryujin for Official Rock Band Wireless Fender Precision Bass for Playstation 3 – White
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Like everyone else to review this guitar so far, I’ve been plagued by connection issues with this controller.
I wanted this guitar for PS3 since the XBOX 360 version came out probably a year or more ago. Given the rave reviews for the XBOX 360 version I figured there wasn’t anything to worry about with this one.
Everything seemed fine as I unpacked the box, no apparent mishandling of the package. I put it together and put in the included batteries. Seemed fine until about 30 seconds into playing the first song. For no reason at all the “Overdrive Effect” menu came up and disappeared, about 3 seconds later the controller stopped responding. I pressed every button on the controller to no avail. Rockband did not recognize that the controller had been “unplugged” (as it would if any other guitar had been disconnected) and pause the game… to the contrary the game continued to play. About the time I was going to fail the song the controller connected once again and I was able to play again. This happened randomly every 30-45 seconds if not more often. Needless to say it was very frustrating.
The guitar wasn’t just going idle or anything like that. I was actively playing and it would disconnect. I’d tried new name brand batteries, I’d tried hitting the “sync” button on the bottom edge of the bass, and it was just not working correctly.
So I worked with Amazon to get a replacement sent out and the replacement does it too! I don’t understand how a product can get shipped out with these kind of issues. The disconnects make this controller completely unplayable.
I can tell you that the idea of this guitar is strong, I usually play Bass on expert and consistently get in the 90%+ and I could tell that the guitar would improve my playing especially on the really fast runs, but I just can’t use this guitar when it won’t stay connected.
Review by C. Sutherland for Official Rock Band Wireless Fender Precision Bass for Playstation 3 – White
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The Fender Precision Bass is a very different feel from the usual fender guitar. The double ‘strum’ action is very springy – requires a little more effort to strum.
I do like the weight of the guitar – it feels solid and well made.
Unfortunately, mine would stop ‘playing’ (broadcasting notes) at random. This happened in the 3rd song I played and kept happening.
It’s a shame – i liked the action and the feel of the guitar, but mine was broken within literally 10 minutes of normal play.
Official Rock Band Wireless Fender Precision Bass for Playstation 3 – White