Crapgadget CES edition, round 15: Shredmaster Jr.

Smells like cheap knockoff spirit.

[Britboyj27 @ Jan 11th 2008 8:42PM]

About TIME someone put Hotel California on it.... seriously. I want to play that song.

[computer.dude.28 @ Jan 12th 2008 12:48AM]

That whole list is actually pretty sweet. I wish all those songs were on guitar hero.

[kanadienphatboy @ Jan 14th 2008 8:50AM]

hey man trust me the sound fucking sucks it sounds like something from a Atari go to youtube and you'll see what i mean

[Jarhead2012 @ Apr 5th 2008 3:25PM]

Dude, Paradise City and Hotel California are two songs that I've been wanting for GH/Rock Band for ever. Unfortunately, the sound on this thing is horrible to cover up the fact that they didn't get the rights to use the songs.

[Colin @ Jan 11th 2008 8:43PM]

I could give a shit if its a knock off, MASTER OF PUPPETS!!!

[enzo @ Jan 11th 2008 8:43PM]

hell, that thing's got a jerry garcia guitar body and a dean headstock.

[Motoken @ Jan 11th 2008 8:48PM]

after looking at it who would NOT want to shred it up into little pieces.

[Motoken @ Jan 11th 2008 8:50PM]

the JR. stands for those who vomit on the box rather then imedeatly shredding it.

[Tomek @ Jan 11th 2008 8:57PM]

Haha

Looking at that beautiful Gibson, what is a better brand name...

Robot guitar or Shredmaster Jr.?

as for actual guitars... Gibson>all

[arkady @ Jan 11th 2008 9:16PM]

I think it's supposed to be a B.C.Rich Virgin..

[Mark @ Jan 11th 2008 9:53PM]

that thing looks more like a ukelele

[CaliforniaKid @ Jan 11th 2008 11:15PM]

You almost got it. As a ukulele player myself, next time try "ukulele". Two "u"s and two "e"s.

"Guinness Book of Records" claims the ukulele is "The World's EASIEST instrument to Learn".

Pick one up on eBay for $35 including s/h, browse for "ukulele tabs" on the web, and you'll be playing tunes in just a few days!

END OF UKULELE COMMERCIAL

[ZeroCorpse @ Jan 11th 2008 10:18PM]

No, seriously, you DON'T want this. It uses cheap-ass MIDI tunes, and the synth instruments are AWFUL.

If you want a demo, pop over to YouTube and search. You'll be turned off once you see/hear how absolutely craptacular this thing is.

[Simon @ Jan 13th 2008 5:40AM]

Uber thanks to you

[atlasfugged @ Jan 11th 2008 10:59PM]

GuitarZero

[5 @ Jan 11th 2008 11:00PM]

This is the kind of thing you give to a child when you want that child to know how deeply you despise him or her.

[Jeff Goldberg @ Jan 11th 2008 11:13PM]

But will it blend?

[luzzio @ Jan 12th 2008 2:24AM]

Nope, but I'm thinking a paper shredder would do the trick.

It's the only appropriate fate for this. Seriously, even the state of the packaging makes me depressed.

[ty @ Jan 15th 2008 11:05AM]

all your base are belong to us?

[Ed @ Jan 11th 2008 11:33PM]

I don't know who they got to pick the songs, but they did a *great* job.

C'mon... Iron man??? Master of Puppets??? Hotel California??? I Love Rock N Roll?

It's like they did a google search for "air guitar" and put the most popular results on this thing.

[Luigi193 @ Jan 12th 2008 12:38AM]

take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty...

[Zach @ Jan 13th 2008 9:43AM]

Take...me...HOOOOOOOMME. yeah yeah!

[TrueTruthiness @ Jan 12th 2008 12:46AM]

This has been out for a while...at the store I work at, they've been on clearance since Christmas...for under $10.

[av8or @ Jan 12th 2008 1:34AM]

isn't this the one from the youtube vid of the punk kid flippin out and dropping it on the ground after he got it for xmas and his mother bitches him out?

[ClaMs @ Jan 12th 2008 5:22AM]

Do you have the link?

[av8or @ Jan 12th 2008 10:04AM]

nah, searched around, couldn't find it, was probably staged

[av8or @ Jan 12th 2008 10:12AM]

found it, not the shredmaster though, but looks even more craptacular
http://pottyboy.com/2007/12/31/teen-throws-tantrum-after-getting-guitar-hero-knockoff-for-xmas/

[b @ Jan 12th 2008 4:41AM]

Hotel California? Master of Puppets? Sign me up.

[Ben @ Jan 12th 2008 6:50AM]

All of them seem to be on Youtube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bTeHxTiAgoo

Looks incredible.

[Brian Davis @ Jan 12th 2008 7:28AM]

My nephew got one for christmas what a piece of junk. It was impossible to play and know one could make it past a song

[Brian Davis @ Jan 12th 2008 7:31AM]

This is what you give when your too cheap to give guitar hero

[spam_from_engadget @ Jan 12th 2008 9:48AM]

They called the guitar "shredmaster"???? So what the **** did they call their _shredder_ ? Guitar Master I bet; I reckon they got swapped on the way to the packaging designer....

[blade417 @ Jan 14th 2008 11:53AM]

Hopefully I can get 1 million points on expert mode...

[lee82gx @ Jan 15th 2008 9:56AM]

I got the Shredmaster. Sr, going for 2 bucks more on Ebay.

[Ray @ Jan 16th 2008 6:44PM]

The ScootyPuff Jr. of Guitar Hero

[Snover @ Jan 17th 2008 4:02PM]

Looking at the picture of the box magniied, I think it says it's violation of the "Federal Copyright Law" to "syncronize any music from this disc with videotape or film". Hypocritical, seeing how they probably didn't get permission to use the songs and are getting a profit from this.