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Rock Band 2 Instrument Unboxing

Written Monday, September 29, 2008 by James Parkin

If you're one of the countless Rock Band owners that are itching to get in on the Rock Band 2 instruments, we're here to make the wait a bit more unbearable. Feast your eyes on a handful of images as we unpack our box of glory.

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Ah the shipping box, so plain, yet so beautiful. Gaze as it's beauty and take it all in.

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Upon opening the shipping box, we're presenting with three objects. A guitar box, a drum box, and a copy of Rock Band 2.

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Here's everything out of the box. Lets take a look at these guitars!

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After opening the guitar box, we're now looking at two different wireless guitar boxes. The Rock Band 2 bundle will only come with one guitar, but we were given two for reviewing purposes.

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Now that everything's out of the guitar box we can see what we have to work with. A wireless Fender Stratocaster guitar, a headstock, a Fender guitar strap, three AA batteries, and a baggie with a Rock Band 2 sticker sheet and manual. Not sure why the headstock doesn't come attached though, must have been a sizing issue.

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Ah a Stratocaster put together, so beautiful. Doesn't it just make you drool?

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Lets take a look at those drums now!

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Peeking in the box we see all the parts wrapped up, and a notice letting us know to return defective instruments to EA instead of your place of purchase (the guitars also had this form.)

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Once everything's out of the box we can see what we have to work with. We have the drum heads, some Ludwig Rock Band 2 drumsticks, an aluminum plated bass pedal, all the pieces for the stand, three AA batteries, and another baggie with manual and sticker sheet.

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Put together, the drums are nothing short of a thing of beauty. Words can't justify their awesomeness.

And there you have it! The Rock Band 2 instruments! Sadly our press box didn't include a microphone for some reason, so we weren't able to include that in our unboxing. The instruments are available individually now, with the Rock Band 2 bundle (game, drums, guitar, and microphone) shipping October 19th.

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	Comment #1 by SlinksNine Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:04:42 PM Neat!

	Comment #2 by Sanction Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:05:21 PM :(

	Comment #3 by Ultron18 Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:05:34 PM first

	Comment #4 by Sge77i Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:05:39 PM The guitar looks awesome, but I already have 2 guitars.

	Comment #5 by Ultron18 Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:06:47 PM oh and i want that guitar, i have a real fender that looks just like that one finish and all

	Comment #6 by SlinksNine Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:07:10 PM LOL WUT@ FIRST. O_O.

	Comment #7 by cumman! Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:07:42 PM SEXY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	Comment #8 by cortex21 Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:10:08 PM looks kool, it's gonna be a war between rock band 2 and Gh4 for sure.

	Comment #9 by D1SC0NNECTED Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:11:07 PM I love when these numbnuts try to say first but end up 3rd.

	Comment #10 by WhAtThEaPpLeSaUcE17 Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:12:43 PM Guitar Hero FTW!

	Comment #11 by ShirleyPeanut Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:13:38 PM Looks good, of course im from the U.K so if it's anything like the first i might get it by May next year!!!! Drums look a lot nicer though. also #3 = fail

	Comment #12 by XxM4RKSM4NxX Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:14:44 PM Super lol @#3 I have the drum set for Rock Band 2, but I have the guitar from Rock Band 1. The news drums are great. They're more sensitive, so it doesn't jack any notes from you. Also, the foot pedal has a piece of metal on it to make it more durable (hopefully). I forgot to mention that it's wireless!!! :D

	Comment #13 by xCOBRAx Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:16:16 PM guitar hero sucks!! ^^^ RB2 FTW the song library is amazing, the drumset kicks ass, what else is there to say

	Comment #14 by JC Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:22:40 PM Damn you Razz. ;)

	Comment #15 by GuruGazza Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:25:14 PM oh people who do comment first are so annoying. it doenst matter. never played rock band 1 but heard it was brilliant and now considerign gettign rock band 2 espically after these pics.

	Comment #16 by JLogan27 Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:30:15 PM Guitar Hero drums look better but that geeetar looks sweet.

	Comment #17 by Parkerktm Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:48:31 PM Looks Great, way better then the original instruments. Who was the lucky Reviewer to test that game for the site???

	Comment #18 by MonoNoob Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:50:50 PM is there any significance to the weird black dot in the middle of each drum pad?

	Comment #19 by rsxdelerium Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 09:55:30 PM Should I be surprised it's from china? Ehh .. that shit needs to stop

	Comment #20 by NoVa x Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 10:02:25 PM uh first infraction?

	Comment #21 by Infomouse Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 10:03:48 PM Another disappointment in the gaming industry, that makes me a sad panda

	Comment #22 by SegaSaturnSNK Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 10:20:04 PM Drum pads have horrible battery life. It drains batteries like nothing people. I had to return my drum pads back to EA because I've used 2000, 2200, 2500mAh rechargeable, and even normal batteries and all of that sucked the battery life out of all of them in 2 hours or less. I hope they fix my drum pads because man, the battery life is just horrible. They should of kept it USB and not wireless for thee drums. Other than that, the drums are fucking great. Pads are way quieter and the pedal is a billion times better.

	Comment #23 by OMG its SMILES Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 10:56:05 PM ION drums should have came with package and not be $300

	Comment #24 by TyrantJester Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:08:01 PM The guitar may look pretty but I just can't get used to the feel of the RB guitar after using the GH one for so long. Let me know when you have a review or pricing for the cymbal accessories because I need to get a replacement drum kit for my dying Rock Band (the first) kit. Going to wait until the GH kit comes out and see which is better. Also, I believe I counted THREE people that took up a comment just to point out and bring attention to the ONE person that put a first comment. Good going, idiots.

	Comment #25 by callofdutyachievements Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:37:25 PM Darn, I might buy.

	Comment #26 by IMAMEX Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:38:20 PM First! The drum set does look pretty nice. But I mean if I buy this, I'll have three pretend drumsets in my room. Even for me, that's a bit excessive.

	Comment #27 by crunchb3rry Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:40:35 PM "is there any significance to the weird black dot in the middle of each drum pad?" Probably a target...the first clue this might be another piece of shit kit that will drop notes like a motherfucker if you don't hit dead center.

	Comment #28 by Poisonheadcrab Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:45:22 PM I already got the Drum Kit, but I sadly can't find the guitar anywhere D:

	Comment #29 by Zoc Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:45:31 PM there's some videos on youtube of the drums, the middle of the pads is some kind of gel, and there's a problem with the blue/yellow pad. when you hit one of them close to the side of the other pad, it can trigger both at the same time, so i'm gonna wait for a better drum set, or buy the ion drum set next summer

	Comment #30 by AlphaDog Deluxe Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:52:24 PM Hahahaha. #3. Epic fail.

	Comment #31 by Jake1479 Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:58:40 PM so is the kick pedal easy to use?> and does it kill your foot?

	Comment #32 by Diesel8590 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 12:03:28 AM They are nice looking, but I'mma be getting World Tour's Bundle when it comes out.

	Comment #33 by SebastianSB Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 12:23:20 AM I love everything about rock band except the guitar's stum bar...I really wish they had kept it like the GH2 one.

	Comment #34 by DevilGuy Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 01:16:11 AM first

	Comment #35 by ReD S1X Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 01:31:01 AM some improvement from the first I'd say

	Comment #36 by Sniper07LHS Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 05:16:05 AM i cant wait until they are in the gamestop near me...how much is it going to cost??

	Comment #37 by iamtehwin Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 07:11:17 AM gh > rock band all day, this stuff is crap looking IMO. The guitar from rockband is garbage in comparison to the sweet ass x-plorer's i have :D The drums are wireless? rofl what were they thinking adding wireless instruments without a play and charge ability (or something like it) Didn't they learn anything from the past few years of people buying play and charges for the controllers?! Anyway I rented rb2 and I must say...this sound track is freaking lame. Bunch of easy nonsense songs with a few that are worth playing a few times before they are gold starred. RB is just pop crap anyway thanks to harmonix and mtv loving bad music.

	Comment #38 by frazyah Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 08:09:39 AM I haven't played these, but I'm pretty sure the Ion set we hooked up today knocked these little sissies out of the water. I would be interested to know how they actually compare though, for drum battle purposes.

	Comment #39 by yamayamayaamaa Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 08:23:20 AM I bought the RB2 drums, blue pad doesn't work. I'm sending it back in. Too bad I can't return it for a refund because wireless kind of sucks too. Now I'm back to the RB1 drums. Thinking about getting the ION. Since it's USB.

	Comment #40 by rogers_simon Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 08:26:46 AM think i will just buy the game, got the instruments from rb1, plus with getting GH:WT when its out, it will bring my collection up to 5 guitars, 2 drum sets and 2 mics. im gonna run out of room to put all this stuff. if only they sold the rock band drum case in the uk. i cant justify paying $50, plus shipping, plus import fees for the one from the rock band shop.

	Comment #41 by Fighterspledge Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 08:49:35 AM Wireless is a bit overrated. And I don't like the idea of running through batteries so fast if that's the case. Also.... FIRST!

	Comment #42 by Tommy English Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 09:27:38 AM Can no one else see that they are the same bits of kit with the colours of the paint changed and wireless capabilities! Its a waste of money. I'll get the game but the RB2 instruments can kiss by arse!!

	Comment #43 by Asha-D Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 10:24:01 AM I normally prefer GH to RB but RB has got better support for DLC than GH. The songs released for RB were by far better and much more frequent than guitar hero.

	Comment #44 by Greg0fTheDead Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 01:33:29 PM I bought the rock band 2 guitar last week and it was a very worthy purchase. that upgrade is highly recommended if you have the spare bucks

	Comment #45 by Ug the Mean Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 01:34:34 PM Think I'll wait for the GH drum set with the cymbals for a more complete experience - hopefully it'll be compatible with RB2.

	Comment #46 by N00B EATA Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 02:13:19 PM ehh..w/e. But i bet yall be jealous when i unbox my GH world tour =P

	Comment #47 by Badlandz Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 02:28:40 PM Is wireless drums pointless?

	Comment #48 by DigestMet Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 03:29:03 PM First. looks nice, but as rockband like to $%^& off us europees im gonna be spending my money on guitar hero wt first then buy this later when they decide they want to give it to us (november maybe?) Plus guitar hero WT bundle comes with 2 dif guitars

	Comment #49 by flyingvee Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 04:29:07 PM Your carpet looks like a shit state! Nice white socks though!

	Comment #50 by hayglen Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 04:29:50 PM yea. 1 of those guitars is the les paul which was very dodgy with that green button problem that 99% of ppl had(y do we need a detatchable neck?)

	Comment #51 by braddelo Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 04:55:05 PM @iamtehwin - you are a lame poser...the only good bands in GH are Van Halen, Ozzy, and Interpol.

	Comment #52 by JB007QPRFAN Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 05:04:16 PM Fuck it. FIRST!!!

	Comment #53 by Fire Mage Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 05:08:26 PM Yeah I'm sticking with all my Rock Band 1 stuff instead of buying too much more. I just bought the game. Gonna save up for GH4 and sell my Rock Band drums and microphone, pending on the reviews of how those GH4 drums hold up. Because the GH4 drums are backwards compatible so I'd rather have better drums than the problematic Rock Band ones.

	Comment #54 by G_Ghoul Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 06:20:42 PM I love to savor the moment of recieving a shipped package and opening it as well! RB2 just has more and better songs than GH4 will, so it's a no-brainer on which one will have a lot more playtime. Btw, don't even trying bringing up the custom song thing from GH4 since that shit looked so complex that you'd have to be seasoned in that kinda shit to make a decent knockoff (cuz we all know there's no originality left in the world).

	Comment #55 by knockton55 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 06:38:31 PM Are the drums less noisy? If they are i'll get em

	Comment #56 by Tommy English Wednesday, October 01, 2008 @ 07:03:41 AM Ok so I've heard that the drums won't be compatible with rock band because of the obvious symbol differences. And now I'm hearing that they are backward compatible?! Does anyone actually know for sure or is it going to be best guess until someone actually tries it?

	Comment #57 by iamtehwin Thursday, October 02, 2008 @ 06:49:14 AM rofl @ bradello, learn to like good music, tool owns your face. Plus just because your love is for alanist morisette and cock sucking dream theatre, doesnt mean you have any knowledge of music, anyone who buys rockband and loves it is way more of a "poser" you fool, poser is a over used word used by posers.

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