Gene Simmons Axe will rock n’ roll all night, party everyday |
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| BY Kristen Spencer Oct. 28th, 2008 | More on: |
Madcatz’s Fender Precision Bass Replica has a split strum bar. Logitech’s Premiere Edition Wireless Guitar has authentic metal and wood materials. But Kobian USA’s Gene Simmons Axe Guitar has, well…it’s shaped like a FREAKIN’ BATTLEAXE!
The Israeli-born rocker has lent his name and image to this latest entry into the overly elaborate guitar controller arena, a Guitar Hero and Rock Band compatible replica of his signature axe bass. The Gene Simmons Axe Guitar is a three-quarter sized replica of the Kiss bassist/vocalist’s original, making it slightly larger than the standard controllers - which is good. It also has Simmons’ signature and the face of “The Demon,” his blood-spitting, fire-breathing, tongue-wagging alter ego, painted directly onto the body - which is bad. Bad ass. Right now you can pre-order the PS2/PS3 or Wii versions on Amazon.com for $79.99, certainly and perhaps sadly not the most you could spend on a fake instrument. No word yet on a Xbox 360 version, but judging by the incredibly selective criteria a Simmons-branded product must meet, it’s probably not far behind.
November 3rd, 2008
at 7:56 pm
This guitar is great - some googling revealed an interesting behind the scenes story:
http://www.legacyengineer.com/portfolio-guitar.html
Looks like this company is the one who actually designed it for Gene Simmons - but the thing is - I2G/Gene stiffed them and never paid for the building of it. These people are the ones behind the Flashback 2 and other cool looking products as well - they build electronic works of art. If Gene played a concert - he’d expect to get paid, well these people built what looks like a great product, real shame that didn’t get paid.