Under the headline "Guitar Hero gets real: the hidden genius of You Rock", arstechnica.com get hands on with the You Rock Guitar.

"Any story about Guitar Hero or Rock Band isn't complete without some yahoo in the comments claiming that people should stop having fun playing games and should start learning how to play an actual guitar. One product at CES was pitched to us as an advanced Guitar Hero controller, but what we saw at the booth was a surprisingly robust musical product"

"For students, musicians on the go, video game fans, or people with a home studio, this guitar will have some worth ... this is an item that doesn't fall into one easy category but, based on our hands-on time with the hardware, it does everything it promises."

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