Using the Wii Guitar Hero controller with Rock Band
I’ve had an email from someone who wants to know if it’s possible to sync up a Wii Guitar Hero controller for use with Rock Band. Well, the bad news is that you can’t - which is a shame because I know you can with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
The good news is that we’ve discovered an affordable universal Wii guitar controller which not only works with Rock Band and Rock Band 2, but also with Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero IV World Tour and Guitar Hero Aerosmith. This Wii guitar controller has all the strum, tremolo and whammy bars along with a tilt sensor to take advantage of features found in Rock Band and Guitar Hero. For times when you have family and friends over it always pays to have a spare guitar controller, so this wireless controller doubles as a good investment for those Dualing Banjo moments.
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Tags: Wii, Wii Guitar Hero controller, Rock Band
July 8th, 2008 at 3:10 am
That sucks if I’d have known that i wouldn’t have bought it.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
rock band should make something to hook up the guitar hero guitar im sick of buying more controllers
July 12th, 2008 at 2:58 am
Yea, i’m sick of blowing my money on controlers, if some1 has connections with nintendo, tell then they need to make hook up items, but, I bet they won’t so they can get more money, those cheapfaces!
July 13th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Thats why you should all buy 360s beotches! and don’t even say im a fan boy cause im not and youd be wrong you emo japanese wii players, slut. go read your vampire romance crap.
July 16th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
what if we already have a controler and we put it in? how do we hook it up?
July 19th, 2008 at 12:19 am
i really wish that SOMEONE i really dont care who, would come up with a Controller with the nice, Big built in fret Buttoms from the rock band guitar and add in the sweet smooth strum bar from the GH Gutiar, and have them work on BOTH games.. i HATE the rock band controllers strum bar.. its so hard, makes me miss notes that i would have hit if it was more like GH strum bar.. :( MEH!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pm
this really sucks the only reason i bought rockband was to play with 2 guitars..? and now i have to buy another friggin controller wat a rip off.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Wow that totally sucks!!! do you think there is a cord that you could buy to connect it?? like..where you would orginially put the control in the wii guitar, plug in like an adapter thats connected to a cord to connect with the rest of the instruments like the drum and microphone??
July 24th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
my rock band guitar was broken as soon as i got it out of the box!
July 26th, 2008 at 1:36 am
my friggen drum was broken, then I went and returned it and spent about 4 hours trying to hook the guitar hero guitar up with rockband to realize the japs did not make it work. I am dissapointed
July 30th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Blame Activision.
They are not adhering to the standard and as such, Activision’s controller will not work. It probably does not help that Activision and Harmonix are in competition with each other…
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I 4 1 have had it with Nintendo !! Im SO p.o. about not being able to use my Hero guitar with Rock Band…its the last straw. I’ve been an avid Nintendo freak since the 1st system came out…and I vow to NEVER buy another system from Nintendo.
First the graphx suck, u cant download songs & play online with other peeps like the other systems & now this?? Unacceptable to pay almost $200 for somethin & still have to buy more. Ive had enough & wrote em an email about it too. I hope the rest of the world does the same.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
How is this activisions fault u idiot. They designed a guitar that uses the wii mote. F**king Harmonix comes in and said that wont make us any money. They should just quit and go out of business
August 7th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
anybody that has money is not worried about saving us money……thats what this is all about making 2 different games that are virtually the same so ppl bought guitar hero bc it came out first…then someone else made rock band not too long after that so ppl are dumb enough to waste all that money buying both…. i know i did…of course you cant use that controller on rock band that would be too simple
September 18th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
thank f*** i read this site first, i was just about to buy rockband to use the GH guitar which the block in the GAME store said would work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KIN RIP OFF WORLD
September 27th, 2008 at 1:33 am
LOL, the guy at the store told me it would work with Rock Band. What a liar. Or he’s just stupid. He looked like a nerd so i thought he knew what he was talking about. Anyways…
I’ve heard of the RB guitars Breaking easily, but I’ve noticed some people mistake them for broken when they really need to TURN ON THE SWITCH IN THE BACK! (Read the instructions.)
But basically, The wii Rock Band is the same for all systems…minus the character customization and song availability. Go a head and get the X box. The prices have dropped.
September 27th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-194726.aspx
This may be the answer
November 19th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
its a money spinner like the 360 wireless adaptor for live £60 guitar i think i can get it for a tenner there both money spinners
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
That is so pathetic. They just want us to buy more controllers.
December 10th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
F*****ing rip off by Nintendo!! F**k them back, hack your wii!
December 12th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
has anyone gotten their Rockband Guitar to work on Guitar Hero game? THis really sucks.
December 20th, 2008 at 5:35 am
man….I got rockband about 2 weeks ago and of course you dont get two guitars so I asked for a second guitar for chirstmas….I got it today early and it was a guitar hero guitar which ticks me off because I dont even have guitar hero…the wii really sucks and they are thinking about making a wii 2? they cant even make good games. anyway this really sucks…
December 29th, 2008 at 2:25 am
that sucks
December 31st, 2008 at 5:33 am
I may as well take up real guitar playing with the collection of gotdam fake ass plastic guitars I have to have out in my living room just to play 2 seperate popular games! Im furrious!
January 11th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
you can use the same mic on both games but thats all
January 13th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Have any of you actually tried it? I use our GH guitar for RB2 all the time. The only problem is that it appears to have a slight lag that makes it hard to use for lead guitar - but not much of a problem for bass. If you adjust the timing, it adjusts it for all instruments, not individual. So, calm down, all. It works.
January 28th, 2009 at 12:23 am
I just bought Rockband II wireless drums , I already had Guitar hero III Les Paul and it works with Rockband AC/DC live trackpack . This is on a Wii system. But I tried to use my Guitar hero guitar on my buddies Rockband I game , and it won’t work? Any Ideas?
January 28th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Dave, Guitar Hero controllers work for Rock Band 2, but not for Rock Band 1. I’ve been playing RB2 since it came out, oblivious to the RB1 issue, imagine my suprise when I try to load it up today… poop.
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:05 pm
For the Wii, Both the GH Les Paul and the World Tour guitar work with RB2. RB1, however is different. The drum controller from GHWT will work with with RB2. The RB stuff DOESN’T WORK with GH games The RB drum controller does not have speed and pressure sensitivity. Down loadable content (DLC)for RB 2 is lagging behind the other platforms but they are working on it. They promise some releases each week, starting this month.
The DLC for GHWT is on par. GHII lack a lot for cooperative band play and the GH Aerosmith is a slight improvement. If you like jamming with friends and family of all ages, which is really what the Wii is all about, I found the best bet is a GHWT kit then picking up RB2 as a standalone software. If you feel like adding to the software, maybe GH Aerosmith or loading up on Wii points and getting the DLC stuff you like. RB1 songs are supposed to work with RB2 but due to RB 1’s lack of online conectivity for Wii, buying RB1 for its content is just about useless.
February 24th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
EZ Gear has a guitar for the Wii that will work on both Rock band and Guitar Hero. You can get it at KB Toys for $70.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I have been drawn to the more kid-friendly content of RB/RB2 but I couldn’t get past all the bad reviews on the RB controllers. (Plus I really do prefer GH gameplay myself.) I love Vic’s solution of buying GHWT with controllers and then the RB2 game standalone… this is exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks!
March 8th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Well I have a question… My GH gutar worked on christmas day on my rock band sistem for my Wii but i have no idea how i did it… So all of you ppls are wrong cuz it worked for me a couple times but now it wont work no more and it is making me mad!!!>:0…So I know it can work but I just dont remember how to make it work!=-(
March 24th, 2009 at 1:59 am
I found that both the Guitar Hero III Les Paul Guitar as well as the Guitar Hero: World Tour guitar controller work with Rock Band 2. Out of sheer boredom, I tried the GH:WT drums with RB2, and found that it works as well; when the orange cymbal was hit, the blue button on the screen was hit. I haven’t yet tried the microphone, but i’m pretty sure that would work too, as on both RB2 and GH:WT it’s just a USB port on the end of the mic. Hope this helps! =]
April 5th, 2009 at 7:31 am
semour butts, you are a fool. you cannot claim not to be a fan, then claim the superiority of a sytem over another, then go on to insult anyone who owns that system. it doesnt work that way. you are a fanboy in denial.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
We just bought Rock Band 2, set it up, turned it on, and our Guitar Hero III guitar synced right up and we played with the 2 guitars, drums, and mic for 3 days straight.
April 7th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
i payed 30 bucks for this now i cant play!
April 17th, 2009 at 3:35 am
I got Rock Band 1 today and I have not played it yet but some ppl say that GH guitar will play for RB (BR2) and some ppl say that it will not play so I do not know…
April 17th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Is there a pach?
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I have played Rock Band and the Guitar Hero guitar will not play with Rock Band! The guy at the stor say that he had it and it will play! What a rip off!
(But I still like Rock Band!)
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I have all 3 systems and I like them all for different reasons. The Wii is a fun, family based system and not really intended for use by hardcore gamers. They never pitched it as a such a system. Nintendo has always kind of been geared toward younger kids and teens. That is why they keep the price of their systems and accerssories down compared to the Microsoft and Sony. If you are a hardcore gamer then the Wii is not for you and you are the a$$ not Nintendo for buying it and expecting it to do more than advertised. Nintendo doesn’t say they have the best graphics or that they have the best multiplayer titles out there. They say play together and have fun with your family. I have a 5 year old and her and I get hours of enjoyment out of the system and I prefer its active play to the regular sit still and play buttons stuff anyway. So for me the Wii works. When I feel like killing a bunch of stuff after she’s in bed and screaming at people I can’t see while I splatter them all over the wall I turn on my 360. When I want some great looking graphics and to play some franchise titles I can’t get on another system or to watch a Blu-Ray movie and chat with a smaller group of people I turn my PS3.
As for GH the guitar will work on RB2, but not RB1. I prefer the Rockband 2 drums over the World Tour drums. But I think both the guitars have their flaws, but the GH one is a little better that the RB, but I expect this to be the case I mean that’s what GH is know for it would be kind of pathetic if they couldn’t at least beat RB at that.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I have been using my GHWT guitar with RB2 for Wii. I also bought an extra guitar that I use for both . (They work fine until you add the drums) Was using GHWT drums with RB2 also. Decided to purchase the RB2 drums. They work fine with just 1 guitar but when you add the extra guitar or microphone, the calabration is completely off on the drums, if you calibrate the drums then the guitar calibrations are off. Do you think its because the guitars have to be used with the Wii controllers and the drums don’t? Should I just go buy the RB2 guitars? Does anyone think that will help? Thanks
May 31st, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Actually, the mic will work for every each plat. that has a usb entry ( ps2, ps3, wii, xbox360 ) im not sure about Xbox.
Can someone please comfirm that i can use my ghIII Les Paul in a RBII?I’ve only got RBI, i’m unsafe = (
June 1st, 2009 at 4:49 am
What I want to know is does the GH3 guitar work with ACDC Rock Band? If it does, sweet, I will buy it, if not, Nintendo can go to hell! The majority of the songs on GH3 were sh** but ACDC rock!
June 6th, 2009 at 7:48 am
How the Hell can you guys blame Nintendo? They did not make either of these games. Blame the companies that did