Originally Posted by
Neil
The thing is people play real intruments as a hobby or they plan to make a career out of it, not everyone wants to play music for a living, buying rock band or guitar hero is just a way to play your favourite songs without the years of learning, you actually spend less money paying for GH3 aswell as Rock band with a full set of peripherals as you would the real thing, the simple fact is if you want to play the real thing then you have to buy a guitar, you have to buy an amp, you then need books/videos or if you're like me then you need a teacher, you need loads more JUST for a real guitar which would cost more than Rock Band and GH3 together, I should know I have a bass, 2 acoustic guitars and an electric guitar, I can't play any of them because I can't learn from books and I don't want to waste money on a teacher
Also you spend more time practising with a real guitar than for RB or GH, you can do from easy to expert in a month or two if you play a few days a week
A real guitar could take like 2 years to learn and you still wont be able to play your favourite songs properly