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We've been on/are on hiatus for a little while. Kits are still available, and we'll always have support available, but we're figuring out where to go next, if to go on at all. More details on the blog!

- 09 June 2010 -

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- 05 May 2010 -

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  • 23Jun
    Site Updates Comments Off

    Sorry for the lack of recent updates.. These last 2 weeks have been kinda busy.
    First, we’ve been spending a lot of time trying to build a chip to allow us to interface directly with the PlayStation 2, which has gone a lot worse than expected. We’ve had some success; we’ve gotten our chip to work, but unfortunately, it only seems to work with games OTHER than Guitar Hero. Awkward.
    Second, and more exciting, we’ve also been working on a simpler-to-make version of the V1, one that’s just a mod of one of those “Guitar Hero Controllers in a Real Guitar Body” things. Still working on a few things, but that should be out soon…
    So thanks for bearing with us! We’ve been doing stuff, we swear!

  • 10Jun
    New Release Comments Off

    Just a little update to the V1, we now offer simple instructions for making a star-power activating guitar foot pedal.  Instructions are here on Instructables.

    Here are some pictures:

    The V1 Star Power Foot Pedal
    The V1 with the Star Power foot pedal, together
  • 09Jun

    As of today, the OpenChord V1 is ready to rock. Instead of playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band with a controller that simply looks like a guitar, you can now play on the real deal – moving your fingers along the strings of a real guitar, making real chords. Which makes playing so, so much more rewarding.

  • 09Jun
    Site Updates Comments Off

    Welcome to OpenChord.org. Our goal is to turn a regular electric guitar into a Guitar Hero/Rock Band controller while retaining as much of the original guitar-playing experience as possible. Right now, we’re probably about halfway to the dream, but what we’ve already got is pretty rockin’. So check out the site, see what we’ve got, and let us know what you think at contact@openchord.org.