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!

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.

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.