Ars Technica has reviewed a couple of premium axes for Rock Band. As a guitar player, I always felt a bit cramped on the Guitar Hero peripherals, and I think something like this would get the creative recollective juices flowing a little more freely. Especially having the weight of a real guitar hanging from my shoulders. I think if I were ever to become obsessed with one of those games again, I'd try my hand at building my own. Or I could stick to trying to be a real guitar hero.

so there's a bass guitar...

It's rare that anyone wants to play bass in Rock Band; it's the instrument you trade off on between rounds on the guitar, or you give it to the least-talented member of the band if you're breaking in a new player. The Mad Catz Fender Bass looks to change that, however, by making playing the bass fun.

..and a guitar that's actually made from dead trees...

This is the main event right here. Peak has designed a full-sized Rock Band and Guitar Hero controller made out of real wood. It's wireless, although you can use a wire to hook it into your PS2 system. There are also two dongles for the PS2 and PS3. Sony fans have a lot to be happy about as this works on both its systems and is wireless.

If you, like our Editor-In-Chief, can't stop shredding through the digital riffs in Rock Band, you ought to check this out. It might encourage you to drop some serious cash on some serious guitar upgrades.