[Brendan Byrne] stripped this instrument down to basics and built himself a ribbon controller bass guitar. Details are still a bit sparse on his website, but there are plenty of detailed ...

[Robert] wrote a program using Max/MSP that lets him make music with his guitar hero controller ... forming a much more creative rock band than you can buy in the store.

If you have a compatible plastic guitar, you can use it to play new Pro Lead and Pro Bass ... controller buttons. They also include hammer-on and pull-off notes — just like Rock Band and Guitar ...