Ben Heck’s Guitar Hero Foot Pedal for Strum and Whammy

Ben Heckendorn was recently asked to build some Guitar Hero controllers that would require the use of only one hand.  The custom controllers were requested to show at the Games for Health conference, and Red Octane took the step of donating Guitar Hero guitar controllers to Ben so he would have the materials to work with.

Ben came up a flashy looking foot pedal that controls the strum and whammy.

To strum with the pedals, the user needs to raise the front of their foot up and down, and whammy is performed by raising and lowering the heel of the foot.

Head on over to benheck.com for more information and to see more pictures of the pedal, including early prototypes.

Related Links:
Ben Heck - Guitar Hero pedal controllers
Games for Health Conference