First Look at Madcatz’s Rock Band Drums
By Tyler Ryan on Jun 18, 2008 in News
Thanks to Console Hero reader swift for sending us the link.
MadCatz, makers of gaming peripherals, signed a deal with EA/MTV way back in January to produce official 3rd party peripheral for Rock Band.
A few details had been leaked out recently, including pictures of the Guitar, Bass, and Microphone, but we had been waiting for more info on the drums.
We got it today as Amazon has the products listed on their website along with a few pictures. Most of the products will be available between July 15th - August 15th.
Premium Drums:
As was rumored, the MadCatz premium Rock Band drums do feature raised cymbals.
Based on the picture, we’re happy to report that the premium drums also include dual bass pedals. Correction: The second pedal on the drum set is for the added hi-hat. (thanks to RockBandMods for pointing this out)
The premium drums aren’t cheap though. The list price on amazon is currently $149.99
Portable Drums:
Also released today is a picture of portable drums for Rock Band released by MadCatz.
Based on the picture, the portable drums appear to be a series of thin round pads attached to each other by wires. At either end of the pads appear to be wires with one going to what looks to be the ‘bass pedal’, and the other wire to the ‘controller’
The portable drums are currently listed on Amazon for $49.99.
Other Items
Along with the drums come a few more Rock Band branded items including Xbox 360 Rock Band faceplates, a storage case designed like a Fender amplifier, A mic stand, A microphone, a guitar case, and a guitar strap.
We’ve got more pictures and links to the products on Amazon after the break
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Related Links:
Console Hero - First Look at Rock Band MadCatz Peripherals
The premium drums don’t have a double bass. If you would follow your leads more, you would see that in the original story it shows that the second pedal is for the hi-hat as it also has a yellow stripe across it.
JP | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
Our bad.
Thanks for the heads up!
We were looking at the pictures on Amazon and still working on the post… we neglected to read the description as of yet.
Tyler Ryan | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
the 1st madcatz product for Rock band already available is on Madcatz Store is the Noise Reducing Drum Skinz™ for Rock Band™
http://store.gameshark.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=3286&idCategory=186
swiss | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
WTF?
That JP is a dick and you thank him and link to his site?
Sylvain | Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Admittedly, a little more tact could have been used… but I’m not about to get offended as I didn’t take it as a personal attack.
Tyler Ryan | Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Damn, that Telecaster is pure sex. If word of mouth is good on performance I’m definately nabbing that. Any word if they’ll be the same scale as the Strat (I believe it’s 3/4 the size of an actual Stratocaster)
JAL | Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
I’m sorry for the way that my post came across, as it wasn’t meant to be an attack, spiteful, etc. in any way.
I’m a huge fan of this site and wouldn’t want to show any disrespect to anyone here.
JP | Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Likewise JP
I was glad that you commented as it helped me to correct an error… plus it let me know about your site (wicked layout btw).
If I felt the comment was offensive I would have removed the comment… so it’s obviously fine
Tyler Ryan | Jun 19, 2008 | Reply