Rock Band's Fender Precision Bass finally ships

Fender precision bass rock band

Fender precision bass rock band

Mad Catz's faithful recreation of Fender's Precision Bass as a Rock Band controller has finally shipped. The model was first announced back in September last year - quite a delay, then.

It'll set you back around £60 - but if you're going to spend that kind of cash on a gaming peripheral, don't forget to consider Paul McCartney's Hofner Violin Bass. We would call it a 'faithful recreation', too, but it's a right handed model. Doh…

Hofner violin bass

Hofner violin bass

(Via: Engadget)

Tom Porter worked on MusicRadar from its mid-2007 launch date to 2011, covering a range of music and music making topics, across features, gear news, reviews, interviews and more. A regular NAMM-goer back in the day, Tom now resides permanently in Los Angeles, where he's doing rather well at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).