CRKD Has Revived the Gibson SG Guitar Controller

Just a mates of weeks aft announcing a drum kit controller, CRKD is erstwhile again announcing a caller Guitar Hero-style accessory. This time, it comes successful the signifier of a revival of the aged Gibson SG Guitar Controller, which should brace nicely with the CRKD Gibson Les Paul controller that IGN reviewed earlier this year.

The caller Gibson SG is specifically for PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles, but volition enactment with PC arsenic well. It is, of course, meant to capitalize connected Fortnite Festival, a bushed crippled wrong Fortnite that was developed by Harmonix, the workplace down the legendary Rock Band games. If you don't similar Fortnite Festival – and IGN wouldn't blasted you if you don't – CRKD's SG besides has a Legacy Mode for the older Rock Band and Guitar Hero games.

Just similar CRKD's Les Paul, the caller SG features a Hall Effect strum barroom with mechanical haptics, arsenic good arsenic repurposed versions of the switches and knobs you'd find connected an existent SG guitar. That is, the pickup switcher is present surrounded by PlayStation controller face- and- enarthrosis buttons portion 1 of the measurement knobs is simply a wired/wireless mode selector. Also, you'll find a sneaky d-pad tucked successful the backmost of the controller's headstock. The 5 cervix buttons diagnostic mechanical switches, the frets person RGB LEDs, and the cervix itself is swappable, conscionable similar the Les Paul version. And, naturally, the CRKG Gibson SG has a whammy bar.

CRKD has been connected a rotation erstwhile it comes to releasing bushed crippled controllers, but its not the lone institution trying to seizure immoderate of those sweet, saccharine Fortnite Festival-fueled guitar hero/rock set nostalgia bucks. Turtle Beach-owned PDP started releasing its ain fantabulous Riffmaster guitar controllers successful 2024, including a caller Nintendo Switch version.

You tin caput to CRKD's tract to preorder the $134.99 Gibson SG successful achromatic – the lone disposable colour enactment for now. It's estimated to vessel December 15 – 19.

Wes is simply a freelance writer (Freelance Wes, they telephone him) who has covered technology, gaming, and amusement steadily since 2020 astatine Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Hardcore Gamer, and astir recently, The Verge. Inside of him determination are 2 wolves: 1 that thinks it wouldn't beryllium truthful atrocious to commencement collecting crippled consoles again, and the different who besides thinks this, but much strongly.