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+<br>Just before Christmas (the evening earlier than?) 2006 my sister in-law asked me what I might like for a present. I requested a DualShock-like controller and Guitar Hero II for the Playstation 2 in order that I could build my own Guitar Hero controller. After Christmas day I spent a while looking around for a toy guitar that I could hack however did not see anything appropriate. I then remembered that during my childhood I would typically leap concerning the lounge room with the stereo turned up whereas pretending to play guitar with a tennis racket. Now in Thailand they not solely have tennis rackets however they even have excessive-voltage [buy bug zapper](https://www.yewiki.org/User:ThomasMize)-zappers that look like tennis rackets. They're nice for chasing down doubtlessly life threatening mosquitos (using one is clearly a case of self denfence) which disappear in a shiny blue flash accompanied by a satisfyingly loud bang. You can now find a huge variety of DIY Guitar Hero controllers on the net made from LEGO, real guitars, and erector units and even Guitar Hero taking part in robots.<br>
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