As an amateur musician who has been playing for 24 years, I overall am pleased with this game. Interface: The software picks up the signal surprisingly well ('91 Gibson SG standard) with the included cable, though there are some misses at times and there is a slight lag in sound. I had trouble getting used to the interface at first and almost considered giving up on this game. The representation of the guitar neck is the reverse of standard TAB for reading notes, so it was initially very confusing until I discovered one can reverse the neck on the screen so the high "E" string is at the top (low E on the bottom, etc). It also was confusing because I have played a lot of Rockband and Guitar Hero in the past, which has conditioned me to read the "streaming notes" as though they are sliding vertically down the neck instead of the visualization in this game were the frets are stretched horizontally into infinity instead. Now that I've been playing the game for a week, with the reversed neck, I feel much more comfortable with the game layout. I just wish that the symbols for chords, hammer-ons, pull offs, bends, and other techniques were visually the same as standard TAB. They kind of made up their own thing, so a more seasoned player may experience a learning curve there as well. If I had never played guitar or read TAB before, I suppose this wouldn't be so much of a problem. I think it would be more educational too if, when playing through as song, the title included the time signature, key, and tempo. Song Content: The included songs are a pretty good mix overall, though there seems to be a disproportionate amount of some pretty obscure (and, imo, not very good) material. If I remember correctly, there are some pretty major rock titles/musicians/artists not represented in the game: Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd come to mind. I'm sure there's some licensing mumbo jumbo and other nonsense going on there. I have already downloaded a few additional titles, to the tune of about $3 each: Interstate Love Song (STP), Ziggy Stardust (Bowie), Green Onions (Booker T. and M.G.s), and Stray Cat Strut (Brian Setzer/Stray Cats). I'm not a regular bass player, but I am inclined to try learning some bass tracks since they are included with songs in the game. I think it would be fun to work together with another guitarist at the same time, since the game has a mulitplayer option (which I can only assume adjusts independently to each player's ability), but I have yet to try it out. Other features: -I really like the retro-themed arcade-style games that focus on technique. -The game includes a tuner, though it doesn't work nearly as well as a standard piece of hardware. -There's a sort of virtual jam session that, for the life in me, I cannot figure out. -Tone selector: still can't figure that one out either... -Surely some other stuff I haven't tried yet To sum things up, it's a good game that works pretty well, but it's definitely not perfect and may be more appropriate for guitar beginners for the first few attempts. I wish it was set up more to look like standard TAB notation, with the appropriate chord diagrams and symbols. The selection of songs isn't bad, but leaves out some really significant and expected material for a rock-themed guitar game. Other than that, the game includes some additional fun and useful features.