Personally, I like the Guitar Hero guitar controllers much better then the Stratocaster for Rock Band anyway. The stratocaster's controls are much more rigid and hard to use than the guitar controllers for the guitar hero games. I had the most difficulty with the strum bar, as there are many occasions when I have to push down on the strum bar MUCH harder to get the notes to play than is the case with the guitar hero controllers. I always core much higher on Rock Band songs using the Les Paul or Red Octane controllers.