It doesn’t solve the problem of not being able to double-strum with two fingers, which the Mad Catz version does, but it is long necked like a real bass. The Widow Maker is available now for $69.

Credit: Steam Rocksmith game interface: Just like Guitar Hero, the notes you need to play fly into view just as you need to play them. Only you have a whole fretboard to deal with not just 5 buttons.

“The bass isn’t looked at as a ‘cool instrument’. It’s always seen as something in the background, or the ‘backbone’ of a band," DeTiger recently told Guitar.com.