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Just before Christmas (the night time before?) 2006 my sister in-regulation requested me what I'd like for a present. I requested a DualShock-like controller and Guitar Hero II for the Playstation 2 in order that I could construct my very own Guitar Hero controller. After Christmas day I spent some time looking around for a toy guitar that I might hack however did not see something appropriate. I then remembered that during my childhood I'd generally 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 but they also have high-voltage electric bug zapper-zappers that seem like tennis rackets. They're great for chasing down probably life threatening mosquitos (utilizing one is clearly a case of self denfence) which disappear in a brilliant blue flash accompanied by a satisfyingly loud bang. You can now discover an enormous variety of DIY Guitar Hero controllers on the web made from LEGO, real guitars, Zappify mosquito zapper and erector units and even Guitar Hero playing robots.
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