I don't have guitar hero/rock band, I only played GH II once at my friends' house, that's it, but it was fun. XD I feel so left out. D: (and plz don't convince me to buy the game, I've had enough of ppl telling me I should buy a new laptop (I'm using windows 2000 btw) I will, if I have the money that is. XD and I don't want to be spoiled and ask my parents to use their hard earned money for just a game, XD lolz ) Oh wellz.
I'm sorry 'bout the cheap quality, everything's getting cheap these days, even those awesome samsonite bags get ripped off in a matter of 2 months. D: the battery holder sounds like a big pain in the neck! O_o I would crash that guitar from frustration if I were you, lololz XD jk.
Well, hope everything goes well. Have a great day! ^^ *hugs*

I skimmed and jumped around that paragraph @___@ yay for honesty ^^
It sucks that the guitar is a piece o' crap on the upside, you've got a full band now ^_^. But no one's gonna want the crappy controller >X[
I've yet to play Guitar Hero or Rock Band, looks like awesomness though.
As for the avatars I'm having a hard time, I crack up at almost all of them.
9, 6, or 5 ?___?
I'd say 7 but I like one-person shots the best ^^.

I tend to avoid third party controllers of all kinds. Across every system I've owned, I've never found one I liked better than the official controller.

I say return the friggin' thing barely within the 30 days. Definitely don't end up keeping it. Even if it wasn't very expensive, it'll annoy you every time you look at it. Not something to keep in the house.

If you want an actual avatar, I'd say 2. Leaning towards more of a joke? 7 all the way.

Heh that's what you should expect from something so cheap, although you can luck out sometimes with cheaper things. Not this case though, sadly.
That totally sucks but hey like you said, you do have now the entire instruments for a band and that's pretty good!

As for the suggestion of your next avatar, my vote still stands for 7 and 3 =P