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 # USB Guitar Hero
 
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 This project is to create a USB guitar from a used wireless playstation guitar. The wireless receiver was lost, so using a Teensy 3.1 it can be made into a wired guitar.
 
 The teensy can emulate a gamepad that should be compatible with emulators or Phase Shift.