Activision and NAMM (the trade association of the international music products industry) have teamed up to urge Guitar Hero 3 players to rock for real.

NAMM will link its "Wanna Play?" public awareness campaign, which encourages people of all ages to make music, with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

"We're trying to take people from the videogame and teach them how to play guitar in reality," NAMM's Morgan Ringwald (No relation to Molly) told G4.

The new teaming is aimed at strengthening the connection between virtual and real-world guitar playing, along with encouraging more people to experience and enjoy both pastimes. So the next time you walk into a local music shop, you may be able to rock out on fake Guitar Hero guitars as well as that Fender Strat you've been eyeing.

"With our program called Wanna Play Guitar, we're providing all the resources a retailer would need to run a Guitar Hero 3 competition in their store," Ringwald said."As soon as you put down the guitar, you'll have someone there to say, 'hey, let me show you how easy it is to play an E chord on a real guitar.'"

Then, two weeks later, you're Buckethead.