Enter the following codes with your guitar controller at the cheats menu for the desired effect:

• GREEN, GREEN, RED, RED, YELLOW, BLUE, YELLOW, BLUE - Always Slide
• YELLOW, GREEN, RED, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, RED - Auto kick
• RED, RED, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW - Air instruments
• GREEN, GREEN, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW, GREEN - All hammer-ons and pull-offs
• GREEN, GREEN, RED, RED, YELLOW, RED, YELLOW, BLUE - Contest winner 1
• YELLOW, GREEN, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN - Focus mode
• GREEN, RED, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN - Clean screen (no HUD) mode
• GREEN, RED, YELLOW, YELLOW, YELLOW, BLUE, BLUE, GREEN - Invisible characters
• YELLOW, YELLOW, BLUE, RED, BLUE, GREEN, RED, RED - Performance mode
• BLUE, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN, RED, GREEN, RED, YELLOW - Unlock all characters

Unlock the following characters by performing the following actions in Career Mode:

• Adam Levine - Complete Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
• Adrian Young - Complete No Doubt - Don't Speak
• Frankenrocker - Complete Diamond Bonus Challenge on Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin' Down
• Gwen Stefani - Complete No Doubt - Just A Girl
• Shadow Character - Complete Gold Bonus Challenge on David Bowie - Let's Dance
• Taylor Swift - Complete Taylor Swift - Love Story
• Tom Dumont - Complete No Doubt - Just A Girl
• Tony Kanal - Complete No Doubt - Don't Speak