zyxalis

I guess I've been lurking long enough, so my first post will be to be to say my inspiration was Rocksmith itself. Playing the guitar has always been on my bucket list, but as ya get older, the stuff on the bottom of the list tends to stay towards the bottom and ya know, there is always a other reason to not spend a few hundred on a new (basically solo) hobby, one that I wasn't even sure I would stick with. (*cough* *cough* Scuba diving..) So the wife and in-laws were pestering me on thanksgiving about what I would like for Christmas. After going a few rounds trying to convince them that I didn't want/need anything and trying to steer them to spend their money on their grandchild, it basically went down that Rocksmith would be something I most likely would never get for myself but if they insisted, that would be an excellent gift they could get me. I figured once I had the software, I would worry bout picking up a second hand guitar someday. Well, christmas day, there it was, Rocksmith with the cable *and* from the wife, a brand new Rw Jameson strat knock off! Been playing since and I'm really happy with my progress. Keep in mind your talking to a guy that didn't know that you fret adjacent to, not on top of the fret when I started six months ago, to now (finally) being able to fret confidentially without having to look at the neck, is just great! I tell people about Rocksmith, and liken it to Golf. You can play all day and just duff it all over the place, but you make one great shot and that's all it will take to get you to come back tomorrow. Finally nailing that riff you've been grinding on, same thing! edit: Forgot to add, Epic by Faith no More. Thats the song. If I can 100% that one, then I will say I can play guitar. till then, I'm just messin around.