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First step: Check the neck relief and action on your guitar. It doesn't take much to make a guitar really difficult to play. Take a capo, put it on the first fret, hold the low E down with a finger on the 14th fret, then use spark plug gauges to measure the relief at the sixth fret or so. The distance between the string and the fret wire there is the relief -- 0.25 mm is a good distance (could be more or less depending on the neck radius). Adjust the truss rod if needed. After that, adjust the string height at the bridge. The nut is a part of the equation too -- if the nut slots are cut properly, they'll make barre chords on the first frets really difficult. (Take the guitar to a tech is you don't feel up to making these adjustments.) Once you're certain the guitar is properly set up: Make sure you're playing without tension -- do a checklist of your body, starting with your fingers, your hand, your wrist, etc -- up into your shoulder, neck and back. Make sure the entire chain stays really relaxed. That should help keep your hands from becoming fatigued. Also, check the bar you're making. You shouldn't need a lot of pressure at all -- maybe try focusing just on the bar for a bit, figuring out the exact amount of pressure you need.

DOWNLOAD CUSTOM SONG FOR YOUR PLATFORM INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: PC: DOWNLOAD our tool to install the fix Copy file: "_p.psarc" to "dlc"; Mac: Follow the instruction over there : https://customsforge.com/index.php?/topic/33889-how-to-add-custom-songs-on-mac/ Copy file: "_m.psarc" to "~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Rocksmith2014/dlc/", you might need to use "Command-Shift-G" to go inside ~/Library since it's hidden by default in the finder XBox 360: Place files: "_xbox" to "Content>0000000000000000>555308C0>00000002"; PS3: Install files: "_ps3.psarc.edat" to "/dev_hdd0/game/BLUS31182/USRDIR/DLC", if the folder DLC does not exist, just create it. Note: If you are intending on using Custom DLCs on a PS3 or XBox, you MUST jailbreak your console first! Hacking or jailbreaking a console is beyond the scope of what we are doing here, and if you are not comfortable with doing it, you may want to simply buy the PC version of the game. JUST PLAY IT ! All credit to MarineIguana, he created this, I am merely echoing it here.

How it works. Request a Tone in here. 1. Post a youtube link of the song. 2. Give a link for the CDLC without tone. (Keep the default one in the toolkit) 3. Say for which instruments you need the tone. 4. If you feel the song requires more tones. Say so and Say where in the song the second tone is so that the tone creator can hear it. 5. Wait patiently. 6. If your tone has been made and sent to you. Don't forget to say thank you and give them some credit when you post the CDLC. So hopefully some people are willing to help you out in here.

I am pleased to announce that new Rocksmith Custom Song Toolkit. All thanks to the developers involved in the project that made this feasible possibility in so little time. DEVS: * me; * Snakez; * Maveth; * Raynebc; * Dreddfoxx; * Alex360 (L0fka); * Shrubbery (otaznik); * Cozy1; * Zephyrix; * Xavatar (PowerSlinky); * Chlipouni; * Cgeorge; TESTERS (consoles): * Acid6D94 (XBox 360); * Redeyed (PS3); * Kim666 (PS3); And among others for PC/Mac. DOWNLOAD: http://www.rscustom.net/ NOW WITH A RELEASE FOR MONO (CAN BE USED ON MAC) !!! ANY ISSUE? TRY TO DOWNLOAD THE LAST BUILD: http://www.rscustom.net/builds IF PROBLEM PERSISTS, OPEN AN ISSUE IN THE PROJECT ON GITHUB: https://github.com/rscustom/rocksmith-custom-song-toolkit/issues NEW VERSION INCLUDE: NEW IN 2.6.0.0:* New auto-update feature (shows changes from your version and allow update with one click);* Added InlayCreator (new package type to customize your guitar) [all credits to Cozy1 and Baoulletes for this feature];* Added config screen that you can pre-define some fields in toolkit;* Added song preview volume box to make preview independant of song volume;* Added structured project import option;* Added package author (charter name) inside the package (can be setup on config screen, default value is "Custom Song Creator", but you can define your name if you want);* Added background worker with progress bar for most toolkit features (Generate package, unpacker, update appid, etc);* Added option to use acronym in file names when generate packages;* Fixed DLCConverter CLI issues;* Fixed packer for mod purposes;* SNG 2 XML general issues fixed;* Enhanced package validation;* Toolkit random hangs fixed;* Package random crashes fixed;* Fixed auto-tone load with ToneC and ToneD in some cases;* Fixed Import Template from package (tuning frequency and some minor issues);* Fixed some existent appIds and added new ones;* DDC updated to 2.2;* Fixed packer for larger than 100mb files;* Minor issue fixes. Note: RS2014 CDLC support almost all new features like new techniques, custom tunings, Tuning Pitch (frequency), Mac platform, etc. This new version of toolkit require lastest version of Editor-on-Fire (EoF) 1.8RC8(r1281) or above. To play custom songs on PC and Mac platform is required a patch to bypass song signature that will be released in a tutorial in smithyanvil. (for consoles is not required). ============================================== CHANGE LOG:

Here's a running list of my RS 2014 customs (mostly for an easy way for me to find links): The Beatles - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (bass only) Al Green - Let's Stay Together Dead Kennedy's - Holiday in Cambodia King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee The Band - The Weight The Jam - Going Underground The Kinks - Yes Sir, No Sir Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come NoMeansNo - Rags and Bones Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Breathe Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky Pink Floyd - Us and Them Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse I generally just do songs that I really love, and I have a pretty long todo list, so requests don't get filled often.

ARTIST...................: YouALBUM....................: NoneTITLE....................: 12 Bar Blues (Practice)VERSION..................: 1.0INSTRUMENT(S)............: Rhythm, BassTUNING...................: E StandardCUSTOM TONE..............: Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion tonesDYNAMIC DIFFICULTY.......: Kind of, use them to pick the key.DIFFICULTY LEVELS........: 3 (C, E, G)RIFF REPEATER............: YesSCROLL SPEED.............: 2.0PACKAGE ID...............: 248750 (Cherub)PLATFORMS................: PC, Max, Xbox360, PS3First of all many thanks to ja37 for solving my Riff Repeater problem. This is a practice track for the 12 Bar Blues and it's variations as described in it's Wikipedia page in the keys of C, E, and G. The backing track is a drum-only loop of the 12 Bar Blues example found here. There is a number of sections each representing a variation. in order they are: [*]Standard [*]Shuffle [*]Quick Change [*]Sevenths [*]Basic Jazz Blues Progression [*]Bebop [*]Minor (with 7ths) Standard, Shuffle, and Quick Change are easy and play quite nice together (and so does Sevenths.) Sevenths, and Minor are a little more challenging. Jazz and Bebop are full of chords most other styles of music never use and are full of unusual chords... some you don't even play as chord because they sound horrible, you play them as arpeggios. Each section has 3 phrases each 4 measures (bars) long. So every section is a self-contained 12 Bar Blues progression on it's own, and they mostly play nice going one into the other. The guitar is all chords, 1 every measure or change. You can play anything you want in between: keep strumming, tiny little fills, mix and match. The bass is just the tonic but with a hand-shape (like an arpeggio) for the current chord at every measure or change. Same deal as the guitar just hit your designated note at the right time all the in-between are up for grabs. If you know a little music theory you will notice C, E, G for the C Major chord. That's to say if C is the Root/Tonic, E is III, and G is V. As long as you keep C as the overall tone you don't have to play all sections in the same difficulty. For example you play the first 4 sections as C, C, G, C making it a simple AABA type song. While testing I found that I felt into trance mode and stop paying attention so I threw in different hand positions to try and keep it more interesting. Bassist don't have that in E or G, as I got tired of looking up different fingerings. Alright, I would like feed-back of what works and what doesn't as far as a practice track goes. Depending on how it goes I may add the other keys. Links: PC (The Only One Tested) Mac Xbox360 PS3 Hope it is alright to post this here.

Hey everybody, I figured I would finally put up a list on what I'm working on. Mainly my RS1 customs, but a few new ones will be worked on as well. All will have Riff Repeater, Custom Tones, and DDC incorporated. RELEASED: Blink 182 - The Rock Show Interpol - Obstacle 1 Led Zeppelin Rock And Roll Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge WORKS IN PROGRESS: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside Incubus - Pardon Me (Acoustic) Foo Fighters - Everlong (Acoustic) Into It. Over It. - Anchor Sundays Best - Saccharine Feel free to leave comments or suggestions. I would have released my RS1 customs quicker, but life happens and time becomes limited.

I've started working on Zombie, I'm surprised this haven't been made yet, a classic that's both very easy and fun to play. My mighty PC powers are a bit lacking, there's still a little way to go before I've wrestled a playable version out of the editor. Lead and rythm are both nearly complete, I'm also thinking about melting some lead parts together with rythm to keep it more interresting. ---edit--- It's nearly complete, I only need to add custom tones which will be done as soon as I'm back at my own PC sometime later today. If anyone wants to see the final version (excl custom tones), here's the link. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wy19kj757lb04zc/-_YU3uWBo_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffs78DgfKNY

Hello everyone! I wanted to say thanks to everyone who's supported us so far. First off I wanted to explain what your donations was used for. The negatives are what I've purchased. The websites domain for $15 and the IP.Board & IP.Download system for $225 I have $142.93 USD Left in paypal and I plan to let all users know where their money went. I will not pocket any of this money as it will be used for this website only. Edit: I've moved the transactions list to Google Spreadsheet. Please view it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zfCUmm0Wj8V1KW_Xrh8JWhV1Sio7H7F-OHeY4E09NAA/edit?usp=sharing Thank you SO much to everyone. Okay now, for the future of the website I have a few things in motion. 1) We will most likely use http://rscdlc.com/ for our DLC system. We will modify it to make it better. 2) We will use IP.Downloads for our file system. You can do EVERYTHING you dreamed it. Some of the features: - It counts every download - Searchable fields (Title, Artist, etc) - NOTIFICATIONS for file updates. This is a huge update I'm looking forward to. No longer have to deal with outdated CDLC. - Report broken file downloads to the CDLC creator & More! 3) We are actively working with PHP developers to upgrade to our new CDLC system. 4) We are looking into hiring a Skin designer to design a professional dark-themed type skin. (Possibly a white one too). Please note this will take some time but I'm hoping to get all of this in motion within the week. I'd like to have everything up and running soon so we can have an awesome community with awesome CDLC. I also want to give thanks for my wife, Ally who has been here since the morning helping me out with everything. I'm looking forward to working with everyone to create the ultimate CDLC website.

1. Chimay Blue Cap, Grand Reserve: http://www.chimay.com/en/chimay-bleue.html?IDC=287&IDD=130 2. Guinness (on draught only). 3. A variety of well-crafted microbrews.

You might want to use this area of the site. http://search.customsforge.com/

It's nice if you actually have guitar pro installed though so if you need to make an adjustment to it you can just open it in guitar pro which is quicker than doing it in eof sometimes and you can combine tracks that are split up instead of copying and pasting in eof.

GNR - Appetite for destruction

Hi Guys, First of all, I would to thank everyone for their efforts and time for the community. I'm a bass player, a beginner, that's why my customs aren't perfect, especially for tones and guitar parts, but I really like making some to share with the community. Here's the list of custom that I've done : Alien Ant Farm_-_Smooth Criminal Vocals, Bass (Bonus Arrangement), Lead, Rhythm, No DD Anita Ward_-_Ring My Bell Bass, Rhythm, Lead, no DD Daft Punk_-_Lose Yourself To Dance Vocals, Bass, Rhythm (over 800 D/L, no feedback on guitar parts... it seems ok :P), no DD Elmer Food Beat_-_Daniela Bass, no DD Fat Larry's Band_-_Act Like You Know Bass, DD Hi-Standard_-_Pink Panther Theme Bass Pharrell Williams_-_Happy Vocals, Bass, No DD Phoenix_-_If I Ever Feel Better Bass, Rhythm, DD (over 200 D/L, no feedback on guitar parts... it seems ok again :P) Conversion done : BB Brunes - Coups et Blessures Lead, Rhythm, Bass, Vocals, no DD, no RR || Originaly made by Kentoto Blur_-_Girls And Boys Bass, Vocals, no DD || Originaly made by dphfromsg Earth, Wind & Fire_-_September Bass, Vocals, no DD || Originaly made by Naufal88 Jamiroquai_-_When You Gonna Learn Bass, DD || Originaly made by dphfromsg M_-_Je Dis Aime Bass, Rhythm, Vocals, No DD || Originaly made by dphfromsg Moloko_-_Sing It Back Rhythm, Bass, DD || Originaly made by dphfromsg Sade_-_Smooth Operator Bass, Vocals || Originaly made by dphfromsg Stevie Wonder_-_Master Blaster (Jammin') Bass, Lead, Rythm, no DD || Originaly made by dphfromsg Vampire Weekend_-_A-Punk Bass, rhythm, Vocals, DD || Originaly made by Majere Under test : The Cardigans_-_My Favorite Game (RS2012 conversion, originaly made by Mioos) Work In Progress : BB Brunes_-_Le Gang M_-_Machistador Some RS2012 conversions on their way In my mind : M_-_A Celle Qui Dure The Breeders_-_Cannonball The Cardigans_-_Carnival White Town_-_Your Woman If you want to add something to my customs to improve them (tones, guitar parts or whatever), I could share eof files and everything needed to rebuild them. I hope you'll have fun with these customs. I really like to thank dphfromsg, Mioos, Kentoto for their previous work on RS2012 : You guys made real good job and I was glad to convert your customs even if my tones were not as good as yours.

Have fun with my custom guys :)

Hey cool, now we can comment on your profile...... convenient. And yes! You got your School Rumble avatar :grin: And it's great you're working on Queen. Hope to see Don't Stop Me Now in the future. Best of luck on this website. Hope you'll have fun here like you did in smithy.

its incredible what everyone has done in such a short time ... i work for the government and it would take a couple months to get something like this set up and running and at 100x the cost ...

Nino, if you are going to make any more metallica customs, would you mind doing The Day that Never comes, first? Getting requests a lot for that one

I do have an archive of the threads here: http://www.rscustom.net/dlcIt's not very polished since I started it a few months back and never had time to finish it. I've only updated it with newer posts since then.

Thanks Mhavok! The amount of work put in by the Development team in the last week has been astronomical.

A matchbook cover has always worked for me in a pinch . LOL

The only body modification that I have done is to make my stomach bigger and have less hair.

:) same here, planning to add bass myself to anything that ends up abandoned if it really comes to that... :)