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Thanks @ for the links, I'll try those shortly... Now, dancing badly to Clutch :) http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=592145212 Still really bad at those bends at the end there but, what I lack in substance I clearly make up for with style! HAH! pthrrrrbt! :P Oh yes, and I know I'm not in the Clutch bass category but I like the song, A LOT! So n'yer!

I'm enjoying the lower classes this week. :) They are both great. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Hanging%20on%20the%20telephone%209903_zps6wcvzich.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/10001110101%20%20%2092_zpsvm6xbnru.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/w80D5cZ.jpg

Ah... just to remind us WHY we are doing all this... ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2CBpLDh4xw Ow my forearm. Excuse the intro, don't have 23 frets and couldn't transpose in my head at the time.

How exciting when the slightest amount of progress is made when playing one of your favorite songs from your favorite band. Monday morning after slamming my alarm shut with both fists I will have thoughts of playing this song at night to keep me sane. Strange that without DD my yellow score would go up to 84%..... anyway I know it's not the one that counts. http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad41/Berneer/CustomsForge%20Championship/Week%20115%20-%20Ending%2009January2015/CF%20-%20Week%20115%20-%20Iron%20Maiden%20-%20Alexander%20The%20Great%20-%20Lead%20-%20Attempt%202_zpsptbmw2a7.png

Update, reached 90%: http://i.imgur.com/fhvAWor.jpg

My tribute to Lemmy Kilmister: http://i.imgur.com/4dPLza3.jpg

In the Name of Tragedy: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=593004122 sounds A LOT better than the score looks We Are Motorhead: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=593004024 missed a chord... sorry Lemmy :(

I got really close to 100% (1-2 misses) on my 1st try on Blondie. But It was the same like last weeks Everlost. @ we're just way better then other kids :lol:

Awesome song pick @@albatross213 . Never heard of Clutch before, but after playing 1141 (the programmers here will understand :P ), I've now downloaded 8 of their CDLC's......all of them great fun to play. Playing them well is a different story though. Beginners have it tough this week. I'd call Blondie a solid intermediate song. Lots of fast shuffling all over the neck.

:) Yes, there still yet is some progress. http://i.imgur.com/ydTEQ6H.jpg

you guys are good. but i guess that is why most of you have moved on from beginner a long time ago. hanging on the telephone: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/365155533191231404/9E1A3386DD9510C458A941F3E121893AB15522CD/

Maybe the plays through at 90% are helping more than I thought. Just before I shut down for the evening I had another go at score attack and whilst I still felt way out of my depth and like I was just thrashing around, I was surprised that I managed to get up a bit If I keep running through at 90% speed, maybe I can get up over 80% accuracy. Beginner Lead 75.36%

@ - You're absolutely right, there's nothing complicated about the structure of the song. It's just the sheer speed that causes the problem for me. I can play the song reasonably at 85-90%, but that last 10-15% is a huge difference. It's no problem though, I'm still practising it, and learning from it, although at a lower speed level. I'm working to miss the least notes possible at a full play through at 90% in RR :)

Adv update: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=592972185 Messed up royally on the escalator run from the 4th on the G widdley bit and a little later where I accidentally muted a bit too hard and made a sound on the G which pissed me off a bit... I love Bruce's voice in this song, it's a real anthem but the bass line is really quite dull apart from the widdley bit, that if I could pull it off, would be it's redeeming feature in enjoying playing this song... it's a class tune though :) My friend told me earlier I had actually heard Clutch before ( Which I had an incling but wasn't quite sure.. was possibly drunk at the time.) in the local rock club we frequent and that she's been listening to that particular song on loop for the past 6 months, she also mentioned I "danced like a big bell end" then too :) I need new friends :/ I can't seem to get Stay Clean working still but I'm going to attempt the other Lemmy tracks. Now.

Why I hate Floyd Roses, Get all outta tune halfway through a song http://oi68.tinypic.com/33mldeg.jpg Then, disappointed with that run, decided to add another 5% just for gigs http://oi67.tinypic.com/2rf55x2.jpg

When I saw that I was classed as advanced and had Iron Maiden on my plate, I was bit bummed. But it turns out to be a better song than I expected (yeah, not much of a metal fan). 98.84% http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=592147159

There are 10 types of people on the world, those who understand binary and those who don't. Blondie - played this song many many times before, but once more won't hurt :) http://s11.postimg.org/axv7tuchv/blondie_hanging_on_the_telephone_lead.png http://s3.postimg.org/hp8k99ov7/blondie_hanging_on_the_telephone_bass.png Clutch - new song and band for me, like it a lot. I'm finding the 10th fret A string bends on bass and the 5th fret D string bend in the solo awfully difficult to hit for some reason. http://s8.postimg.org/g7y5tyzzp/clutch_1001_lead.png http://s23.postimg.org/i7b82js7f/clutch_1001_bass.png Metallica - the mighty Blackened ! Having fun trying to learn this one, but at this stage trying is the operative word ! Just an early attempt at the bass part to share for now. http://s18.postimg.org/vaj7numux/metallica_blackened_bass.png And finally my tribute to Motorhead. Great band, great song. http://s18.postimg.org/f87hpz8e1/motorhead_stay_clean_lead.png

@@2groggy, @@NoonyDeloony - Slides after sustains almost always register as "early", because when the game looks for the start of the slide the sustain is (obviously) still going and thus gets detected early. It has very little to do with when you actually start the slide, or whether you start sliding early, or anything like that. On unpitched slides (where the game only seems to track that you're in the right frequency range for any part of the slide) you can keep your fretting hand anchored and it will still say "early". You can probably get perfects if you cut the sustain off and then play a new note where the "hidden" note head is, but obviously that won't sound like what's actually played. As for bends, the main thing is probably to practice with your ear or the chromatic tuner, and make sure you know what it feels and sounds like to bend from a G to an A in that position, and get in in your muscle memory. The other thing is that bend note detection only seems to care about getting the starting and ending pitch somewhere during the sustain. Use that information as you wish.

I don't think i will be making any progress on this Alexander guy, the solos are just to hard for me to even spend time on. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Alexander%20the%20Great%208375_zpskhchit25.jpg and rhythm is a bit boring with all those easy notes. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Alexander%20the%20Great%20Rhythm%209788_zpssiqjjerp.jpg This song might be a bit to fast for beginner. I really had to hold my breath not to fall behind. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Hanging%20on%20the%20telephone%209782_zpshtsksmn3.jpg

this is it for tonight. back grinding away tomorrow hanging: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/365155533191609642/CE2BF9AB4C0A15C8697D77760332A733A1DC5B8E/

Early 90s... Around 91 I think

Yup they're early as most of the time my slides don't register if I try dead on the note, plus my timing still needs lots of work :) it's not gone unnoticed, I just don't mind at this stage as I see improvement each week and I'm sure my timing will improve eventually... It has kinda improved a bit since this time last year :D

Somehow did better on MC than Adv. I got a 94% and forgot to screencap ;_;

failure? :) nope, i´m ok with tat first http://i66.tinypic.com/34ffof4.jpg

Thanks for the tips, @ and @@albatross213 ! TuxGuitar is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for, now I can fix these crummy tabs a little easier. I hadn't even considered capo would be hiding under Pro Guitar, I figured that was Rock Band stuff. That'll let me start on some easier stuff to make tabs for. I managed to beatmap a 7 minute Machinae Supremacy song that switched BPM for chorus and verse, only to find out that the tab charted triplets as eighths and had a BPM 66% faster than the actual song... argh. :weary: Anyway, songs! http://i.imgur.com/ZAsfbYV.jpg New Iron Maiden song to me. I love sightreading Iron Maiden songs because half the time they play their riff slowly, and then pace up the tempo after you get the hang of it. Very courteous of them to make their material so learnable! It's not my favourite Iron Maiden tune, but it's okay. I mean, it's good, but it's okay in terms of Iron Maiden tunes. :P http://i.imgur.com/BLTnGea.jpg Ahh yes, Blackened. Well familiarised with this one thanks to Rock Band - this was my first blast beat. I mostly drummed this, but occasionally while drunk with friends I'd end up on guitar, and evidently I've still got some of the muscle memory kicking around.

For the people who struggle with the bass bends on Clutch, just to prove that they're possible: And a score. Like I said, trick is mostly to train your muscles and ears to know how far to go. And then when you're playing the song, maybe going a little beyond that, because the game sometimes is a little finicky and going a bit sharp seems to get better recognition (even halsb acknowledges this). Also that the tension on bass strings is pretty damn high, and because of the extra length you need to bend extra distance to get the same proportional lengthening and consequent pitch change. I'm better at "pull" bends than "push" bends so I moved this bend to the A string so you could do that more comfortably (and it would be closer to the middle of the string). A full step bend isn't easy anywhere on a bass, though. Anyway, I'm glad people are liking Clutch. They're a really fun band (and not too difficult to play), and I highly recommend seeing them live if they tour near you (they were in NW Europe a month ago. Not sure when they'll next be out there). Also, Deloon of Noon (@@NoonyDeloony), may I use your playthrough vid on the record page? Haven't updated it for the newer version, so I should be updating it soon anyway.

@@diddie17 You cool man, i like your attitude, fight and good luck. Sure if you continue practice in the end week you will have a good sounds and increased your skill. p.s. It is not required to get here 100%, for good sound enough 90%.

I just got heavy gauge strings for my bass recently and I've been working out the strings a bit so I could play Drop B CDLC. As soon as I get to the tuner, that's when I have a problem. As soon as the tuner on the B string hits +20, then it goes all the way back to +999 like it wouldn't register any more than that. Can someone tell me what I need to do to fix this? Thanks.

@@albatross213, I think i have figured it out manually but have one last question. I fixed the numbers like you said. The song i fixed was just in a folder i keep on my desktop where I dump songs I might want to play but dont want them on the game at this time. After that fix do i just put it in the game as i would normally? I saved it to my desktop, do i use that version or the one in the original folder? I just saw your reply on my version. I will try to get a newer one, i really appreciate your time and knowledge. I enjoy your CDLC's too!

@@avsrick - I'm not entirely sure why it wouldn't be there. It should be right under the "App ID Updater", which is what you're talking about. Is it possible you have a really old version of the toolkit? Anyway, another way of fixing it is to do it manually. Go to the "Creator"Click "Import Package" (at the bottom) then select the DLC you want to make changes to, and select which folder you want the unpacked files to go into (I usually just delete these once I'm done editing).Under the "Arrangements" section there should be a bass arrangement. Click it, then click the "Edit" button.To the right of the "Tuning:" field where it states the tuning there will be a "..." button. Click it, then add 12 to every number in the tuning field (so for drop B tuning -5, -3, -3, -3 will go to 7, 9, 9, 9), then set the "Tuning Pitch" frequency to 220 Hz.The net effect of this is that you'll tune to the same pitch as the original tuning, but the game will think you're playing an octave higher and will actually detect the B. You can also change the scroll speed and stuff while you're there. I like a faster scroll speed than the toolkit default of 2.0, which many people never change when making customs, so I change it on a lot of songs I download.

@@MonstaS4 I don`t know why all think that it very hard. I feel it very similar difficult as was one a song by Metric, all phrases learnable, usually base scales, no any shreds, skip strings and fast chords. My skill is bad, but i got >99% after a few plays, that usually is impossible for int a song.

@@tacoman828 - The game isn't set up to detect notes below the low C. Others here have developed a workaround that involves setting the tuning up relative to A220, so the game "thinks" it's an octave higher than it is. If you have a CDLC that doesn't have this feature, you can have the RSToolkit fix it by navigating to the Packer/Unpacker tab, selecting "Fix Low Bass Tuning" (probably better to delete the source files too so you don't get duplicates), then selecting the DLC that don't have it. And let the charter know too by commenting on their custom so every bassist who wants to play it doesn't have to fix the tuning themselves.

I've never heard of a mainstream (IE, Firefox, Chrome) browser blocking file hosting sites that aren't flagged for having been compromised. Can you cite any specifics? If it's just your ISP blocking it, that's not much reason to forbid using a site that works perfectly fine for almost all of this forum's users.

No one should be censored regarding internet use. Get a VPN or use a proxy like Zenmate to bybass blocks.

First runs... http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/359526106540532749/A5BE023E280514FDBD9AB036E426F401F0A8086A/ http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/359526106540532544/A69A391123797FDB1EF64FFEE3CAF29292F72F3A/ http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/359526106540532316/9550599EB29354A0ACEF8ACAC0F1F54E5BA47A61/

It might not be, it might just be that all of the alcohol that I've had over Christmas has settled in my fingers :). How the other beginners do will tell us if it's just me. I'm ok to keep going on it though, getting the speed up is part of learning. I had the same feeling that you @@diddie17 with this song : before my first try I thinked that it would be easy but rapidly my smile disappeared from my face... I am today confortable at the speed of 75%, and I'm not sure I will be able to play this song at 100% before next saturday. But I like this song and I'll try to practice more than usual. So good work and good luck to the beginners ! :) To be continued...

First goes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKeThmdGJSQ0xEY0k/view?usp=sharing (First go today, anyway. I have played it before). I somehow managed to forget where my eighth and tenth fret are: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKTmlvRDVuLUZxQmM/view?usp=sharing This one I'm really pleased with, since I didn't have a clue what I was playing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKT0hOT0h5TXVpUFU/view?usp=sharing

It might not be, it might just be that all of the alcohol that I've had over Christmas has settled in my fingers :). How the other beginners do will tell us if it's just me. I'm ok to keep going on it though, getting the speed up is part of learning.

bass for Lemmy http://up.picr.de/24165790li.jpg

Beg: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=591272774 Int: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=591272924 Those bends really don't like getting registered :( Really fun song to play though :) Adv: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=591272845 Another trip down memory lane, I have Somewhere in Time on cassette kicking about the house. I also had an enormous A0 sized poster of the album cover on my wall that I'd obtained from a friend by giving him a painting I'd done of Guns and Roses Greatest hits album cover... it was pretty good, good enough to get the awesome poster :D I attempted MC but, feck that.

so did I. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/M%20Stay%20clean%2093_zps8v6p6gqw.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/th_M%20Born%20to%20raise%20hell%2094_zpszqhl80zu.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/th_m%20Rock%20out%2096_zpscxpdu0vc.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/th_M%20In%20the%20name%20of%20tragedy%2088_zps9lvigwhc.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/th_M%20Bomber%2075_zpspcks6pmk.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/th_m%20we%20are%20motoumlrhead%2090_zpslqfvc6rl.jpg

And i did a great tribute to the greatest, because Lemmy IS god http://i.imgur.com/a2hPWk6.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/zRWothG.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Yzxv4Pe.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/azotFaD.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/U1xuUpC.jpg

When I saw the song I thought I was going to enjoy this one. In reality though, it's way too fast for me at my level, I'm comfortable playing it at 85%, struggle at 90% and am totally lost at 100%. We're here to improve though and so I'll keep going at it :) . Just as a marker though and to give at least a target to beat, first score is - Beginner Lead - 63.28% (played on score attack easy, but I don't think that's an issue as there's no DD)

Happy Birthday @@steroma! I am thinking, i must come back in advanced class, as freebird i have not enough motivation for hard practice, and as the result - lost skill. Is nobody against? my score: http://i.imgur.com/K7NzBKg.jpg

L8 Happy birthday @steroma! ;)

Verne Troyer and Pocahontas are the only 2 people I recognised in the famous people list for your birthday @@steroma so I think there is definitely room for you at the buffet table :) happy birthday ! Hope it's been a good one :)

Happy birthday, @@steroma ! Make sure to spread your partying out, you don't want to be double hungover tomorrow. :D http://i.imgur.com/i46TMp8.jpg Like five attempts at various percentages between 96.2 and 96.5, then suddenly this comes out like butter! Took insane amounts of riff repetition to grind this out in three days. If I didn't like this song so much I probably would have just let @@MaZtoR have it. :D Here's to ever improving in 2016~

@@steroma a happy birthday to you and a happy new year to all