Steven Briquette

hello there. here's a first score on rushhhhh http://i66.tinypic.com/2r794xc.jpg

http://i67.tinypic.com/2vmj7zn.jpg but the 23th fret doesn't count anyhow since the latest update ah i had no idea.... i tried to bend to the 23 fret and it seemed to register but the score... multiplier was unaffected. same thing for me ! i had some recognition system problems during the last (and most easy) part tho

http://i64.tinypic.com/2qn37fs.jpg

http://i66.tinypic.com/2n6cetc.jpg ...okay, that was fast

left hand, right hand or both ? most important thing is to stay relaxed Right hand. I play finger style/finger picking style, if that makes a difference, I can't use a pick. I generally use three fingers during the faster sections, but like I said, my fingers get pretty tired. I am making progress, yesterday my (right) hand was dead tired after playing through Under the Red Cloud twice, today I managed to play it three times before they gave up on me. :) I try and keep both of my hands relaxed, but do find my self tensing up from time to time. So any more advice? well, the thing about 3 finger technique is that it's easy to start to hit the strings with a lot more force than required, and you end up getting tired even faster than with 2 fingers... and that unexperimented ring finger can get tired easily too. work on that by playing stuff with constant 16th notes (power metal did the trick for me) and endurance will come in no time (pay attention to not making triplets or gallop though). Did you try to play it with 2 fingers only ? Maybe you will find it less tiring. And playing it with a pick will definitely be easier too ! @@JokerTheAnarchist we're all sorry to hear that, mate... Have you played Gengis Khan a few weeks ago ? ;)Rime of the Ancient Mariner is definitely a harder one too ! guys, a kind of weird blank ad appears over the customsforge page when I open it, i couldn't access to anything, do you have the same problem ? ( but I fixed it by using the "inspect" function and suppressing it B) ! ) http://i63.tinypic.com/vgodgg.jpg anyway, my score : http://i64.tinypic.com/30lkvhx.jpg

left hand, right hand or both ? most important thing is to stay relaxed

don't know about the fast tempos but here and here https://youtu.be/aA8fzsE7tWU?t=28 thank me later

hey guys, and happy new year everyone :D here's an ok score because I'm too lazy to practice, and I don't really like this song : http://i64.tinypic.com/294ifwj.jpg Of course it is since you're not play a bass, but 6:30 is not really long. On real bass it is boring as well :lol: I wouldn't say boring or long, bass or not, but it's definitely no fun to play for me :( I need to start filling the song selection list (you guys too) (glad to see I'm still the first at MC bass this year ;) !)

okay @@JokerTheAnarchist... I thought my bait was too obvious, but you're free to take it anyway :') I'll mess with you a little more : http://i65.tinypic.com/2ls7yv.jpg don't get too cocky when you've beaten up this score tho, you don't even realize that you would need years of practice to get your stamina and 3 finger technique solid enough to play it on an actual bass. ( sorry guys, I know, I'm a kid :') )

here's my disastrous try on keyboards lol http://i64.tinypic.com/2ql9zif.jpg yeah I can't sightread bass tabs on keyboards :'( they should put an option for sheet music (that would make us lazy bass and guitar players learn to read them, which would be cool) and a better try on BASS ! http://i65.tinypic.com/5beljp.jpg merry christmas mates

TATATA, TA ! Now, it is time to see how you died. Remember that death is not the end (tatata, ta). But only a transition. http://i65.tinypic.com/2qt95av.jpg you'll have to try a lil harder @@JokerTheAnarchist. but come on, IT'S FREAKING EASY !

HEY GUYS just had some tries at that rainbow song (I made a mistake on the easiest part :| ) http://i67.tinypic.com/se3fx1.jpg I'm not going to spend practice time on this one, I would say 7 in difficulty I just used it as a warm up to practice one of the hardest (and best) songs I've ever played... Fatal Tragedy is nooo joke. ALSO ! I'll just leave this link here : http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/719817-A-guide-to-achieving-low-latency-in-Rocksmith-on-PC-Forums Highly recommending it... it really made the game better for me, as I had some latency before. so we can play acoustic guitar... can't wait to see some Paco De Lucia as MC lead song ;) would play it for sure

OH COME ON :'((((

Late, but successful attempt at Gengis Khan ! Some serious 3-finger stamina exercise here, what was this doing in Advanced class ? I would say 8 in difficulty ! and definitely less for babymetal (tried it one time with sound muted, but didn't practice it more because damn, I hate those baby voices) http://i66.tinypic.com/2ry2cg5.jpg sorry guys for having put Fatal Tragedy on the list, we MC bass and GoG players are gonna have some hard times this week...

yep ! no problem ! i'm staying with you guys

I don't. I turn the bass right down in the game and send my bass signal directly to my amp. That way I can actually hear how I sound (bloody awful, usually lol). how do you do that ? bass into amp with jack then amp into PC with real tone cable ? can't this damage the cable or something ?

you little troll hahaha I actually have really light strings, so maybe that's the problem. I'll choose a heavier gauge next time I buy some ! thanks for the advice

happy birthday to you, bassmate @@Vodka ! slowly gaining ground in my battle against recognition system, only misses are definitely due to it. I start to pray when I have to play something like 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2, that's pretty annoying. I think it's just the A string, anyone has advices to get rid of that ? please guys http://i65.tinypic.com/qr19g4.jpg this one is more like 7-8 difficulty to me. pretty cool song tho

I can't really understand what you wrote in orange... it basically means that it's pretty unfair, but if it was forbidden we couldn't verify if it's respected so it's your choice if you're happy with winning without a bass. But no problem, I'm as free as a bird now. and this bird is trying this as soon as possible

I'm not competing in "bass category" with people who don't play bass. PEACE, I'M GOING FREEBIRD. Hey @@2groggy, how're you ? :D edited by Mortalo for better wording :)

What about the evidence that you are as good with real bass, as you is good with guitar (emu-bass)? Then everyone will be happy. And then you can safely use emulated bass in future, everyone will know that you is a god both instruments. :) It's not about being sure that @@JokerTheAnarchist can do 100% with a bass, that does not matter ! It's about not using that kind of advantages, to make sure that everyone is not getting "forced" to use them if they want to reach the same scores.

It's not cheating, but it's easier than playing a real bass. It's just about keeping the fun of the competition : as I was saying, there's no point of playing a bass if you can play a guitar with octaver more easily. - because you're guitar players - because bass is not a guitar tuned an octave lower, it's way harder (already said that). Just pick a bass, play the MC bass song, and post your score. If it's as good as your emulated bass score, then perfect. I'm not even saying that you couldn't make it ( using the word "talented" was not sarcasm dude, of course you're a good player ) , it's just no fun to use a guitar instead.

OBJECTION @@JokerTheAnarchist hey guysThis is my best score on MC bass with an actual bass, after some work in riff repeater and more than 15 tries on score attack, trying both fingerstyle and with a pick. http://i67.tinypic.com/2hd7hmq.jpg And this is my best score with emulated bass, with less than 5 tries... http://i68.tinypic.com/6pahli.jpg don't trust the play count, I practiced first on bass then on guitar and then on bass again, and made a lot of incomplete plays And I'm a shitty guitar player, I never practice, and feel really uncomfortable when playing guitar.So yeah, of course for you talented MC lead guys any MC bass song is a piece of cake if you play it on emulated bass...but playing bass is not playing guitar with an octave pedal that tunes you an octave lower. Bass is WAY harder than this because of bigger strings, more force required, harder string muting, etc. "MC Bass" is not "MC lead but without playing chords and solos" I'll always get better scores on emulated bass than on real bass. - Not even mentioning the fact that most of (if not all of) my misses on this song are notes that I actually played right, but got misses because of shitty recognition system and my bass not supporting dropped tunings -So it's like doping in sports competitions. If I only wanted to make the best scores I can, I'd just tryhard on guitar and stop playing bass on rocksmith. Sorry if I take things too seriously, but come on, let us have some fun, don't accept scores from emulated bass. Hope other bass guys agree with me ! have a good evening ;)

hey guys http://i64.tinypic.com/25zpnck.jpg

oops, I forgot to post my score, i don't like this song anyway http://i68.tinypic.com/30kyudu.jpg