-= Building a Guitar from Scratch with Absolutely No Woodworking Experience =-

100 weeks ago, on Smithy's Anvil, Organizers of Rocksmith 2012 Championship decided to move on to Rocksmith 2014. Few months later, when Anvil died, they moved to CustomForge. Unfortunately, @@Kaijin was forced to make a break, and he left the Championship in hands of @@Joey. But with each coming week @@Joey had less time, so he asked participants for a help. @ answered the call to help him with Organizing the Championship, and to be honest, if he didn't, I would. So I was really happy that he took the job and gave me few more weeks of normal participating. Cause finally @@Joey had to step down, and I knew that it is my time. Last but not least was @@Rodman, with his idea of Rankings (honestly, I didn't liked that idea :lol: , but it turned out quite funny ) and he joined us in the battle of better tomorrow (or something like that). Well, nostalgia no more..

Let's start week 100!

READ THIS FIRST =>> How and Why to Join the Championships
Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules

Last weeks winners:

Lead:
Beginner: @@albatross213
Intermediate: N/A
Advanced: @@joedoe
Masterclass: @@Nacholede
 
Rhythm:
Beginner: N/A
Intermediate: @@koffein
Advanced: @@Rodman
Masterclass: @@Nacholede

 

Bass:
Beginner: @@slooker

Intermediate: N/E
Advanced: @@NoonyDeloony
Masterclass: @@then3verend
 

Congrats to all the winners.

 

Honorably mentioned are @@albatross213 and @@then3verend for achieving 100% on MC bass.

@@then3verend made a

for you to enjoy. (I wan't spoil it for you ;) )

 
The songs for this week are:

Lead Path:

On week 50, we played the French Elvis, this time I wanted to give you the One and Only, King Himself - Elvis Presley, in an all time classic Jailhouse Rock.
Beginner:  Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (chosen by The King of Rock'n'Roll )

(blackbirddh's version)

 

Pink Floyd is one of the most important rock band's in history, so we just had to have them here. In one of their best songs, with David Gilmour's best solo, and of the best in music - Comfotably Numb!
Intermediate: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (chosen by @@Kaijin )

 

Kill'Em'All was an album that defined Thrash Metal (and you're really fortunate having all three Organizers being Thrash Metalheads :lol: ). Coming from this album is one of Metallica's biggest hits - Seek and Destroy - the perfect example of tru Thrash!
Advanced: Metallica - Seek and Destroy (chosen by Headbangeeerrrsss )

 

(AnotnZap's version, which was inspired by robogranny's, which was inspired by glen's)

The best rock band of all time? Led Zeppelin. Best song? Stairway to Heaven. Best solo? Stairway to Heaven. So here we go with Stairway to Heaven in the best possible version - live!
Masterclass: Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (live) (chosen by rhetorical question )

(PC Plum's live version)

Rhythm Path:

Beginner: Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Intermediate: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Advanced: Metallica - Seek and Destroy

Slash is one of the most iconic rock guitarists. Haha, it's hard to write anything, after all rhythm is not what Slash plays, but it is what he composed and it is one tricky guitar line, so let's set - World on Fire
Masterclass: Slash - World on Fire (chosen by guitar frenzy )

Bass Path:

Beginner:  Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Intermediate: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Advanced: Metallica - Seek and Destroy

Not enough Led Zeppelin? Here ya go! What Stairway to Heaven is to Jimmy Page, Lemon Song is to John Paul Jones. One of the greatests bass lines man composed - The Lemon Song.
Masterclass: Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song (chosen by masochist bassists )
 
Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10).
 
Honorable list Diehard Member:

Playing in their class 4 weeks in row, one pass allowed:

• albatross213 in MC bass path
• avsrick in INT bass path
• Azrael in ADV  rhythm path
• Bentron in ADV bass path
• Bruce Force in INT rhythm path
• Choaralaone in MC bass path
• franfit in BEG lead, rhythm paths
• Gamut in ADV lead path
• genobadass in ADV bass path
• Jambi in BEG lead path
• koffein in INT lead, rhythm, ADV bass paths
• Latsch in MC rhythm path
• MaZtoR in ADV lead, rhythm paths
• missis sumner in ADV bass path
• MonstaS4 in INT lead path
• Mortalo in INT lead path
• @Nacholede in MC lead path
• NoonyDeloony in ADV bass path
• @pijawa2000 in ADV lead path
• Psymanski in ADV bass path
• queengeedorah in ADV bass path
• Rodman in INT lead, ADV rhythm, bass paths
• slooker in BEG bass path
• then3verend in MC rhythm, bass paths
• Tong in ADV lead path
• @TrbInTrbIn in MC rhythm path
• Van-Blurten in INT bass path

 
Honorable list FreeBird Member:

Participating as a FreeBird, without a class ;)

• 2groggy
• frippchen
• Motive

Have an awesome week!

@@2groggy - Can´t wait to see a pic!!!!

Anyway, Google Drive is very slow this morning, so you'll have to take my word for it:

 

B: 98%

I: 95%

A: 92%

 

All bass scores, of course, and I'll update my advanced score later in the week.  I'd say the songs are definitely in the right order, but beginners are going to be stretched this week.  I'm not going anywhere near that Lemon Party...

+ rhy

 

http://i60.tinypic.com/21myxkw.jpg

+ lead

 

http://i57.tinypic.com/28t9g0g.jpg

@@supername Happy birthday, old fella :lol:

 

Power of 21st!

hey there, thanks! i really wanted to play and post scores for my birthday, but it's been a crazy week so i missed it :P

 

anyway, now i'm back and i am itching to play this week's songs :D laterz

oh no, I forgot.....

Happy Birthday @supername better late than never

Advanced Lead - 96%, 629 streak

That streak :o :D

Nice one Mortalo.

 

 

Here is my shameful score.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Seek%20and%20Destroy%2093_zps8f5pixaa.jpg

 

I now have all of the parts in hand for my next crime against good taste and the FreeBird police.  Assembly may take a few days, so for now I will only taunt them in my best Monty Python Spaniard voice with a partial list of the parts:

• a rarely used 3/4 scale el cheapo classical guitar
• a new set of U-Bass strings
• a new set of bass tuning machines
• a piezo pick-up and pre-amp

Mwahahahaaa!  By the end of this week, they will be at my mercy.

 

After buying two Kala U-basses, I've always fancied a go at this.

 

How is the note recognition for the u-basses on RS?  The whole point is to get my 13 y.o. daughter playing bass when she won't play on a 34" scale - the stretch is too much for her (yes, I know, she should just move her fretting hand, but she is even more stubborn than her mother)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i76/toddo_69/221680_screenshots_2015-09-19_00006_zpsuz8tv5eb.jpg

 

 

I now have all of the parts in hand for my next crime against good taste and the FreeBird police.  Assembly may take a few days, so for now I will only taunt them in my best Monty Python Spaniard voice with a partial list of the parts:

• a rarely used 3/4 scale el cheapo classical guitar
• a new set of U-Bass strings
• a new set of bass tuning machines
• a piezo pick-up and pre-amp

Mwahahahaaa!  By the end of this week, they will be at my mercy.

 

After buying two Kala U-basses, I've always fancied a go at this.

 

How is the note recognition for the u-basses on RS?  The whole point is to get my 13 y.o. daughter playing bass when she won't play on a 34" scale - the stretch is too much for her (yes, I know, she should just move her fretting hand, but she is even more stubborn than her mother)

 

 

Note recognition is fine - as long as the battery is fully charged (as I eventually found out). lol

 

It obviously doesn't stay in tune as well as my full size steel stringed bass, but it's a good compromise for when I'm on the road.  Drop tunings, IIRC, are a little difficult though...

@@Toddo Welcome!

Some rythm now...http://i58.tinypic.com/i4fxc5.png

 

It was close...

Nope.  Google Drive is still playing up.

 

Tonight, I got 94.95% on Metallica (which I'm quite pleased with) and 97.97% on Pink Floyd (which I'm also quite pleased about).  I missed a few of the chords on Pink Floyd, but at least I actually tried to play them… :)

MC update: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523052906

 

Squeezing lemons is hard :)

 

I'm managing the first verse pretty well and the solo'y bit right after it where it goes all splashy and fast ( I did F'up a LOT during the first verse in this SA attempt though but after 2 hours in RR my hands gave up remembering what I'd learnt and I've also developed a trapped nerve in my shoulder )

 

I got a fair way through this time, to the end of the second splashy quick bit but I hadn't spent much RR time in that second, just wanted to see if I could get through the entire song... Alas, no. Definitely need a little rest tonight from it. Have a bit more time this week as the Cricket season closed so I have less shifts ( less money too :( boooo! ) but, more time to practice, YAY!!! :)

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/423692561620406953/51DFFD1EFC8855883814CC84C1E68975D76B3FA1/

After probably half an hour in RR getting used to some of the chord changes (though many still mess me up pretty bad), mastering the first solo, and select bits and pieces of the end solo with lots of easy (or at least easier) to hit notes, I'm now comfortably above 80%. Yay.

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

 

Will probably have more goes on this song on rhythm to get used to chord changes and reading chords, but I don't think I'll do too much more on lead. The hard parts are enough above my ability level that I don't think improving them would be the best use of what time I have this week.

 

Might also try the advanced lead, just to see how much higher my percentage will be on that song given the easier and more note-full rhythm parts. Then again, that solo's probably going to totally wreck me.

 

Edit: Added Seek and Destroy Scores. Since they're out of my class, I figure they're OK in an edit.

 

Lead:

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

 

 

Rhythm (updated run):

http://i.imgur.com/4YLDQK8.jpg

The outro riff (like, last riff before the last chord. Not the one before it with the power chord slide) was FUBAR'ed. Nailed it every other time it shows up in the song, but my fretting hand, picking hand, and brain were all on different pages at the end. Would've been above 97% without that.

 

Based on what I saw in the Leaderboard, it looks like @@Rodman has been putting in some work, too!

 

Also, @@missis sumner - you don't have to use google drive for image hosting, do you? Or are you sponsored by google drive?

Edited September 23, 201510 yr by albatross213

IT'S ALIVE!  The kit-bashed rubber band bass makes noise.  It even stays in tune for most of a song :lol: (pix to follow)

 

Comfortably Numb on a home made bass ukelele (take THAT FreeBird Police :P ).  There was a marked down-tick in my score, mostly because I'd miss by a fret or two, and the octaves are far narrower than I'm used to.

 

Mission accomplished.  Now it's time to pass the torch to the next generation of FreeBird Police Taunters.

elvis needs some work  :o

 

rhythm:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/429322699309197295/9FB8F2C7E2E23252559CEA81EA50DB85E531EABC/

 

lead:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/429322699309196524/5D47465DAD579D6283D53A501AF50D56AF27647E/

and of course staying numb  :wacko:

 

pink floyd lead:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/429322699309320677/98CEB02FA2848717679048096EF26526827CBCC7/

IT'S ALIVE!  The kit-bashed rubber band bass makes noise.  It even stays in tune for most of a song :lol: (pix to follow)

 

 

That didn't take long!  I take it you put a new nut on?  What did you do about the bridge and headstock?

 

 

...

 

Based on what I saw in the Leaderboard, it looks like @@Rodman has been putting in some work, too!

 

 

Yo, only had 5 runs rhy and lead so far, i just cannot not play that one, maybe - against my competitive soul - due to lack of time i might ignore everything else and S&D some personal targets here...

I should probably get started, eh?

 

http://i.imgur.com/M3K2YxW.jpg

 

Learned this forever ago, but just kind of putzed the solo back then. Very tricky for an Intermediate player, with all of those fast bends and fret muting and ahhh! I think I might be able to do it if I try.

 

http://i.imgur.com/NzSgp8s.jpg

 

Super familiar with the song but first time seeing it from behind the guitar instead of behind the kit. I'd jam this on the drums with my brother a lot, now I get to learn it on guitar! That solo's hard but the rest is pretty simple.

IT'S ALIVE!  The kit-bashed rubber band bass makes noise.  It even stays in tune for most of a song :lol: (pix to follow)

 

Comfortably Numb on a home made bass ukelele (take THAT FreeBird Police :P ).  There was a marked down-tick in my score, mostly because I'd miss by a fret or two, and the octaves are far narrower than I'm used to.

 

Mission accomplished.  Now it's time to pass the torch to the next generation of FreeBird Police Taunters.

:cop:  :cop: wanted - a guy named @2groggy who repeatedly broke the laws.

he will be arrested  imediately. His punishment will be the Freebird Jail with playing this weeks beginner song until his discharge!!! :cop:  :cop:

Google Drive is working at work...

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKOHY0NVc4UUdwdU0/view?usp=sharing

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKMGt3ZXJPN2ZHX0E/view?usp=sharing