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

- Week 117 -

- new crazy week, let's get the challenge started -

 

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

 

Last weeks winners:

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Lead:
Beginner: @@Sebastien92
Intermediate: @@koffein
Advanced: @@Gamut
Masterclass: @@then3verend

Rhythm:
Beginner: @@Vodka

Intermediate: @@koffein
Advanced: @
Masterclass: N/E

Bass:
Beginner:  @@slooker
Intermediate:  @@kb10
Advanced: @@genobadass
Masterclass: @@albatross213

Congrats to all the winners

 

 

Honorably Mentions to @@albatross213 and @@fiddlesticks for achieving 100% on MC bass.

 

Here is

by @ and here is

by @@NoonyDeloony.

 

This weeks songs are:

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Lead Path:
Beginner: The Breeders - Cannonball (3) chosen by @@fiddlesticks
Intermediate: The Fratellis - Henrietta (5) chosen by @
Advanced: Free - Mr. Big (7) chosen by @@lduperval

Masterclass: Eric Calderone - Prince of Persia Meets Metal (9) chosen by @@firekorn

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: The Breeders - Cannonball (3)
Intermediate: Free - Mr. Big (4)
Advanced: -

Masterclass: Eric Calderone - Prince of Persia Meets Metal (7)

 

Bass Path:
Beginner: Eric Calderone - Prince of Persia Meets Metal (2)
Intermediate: The Breeders - Cannonball (5)

Advanced:  The Fratellis - Henrietta (8)
Masterclass:  Free - Mr. Big (9)

 

Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10).

 

Instead a Da Capo Challenge we add the next Exercise

 

Exercise Challenges:

1st Exercise: Blues Comping 1 in A major shuffle
2nd Exercise: Blues Comping 2 in A major - straight 8ths

3rd Exercise: Blues Comping 3 in G major

 

Everyone can bring up new scores that will be added to the

exercises scoreboards

 

Tribute to David Bowie: + 10.01.2016

DAVID BOWIE - CHINA GIRL chosen by @missis sumner

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Honorable list Diehard Member:

• albatross213
• @diddie17
• fiddlesticks
• franfit
• Gamut
• genobadass
• koffein
• MaZtoR
• Metalocalypse
• missis sumner
• MonstaS4
• Mortalo
• Nacholede
• NoonyDeloony
• Rodman
• Sebastien92
• Tango
• @then3verend
• Vodka

Honorable list FreeBird Member:
Participating as a FreeBird, without a class     ;)

• 2groggy
• frippchen

P.s. Please, see changes in Championship Class Lists!

-= weekly leaderboard update =-

 

players listed: 95 (>)

 

leader changes:

@@MonstaS4 - Int Lead

@@Vodka - Beg Rhy (tied with @Viltaire)

@@koffein - Int Rhy

@@kb10 - Int Bass

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

 

http://i64.tinypic.com/mjocx4.jpg

 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYONE!!

I decided to play the stupid chord like a E7 with the open e , Rocksmith accepts it really good and my ears think it sounds fine that way.

I still don't really know what my plucking hand is doing on that arpeggio bit. But my fret hand pinky could not handle that much RR before it got tired. So i went with a slow strum that feels wrong, I'm going to find a better way later.

 

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Mr.%20Big%209082_zpsum9yuc8c.jpg

My tribute to mr. Bowie.

http://i.imgur.com/tJLKn1e.jpg

Little update. Not such a big progress. Sad. Will try again tomorrow.. and after... and after....

http://i.imgur.com/3vhD1c5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s64MFo0.jpg

Good cdlc. Fun to play.

http://i.imgur.com/nbjgR55.jpg

Looks like the Megadeth songs are going to be

 

Holy Wars

Peace Sells

Tornado of Souls

Trust

A Tout le Monde

 

Have to be honest and say I don't know Trust. Couldn't even tell you what album it's on! Kind of surprised by that, but I hope it lives up to the level of the others!

Yes, it is really the best a songs by Megadeth. I must buy this pack. 

 

ps. Multitracks downloaded :)

First goes:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKU1RwVjJJV3Q2SGc/view?usp=sharing

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKb0Ffc0U3OGxDV00/view?usp=sharing

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKWnJkNE9NeE5CWUk/view?usp=sharing

 

And a slight improvement in my class:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKeDd3TEgwX2VsUHM/view?usp=sharing

 

Looks like I'm having one of those shit weeks.  The peaks and troughs, eh?  The week before last I was playing ABBA like nobody's business, tonight I can't even manage a few slides up and down the neck…

 

The Fratellis song has a nice bass line, and probably isn't too difficult, but would probably take me four weeks to get to about 95%, in normal practice.  I'll try this week though...

Looks like the Megadeth songs are going to be

 

Holy Wars

Peace Sells

Tornado of Souls

Trust

A Tout le Monde

 

Have to be honest and say I don't know Trust. Couldn't even tell you what album it's on! Kind of surprised by that, but I hope it lives up to the level of the others!

 

*quickly plunders database*

Both bass lines fun to play. one have cool tune, other nice for practice. 

Scores:

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

http://i.imgur.com/63LNxnc.jpg

I don't have a lot of time this week; I won't be able to do Henrietta or Mr. Big justice, so I'm just going to post a mediocre score for Cannonball and sneak quietly away.

RS registers the E7#9 everytime without the A string

http://up.picr.de/24328491hl.jpg

Those pitched slides are fatal, with a better solution 100% 'd be no problem

http://up.picr.de/24328492fg.jpg

some improvement to cannonball lead:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/365156556371869839/8010A40B06C9C35CF8E1E6C9E361190B21FCC8DA/

 

sad night and a bad week, RIP Glenn Frey

http://i.imgur.com/5AhBba3.jpg

 

Something tells me I won't keep this lead long...

2nd - lots better ..

 

http://i64.tinypic.com/vrssif.jpg

 

noe lets hope those 4 austrians have some good skiflights at the Championship

 

Well done sir! You've done real well to get that score in just 2 plays.

 

Me thinks i need to work on my bar chord technique. I just can't seem to get the 3 high strings to ring out cleanly. I'm gonna blame my stumpy fingers!

Yes, it is really the best a songs by Megadeth. I must buy this pack. 

 

ps. Multitracks downloaded :)

 

yes i am buyin the pack asap

 

and FXXXX GODDDAMMIT too late for the multis

 

2nd - lots better ..

 

http://i64.tinypic.com/vrssif.jpg

 

noe lets hope those 4 austrians have some good skiflights at the Championship

 

Well done sir! You've done real well to get that score in just 2 plays.

 

Me thinks i need to work on my bar chord technique. I just can't seem to get the 3 high strings to ring out cleanly. I'm gonna blame my stumpy fingers!

 

 

Thx a lot.

 

Surprisingly to myself "normal" chordruns serve not much pain anymore, and thx to the great songselections here i know loads of chordshapes by now. Even more surprisingly it doesn´t matter which of my guitars i use, it´s allways ~the same acc. which is very cool cause that way i have 4 guitars in 4 tunings and hardly ever have to change. As my fingers seem to know the fretpositions by now and fast changes can be done songs like the above are a pleasure, though when it comes to recognition of the exact rhythm RS is way too forgiving. I think what helped me most for that is the y-splitterbox and playing exclusively over the amp at an audible volume which forces me to make the chord sound right and nail that exact rhythm pattern. Still i am cryin out in pain when it comes to appregios, single note runs with strange stringskips and solos - parts on which you, sire most of the time clearly have me in the sack, but hey if someone would´ve told me i could 99 seek and destroy (rhy) one year ago i would not even have laughed.

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

 

Starting to make some headway on this. The shreddy parts I can do just fine at 85% speed, but at 90% I start to make about 5-10 errors per section, and at full speed I lose track of my anchor shifts and it's just a mess. 

 

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

 

Getting a little more comfortable with those arpegs every time I play this.

1st try bass

 

i  hope there is time for another go this week, i love bass multitracks

 

http://i64.tinypic.com/19110m.jpg

switchin to multitrack guitar

 

http://i64.tinypic.com/2rqybz8.jpg

... and the 95

 

http://i65.tinypic.com/b6vm92.jpg

Update Adv lead:--- deleted.

Second update. almost good nailed arpeggio, so good improves. 

http://i.imgur.com/BCpL8TV.jpg

@@Rodman great score there. Cant beat. The difficult song.

http://i.imgur.com/D46rKRt.jpg

Tuesday night update:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKc0ZlS1l1WDBSY2s/view?usp=sharing

funny song, but hard to register. great score Roddi :)

here's mine :P

http://up.picr.de/24338404je.jpg

first attempt was not too bad

Sorry I'm late in this week, I usually like to get a score in early to encourage others to beat it.  I always feel that if I don't post scores until later in the week, it doesn't encourage others to post their scores.  The spirit of the championship for me is encouraging yourself and others to push harder through friendly competition.  I'll try to get a start earlier next week.

 

I didn't expect to like this song, but I actually really enjoy playing it.  I think there's another few percent in it yet :-)

 

Beginner Lead - 88.78%