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

welcome to the  CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

-= Week 135 =-

 

 

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

 

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Last weeks Winners:

Lead:

Beginner:         @n0pers

Intermediate:  @joedoe

Advanced:       @MaZtoR

MasterClass:    @Brutus Erectus

 

Rhythm:

Beginner:          @Hughmonty

Intermediate:   @Tango
Advanced:        @iminashi

Masterclass:      @Gamut

Bass: 

Beginner:           @tupoloflyer

Intermediate:    
Advanced:          @missis sumner

Masterclass:       @sushicat2112

 

 

 

Congrats to all the winners

 

Honorably Mentions for scoring any 100% to @2groggy & on bass,  only the freebirds made it last week

 

 

This weeks songs are:

 

Lead Path:

Beginner:          Jimmy Eat World - Pain  (3)   chosen by  @Gamut

Intermediate:    Queens Of The Stone Age - I Never Came   (5)   chosen by @missis sumner

Advanced:         Tenacious D - Dude    (7)   chosen by 

MasterClass:     Metallica - Hit The Lights   (9.5)   chosen by @Mortalo

 

God of Guitar 2nd week: Eric Johnson - Manhattan (10) chosen by @Brutus Erectus

 

Rhythm Path:
Beginner:           Queens Of The Stone Age - I Never Came    (2)

Intermediate:     Jimmy Eat World - Pain         (5) 

Advanced:          N/A

Masterclass:       Metallica - Hit The Lights     (8)

Bass Path:
Beginner:         Jimmy Eat World - Pain    (2)

Beginner 2:         Tenacious D - Dude      (3) very short but nice bass

Intermediate:  The Pogues (and The Dubliners) - The Irish Rover    (4) chosen by @missis sumner

Advanced:        Queens Of The Stone Age - I Never Came    (5)

Masterclass:     Metallica - Hit The Lights      (7.5)

 

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

 

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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 (funky)

4rd Exercise:   Blues Comping 4 in E major (shuffle)

 

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

exercises scoreboards

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Honorable list Diehard Member:

(draft - to be updated)

• Brutus Erectus
• diddie17
• frippchen
• Gamut
• genobadass
• @ghgeek20
• Hughmonty
• @Idlev
• @joedoe
• @klaw
• koffein
• lduperval
• MaZtoR
• Metalocalypse
• missis sumner
• MonstaS4
• @Mortalo
• Nacholede
• NoonyDeloony
• @n0pers
• Rodman
• Sebastien92
• @Tango
• Telboy13
• Trevellyan82
• @tupoloflyer
• @Vodka

Classless, Fearless FreeBird Members in their endless battle with the fb police:

• 2groggy

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

 

let's mf go now!!!!

 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!

... well - a bit

 

http://i65.tinypic.com/209rq75.jpg

 

cool song

Not really my cup of tea but i'll persist. I keep making silly little mistakes at some of the transitions.
 
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/2xqkvxc8esx5emz/221680_20160522203442_1.png?dl=0

OMG It's Sunday and I forgot to upload my improvements and some songs for the last week....   :rolleyes: 

But I have a very good reason for that...  :D 
Yesterday I lost my mind and I bought a new guitar. 

 

Here I share my joy with you guys:

From a beguiner guitar to a "real" guitar.

http://i.imgur.com/txY15SL.jpg

Left: Yamaha Pacifica EG112  Right: Ibanez RG970 Premium  :wub:  



And a first try whith new guitar = improvement  :lol: 

http://i.imgur.com/zbZluee.jpg
 

First tries on Queens lead guitar

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=689255352

How do u play this?

playing in drop d is frustrating on me trying to get some notes to register, fun song though.

http://s32.postimg.org/z87126bht/20160522115521_1.jpg

OMG It's Sunday and I forgot to upload my improvements and some songs for the last week....   :rolleyes: 

 

But I have a very good reason for that...  :D 

Yesterday I lost my mind and I bought a new guitar. 

 

Here I share my joy with you guys:

 

From a beguiner guitar to a "real" guitar.

 

http://i.imgur.com/txY15SL.jpg

 

Left: Yamaha Pacifica EG112  Right: Ibanez RG970 Premium  :wub:  

 

 

 

And a first try whith new guitar = improvement  :lol: 

 

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

 

have fun!

@@Hughmonty I'm the same I miss simple one notes as it doesn't register on my guitar. Will use a different guitar and play with pickups hopefully can get it to work

no comment :rolleyes: :o :wacko: :unsure: :blink: :huh:

 

http://i66.tinypic.com/20kysex.jpg

@@covinhas87

 

looks fierce - shall it serve you well!!!

@@Hughmonty I'm the same I miss simple one notes as it doesn't register on my guitar. Will use a different guitar and play with pickups hopefully can get it to work

I find lightly touching the top string when in drop D helps,

88.8% ryhthm Int

I love this song it's just the ending seems very hard.

http://s32.postimg.org/liwfkmapd/20160522123656_1.jpg

 

http://s32.postimg.org/fot0rn7ht/20160522121553_1.jpg

96.5% for lead beg

http://s32.postimg.org/gnxd4gqlt/20160522130326_1.jpg

Well, I just managed to 100% sightread the MC bass song this week, so that's always a great thing. Don't expect me to ever 100% sightread again :P 

http://i.imgur.com/6wLDDXT.jpg

How do u play this?

playing in drop d is frustrating on me trying to get some notes to register, fun song though.

http://s32.postimg.org/z87126bht/20160522115521_1.jpg

that's what I meant with unplayable chords.... but you don't need that G-string (orange), it's the same note than the B 1st fret (green).

minor issue. in my 1st post with scores I commented any issues I found, also in QOTSA custom with ways to manage them.

I saw some struggling with the Dude cdlc, caused by being unfamiliar with those slash chords i bet.

Here are any hints to master them (used finger numbers on the strings in RS colors):

best way here to play the D/F# is just grab it like an usual D chord and use your thumb from the other side (T,1,3,2).

C/G is just like a normal C chord, but 3rd finger is on E str 3rd fret (G) and the pinky takes the position the 3rd finger was before, Astr 3rd fret © (3,4,2,1).

B7/F# was also for me unusual and mostly broke my streak there, but if use 2nd finger for E and A string 2nd fret, 1st finger D 1st fret and 3rd finger on G string 2nd fret it is the same fingering like an usual B7 chord (2,2,1,3)(play it with fingers 2,3,1,4 gives me also trouble most times)

If wanted I could take some fingering pics

Some early scores

 

http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/s622/trevellyan1/20160522122204_1_zpsctiuzoej.jpg

 

 

 

Think I lost the tempo a little on this

 

http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/s622/trevellyan1/20160522123145_1_zpsfb1b8ian.jpg

http://up.picr.de/25635850aa.jpg

My second go, because my first was pants:

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

 

And then when this did start, I was asleep:

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

Nice bass line though.  I'll play it again later in the week if I feel like a bit of a rest...

 

Yay!  My arm is now dropping off:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKZ3ZCWkRjaUo5cmM/view?usp=sharing

 

And then this.  I picked it because I couldn't play it, and I wanted to get better at bends.  But @, you are of course absolutely right; it's a lot easier if you play it as slides.  (I should have realised, what with that impossible first fret bend, but hey, I come here to learn :D):

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

 

And here's one I did earlier (and I don't quite know how).  Those strikes were right at the beginning - double stops?  Gotta get better at those too...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKSWNURENZY3FVdWc/view?usp=sharing

New score on lead guitar :)

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=689525295

hi guys

 

http://i65.tinypic.com/sg7b61.jpg

Yup, slides it is (thanks Fripp). For QOTSA I Never Came on bass I'm a little above 97%

 

Note that I never claimed to be any better at slides than I am at bends. :D

My first go at beginner bass this week:

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/56d1/029amxuqad2vep8zg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/b4OVAa7.jpg?1

After a while, when I had only one miss, I realized that I'm just over 1 minute of the song. It was tough.

 

http://i.imgur.com/kiZPc5o.jpg?1

This one was surprisingly tricky.

 

http://i.imgur.com/rDu12Rp.jpg?1

Slided it all the way, though sometimes it was hard to tell whether I should slide in or out (into the note depicted, or out from this note)

 

http://i.imgur.com/IKf1KxN.jpg?1

Guitars are funnier to play :)

Improving.   Could have been a bit higher buy my only fan decided to stand in front of the screen for a while before he placed himself at the front row for the show.

 

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Dude%2075_zpsbukkt5rs.jpg

So this is a score form later on last night:

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

 

And this is from tonight:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKYWNOdTlveE83Q1k/view?usp=sharing

 

I'm sure I've been here before?

Beginner bass. Fun song to play

 

http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/s622/trevellyan1/20160523213804_1_zpsrpgcztcs.jpg