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

welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

-= Week 175 =-

 

READ THIS FIRST =>> How and Why to Join the Championships

Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules

 

Last weeks winners:

• Lead:

Beginner:      @@JuneBeatle80
Intermediate: @Telboy13
Advanced :   @@shaggy_malagy
MasterClass:  @JokerTheAnarchist

 

• Rhythm:

Beginner:       @@klaw

Intermediate:   @mackaybre
Advanced:      @@Rodman
Masterclass:   @JokerTheAnarchist

 

• Bass: 

Beginner:          @@klaw

Intermediate:     @@Schma

Advanced:        @   
Masterclass:    @JokerTheAnarchist

 

 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

 

 

This week songs are

 

 

Lead Path:

Beginner:        In Flames - Varmlandsvisan                            (3) choosen by @fireporn (EStd)

Intermediate:    Ghost - Square Hammer                                 (5) choosen by @@Nacholede (DStd)

Advanced:        Monstertruck - Don't Tell Me How To Live    (7) choosen by @@fripponomic (DStd)

MasterClass:    Aria | Ария - Street of Roses | Улица роз   (8) choosen by @@Vodka (EStd)

 

Rhythm Path:

Beginner:          na

Intermediate      In Flames - Varmlandsvisan  (5)

Advanced:        Ghost - Square Hammer         (6)

Masterclass:      Exodus - Funeral Hymn        (9)

Masterclass Alt: Aria | Ария - Street of Roses | Улица роз    (9)

 

Bass Path:
Beginner:            In Flames - Varmlandsvisan                          (3)

Intermediate :     Monstertruck - Don't Tell Me How To Live    (4)

Advanced 1:      Ghost - Square Hammer                                 (6)

Advanced 2:      Aria | Ария - Street of Roses | Улица роз   (7)

Masterclass :     Exodus - Funeral Hymn                               (8)

 

GOG:   Exodus - Funeral Hymn (10) choosen by @@JokerTheAnarchist

 

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

 
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
  
Honorable list Diehard Member:

(draft)

• bruce717
• Fraggle Baggle
• fraMTK
• Gamut
• Hawckins
• Hughmonty
• iminashi
• JokerTheAnarchist
• klaw
• MaZtoR
• missis sumner
• MonstaS4
• Mortalo
• Nacholede
• oler1970
• Rcrai
• RealityPixels
• Rodman
• six_string_ninja
• sushicat2112
• Telboy13
• ThugRaven
• tupoloflyer
• Vodka

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

• 2groggy
• fripponomic

 

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

 

Rock On!

Seems it must be a lot :D

 

I've no idea why it sometimes happens that it starts again to enumerate - maybe a bug or RS is not sure if it found every song at the program start ...

First scores of the week......

 

 

 

 

i was going to do the Rhythm but it won't work, the whole game freezes and i have to re-start, so rather than think logically what was wrong i got annoyed, swore a bit then re-tuned  to 'D'

 

 

this wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be so I think I'll spend some time on this, plus I like it which helps  ;)

 

 

night night all

I've started working on Square Hammer on bass.  So far I'm at 97%, but we'll see how far I can take it.

Hi

 

 

Aria Bass: 98.95% / 344 / 1,299,176

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/172664880141586852/B1EB360BD47A8564FC1542399C203EC7A9C38450/

Varmlandsvisan - Guitar Lead Beginner - 99.47%

 

http://imgur.com/a/kVxlm

 

I keep missing 1 note, and it's aggravating me now!!! =)

 

Edit:

And since I broke 99% on Beginner; I figured I'd give the intermediate a try; first run:

 

Square Hammer - 60%

http://imgur.com/a/EjyJD

 

Definitely going to need some work on this one tomorrow, lol

Blimey @@papillon!  How many cdlc do you have to still be enumerating at the end of a song?! :o :D

 

Seems it must be a lot :D

 

I've no idea why it sometimes happens that it starts again to enumerate - maybe a bug or RS is not sure if it found every song at the program start ...

 

Songs without DD does not enumerate after LaS plays. If I remember correctly they do after playing in Score Attack (Plum found that out)

 I was just talking to my wife yesterday about going to a music shop to get new strings for my bass, 

Yeah, I've used that excuse myself. ;)

 

Seriously, changing strings is dead easy.  There are pretty comprehensive instructions here:

https://www.studybass.com/gear/bass-strings/how-to-change-bass-guitar-strings/

 

If it's your first time, take photos of the headstock before you start, then you'll have a record of how the strings are wound on the pegs on your bass.  Then all you should need are wire cutters/snips.  Take care to get the right string in the right position before you cut anything (V.O.E. - after doing it so many times, it's easy to get blasé, and cut one too short).  The only other thing maybe to cover the body of the bass with something - tape/cloth, so that when you pull the strings through the bridge, you don't scratch your finish.

I'm finding this a little trickier than the adv song. I just can't get my fingers to cooperate.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/b5wijy5vv4pn8ca/221680_20170228200347_1.png?dl=0

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=874097359

 

Blimey @@papillon!  How many cdlc do you have to still be enumerating at the end of a song?! :o :D

 

Seems it must be a lot :D

 

I've no idea why it sometimes happens that it starts again to enumerate - maybe a bug or RS is not sure if it found every song at the program start ...

 

Songs without DD does not enumerate after LaS plays. If I remember correctly they do after playing in Score Attack (Plum found that out)

 

No, they won't as I remember. That's why I always add DD first if it's a NDD version.

and of course congrats @@guijappe-Daddy

Finally got my desired 99%

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Square%20hammer%209915_zpsre7wkwps.jpg

 

So i gave rhythm a try.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Square%20hammer%20Rhythm%209776_zpsrawdj0gj.jpg

 

 

And also

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Dont%20tell%20me%20how%20to%20live%209726_zpsznzghowh.jpg

here's some updates.........

 

 

 

well i couldn't leave it with 2 missed notes  ;)

 

still can't get the INT Rhythm working so i'll crack on with Ghost,

 

 

If I can get the recognition issues sorted I think I'll get up to 92%     :angry:

 

 

And this could so easily be 94% if Rocksmith could understand what i was trying to do.

 

lastly a quick run through Monster Truck....cool song 

 

 

i'm not really been in to any of the songs and they are not what I normally listen to, but they have grown on me    :unsure:

 

maybe I'm a changing man  

I haven't been able to play any of the Championship songs this evening, because I've spent between 7 and 8pm being sold a new front door.

 

On a positive note, I spent between 7 and 8pm selling Rocksmith 2014 Remastered to my front door salesman... including an impromptu performance of "Sweet Child o' Mine".

 

He may find his way here soon.  In the meantime, I've paid £1130 for a new composite front door.  Have I been done?  :lol:

@@missis sumner yes you have....... i hope you sold the Rocksmith 2014 introductory lesson for £1000.... that would make it about right  :P

 

well i had a little more time than i thought tonight so here's a little try at the bass......

 

 

 

fingers, wrist and forearms hurt now so its time to rest my weary body,

 

night night all

-_- no 99 and I've played it many times with 97-98.x ... maybe I try again in the remaining days and with some luck :P

 

http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t384/papillon-pb/championship/championship2014/Bildschirmfoto%202017-02-28%20um%2022.24.37_zpsuahkggoq.png

Gamut's back, baby!! And what a week to come back to! Ghost AND Monster Truck? Hell yeah. Just switched my strings, so let's start low.

 

I've had these songs in my library forever, so I just walked right into Score Attack. I was worried I'd be rusty since I haven't touched my electric in a couple weeks..., but I wasn't that bad! 

 

http://i.imgur.com/vYb8V9b.png

 

Singin' that song with my babydoll, and a little bit of weed~  

 

So then I did Square Hammer, and it was going swimmingly. Until-

 

http://i.imgur.com/V8MxNLU.png

 

...I get destroyed by the fairly simple solo.

 

http://i.imgur.com/3ZndaGn.png

 

Whoops! But I can 100% this, I think.

Keep forgetting to post my scores before time is up, so here are some early ones.

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/88222389119118100/493A55C0EF98EDE3C0B7B9E52B9B4B68C3C9E99F/

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/88222389119117773/A3E7BBA1503FBAEC37EF8E9570862DC74D163AA3/

 

And this one because it rocks! I picked up the Monster Truck LP when it released and is has a place in constant rotation in my house. Pick it up if you haven't already.

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/88222389119117921/85BA6848B557526446810470476508D5C4FBC33B/

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=874592921

Alright there's the 100% Beg Lead I was looking for. 189 Streak, 934,497 score.

 

I'll try the INT Rhythm again later, but tbh this song is just making it all the more glaring the tuning issues I have.  (G string and B string suffer from the 'tink' when tuning and now I've noticed they are very sharp on the first couple frets, and I can't get e a d on the first few frets to sound perfectly in tune)  I tried re-intonating the guitar again and even adjusting the action a bit, using or not using the string saddles... Annoying same out of tune, and now I've finally completely stripped my 37-year-old intonation screw heads.  :(  Gotta order new strings and see if I can get replacement screws I guess and maybe look into replacing the nut.

Square Hammer on bass is up to 99%.  I won't chase perfection this week because I have other tings to do.

 

 I was just talking to my wife yesterday about going to a music shop to get new strings for my bass, 

Yeah, I've used that excuse myself. ;)

 

Seriously, changing strings is dead easy.  There are pretty comprehensive instructions here:

https://www.studybass.com/gear/bass-strings/how-to-change-bass-guitar-strings/

 

If it's your first time, take photos of the headstock before you start, then you'll have a record of how the strings are wound on the pegs on your bass.  Then all you should need are wire cutters/snips.  Take care to get the right string in the right position before you cut anything (V.O.E. - after doing it so many times, it's easy to get blasé, and cut one too short).  The only other thing maybe to cover the body of the bass with something - tape/cloth, so that when you pull the strings through the bridge, you don't scratch your finish.

 

Thanks for the advice!  I read through the tutorial, doesn't seem too difficult.  I'm probably still going to have it done at a music shop, because I also want someone to take a look at my bass, give it a 'tune up' if there is such a thing.  I bought my bass from a large chain music store, so I want to be sure that it was set up properly, it seems like the strings may be too high, but I don't know.  That's why I want to take it to someone who does know, so they can fix anything that needs to be fixed.  

I'll likely do it myself when I restring in the future, but knowing me, if there is a way to screw it up, I'll probably find it.   :)

Just to prove I wasn't cheating, and to stay in MC this week, my SA score:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKRWZVcFR5UDVpd2c/view?usp=sharing

 

I fear it may be at least six months of just fighting to stay in the class (just like three years ago when I somehow got into Advanced too early).  But I will fight to stay here. :)

 

In the meantime, 'cos I'm in D Standard... and I'm done with the CS D Standard songs this week, I've been playing some Volbeat...

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKM3l1Q2h5MEN0eVU/view?usp=sharing

 

:lol:

 

Thanks for the advice!  I read through the tutorial, doesn't seem too difficult.  I'm probably still going to have it done at a music shop, because I also want someone to take a look at my bass, give it a 'tune up' if there is such a thing.  I bought my bass from a large chain music store, so I want to be sure that it was set up properly, it seems like the strings may be too high, but I don't know.  That's why I want to take it to someone who does know, so they can fix anything that needs to be fixed.  

 

I'll likely do it myself when I restring in the future, but knowing me, if there is a way to screw it up, I'll probably find it.   :)

 

 

There is such a thing as a "tune up", yeah, but it is even easy to do this yourself (instructions on the same web page I posted earlier).  But having said that, it's not a bad thing to have it done at a shop the first time - at least then you've got some sort of set-up to copy!  If you can speak to the technician at all, ask them to tell you what they've done to it.  It's a good way to learn. :)  

I'm only a month into playing guitar

 

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

Nice one and welcome @@vinterchaos :)

 

 

So close!  Nggggngngngngngng!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/IgkSRuM.png?1

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/xnmBTzZ.png?1

My wrist felt better so I gave the intro some riff repeating.  Now my wrist hurts again. :(   I know I really should just rest it altogether, but I CAN'T!!!  -_-

Because, well, Monster Truck!

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/88222597114528852/3DC5297C128D4DD34A7FFF55D7DDD20E6FA730EF/