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

welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

-= Week 186 =-

 

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

Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules

 

Last weeks winners:

• Lead:

Beginner:      @@mackaybre

Intermediate: @@macjm
Advanced :   @@MaZtoR
MasterClass:  @@shaggy_malagy

• Rhythm:

Beginner:       @@finni_mcfinger

Intermediate:   @@mackaybre
Advanced:      @@Mortalo
Masterclass:   N/A

• Bass: 

Beginner:          @@klaw (on very tough bass line)

Intermediate:     @@Telboy

Advanced:       @@Fraggle Baggle

Masterclass:    @@Syvaa

 

 

 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

 

 

This week songs are

 

Lead Path:

Beginner:          The Cure - Fascination Street                              (3) chosen by @@Mortalo

Intermediate:    The Sword - Tears Like Diamonds       (Eb) (5) chosen by @@mackaybre

Advanced:         Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')        (6) chosen by @@missis sumner

MasterClass:     Metallica - Atlas, Rise!                                     (9)  chosen by @No Time, No Time At All

 

Rhythm Path:

Beginner:          The Sword - Tears Like Diamonds                             (3)

Intermediate     N/A

Advanced:         Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')     (6)

Masterclass:      Metallica - Atlas, Rise! (8)

 

Bass Path:
Beginner:           Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow                            (2) (as played on week 89)

Intermediate :    The Sword - Tears Like Diamonds     (4)

Advanced:          Metallica - Atlas, Rise!     (B standard, Alt Bass in E standard) (6)

(Both normal and alternate basses are accepted)

Masterclass :      Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')                                  (8)

 

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

 

Still hot: @Frippos new Exercise : Blues Comping 5 (more challenging lead guitar (adv), rhythm and bass more intermediate with a real audio track (no GP RSA converted)

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)
5th Exercise: Blues Comping 5 in E major (dirty Texas Blues style, shuffle)

Everyone can bring up new scores that will be added to the  exercises scoreboards
  
Honorable list Diehard Member:

(draft)

 

• domsch1988
• finni_mcfinger
• Fraggle Baggle
• Gamut
• JokerTheAnarchist
• klaw
• lduperval
• MaZtoR
• missis sumner
• MonstaS4
• Mortalo
• papillon
• RealityPixels
• Riffengud
• Rodman
• shaggy_malagy
• sushicat2112
• Syvaa
• Telboy13
• vinterchaos

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

• 2groggy
• NoonyDeloony
• fripponomic

Started off feeling a bit rusty today.  It's surprising how quickly that happens.   -_-

 

Gave both of the Metallica bass tunings a go in LAS before SA, so no, not a sight read...

http://i.imgur.com/Qc6S1UV.png?2

 

 

Played this before, but did improve my score by an teensy weensy smidge :P  And that's probably all I'm gonna manage this week! :lol:

http://i.imgur.com/nlOsVKk.png?2

 

 

I do like this song. :)

http://i.imgur.com/hWiE0tT.png?1

 

 

Quite a fun little beginner track this.

http://i.imgur.com/npYUz89.png?1

I have played both these before, obviously:

 

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

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

 

And here we go again:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKSGROM0ZmVFB2d1k/view?usp=sharing

 

At least it's  a better streak. :D

Got some playtime in today! Improvements where made  :D

http://i66.tinypic.com/16mq2f.jpg

 

Looks like i'll have to listen more of the new Metallica stuff. This is actually the first song i can really like! Great stuff.

I really like this song.  Its catchy and its fun to play.

 

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Tears%20like%20Diamonds%209713_zpsuzli1pfs.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Tears%20like%20Diamonds%20Rhythm%20997_zpsotadrzct.jpg

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=926782631

http://i.imgur.com/0VadMo4.jpg

My favorite from Hardwired.

 

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

And I think that I like Dystopia album more :huh:

 

http://i.imgur.com/2mAODTR.jpg

That's the max tempo for my fingers.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=926934654

lil + from sunday

 

http://up.picr.de/29210762dq.jpg

http://up.picr.de/29210768ad.jpg

 

for some reason it´s hard to get into that pattern for me...

great +

 

http://up.picr.de/29210987pv.jpg
 

HIGH COUNTRY TRACK? *immediately tunes down*

 

http://i.imgur.com/FAP9JvB.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/Yo2RNmH.png

 

No improvements from me tonight, apart from my MC streak, but it's not worth posting as, despite 30 mins on RR, I didn't hit my usual 97.5%.

 

I did these yesterday, though:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKLVd3cFcwaV9JNXc/view?usp=sharing

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKME80WWpGaFV6em8/view?usp=sharing

(That was on my magic bass)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKTVZRMk8tZFBVYzA/view?usp=sharing

As it's not the most comfortable to play (in terms of body shape/sharp edges) I was going to sell it on, but it's sooo light, I like it now. Plus it gets me 100%, when I don't really deserve it. :D

 

And this just to prove I wasn't cheating:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKUk4xUjM4U1hfN0U/view?usp=sharing

 

Still a shit score though.  I really need to sort my latency settings out (either that or I'm well out of time). 

@@missis sumner like the Bass .... but that red cusion hmmmm lol

@@missis sumner like the Bass .... but that red cusion hmmmm lol

Nottin' wrong with that red cushion, la :p

 

I'm having recogn-issues with The Sword, I love the song too... and I still can't Stevie Wonder to play mehhh  :mellow:

B-Bass

 

Ok so I hit 98.7%. Cool. Check the leader boards and 98.71% is the score to beat........https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/775028511881961011/5ABB667DC041BC39F7A6AC3E728A5A4605D003B3/

 

Ok, go again.......99.1% and hoping for a song without the hippy 60-70 groove sound next week:) I am trying to scrub this from my memory now. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/775028511881961306/7C5052FAE9C82C7DAC05C5D78DD5C406AB016C4E/

@@missis sumner like the Bass .... but that red cusion hmmmm lol

 

Yeah, nothing wrong with that cushion - it got me through January.

B-Bass

 

Ok so I hit 98.7%. Cool. Check the leader boards and 98.71% is the score to beat........https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/775028511881961011/5ABB667DC041BC39F7A6AC3E728A5A4605D003B3/

 

Ok, go again.......99.1% and hoping for a song without the hippy 60-70 groove sound next week:) I am trying to scrub this from my memory now. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/775028511881961306/7C5052FAE9C82C7DAC05C5D78DD5C406AB016C4E/

 

The bad news is if you want your decimal places to count you need to play it in Score Attack.  The good news is you'll only have lost 0.1% this time around. :D

Ever get one of those blips where your brain just completely switches off mid song?  I was kicking myself after this coz I missed probably half a bar (about 4 notes maybe?) from having a complete momentary brain fart!  :blink:  :wacko:  This shall be remembered (much like fishing tales) as "the one that got away" :P :lol:

 

http://i.imgur.com/ocvOXC8.png?1

 

Tried a couple more times right after and couldn't improve on the accuracy despite caffeine & concentration!  Did get a platinum run, as if that counts for anything.  -_-

http://i66.tinypic.com/2iveb81.jpg

 

ciao

;)

Tricky rhythm on this one, but once I got it down it was pretty fun to play!

http://i68.tinypic.com/104os5v.jpg

 

Hard to believe these guys are still making quality music.

http://i65.tinypic.com/345bxy0.jpg

 

Fun song to play, kept getting X's on the power chord parts, which I'll explain further down

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o753/macjm12/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-18%20at%2010.54.50%20PM_zpshujhnidc.png

 

terrific track to work on because its something I'd never play on my own, got it to 94.  Had some bad times with those sections that were little slivers and could end an Xless run very fast

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o753/macjm12/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-18%20at%2010.15.26%20PM_zpsz8wee06c.png

 

whats with these shiny power chords, really messed me up, is it supposed to be like this? is this a glitch or something? Anyone else have/seen this problem.  Only CDLC I've ever seen like this

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o753/macjm12/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-18%20at%2011.07.36%20PM_zpsg4o0rv7b.png

another pic

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o753/macjm12/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-18%20at%2011.07.24%20PM_zpssnech8c2.png

 

Also RIP Chris Cornell, gotta learn some Soundgarden now

@@macjm I have never seen this before, I haven't had a chance to have ago of this song yet on lead but I should get some time tonight.

 

ill let you know if the same happens on my Mac.

@@macjm I have never seen anything like that before.

What a fun song!

 

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

 

 

I'll have a go at the Metallica one later today or tomorrow :)

This run really surprised me.  I did not think i had that in me.  The weird picking pattern usually f***s me up a few times.  But not today.

 

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Master%20Blaster%20Jammin%209955_zpsri7wqqjl.jpg

@@macjm the same happens on my Mac, I had a good score then all of a sudden those strange colours and shapes came up and then the more familiar 3 XXX's came up.

 

It's a shame because I could get a good score on this song if I could see the notes.

 

Score for lead to follow.