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

welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

-= Week 244 =-

 

 

 

 

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

Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules

 

Last week's winners:

 

• Lead:

Beginner:       @@ZeroPingNZ

Intermediate:  @@Telboy

Advanced :     @@Ortegore

MasterClass:  @@Stark_Knight

 

• Rhythm:

Beginner:        @@genobadass

Intermediate:   N/A

Advanced:       @@Dardo

Masterclass:    N/A

• Bass: 

Beginner:         N/E

Intermediate:    @@wrentheseedling

Advanced:        @@ZeroPingNZ

Masterclass:     @@Poutzy

 

 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

 

 

This week's songs are:

 

 
Lead Path:

 

Beginner:        The Specials - Gangsters (3)    chosen by @motive

Intermediate:   Knorkator - Du Nich (5)     chosen by @@fripponomic
Advanced:       Airbourne - It's All for Rock N' Roll (6)    chosen by @@MaZtoR

Masterclass:    Racer X - Miss Mistreater (9) (Eb Standard)   chosen by @@Mortalo

 

God of Guitar: see Tribute!

 

 

Rhythm Path:

Beginner:        Knorkator - Du Nich (4)
Intermediate:  Airbourne - It's All for Rock N' Roll (4)
Advanced:     Racer X - Miss Mistreater (6) (Eb Standard)
Masterclass:  The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower (9) (Eb Standard) as played on week 110

 

Bass Path:

 

Beginner:         Airbourne - It's All for Rock N' Roll (2)

Beginner 2:         The Specials - Gangsters (3)

Intermediate:  Knorkator - Du Nich (4)

Advanced:      Racer X - Miss Mistreater (6) (Eb Standard)

Masterclass:  The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower (9) (Eb Standard) as played on week 110

 

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

 

Tribute to LaceyB

Prince and the Others - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Some of you might heard that the one and only bass chartin' dudette has lost her battle with cancer. I had a good relation with her and decided to make this tribute. It's not Prince's song, it' George Harrison's one, performed as a tribute to him by many great musicians, including Prince on solo. It seems to be a nice tribute to Lacey.

Rest in peace lady.

 

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) (more challenging lead guitar (adv), rhythm and bass more intermediate with a real audio track (no GP RSA converted)

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

(draft)

• Anwyn
• Gamut
• klaw
• macjm
• MaZtoR
• MellonFarmer
• missis sumner
• Mortalo
• Nick K.
• Poutzy
• Rodman
• RSjeffH
• sakkidaisuke
• stijnw2000
• sushicat2112
• Telboy13
• wrentheseedling

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

• 2groggy
• NoonyDeloony
• fripponomic
• Tonedef

 

 

Rock On!

waaaaaaaay better

 

http://up.picr.de/33075746wc.jpg

 

lead, +

 

http://up.picr.de/33075832ok.jpg

 

Don't know what the problem is, I can't play the bend (15th fret on second string and 12th on the first). I think I'm playing them good but usually they are counted as "miss". I don't actually know if these notes/techniques have a particular name, since they are quite common; could you tell me how do you call them? 

And I also find the song quite difficult compared to the stuff that we play in ADV lead.

 

 

Plus, a run at the tribute song. 

 

While my bass gently weeps...

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Ig6a_qUluggMXTiBFFZwJhFpHUZn-Gd/view?usp=sharing

 

RIP LaceyB.  It's thanks to people like you that I'm somehow in a band now.  You will be missed.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/945075898079193836/B620CE0846D8EE05931237827D024E445FFD0581/

 

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/945075898079193653/6BE93D710DF99C4A7392D303B1B8158F0FB586D1/

 

I am healing slowly, but I can play a bit if I shift the instrument way over to the side so I am not stressing the shoulder. I am excited! I havwe no stamina though. A couple songs and I am done.

After a few passes in RR, I scored 99.2% on bass on Du Nich.  Unfortunately, the screen shot didn't upload to Steam properly, so no link.  Rather than just play the track again and take another screen shot, I choose to blame the FreeBird Police and vow revenge.  The FreeBirds have been complacent for too long.

 

So thus follows, my diabolical plan:  The weapons at my disposal are my "Secret Agent Man" bass-VI, tuned EADGCF, one octave below guitar tuning, and the DLC for Gangsters, which I have played on bass about 168 times. I played it today for yet another 100%.  Hint to beginners - this track is trickier than it looks because most of the bass is played behind the beat.

 

Now I bet that you are all asking yourselves, "OMG, will he play it in Master Mode?". NOOOO! far too predictable!

 

This week, I will play the guitar part above the 12th fret on the Secret Agent Man.  The plan is still in need of a few last details - Will I capo the 12th fret?  Will I tune to EADGBE??  Why???  Stay tuned for updates.

 

Take THAT FreeBird Police!

Getting better.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Its%20all%20for%20rock%20n%20roll%209463_zpskdz5myy2.jpg

just to keep Roddy on his toes.....

 

 

 

struggling with the Rhythm though,

 

 

 

and Hendrix needs another few goes but i have got this,

 

 

 

night night all

https://i.imgur.com/TTVfhGf.jpg

 

Almost!

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/While%20my%20guitar%20gently%20weeps%2087_zps7s9smyvn.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Its%20all%20for%20rock%20n%20roll%20Rhythm%20944_zpsdzsj2w6s.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Du%20nich%20Rythm%2099_zpshkymlndk.jpg

I'm guilty of spending too much of my time on Beat Saber lately and my guitar playing suffers. When I tried to play 'Only for the weak' yesterday, my fingertips hurt after a while. That has not happened to me for quite some time.So (hopefully) back to more guitar playing, but I need to start slow :)

 

 

 

 

 

Well, better late then never I guess

 

What I've learned after being in the championship for almost half a year is that if a masterclass song seems easy. It means the solo is going to be incredible hard.

 

 

Surprisingly I already had this song in my playlist. Idk why but for some reason the way the lyrics where charted just bothers me. I don't get why they put "2" and "U" instead of putting "to" and "you". Everything else is in English, why did you have to put texting acronyms  :tired_face:

 

I surrender. Cramps again, only in this song.

 

 

There is room for improvement here.

 

at least one Knorke score

First participation for me !

 

 

Awesome concept guys, I love it !

welcome @@Pukepito

great scores, I've placed you to MC

Getting better

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Its%20all%20for%20rock%20n%20roll%209534_zpsg4hvi0ng.jpg

 

@@Pukepito - welcome!

 

Have fun and rock hard!