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welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

- Week 287 -

 

 

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Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules


Last weeks winners:

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Lead:
Beginner: @@Cymbrogi
Intermediate: @@RSjeffH
Advanced: @@Rodman
MasterClass: @@Stark_Knight
God of Guitar: @@Stark_Knight
 
Bonus Lead challenge, Game of Thrones theme
Winner is @@MaZtoR
Note worthy mastermoders: me, myself and Toni!

Rhythm:
Beginner: Noone!
Intermediate: @@ZeroPingNZ
Advanced: @@Rodman (ooh, a double A victory???)
Masterclass:

Bass:
Beginner: Noone!
Intermediate: @@PinKushin
Advanced: @@Rodman (a triple A victory, are you kidding me!)
Masterclass: @@watrobaciemnosci

Congrats to all the winners

 

 

 

This weeks songs are:

 
Lead Path:
Beginner: Metallica - Die, Die My Darling (2) chosen by @@diddie17
Intermediate: Arctic Monkeys - You Seriously Didn't Expected Me To Write The Whole Title, Didn't Ya? (4) chosen by @@fiddlesticks
Advanced: Iron Maiden - Running Free (7) chosen by @@Mortalo
Masterclass: Dream Theater - The Looking Glass (10) chosen by @@Brutus Erectus

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Fang Island - Chompers (2, on-disc)
Intermediate: Arctic Monkeys - This Title Is Way Too Long, So I Won't Even Try To Write It (4)
Advanced: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance (8, on-disc)
Masterclass: Iron Maiden - Running Free (8)


Bass Path:
Beginner: Metallica - Die, Die My Darling (2)
Intermediate: Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldnt See For The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me (I did told ya that it's way too long, no more words) (3)
Advanced: Iron Maiden - Running Free (4)
Masterclass: Dream Theater - The Looking Glass (8) (B standard)
(5 string version is tabbed to rhythm track in this @albatross213's version)

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

Everyone can bring up new scores that will be added to the
exercises scoreboards
 
 
Honorable list Diehard Member:
(draft - to be updated after CCL update)

• Angelina27
• Anwyn
• Birdassasin
• blejusca
• Bounours
• Cymbrogi
• diceslinger
• Fandaru
• fjon
• fkbackpack
• fmsjames
• Hughmonty
• mackaybre
• MaZtoR
• meelo
• PinKushin
• Rodman
• RSjeff
• Sebb
• Stark_Knight
• Telboy
• vjohnal
• wrentheseedling
• ZeroPingNZ
• Mellonfarmer
• Toni-Wan Kenobi

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

• 2groggy

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!

Alright!

 

Added Beginner and Advanced rhythm tracks. Both are On-Disc songs!

 

Beginner: Fang Island - Chompers (2)

Advanced: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance (8).

This is replay of the great week 121. Updated for rhy also.

 

Thx @@meelo !!!

Bass Path:
Beginner: Metallica - Die, Die My Darling (2) @99.37%
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718620002
Intermediate: Arctic Monkeys - You Probably .. (3)  @80%
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718619797
Advanced: Iron Maiden - Running Free (4) @91.56%
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718619640

Off topic.

 

Intermediate songs are The Arctic Monkeys. I know that we have played other AM songs but I never really knew much about them. Yes I'm old! I noticed in the video for this week's song that they play fender guitars, yay out comes the strat. I guessed that they are from the UK, and here's why I'm posting. My favorite  beer Newcastle is from the UK or it was. Then it was brewed in Holland and now in the US. 

 

I won't be playing tonight as I have to compare and contrast Old Newcastle vs New Newcastle.

 

Some of the posts from previous page were not added to the leaderboard and they change the results of the last week.

 

Beginner lead victory goes to @@Cymbrogi and intermediate rhythm goes to @@ZeroPingNZ! Congratulations and sorries to all involved!

Off topic.

 

Intermediate songs are The Arctic Monkeys. I know that we have played other AM songs but I never really knew much about them. Yes I'm old! I noticed in the video for this week's song that they play fender guitars, yay out comes the strat. I guessed that they are from the UK, and here's why I'm posting. My favorite  beer Newcastle is from the UK or it was. Then it was brewed in Holland and now in the US. 

 

I won't be playing tonight as I have to compare and contrast Old Newcastle vs New Newcastle.

 

I used to drink Newcastle Brown back in my university days (I won't tell you what millennium or even decade that was), but now I find it much too sweet for my current tastes.

Over the last couple of weeks I've played some tracks but not bothered posting.  So just to make sure the the FreeBird Police don't forget me...

 

Arctic Monkeys on bass = 100%

A friend of mine is upgrading his guitar and wants to sell his Schecter Custom Solo 6 for $300. I got to play it for an hour with some random Rockmsith songs (don't have a proper guitar amp and I can't play without anyway... sigh) and quite like it. Would you buy it? :)

A friend of mine is upgrading his guitar and wants to sell his Schecter Custom Solo 6 for $300. I got to play it for an hour with some random Rockmsith songs (don't have a proper guitar amp and I can't play without anyway... sigh) and quite like it. Would you buy it? :)

Is it the black 2006 diamond series one or is it the never brownish burst one.

 

Short answer - yes! Either way you wont regret it.

 

Schecters have great playability. I own two of those and one is the Schecter 6 Solo Custom Diamond series which i customized to Zombie Girl Custom. It was only 201€ used in really really bad shape together with a amp. Its one of the guitars i like to play most!

Well... i must say that worked out as expected....

 

You might remember:...

 

http://i67.tinypic.com/aobd4o.jpg

?

 

 

 

Presenting

 

http://i64.tinypic.com/35089vs.jpg

Schecter Solo 6 "Zombie Bride" Custom

(now true custom)

 

 

from the brand new and insanely limited

http://i65.tinypic.com/23qt06.jpg

Zombie Girl Series

 

... keep calm and zombify your guitar ...

And i'd love to have one of those newer solo 6s - one of the most beautiful LPs i've ever seen.

 

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRg2RfZrt1AbNmiekfcvsSlNicQWwcOrbP7xNh6Zg34AlvalrJ

 

A friend of mine is upgrading his guitar and wants to sell his Schecter Custom Solo 6 for $300. I got to play it for an hour with some random Rockmsith songs (don't have a proper guitar amp and I can't play without anyway... sigh) and quite like it. Would you buy it? :)

Is it the black 2006 diamond series one or is it the never brownish burst one.

 

Short answer - yes! Either way you wont regret it.

 

Schecters have great playability. I own two of those and one is the Schecter 6 Solo Custom Diamond series which i customized to Zombie Girl Custom. It was only 201€ used in really really bad shape together with a amp. Its one of the guitars i like to play most!

 

 

Well... :)

I struggled with the int lead song last week and just played it on this Schecter - got 93% rather than 82%. There were chords Rocksmith couldn't even register (777) and (445), now it's all good. I guess it's time to sell my ESP and upgrade!

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/lead/b01.png

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/lead/i02.png

 

After this I riff repeated the scale runner riffs. While I managed to learn those, I somehow managed to do worse overally in the song. pfft.

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/lead/a01.png

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/rhythm/i01.png

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/rhythm/a01.png

How unbelievably unfair! The scale runner riff on the rhythm track started from a different position than in the lead!

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/rhythm/m01.png
 

And just because of Tom Petty's calm voice!
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/lead/x01.png

 

 

A friend of mine is upgrading his guitar and wants to sell his Schecter Custom Solo 6 for $300. I got to play it for an hour with some random Rockmsith songs (don't have a proper guitar amp and I can't play without anyway... sigh) and quite like it. Would you buy it? :)

Is it the black 2006 diamond series one or is it the never brownish burst one.

 

Short answer - yes! Either way you wont regret it.

 

Schecters have great playability. I own two of those and one is the Schecter 6 Solo Custom Diamond series which i customized to Zombie Girl Custom. It was only 201€ used in really really bad shape together with a amp. Its one of the guitars i like to play most!

 

Well...

 

[img-tag-removed] https://i.imgur.com/g7xJGSJ.jpg

 

It's the same guitar! Awesome! Let that baby rock like it has never rocked before!

 

I struggled with the int lead song last week and just played it on this Schecter - got 93% rather than 82%. There were chords Rocksmith couldn't even register (777) and (445), now it's all good. I guess it's time to sell my ESP and upgrade!

Oh I know what you mean. Had a similar effect when I purchased my Schecter Hellraiser hybrid and played songs with it that I had played before on my Epiphone SG.

 

Got to love Schecters.

Got to love Schecters.

 

 

I had a $700 Schecter bass before and when I brought to the college I studied at and showed to the professor of music (he was a bass player in a band), he said it played better than his $2000 Ernie Ball

Bass is well too easy this week. If it wasn't for the low tuning on MC I'd probably have 100% it.

 

First plays,

 

Started with guitar this week, easy!

Beginner and int songs - didn't even try LAS, went straight into SA. Never heard these before except Metallica.

 

 

 

 

 

Tried Advanced and MC as well

 

Firsties,




 

 

Tremolo picking on a fingered bass. Hah, that caught me off guard during the first pass, but for the second one I was armed with my thumb!
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/b01.png
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/i01.png

Had problems with those quick C5 and D5s at the beginning and then the part with where you play those 10 quick notes on G and D string.
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/a01.png
Took couple of restarts to get past the first problem and I unleashed the power of my thumb at the second hard part :)
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/a02.png

Funny playing with such loose strings :D
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/m01.png
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/m02.png


Guess I missed a slide on these extras
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/x01.png
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/bass/x02.png

I got to say. I'm loving the harsher grading for these level 2-4 songs. None of them were walks in the park!

I must say I am a bit surprised by the 80 % score for the intermediate bass :o Surely it was easier than the one marked for advanced? :blink:

Bass Path:
Intermediate: Arctic Monkeys - You Probably .. (3)  @80%
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718619797

At Arctic Monkeys I got 3 strikes half way through, so I did "learn a song" and that was the result. Iron Maiden was easy to fake, but the rhythm is much harder than I played

 

I must say I am a bit surprised by the 80 % score for the intermediate bass :o Surely it was easier than the one marked for advanced? :blink:

Bass Path:
Intermediate: Arctic Monkeys - You Probably .. (3)  @80%
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718619797

Ah. Well, almost a full week remaining to do a bit of practice and get your revenge :)

 

At Arctic Monkeys I got 3 strikes half way through, so I did "learn a song" and that was the result. Iron Maiden was easy to fake, but the rhythm is much harder than I played

 

I must say I am a bit surprised by the 80 % score for the intermediate bass :o Surely it was easier than the one marked for advanced? :blink:

Bass Path:
Intermediate: Arctic Monkeys - You Probably .. (3)  @80%
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718619797

 

My 1 finger barre slides are not up to the task early in the morning.

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/rhythm/b01.png
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week287/rhythm/b03.png
 

This song brings back memories. Pretty sure this was the first song I ever played at 100 % mastery and played almost flawlessly in master mode.