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

 

Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 458 =-

FAQ: => How and Why join the Championships?

=> Rocksmith 2014 Championships rules

Last week's winners:

Lead:
- Beginner: @kayteck (98.97)
- Intermediate: @Daz40 (95)
- Advanced: @cacahuate51 (95)
- Masterclass: @Bottledpat12 (96.35)

Rhythm:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @Daz40 (99)
- Advanced: @Mikson (93)
- Masterclass: @nlbsmglsk (98)

Bass:
- Beginner: @luckyoldme (96)
- Intermediate: @KJParsley (99.71)
- Advanced: @Mikson (98.39)
- Masterclass: @IBOE555666 (100)
 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

Rocksmith Championship Leaderboard

This week's songs are:

one cool Da Capo Selection

Lead Path:
Beginner: Bloodhound Gang - Uncool As Me (2) selected by w277
Intermediate: Metallica - I Disappear (5) (Eb standard) selected by w313
Advanced: In Flames - Jotun (7) (C Standard) selected by w290
Masterclass: Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face (8) (Eb standard) selected by w192

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Bloodhound Gang - Uncool As Me (2) selected by w277
Intermediate: Metallica - I Disappear (4) (Eb standard) selected by w313
Advanced: In Flames - Jotun (7) (C Standard) selected by w290
Masterclass: Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face (8) (Eb standard) selected by w192

Bass Path:
Beginner: Bloodhound Gang - Uncool As Me (3) selected by w277
Intermediate: Metallica - I Disappear (4) (Eb standard) selected by w313
Advanced: In Flames - Jotun (6) (C Standard) selected by w290
Masterclass: Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face (9) (Eb standard) selected by w192
 

WATCH OUT - ADV AND MC lead and rhy HAVE BEEN SWITCHED (Rod.)

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You can submit your song suggestions for the championship here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HzgY90kLwyGqzJ-R64v8lmpeQMMhhxwGwUlenepIgms/edit#gid=6

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

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

• 2groggy 

Let us know your opinions on the accuracy of the difficulty scores (1-10) for this weeks songs.

 

@ kayteck great score of yours... i am getting way too many goods, especially on the fast single note sequences - that would be easier with a pick, but i play bass fingerstyle exclusively..

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Rodman said:

@ kayteck great score of yours... i am getting way too many goods, especially on the fast single note sequences - that would be easier with a pick, but i play bass fingerstyle exclusively..

you can call me a cheater then as i play in bass mode on my guitar with a pick... i don't have bass 😞

cannot be easier 😉

one try with a pick

 

i am happy that is not it

 

 

4 minutes ago, kayteck said:

you can call me a cheater then as i play in bass mode on my guitar with a pick... i don't have bass 😞

cannot be easier 😉

oh ... running my the last run that thought came to mind - you are gonna be more precise at the end sections with the slim strings maybe. That´s not cheating, absolutely valid. Congrats to that score - win will likely be yours!!!!

 

getting worse 😄

 

 

 

6 minutes ago, Rodman said:

getting worse 😄

i remember after the one i published i was trying to get even better score, but was getting around yours. i think there is some inaccuracy somhere in timing which i luckily "missed", effecting in better score 😉

 

still 100k shy, win is yours!!!

 

A fun scoring battle happens here. Maybe I will try it later, but I generally don't like to fight at 100%, because some accidental miss will cancel the fight.

Guitar improvements:

So, I was fighting with I Disappear...

I tried both versions.

The one from the link looks like a little bit more difficult as there is more chords involved and the "new" one has more open strings.

In old one end section (outro) is more difficult as there is more hand movement required.

Also I had some recognition issues in old one and I don't like the tone.

anyway... here are my best scores from both. I new one is allowed, then this is my entry, but like I said... seems to be alittle bit easier...

 

 

Back from holiday early as little boy go chicken pox so got some final playing in

8 minutes ago, Mattscall said:

Back from holiday early as little boy go chicken pox so got some final playing in

nice score... no way I can get anywhere near that with my soar finger and recognition issues... also I don't think I will have more time later today to try few more...

i see everybody are playing a version from the link, so I submit my score also from this version, please ignore new version score.

 

2 minutes ago, kayteck said:

nice score... no way I can get anywhere near that with my soar finger and recognition issues... also I don't think I will have more time later today to try few more...

i see everybody are playing a version from the link, so I submit my score also from this version, please ignore new version score.

Thanks, I managed to put a really good run together, I tried to beat it 10 mins after and got like 93 so think I've maxed out my ability!

Second try - maybe will have time to go for 100:

Beginner lead improvement - 

This is not too difficult. More intermediate level.

 

@ kayteck Have you really used an emulator guitar for that long to play bass charts? Men, I really advise you to buy some real bass (even used one) because the difference is colossal!

3 minutes ago, Mikson said:

This is not too difficult. More intermediate level.

@ kayteck Have you really used an emulator guitar for that long to play bass charts? Men, I really advise you to buy some real bass (even used one) because the difference is colossal!

well played... i also think it is more intermediate as it was way too easy to get 100% in very short time and also repeat that score numerous times 😉

yes.. always using emulated bass 🙂 never held a bass in my hands

 i do feel like this is an easy intermediate song on bass. 

@ nlbsmglsk how long do we have until new week is up?

Finally played more of this week's songs, been lazy with down tuning. 

59 minutes ago, Rodman said:

@ nlbsmglsk how long do we have until new week is up?

About an hour and a half from now.

New weeks starts in 30 min

This one's over, next one here:

 

On 8/2/2022 at 9:23 AM, Rodman said:

Not a chance you do that with a cable, you do need a splitter, and it pays not to buy any here (been trough that)... The thing that works flawlessly for me is the canadian stuff there:

You can run your normal guitar cable into input, you then run the RS cable from output A to your PC - that makes it already the first real favourable setup because you save the bad quality RS cable by never plug/unplug it again.
then you connect output B to your Amp. The good thing is that you can alter the volume of your amp with always keeping full signal to your PC and RS software. Don´t forget to mute Guitar volume in RS!!!!
Thats it...

... or you can push it  a little further - my setup:
(drawing a diagram)

Sorry for bringing your post up after months... 

As I could not find this specific model for a reasonable price, do you think the following AB/Y switcher would work also?

https://www.thomann.de/intl/lead_foot_aby.htm

29 minutes ago, Shroud said:

Sorry for bringing your post up after months... 

As I could not find this specific model for a reasonable price, do you think the following AB/Y switcher would work also?

https://www.thomann.de/intl/lead_foot_aby.htm

Well it might, and you don´t risk too much regarding the price trying that.
 

I remember getting buzz with a simple splitter. The BigShot features phase toggling to bring both outputs in phase which was important in my setup (maybe also the isolation option)... nevertheless it seems to be sold out anywhere around.

 

Rock!